He has pretty much an all-America background and story, from his days as a young man, eagle scout, high school football, college, military, working for his dad on a cotton farm, to politics, where he started as a democrat (as a lot of Texans from that era did) and ended up changing to the GOP when it was clear the DNC had left them.
I have to say I genuinely like the guy.
I agree with a lot of what he says, from foreign policy, to his basic feelings about Social Security and how to deal with it, to a lot of his economic sense.
However, even though he described his reasoning for the Texas, illegal children in-state tuition, I cannot agree with it, and also reject his feelings about the fence. As a politician he pandered in 2010 to La Raza, a racist organization with goals that would lead to a dividing of American terrirory. He should never have given them the time of day.
There's a lot of his immigration policy I can agree with...but those points about in-state tuition for illegal's children, about the fence, and being willing to pander to La Raza are big negative issues for me.
Also, there seems to be a lot of political deals he makes where those who support him end up getting sweetheart taxpayer funded positions and deals. I do not like that. People and companies should support him for his positions on their own, and thaat general impact for good that they will have, not for special "deals" they may get...and the same should apply vice-versa from his perspective.
So...I believe Perry can improve in those areas. Right now, I am a Palin supporter and will support her should she enter the race.
I know that Perry would be orders of magnitude better than Obama, and that many, many of his ideas and positions are mine and would support him in the general election should he win the primaries.
Jeff - I agree with everything you said. If you look at my history (up until today) I was very supportive of Perry.
But his stance on immigration is very troubling. Even that I was willing to let slide. But when he said the rest of us have “no heart” for opposing in-state tuition for illegals, that was it. He lost me forever right there. That was a Dem tactic.
I agree 100%. Good to see you posting, Jeff! Hope you are having a good spell. Every good day is a blessing from heaven above. (So are the bad ones, but the wisdom to appreciate that is usually a more rare commodity.) GBU, my FRiend.
Everyone [and no matter the candidate] is going to find 1, 2 maybe 3 issues they disagree with. No such thing as *perfect* when it comes to human beings.
Those issues don't always translate to a national level when someone becomes POTUS. Perry is a state's rights guy and would likely return a lot responsibility to the states.
Speaking as a Texan, I'll support him until it becomes clear he's no longer viable just as I did with Duncan Hunter. And I suppose I'll vote for the eventual GOP candidate regardless the pain.