Conservatism remains the same for me year after year, decade after decade.
I don’t change my definition so that I can support the latest flavor of the day.
In 1988 I wasn’t supporting Democrats.
In recent years I haven’t supported massive government projects.
I haven’t opted to take 70,000 acres from my citizens, rather than improve current rights of way.
I haven’t said I support open borders.
I haven’t said I don’t want a fence or wall on our border.
I haven’t pushed for in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants.
I haven’t stated that I would have a hard time sending long term illegal immigrants back to Mexico.
I haven’t tried to force women to take a new vaccine, one that seems to have killed over 100 girls, and cause immune deficiency problems for thousands of others.
This guy does not get it. There’s no way I will support this man for the presidency.
If this represents my being doughy not only to you, but everyone other than myself, I can live with it.
Okay folks. Perry is not a RINO. He’s just the best Conservative ever. I have been wrong.
Here, here’s the stuff we’ve been supporting for the last decade here. /s
Right?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770943/posts?page=46#46
Sorry, wrong link in the previous iteration.
Okay folks. Perry is not a RINO. He’s just the best Conservative ever. I have been wrong.
Here, here’s the stuff we’ve been supporting for the last decade here. /s
Right?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770943/posts?page=135#135
“While a bunch of politicians have gone to Washington, hat in hand, seeking a bailout, Governor Perry has said we should stimulate the economy with tax cuts and maintain spending discipline, Rick Perry is true to conservative principles even when others think the party needs to go a different direction. I like that about him: he doesn’t care which way the wind blows, he acts on his beliefs.” - Sarah Palin.
Based on that post, let me hazard a guess: You are not running for political office in the US.
Re #135:
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There was also an opt-out clause, which stated if the parent or guardian didn't want the student taking the drug, they weren't required to do so.
Did you know that Perry’s dad was a 7 term Democrat County Commissioner until he retired in 1996 and that the District voted Dem on into the mid 2000’s?
In recent years I haven’t supported massive government projects.
You aren’t a Governor of a massive government consisting of 1/10th of the US population and whose economy, if it we were a Nation, would rank 15th in the world. Big populations require big projects.
I haven’t opted to take 70,000 acres from my citizens, rather than improve current rights of way.
So you’re happy with hazardous materials going straight through on the existing rights of way in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas? Are you aware that Texans voted to approve new roads financed by bonds in a Constitutional amendment election in 2001? Or that the Governor has championed protection from eminent domain in every session since the Kelo Supreme Court decision?
I haven’t said I support open borders.
Neither did Perry. He said he supported then-Mexican President Fox’s vision "as long as we demonstrate the will to address the obstacles to it. An open border means poverty has given way to opportunity, and Mexico's citizens do not feel compelled to cross the border to find that opportunity."
I haven’t said I don’t want a fence or wall on our border.
How much Texas land and how many Texas farms and homes are cut off by the fence that exists, even with the periodic holes and gaps? And, since you’re not for taking anyone’s land, how are you going to build that fence – on land you take or in the middle of the much winding Rio Grande?
The Governor has advocated for "boots on the ground," surveillance, and the limited use of the wall or fence in cities where it's more practical.
I haven’t pushed for in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants.
Perry didn’t “push” it. He signed a bill that has twice been approved by a near-100% vote of the people’s representatives in the Texas House and Senate and which attempts to solve a problem created by Plyver vs. Doe, which prevents our school districts from even taking note of which children are illegal.
I haven’t stated that I would have a hard time sending long term illegal immigrants back to Mexico.
Both Governors Perry and Palin and Ron Paul have said similar things. Governor Perry has focused on keeping the illegal aliens out in the first place.
I haven’t tried to force women to take a new vaccine, one that seems to have killed over 100 girls, and cause immune deficiency problems for thousands of others.
It's estimated that 40 million doses of Gardasil have been given in the US, 60 million across the world. In spite of the fact that about half of the girls in the US have received the vaccine, not a single death has been connected to the Gardisil vaccine's effects. There is no evidence or mechanism, according to what we know about the body, that ties the vaccine to "immune deficiency problems."