Foxnews, CNN, and CSPAN are carrying it live.
He looks a little more nervous than usual, at least earlier in his speech. I don't know if it's hot there or if his sweating is part of being nervous.
The bottom line is that Perry isn't my first choice but he's a whole lot better than Romney and he's probably one of the few that can beat him.
just saw a funny tweet, “If elected, Buddy Roemer to offer Perry a spot in his cabinet”
I’d probably vote for him if I had to but wouldn’t like it. And what’s with that delivery, is that normal for Perry? “God blesh yuh!” at the end.
It’s getting a little crowded. In the end, the thing that matters is that any Republican is better than Obama.
Per CNN, Obama Team has already put out a statement...”Perry offers more of the same”.
I thought his speech was great! I agreed with every word.
I watched the speech on MSNBC (yeah, I know).
As soon as it was finished the Studio Reporter (Not a pundit) started ATTACKING PERRY, saying he has the 47th-ranked schools, Texas leeaks the most dangerous chemicals in to the environment, blah, blah, blah.
Like I said, this wasn’t a pundit, it was the MSNBC HOST. They threw anyway any pretense of not being biased, long ago.
Republicans should start demanding equal time on NBC for the non-stop 24/7 Democrat campaign commercial on MSNBC.
Fox at least TELLS YOU what is opinion, and what is news. MSNBC disguises electioneering as news.
It will be interesting to see how Perry does these next few weeks. I’m curious to see how much he’s upped his game. Observing him all these years in Texas, he has tended to wear thin pretty quickly. But he’s animated and scrappy and will very likely look good next to damp squibs like Romney/Pawlenty and such.
Personally, I don’t consider him a total ‘RINO’ as some others do. Yet, after the experiences with that idiotic Trans-Texas Corridor and his rather two-faced approach to the illegals problem, I really can’t totally place my ‘trust’ in him. I’m just grown so innately wary, having been burned so many times by GOP Establishment types.
I still don’t know that much about Perry. I do know that he signed an executive order that would force all 6th grade girls in Texas to receive a vaccination for a STD. That was a bad move and a blatant violation of personal liberties.
PERRY-BACHMANN 2012
How was the speech? I wonder if it’s on YouTube
Well, Obama messed with Texas through the EPA.
So, here is the payback
We keep telling people, don’t mess with Texas....
We aren’t kidding. It won’t go well for you.
I very much like the CAN-DO attitude that he projects.
He makes the point that we are AMERICANS and we CAN and WILL fix these problems. I like that. I like his firm confidence. We need that.
Highlights from his speech (live blogg)
Rick Perry Announces his Candidacy for President and His Plan to Put America Back to Work
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Posted on August 13th, 2011
Live from the RedState Gathering in South Carolina, Texas Governor Rick Perry announces his candidacy for President of the United States and his plan to put America back to work.
1:30 – Governor Perry: As President, “I will work every day to make Washington, D.C. as inconsequential in your lives as I can.”
1:28 – “We will repeal this President’s one size fits all Government healthcare plan.”
1:25 – “I declare for you today that I’m a candidate for President of the United States.” The crowd chants “Pery, Perry, Perry!” at the top of their lungs.
1:23 – “Revitalizing the economy is our country’s most urgent need. Stopping the generational theft posed by record debt is our long-term mission.”
1:22 – “America is not broken, Washington DC is broken.”
1:20 – “It’s time to get America working again. It’s time to give a pink slip to the current residents of the White House.” The crowd goes wild.
1:19 – “We don’t need a President who apologizes for America.”
1:17 – “Our President has insulted our friends.” Including Israel, our greatest friend in the Middle East.
1:14 – The crowd goes nuts as the Governor talks about the importance of turning around the rising unemployment rate and cutting the excessive spending in Washington.
1:11 – “Not everyone values life like we do in America.”
1:10 – “At age 8, I was blessed to meet my future wife, Anita Thigpen, at a piano recital. We had our first date eight years later. And she finally agreed to marry me 16 years after that I’m persistent.”
1:09 – “I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek, a community too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of West Texas.”
1:07 – Governor Perry asks for a moment of silence to honor the members of our Armed Forces who bravely put their lives on the line to protect our freedoms.
1:05 – With a standing ovation and raucous applause, Governor Perry enters the room.
1:00pm Eastern – About 700 conservative activists are crammed into a ballroom and overflow space at the Francis Marion hotel in Charleston, South Carolina awaiting Texas Governor Rick Perry.
http://www.rickperry.org/news/rick-perry-for-president/
From Perry’s website:
Why I’m Running
http://www.rickperry.org/news/why-im-running/
What I learned in my 20’s traveling the globe as an Air Force pilot, our current president has yet to acknowledge in his 50’s - that we are the most exceptional nation on the face of the earth.
As Americans, we believe freedom is a gift from God, and government’s prime function is to defend it. We don’t see the role of government as a nanny state, and we recognize there is no government money that wasn’t once earned through the sweat and toil of private citizens.
That’s why we object to an Administration that sees its role as spending our children’s inheritance on failed economic theories that have given us record debt and left far too many unemployed, threatening not only our economy, but our security. Our reliance on foreign creditors and sources of energy not only compromises our national sovereignty, but jeopardizes our national future.
America’s place in the world is in peril, not only because of disastrous economic policies, but from the incoherent muddle known as our foreign policy. Our president has thumbed his nose at traditional allies such as Israel and Great Britain.
We will not sit back and accept our current misery ... because a great country requires a better direction ... because a renewed nation requires a new president. That’s why, with faith in God, the support of my family, and an unwavering belief in the goodness of America, I am a candidate for President of the United States.
And I will work every day to make Washington, D.C. as inconsequential in your lives as I can.
As governor of Texas I have led based on a few guiding principles. One, don’t spend all the money. Two, keep taxes low and under control. Three, keep regulations fair and predictable. And four, reform the legal system so frivolous lawsuits don’t paralyze employers that are trying to create jobs.
Over ten years, we have followed this recipe of fiscal restraint to produce the strongest economy in the nation. While millions of jobs have been lost over the last decade nationwide, hundreds of thousands of jobs have been added in Texas. Texas is home to one in 12 Americans, and yet since June of 2009, we have created more than four in ten American jobs.
The change we seek will never emanate out of Washington ... it must come from the windswept prairies of Middle America ... the farms and factories across this great land ... the hearts and minds of God-fearing Americans who will not accept a future that is less than our past ... who will not be consigned a fate of less freedom in exchange for more government.
It is up to us ... to this present generation of Americans…to take a stand for freedom ... to send a signal to Washington that we are taking the country back from the grips of central planners who would control our healthcare, spend our treasure and micro-manage our businesses.
My mission as your president will be to get America working again!
With God’s help, and your courage, we will take our country back.
Is he running for president of America or Messyco?
One of the advantages of Perry as Prez is that we won’t be seeing mom-pants anymore.
I am tired of the same ole left over pols from D.C.
Perry will be the answer to our problems.
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“Through three terms as governor, Perry has overseen significant job growth in his state while working to keep taxes low. He was an early backer of the tea party movement and enjoys the support of social conservatives because of his opposition to abortion and gay rights. He is also an evangelical Christian who organized a well-attended prayer rally in his state last week.
Perry is a prodigious fundraiser who has already begun laying the groundwork for a national finance network his supporters say would rival that of President Obama, who is expected to exceed his record-breaking $750 million haul from 2008.
But some Republicans worry that Perry’s hard-core conservatism and Texas style may not play well in a 50-state contest, particularly coming so soon after former President George W. Bush’s two White House terms. Bush had record low approval ratings when he left office in 2009.”