US election 2012: Michele Bachmann snubs Rick Perry at Iowa Republican dinner

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | August 15, 2011 | Toby Harnden

[Arec Barrwin]

US election 2012: Michele Bachmann snubs Rick Perry at Iowa Republican dinner

Michele Bachmann has angered some Republicans in Iowa by snubbing Governor Rick Perry of Texas, her new White House rival, at a party dinner, insisting on her own lighting and entering the hall "like she was Madonna".

[stephenjohnbanker]

” , you automatically assumed I’m for open borders, free tuition to all illegals “

Uh no, I did nothing of the kind.

[Savage Beast]

You guys might want to check this out:

PERRY: WHY I SUPPORTED AL GORE...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61428.html

Perry looks a lot like George Bush!

[Mase]

Thanks for the link. I normally try and avoid anything written by the leftists ay Politico, however, I read the story. I think you're gonna make yourself crazy radically changing your opinion with every story you read. Back in the late 80's, I was a scientist working in a lab M-F. I read all the literature I could find so I'd be current.

Anthropogenic global warming wasn't on anyone's radar back then except for Algore. No one was trying to destroy the global economy back then based on a bunch of fabricated data. I think I'll give Perry a pass for that.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from that article:

In a December 2009 speech to builders in Dallas, Perry said a lot had changed in the years since he worked on Gore’s campaign: “I certainly got religion. I think he’s gone to hell.”

In a 2007 speech to Californian Republicans, Perry said: "I've heard Al Gore talk about man-made global warming so much that I'm starting to think that his mouth is the leading source of all that supposedly deadly carbon dioxide."

There are some legitimate issues where Perry deserves criticism. Then there are others that are much ado about nothing. Yours appear to be with the latter.

[Savage Beast]

Maybe so--but Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, and Sarah Palin ALWAYS make sense. Why bother with someone who sometimes does, sometimes doesn't, sometimes has, sometimes hasn't???

Perry's appeal is underwhelming.

[Mase]

Herman Cain = Stellar resume and rock solid conservative. Can't win.

Michele Bachmann = Solid conservative. Can't win. When was the last time a congressperson was elected president?

Sarah Palin = Same as above. Not running.

I want to see the most conservative person elected but I want to win. I also try and look at the world as it is rather than what I wish it could be. This country cannot survive another four years of the Marxist.

Perry's appeal is underwhelming because that's what you want to see. At this point, Perry has the most appeal, best message, strongest organization and enough financial support to win. If and when he does, I hope you'll find a reason to support him.

[Savage Beast]

I hope I will too. And, as I say, I will vote for Donald Duck if he'll kick the Democrats out of Washington.

However, this is not a plus: strongest organization

[Savage Beast]

"Rick Perry made national headlines in 2009 when, during a speech to a Tea Party group, he floated the possibility that Texas could secede from the union."

Okay. Now we're getting somewhere.

When Texas resecedes--and takes the other SANE states with it--the Leftist enclaves can descend into the communist Third World hellholes that they deserve to be.

[Mase]

To beat an entrenched Marxist with a $1 billion war chest, you better bet having the strongest organization will make a huge difference.

You'll also like this:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) suggestion Monday in Iowa that it would be "treasonous" for the Federal Reserve to engage in more quantitative easing turned heads and raised questions about the limits to Perry's folksiness on the campaign trail.

Perry suggested that Ben Bernanke, the Fed chairman, would find himself in a "pretty ugly" situation in Texas if he were to authorize another round of quantitative easing, a method of pumping more money into the economy by essentially creating more money.

“If this guy prints more money between now and the election,” Perry said at a campaign function in Iowa, “I don’t know what y’all would do to him in Iowa, but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas."

Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous — or treasonous, in my opinion," Perry said.

Gov. Perry: Bernanke printing more money would be 'almost treasonous'

Yeah, that's exactly what Bush or any other establishment politician would say. Sure.

[Savage Beast]

"Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous — or treasonous, in my opinion."

In mine too.

No. I say: Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous — or treasonous, in my opinion.