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KUHNER: Obama’s worst nightmare
Washington Times ^ | 8-18-2011 | Jeffrey T. Kuhner

Posted on 08/18/2011 9:13:57 PM PDT by smoothsailing

KUHNER: Obama’s worst nightmare

Rick Perry is the conservative Middle America has been waiting for

Jeffrey T. Kuhner

Thursday, August 18, 2011

President Obama can see the writing on the wall: His days in the White House are numbered. This is the real meaning of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entry into the Republican presidential race. The GOP now has a candidate who can not only defeat Mr. Obama, but crush him.

For months, the mainstream media anointed Mitt Romney as the presumptive front-runner. The former Massachusetts governor is their ideal GOP candidate...

...snip...

Mr. Perry has fundamentally altered that equation - and with it the nature of the campaign. His candidacy has an overriding strength...

...snip...

Mr. Perry’s low-tax, high-growth Texas model stands in stark contrast to Mr. Obama’s dismal performance. The president has no accomplishments he can run on in 2012. Obamacare is deeply unpopular. The stimulus failed. His reckless borrow-and-spend policies have created a debt crisis. Unemployment is high. The recovery is anemic. Inflation is rising. More than 45 million Americans are on food stamps - a historic record. The economy is spiraling toward a possible depression. Mr. Perry is the anti-Obama: a successful chief executive, who can - and will - get America moving again. In short, he is Mr. Obama’s worst nightmare.

This is why the media mandarins must destroy Mr. Perry’s credibility. Within days of his entering the race, Democrats are saying the Texas cowboy is too extreme, too radical and too uncouth to be president. Leftists are flagrantly distorting his statements...

...snip...

... But Mr. Perry is easily the most electable conservative in the current field. He will take the fight to Mr. Obama. He will give no quarter and ask for none. And that’s why he will win - and win big.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; obama; perry; perry2012; rickperry
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To: Mind-numbed Robot

I am aware that the Soviet Union is dead and buried.


81 posted on 08/19/2011 2:24:00 PM PDT by Grunthor (In order; Cain, Palin, Perry, None of the rest matter 'til the general)
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To: Grunthor
I am aware that the Soviet Union is dead and buried.

Same old whore in a new dress. The old leaders simply took over the key industry, elected each other to new offices and pretended to disband the USSR. It is now an oligarchy with all the old soviet republics intertwined in a security agreement, I forget the initials. The KGB just changed initials also. Georgia did not want to be part of the new agreement so Putin had a bunch of Russians "immigrate" into Georgia and then pretend to rebel while asking Russia to come in and protect them.

Little has changed.

82 posted on 08/19/2011 4:04:04 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
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To: green iguana
So, you think a conservative votes like this?

That's why the "PRESS-titutes" keep shoving him in our face.


83 posted on 08/19/2011 8:00:47 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die.)
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To: Grunthor

Well, Rubio as VP might be the winning factor with any number of candidates for #1, but he just about has to be on it. If you’ve been seeing in the last day or two what BHO’s doing by EO or administrative fiat to legitimize scores of illegal immigrants (to compensate for the major loss of hispanic voter support), our putting Rubio on the ticket would be the Perfect way to snooker him on that effort. He’s young, conservative, cares about jobs, is good-looking, charming, and a charismatic speaker. BHO would just s*** over that.

Having said that, if legal eligibility means that his parents had to be citizens at the time of his birth, without a Supreme Court decision to the contrary, guess we’re screwed - his parents, despite living here for many years and his dad serving in our military, didn’t become naturalized until 4 years after his birth. It really galls me that BHO has put out a phony BC showing he was “born here”, plus his father had no intention of becoming a citizen at all, yet it’s completely ignored. Maybe it WOULD be good if Rubio were chosen and the whole NBC issue came up, because then it would also force attention to be brought on BHO’s ineligibility.


84 posted on 08/19/2011 9:04:51 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Ironic you mentioned that about Dems claiming black voters as their chattel. Night before last, Allen West was on BOR and spoke on this very subject:

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html#/v/1115809830001/are-african-americans-unhappy-with-obama/?playlist_id=86923

Then, if you didn’t see it last night, check the clip in the list from 8/18, with the pic of Charlie Rangel. Laura Ingraham had him on asking about all this, and she really ripped him (it was great).

I love Herman, and of the candidates running, he’d be my pick for POTUS. But since we were talking about the sub ject above, thought I’d include the link of West. He’s equally dynamic and outspoken as HC, he just has a different style (due in large part to his military background, most likely). He’ll probably run in a few years, and I do have to say that, as it stands right now, he has more expertise regarding radical Islam than any of the current candidates (although Herman’s learning and Santorum’s pretty knowledgeable as well).


85 posted on 08/19/2011 9:46:22 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: smoothsailing

“And I thought nothing could be worse than the Clintons...”

BHO is SO horrendous that Slick Willie could put out a “Miss Me Yet?” poster of his own (at least for all the Dems :-)))


86 posted on 08/19/2011 10:11:01 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: llandres
BHO is SO horrendous that Slick Willie could put out a “Miss Me Yet?” poster of his own (at least for all the Dems :-)))

LOL! And probably alot of Pubs, heck, I'm almost tempted!

87 posted on 08/19/2011 10:21:28 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
They know
88 posted on 08/19/2011 10:37:08 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die.)
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To: Mind-numbed Robot

You’re right about Russia being a dangerous threat. Putin is KGB and he still runs things, not Medvedev. Russia remains our enemy and has made a big comeback - part of the axis of evil along with pals Venezuela, Iran, N. Korea and China.

