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Rick Perry has Distanced Himself from George W. Bush's Brand of Conservatism
Washington Post ^ | August 29, 2011 | Perry Bacon Jr.

Posted on 08/29/2011 6:46:20 AM PDT by DRey

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To: CajunConservative

We don’t have a candidate as yet. Been waiting to see if the Republicans regained their senses. No sign of that to date, sadly, though.


101 posted on 08/29/2011 8:06:02 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The first duty of all: Provide equal protection for the right to life of all innocent persons.)
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To: EternalVigilance

I didn’t support TARP and neither did Perry.


102 posted on 08/29/2011 8:07:00 AM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: DRey

“None of the candidates, not even Palin, are advocating that. The problem is more complex than that.”

WRONG as usual,Ever run a business in a “Infested” Area?


103 posted on 08/29/2011 8:07:32 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: EternalVigilance

I didn’t think so.


104 posted on 08/29/2011 8:08:31 AM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: EternalVigilance

I’m hitting and running this at the Library right now, so don’t have time to read further, whether you’ve been corrected or not. Rick Perry would not have signed the debt ceiling bill. Said so. Multiple sources all over the net. Google it. Somehow, you got false information.


105 posted on 08/29/2011 8:10:14 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...HOLD TO THE TRUTH; SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR." - Glenn Beck)
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To: DRey

What a load.

He teams up with a fellow Governor, a Dem, to push a bailout, right in the middle of the debate over a bailout. They pass it, and then suddenly Perry never had a thing to do with it. LOL...

You are unbelievable.

And I mean that quite literally.


106 posted on 08/29/2011 8:10:39 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The first duty of all: Provide equal protection for the right to life of all innocent persons.)
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To: Cheetahcat

No. I never ran a business in an infested area. But I’ll bet you have! Sounds dreadful and something must be done. First things first: lock up the border, like Perry says.


107 posted on 08/29/2011 8:11:42 AM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: txrangerette

He very publicly supported “cut, cap and balance,” which would have raised the debt ceiling by $2.4 TRILLION dollars.

It is you who is misinformed, not me.


108 posted on 08/29/2011 8:12:02 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The first duty of all: Provide equal protection for the right to life of all innocent persons.)
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To: txrangerette

He can’t handle the truth. Refuses to believe facts. Pointless.


109 posted on 08/29/2011 8:12:52 AM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: EternalVigilance
That was September 2008, not a recent spin from a campaign staff.

But it is clear he did want the government to take action at that time. I think you would be hard pressed to find any real candidate, declared or not, who did not support the government taking action in the 3rd quarter 2008.

I am not saying I agree with it. The government did a lot to create the mess with their meddling in the first place. But I find few republicans that spoke out in mid-late 2008 that was against some form of bailout.

110 posted on 08/29/2011 8:13:03 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: DRey

“No. I never ran a business in an infested area. But I’ll bet you have! Sounds dreadful and something must be done. First things first: lock up the border, like Perry says.”

Lock up the people that employ these invaders.


111 posted on 08/29/2011 8:13:33 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Perry is obviously running a progressive style campaign.

You’ll notice all the claims of lying by those opposing him but so far I’m not seeing them offering up any proof of these so called lies.

Who is running his campaign, Media Matters?


112 posted on 08/29/2011 8:16:37 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: crazydad
I agree that conservatives of all stripes must unite in 2012. We must get rid of this administration and as many Democrats and RINOS in Congress as possible. I think that Governor Perry is the most electable of all the Republican candidates thus far declared. However, I will support just about any Republican candidate that can be nominated. I don't want to sound overly dramatic, but I think the fate of our Republic will be decided in the next two years. If we can elect a Republican President and give him or her a clear majority in Congress, we might be able to stop the arterial bleeding.

There are no easy fixes to our problems. We have a lot of work cut out for us. We must take the spirit of the Tea Party to Washington and make our elected officials do the right thing even if it's not in their nature to do so.
113 posted on 08/29/2011 8:17:36 AM PDT by 3Fingas
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To: shield
You know that I like him, shield, but I think you'd have to say he's weak on illegals. With the DREAM Act and in state tuition for illegals, with his emphasis on the criminal border problems rather than all crossings, with the continuation of bi-lingual education (not his fault entirely, but he has made no effort to eliminate the failed concept from our schools and our society) and universal access to our public schools by illegals, his support of a ID system for illegals to allow them to work, it falls far short of the zero-tolerance most of us believe is necessary to curtail illegal immigration.

