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Left And Right Going Nuclear On Rick Perry
Townhall ^ | Aug. 29, 2011 | Douglas MacKinnon

Posted on 08/28/2011 9:44:06 PM PDT by Clairity

When you hear every single liberal media outlet in the country say, "We will know more about Rick Perry after we vet his 11 years in office," you need to understand that what they vindictively mean is: "President Obama and his followers will be proud of us after we are done with the mother of all smearing campaigns against the conservative governor of Texas."

Not since Ronald Reagan has a Republican candidate for president evoked such outright fear and loathing from the mainstream media and the far-left.

They are flat-out petrified of Perry and are desperately trying to kill off his candidacy before it can take hold. Why?

Simple. As they suspiciously heap praise on the likes of Jon Huntsman and even Mitt Romney, they increasingly worry that Perry has the best chance to defeat their handpicked socialist messiah now occupying the Oval Office.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; msm; perry; perry2012; presidentperry; rickperry
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To: lentulusgracchus

Can’t imagine what sort of potential Perry scandal would not be allowed to be discussed here at FR since we have already discussed all manner of sexual scandal here already, from adultery to homosexuaility, to pedophilia, to oral sex. And of course, criminal activity has never been off limits either.

At this point Perry looks pretty clean, otherwise any scandal would have been raised by now at least in his 3 races for Governor. On the other hand, they could just make somthing up like they did with Bush. We will see. As far as the lowered morality level because of Clinton, I agree, they Clintons really set the bar low.


61 posted on 08/29/2011 3:38:43 AM PDT by HerrBlucher ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
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To: SoConPubbie
Where's the proof of that assertion?

Exhibit A:


62 posted on 08/29/2011 3:56:57 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: SoConPubbie

There was the Bush family supporting his opponent in his last election as one example.


63 posted on 08/29/2011 4:52:59 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: SoConPubbie
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2010-texas-governors-race/explaining-the-rick-perry-bush-clan-divide/
1/22/2010

In the intra-Republican party fight for Texas governor, 41 {G.H.W. Bush} has chosen U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison over Gov. Rick Perry. He joins his close friend, longtime consigliere, and former White House chief-of-staff James Baker, who endorsed Hutchison earlier this week, and a long list of his son George W. Bush's closest associates in lining up behind the challenger to the incumbent. Hutchison has the public backing of former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, and former Counselor to the President and communications director Karen Hughes, and she's being advised by former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove.

64 posted on 08/29/2011 5:24:10 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; RoosterRedux; jonrick46; deepbluesea; RockinRight; TexMom7; potlatch; ...
Perry Ping....

IF you'd rather NOT be pinged FReepmail me.

IF you'd like to be added FReepmail me. Thanks.

65 posted on 08/29/2011 5:32:44 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: freedumb2003

No such thing as 100% in life or politics.


66 posted on 08/29/2011 5:42:27 AM PDT by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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To: Clairity

“We will know more about Rick Perry after we vet his 11 years in office,”

translation: We here in mainstream media are so lazy and insular we have not paid one whit of attention to him for 11 years.


67 posted on 08/29/2011 6:34:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Clairity

***Perry is more rigidly conservative than Bush, more resistant to compromise and more anti-establishment***

Sounds good to me!


68 posted on 08/29/2011 6:39:50 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Unreconstructed Catholic Texan)
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To: freedumb2003
Preemptive point:

Conservative=Someone who agrees with me and “my candidate” 100%

RINO=Anyone who does NOT agree with me 100% and/or does not endorse “my candidate”

Liberal moran troll=”Anyone who CRITICIZES “my candidate”

You pretty much summed it up.


Where there's a shell, there's a way.

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

69 posted on 08/29/2011 10:19:58 AM PDT by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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To: HerrBlucher
The two combined would be unstoppable...

Indeed, but, not if a third-party arises.


Where there's a shell, there's a way.

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

70 posted on 08/29/2011 11:12:26 AM PDT by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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To: rdb3

Well, I think Ron Paul would take as much from Obama as the pubbies, and Trump too. Trump has already spent all his political cache, he would be a dud, plus I think he likes Perry. Remember, a third party ran in 1980 (anderson) and Reagan won in a landslide anyway. I am not too worried about it.


71 posted on 08/29/2011 11:34:44 AM PDT by HerrBlucher ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

awakenings can be very rude for boys who underestimate women.


72 posted on 08/29/2011 2:25:34 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (Palin 2012)
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To: DRey

as i said before, boys who underestimate/fear women are in for the rude awakening of the century -> President Palin: Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces. Leader of the free world.

for some this will be too harsh a reality to fathom.


73 posted on 08/29/2011 2:42:11 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (Palin 2012)
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To: Clairity
“Perry is more rigidly conservative than Bush, more resistant to compromise and more anti-establishment." - LAT

God, I hope so.

74 posted on 08/29/2011 2:44:23 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Sorry, I lost the context of this comment about 4 pages ago. I’m a girl, by the way. Anyway, later.


75 posted on 08/29/2011 3:28:43 PM PDT by DRey (Do not feed the birthers!)
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To: wolfcreek

>>No such thing as 100% in life or politics.<<

But there IS indeed such a standard in some corners of FR...


76 posted on 08/29/2011 6:25:14 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: freedumb2003

Oh I know.

Must make life difficult.


77 posted on 08/30/2011 4:08:04 AM PDT by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Would be a surprise if I haven’t seen some of it myself.

I love this board. It’s sad a handful of posters control it now. All this talk about reporting people just for disagreeing, it’s made me post less. I can’t be bothered with that crap.

I guess I’m just hoping it changes.

I vote for who I think is best for this Country and I really don’t give a damn what anyone else thinks.

I read threads about pop culture stuff and can’t see the difference between the sides. I don’t want to be on either side, lol.

The hipocrisy (this spelling is so wrong, I’m going with hypocracy) is so apparent. Sometimes, I think the most vocal are those who screwed up so much they’re trying to set the bar so high for others so they come out looking good. Sorta like those on the other side who do the same thing.

I know how I was raised. How I’m raising my kids. :) I guess that’s all that really matters.


78 posted on 09/02/2011 12:10:41 AM PDT by Twink
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Show me where I have attacked Palin over the last 2 years. In fact, before I looked into her past closely, I was a supporter.

Seriously, do you expect anyone to believe that after all the vitriol you have spewed against Sarah Palin over the past two years??? You just admitted (again) that you're an oil man, and hold a personal grudge against Palin from your days as a "blood sucking taker" in Alaska. Your statement looks like a clear contradiction, or even a lie, based on what you have admitted to before.

And what do you have against "pure" Conservatives?

79 posted on 09/03/2011 7:28:29 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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