To say that many of us are unhappy with Perry’s record is not smearing him. IMO, Perry is absolutely NOT the answer to what ails America. His pandering to Islam and Hispanics makes me ill. His support of leftist Democrats throughout his 30’s makes me question his judgment, big time. Bob
From what I can so far see, most of Perry's detractors don't dig past the sound bytes, they only believe what someone else tells them. In other words, they breath each other's farts.
Using Perry's association with Democrats from 20 years ago in order to develop a guilt by association is dishonest as the Democratic party has totally devolved into its current radical state.
20-30 years ago the rank and file democrat wasn't a socialist or outright enemy of capitalism. Democrats of the 70s and 80s were more conservative than some of the Republicans of today!