As I have stated, it may be that we have reached the point at which those are the necessary concessions we must make to make what is essentially a silk purse out of this sow's ear, but it is bitter on the palate.

It was tried once before under Reagan and it gave us what we have today.

Eisenhower's solution may have been less compassionate and less politically correct, but it was very successful in driving illegals out of America with relatively few actual arrests.
114 posted on 08/29/2011 8:18:31 AM PDT by Sudetenland (There can be no freedom without God--What man gives, man can take away.)
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To: Cheetahcat

Enforcing the laws as written is always a good idea. The issue is funding, as it would take an incredible tax hike to pay for it. I mean, these illegals are EVERYWHERE. They’re working in singles up to groups of hundreds. The groups are easier to locate, but that will never eliminate the problem. Greed will always make it a problem, just like drug sales. Cutting the head off is the first step, and it’s a doosey.


115 posted on 08/29/2011 8:19:39 AM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: txrangerette
Congressman Paul Broun, on why he did NOT support "Cut, Cap and Balance":

“I gave my word to my constituents in Georgia and to the rest of the American people that I would not vote for any bill that increases the debt limit. Although the Cut, Cap, and Balance bill is a step in the right direction, it still raises the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion, and we simply cannot afford it.

“Also missing from the Cut, Cap, and Balance bill is the urgency to pay down the debt by immediately reducing the outrageous spending levels to which Washington has become so accustomed. Unfortunately, the cuts outlined in Cut, Cap, and Balance take effect over a period of ten years. We no longer have ten years to spare – it’s too little, too late.

“Undoubtedly, we have to cap spending and we must enact a balanced budget amendment, but Congress can get these tasks done without raising the debt ceiling. I have introduced bills to both lower the debt ceiling and to balance the budget.

“We’ve been down this road before. Administrations of the past have agreed to raise the debt ceiling on a contingency that cuts would be made in future budgets – but those cuts never materialized. It’s long past time to stop obligating our constitutional duties – along with our budgetary problems – to both future Congresses and future generations.”


Gov. Perry signs the Cut Cap Balance Pledge


Now, please, explain to me how it is that Rick Perry did not support raising the debt ceiling by $2.4 TRILLION dollars.

116 posted on 08/29/2011 8:21:15 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The first duty of all: Provide equal protection for the right to life of all innocent persons.)
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To: cripplecreek; EternalVigilance
I’m not seeing them offering up any proof of these so called lies.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WSJ - Governors Against State Bailouts
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/11678/
December 02, 2008
Hard to believe, but not everyone in politics wants a free lunch by Rick Perry and Mark Sanford
The Wall Street Journal

As governors and citizens, we've grown increasingly concerned over the past weeks as Washington has thrown bailout after bailout at the national economy with little to show for it.

In the process, the federal government is not only burying future generations under mountains of debt. It is also taking our country in a very dangerous direction — toward a “bailout mentality” where we look to government rather than ourselves for solutions. We're asking other governors from both sides of the political aisle to join with us in opposing further federal bailout intervention for three reasons.

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Our Founding Fathers were clear and deliberate in setting up a system whereby the federal government would only step in for that which states cannot do themselves. An expansionist federal government of the last century has moved us light-years away from that model, but it doesn't mean that Congress can't learn from states that are coming up with solutions that work.

In Texas and South Carolina, we've focused on improving “soil conditions” for businesses by cutting taxes, reforming our legal system and our workers’ compensation system. We'd humbly suggest that Congress take a page from those playbooks by focusing on targeted tax relief paid for by cutting spending, not by borrowing.

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Not recent political spin but rather what he was saying years ago.

117 posted on 08/29/2011 8:22:03 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney; EternalVigilance

Yeah. He figured out real quick he was on the wrong side of that.


118 posted on 08/29/2011 8:22:03 AM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: cripplecreek

Could be.


119 posted on 08/29/2011 8:22:09 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The first duty of all: Provide equal protection for the right to life of all innocent persons.)
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To: thackney
...leaders of Congress...

...Act? Thought they were representatives, not leaders. They're supposed to VOTE, not use legislative orders, which are "ACTS"!!!

...Time for US citizens to "ACT"!!!

120 posted on 08/29/2011 8:22:14 AM PDT by gargoyle (...This looks like a good fight, deal me in...)
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