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I don't mind Rick Perry, it's his worshipful supporters that disgust me.

PerryKrishnas. All of them.

They go around to every thread about another candidate just to trash that candidate, and they threaten to have a poster banned if they dare come onto a Perry thread and say anything negative about him. They truly behave in a cultish fashion. They can't just support their candidate and try to persuade you why he would be the right choice - they try to destroy any opposing candidates and any of their supporters. Instead of broadening Perry's appeal, they are chasing away the very people they would need to support him if he won the nomination.

So, sadly, I have now gone from the point where, while I didn't think Rick was the best choice this cycle and I didn't think he could win, but I would support him if he got the nomination; to where I will actively oppose his nomination, and if he wins the nomination I will sit the election out. And it is because I don't want his supporters anywhere near the levers of power. If this is the type of supporter he inspires, then that says a lot of negative things about his candidacy as well.

See, I always knew you were't too bright. You can't even be original. By the way, I don't see Perry supporters going on Palin threads and calling her a RINO, etc. And if you can find a case where a Perry supporter has threatened to get a Palin supporter banned because of negative comments about Perry, please post them - I'd be interested to see them.

By the way, Perry's appeal seems to be broadening just fine - haven't you been watching the polls? Oh, that's right - you don't believe the polls because they have Sarah at 10% in the GOP race and show her with a 60%+ disapproval rating...

Touche! Point well made!

Every candidate is supported or opposed and treated alike. There isn’t anything new going on around here this election cycle.

Having said that, we Palin supporters may be a bit more protective because that woman has been under constant, unwarranted assault since she came on the scene in 2008. We don’t like it nor will we idly sit by and let other “conservatives” who are somewhat indistinguishable from the vile left in attacking a great American such as Sarah. We’ll have her back every time there is a need.

I’m determined to not let the left succeed because if they do, we’ll never get a decent person to run for office again.

And for the record, Palin has been attacked here much longer than Perry. In fact, many of the early Sarah attackers are now the incredibly thin-skinned “PerryKrishnas”.