My main issue with him is his Gore lie and I’ll tell you why that is so important. I spent years writing on landuse/eco stuff and am more familiar with Gore’s radicalism than many. In and of itself Perry’s lie is basically meaningless in the big scheme of things, true. But it speaks to his mindset. A single search on Google was all it took to blow his claim away.
But the thing is that he had to know that would come up. He had to know that his claim was easily disproven AND HE DID IT ANYWAY! So is he just comfortable lying to Americans or does he hold us in contempt and just not care?
Then there are the other issues that feed into that mindset. Guardasil...ignored complaints until forced, then bitched about the Legislature fighting him. Border...ignores the will of many Americans on the fence. Tuition/illegal mess... supports it.
And on and on. So to me, his record easily shows HE just does what HE wants and just not care what WE think. Time and time again. Yes he is great on EPA/Drilling stuff and other things. Not enough for me to forget his bad points.
Mu opinion and observations FWIW.
All anyone needs to do is look at the economies of states which embrace oil and gas exploration versus those who do not. North Dakota, Montana, Pennsylvania, Texas, with heavy spinoffs to Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana (oilfield tool amnufacturing, rigs, drilling companies, and a lot of home offices), and it is evident where a lot of jobs are coming from, and that those paychecks support yet more jobs.
It's a no-brainer, and it keeps more American money in America with every barrel of oil and MCF of gas.
That the EPA is a job wrecker, along with other environut dominated agencies is pretty easy to figure out, too.
We should be able to find this in all the candidates, even if we don't. Something has to get the economy going, short of another world war, and the energy sector is a great place to start.