Communism in our own country and government has also, once again, increased - thanks to BHO and his Marxist crowd. Several, like Van Jones, have openly declared themselves thus, in past speeches.

Too bad that so many would laugh at being told this - they still think 1989 when the Wall fell and the early poverty of Russia that followed.

Such is no longer the case - those days are long gone and we’re once again faced with a formidable enemy. Only this time, the added danger is that far too few people are aware and many in our top leadership, from BHO on down, are Communist supporters if not outright members themselves.

GW was naive; BHO is collusive.


89 posted on 08/19/2011 11:03:08 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: llandres
Too bad that so many would laugh at being told this - they still think 1989 when the Wall fell and the early poverty of Russia that followed.

When Slick Willie took office he dispatched a group of his Harvard professors to Russia to teach them how to "convert to Capitalism." The same ones working hard to convert us to socialism were going to teach them Capitalism? We know how that worked out. They simply taught them how to be sneakier and less brusk in their approach.

Communism is a terrible economic system and will always fail as such. It is a great system of tyranny, great for the tyrants but not the people. They are now trying to do both as is China. It will never work. Free enterprise, which is the correct name for our system, requires freedom. If they allow freedom economically the demand for freedom politically will soon follow. If they deny freedom of choice in the market place and stay with a top-down system they will be right back in the soup. It is like being a little pregnant, no such thing.

Case in point:

Buying an air conditioner in Russia. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/moscows-missing-air-conditioner-mystery/416363.html

90 posted on 08/20/2011 10:30:31 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
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To: Grunthor

“Was that better or worse than her saying that we Americans fear the Soviet Union?”

Given that the Soviet Union hasn’t even existed in 20 years I think that gaffe was necessarily worse. Michele is a good, solid conservative, but she is not ready for prime time. Remember, Republicans HAVE TO BE damn near perfect in order to overcome the attacks from the Democrat Party propaganda machine (i.e., the MSM). The slightest gaffe will be front-page news for several news cycles.


91 posted on 08/20/2011 6:28:05 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: comebacknewt; All

Re: Gardasil. I think there’s a lot of misinformation out there. A few months ago, I heard a segment about it on either Fox & Friends or Megan Kelly, when the drug was first making news (and the story had nothing to do with Perry). There was a doctor on, answering questions from the host. He said that while the innoculation is intended to be protection against cervical cancer for life, it’s only effective if received during early to mid-teen years, not in one’s 20’s or later.

Now, an argument could be made that there hasn’t been enough time to do enough long-studies (although I didn’t hear how long they’d been doing trials/studies already, only that we’re just now hearing about the drug this year).

This is in no way meant to be a recommendation of Perry, but I just thought it fair to offer the above facts. The whole issue of ANY mandated vaccinations for kids is a separate one, and an emotional one as well. I think RP was likely misguided and he probably shouldn’t have been the “trailblazer” in this instance. I do NOT think it had a thing to do with encouraging promiscuity in young girls. The innoculation offers no protection against STD’s, after all.


92 posted on 08/20/2011 9:51:42 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: ought-six

“Republicans HAVE TO BE damn near perfect in order to overcome the attacks from the Democrat Party propaganda machine (i.e., the MSM). The slightest gaffe will be front-page news for several news cycles.

You are so right.


93 posted on 08/20/2011 10:04:10 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: Yosemitest

To address your 4 points, in order:

lie.
he’s admitted it was a mistake.
valid complaint, tho’ given the conditions the Texas Dream act has, I wouldn’t really consider it a burden.
lie.

Get informed.


94 posted on 08/22/2011 5:57:47 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; RoosterRedux; jonrick46; deepbluesea; RockinRight; TexMom7; potlatch; ...

Perry Ping


95 posted on 08/22/2011 5:59:04 AM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Cain seems to be out of money....ask employees you’ve not been paid.


96 posted on 08/22/2011 6:02:24 AM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: D-fendr
Bottom line for Americans are jobs and the economy...Perry has over a 10 year record for that. He was smart enough to continue what was working in Texas when he became Governor then he improved on top of that.

And as Jack Wheeler said: If you want perfection, die and go to heaven, as that's the only place you'll find it. If you want a Messiah, pray for the Second Coming, but don't demand it of a Republican presidential candidate. If you want miracles, pray that the Almighty will perform them, but don't expect them to be performed by a human being, POTUS or no.

97 posted on 08/22/2011 6:06:23 AM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: Yosemitest
Votes Liberal?

Brilliant! not

98 posted on 08/22/2011 6:15:02 AM PDT by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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To: smoothsailing

Quotes from “Fed Up,” by Rick Perry:

“The truth is, I don’t care what party the statist is in. The fact of the matter is, it is the statist, and those who support or enable him, who is the problem. For too long he has undermined this country by empowering the national government at the expense of liberty. An America defined by the statist in Washington is an America doomed to fail.” (location 338 Kindle)

“Our cause is simple: to restore the balance of power intended by our Founders but forsaken by secular progressives determined to say what government will do for the people rather than allowing people to do what they can do for themselves. Our goal is to take power away from Washington and instead empower states, communities, and individuals, because America’s future greatness is inextricably intertwined with states pushing back.” (location355 /3637 Kindle)


99 posted on 08/22/2011 6:15:21 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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To: smoothsailing

For all of you who insist on a border fence for Texas, please visit or Google Earth western Texas from El Paso, along and either side of Big Bend Nat. Park and all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.

We have some areas where a fence is appropreate (mostly in urban areas) but, quite a bit of places where it’s not.

This isn’t AZ, NM or CA where the border is a line in the sand.


100 posted on 08/22/2011 6:22:57 AM PDT by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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