Was Rick Perry Al Gore's 'Cheerleader'?

IBD Editorials ^ | September 7, 2011 | Staff

[Kaslin]

Politics: In a new campaign ad, Ron Paul questions the bona fides of the Texas governor as a true GOP conservative, charging he once turned his back on the Reagan revolution. The truth is somewhat different.

Back in 1988 Rick Perry, now a 2012 presidential contender and three-term GOP governor of Texas, was a Democrat. He acknowledges that, just as President Reagan acknowledged that he too had been a Democrat who did not leave his former party so much as it left him.

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[boop]

Oh, boo hoo. The Al Gore of 1988 was a different animal. Pro-life, not pro-gay, conservative on defense, pro-economic growth. Heck, I’d vote for Gore circa 1988.

[hosepipe]

Secret info... Rick Perry met Al Gore personally and hung with him and didn’t know he was an imbecile..
-OR- he did know... but didn’t care..

What other democrats is Perry comfortable with..?

[icwhatudo]

I remember rooting for Gore to win the nomination as he was the most conservative dem out of the bunch.

When can we expect Ru Paul to run an ad against Bachman for supporting Carter over Reagan?

[the lastbestlady]

Must be nice to live in your head with Peter Pan and the Easter bunny.

[Kaslin]

Is this something new? I thought the limit was 300 words? It was less then 300 words that I posted

[running_dog_lackey]

“Back in 1988 Rick Perry,... was a Democrat.”

Back in ‘88 I was a long-haired maggot infested dope smoking fm type and I had enough sense to vote Republican.

[jessduntno]

“Oh, boo hoo. The Al Gore of 1988 was a different animal. Pro-life, not pro-gay, conservative on defense, pro-economic growth. Heck, I’d vote for Gore circa 1988.”

Remember Tipper’s causes for pro-family issues?

[sodpoodle]

We should accept that alliances in political parties are comparable to networking in specified industries.

Or consider it part of the work day. Just because we have lunch in the company cafeteria is not because the cuisine is superior - it’s simply convenient, cheap and the boss sometimes sits at your table.

[Roninf5-1]

Perry did appear with 27 fellow Texas House Democrats who endorsed Gore at a Jan. 5, 1988, Texas Capitol press conference.

Tennessee lawyer Tom Jurkovich, Gore's Texas director, told Politifact by email that "we may have named (Perry) to a 'steering committee' or as one of several campaign 'co-chairs,

So Ricardo did endorse Algore and he did serve as a member of his campaign but he really didn't mean it and only did it out of political expediency. What else has Ricardo pretended to do out of political expediency.

Was this done out of polticial expediency?

Or how about this?

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Nothing has changed since the last time you were reminded in 2010.

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[MacMattico]

My hubby hates to admit it, but he liked Al Gore in the late 80’s. Granted he was about 18 and stupid! Hubby also thinks that Gore seriously went crazy over the years spanning about 93-2000, when the election put him clearly over the edge. He does show a lot of the signs of a breakdown.

[molson209]

Oh, boo hoo. The Al Gore of 1988 was a different animal. Pro-life, not pro-gay, conservative on defense, pro-economic growth. Heck, I’d vote for Gore circa 1988.

Ya , but then Al met the hanging chad

[Figment]

When can we expect Ru Paul to run an ad against Bachman for supporting Carter over Reagan?

Hell, I’m waiting for him to run a truther ad against everybody and blame Netanyahu for 9/11/01. The nutcase just keeps rolling along

[rockvillem]

Oh, boo hoo. The Al Gore of 1988 was a different animal. Pro-life, not pro-gay, conservative on defense, pro-economic growth.

And before his messiah complex took off and he decided to become the High Priest of the Church of Gaia. The 2000 election sent him over the top - the guy revealed himself to be profoundly unstable over time, but back in 1988 I doubt that anyone could have told you that we were looking at Elmer Gantry on steroids, human growth hormone, LSD, etc., etc. He's an example of what happens to life-long politicians - they are told by so many suckups that they are God's gift that some of them completely buy into it. He actually believed the press clippings and became convinced that he was a "deep thinker" even though he's a mediocre intellect with a disturbing messianic streak.

[cruise_missile]

Wasn't Reagan a cheerleader for Hollywood union members? Wasn't he even the president of that union.

Didn't Reagan sign a bill in California that was pro-abortion?

Didn't Reagan sign an amnesty bill as president?

Didn't Reagan spend a lot of money?

Was Reagan ever in the military?

Didn't Reagan vote for one of the biggest socialist presidents ever (FDR)?

With all that Perry doesn't look all that bad.

[DB]

Other than becoming a Captain in the military, I guess he didn’t serve in the military...

Reagan wasn’t perfect that’s for sure.

But here’s the issue, Reagan explained his transformation. Perry has explained nothing. Its about trust to really scale back government.

[Bogie]

I only know that I still like Ron. He has been telling the truth all these years. But, how do the ideas get put into policy? I think there is some sort of a wall here.