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Rick Perry’s new economic plan won’t revive his campaign
WaPo ^
| 10/25/2011
| Ed Rogers
Posted on 10/25/2011 4:12:36 PM PDT by South40
The best thing that can be said about Texas Gov. Rick Perrys economic plan and its Tuesday rollout speech is that before now, he didnt have a plan, and now he does. He can check that box. There wasnt anything wrong with it, and, as a good Republican, I support everything he said. The problem is, we have supported it all before. Our voters want and appreciate creativity. This didnt offer much in the way of anything new. This program is Steve Forbes-lite. But it is what it is. Now he has to stick with it. Cut, Balance, and Grow is a good slogan, but this plan will only be a net plus for Perry if, over the next few weeks, he can recall and defend the details on live TV with smart, semi-hostile reporters asking the questions.
From behind the podium, Perry looks great. He looks so much like a Hollywood-produced president, he makes Mitt Romney look grunge. But Perrys speaking style Tuesday was not reassuring. He appeared to wander at times, and he had the occasional aside that didnt fit the speech very well. I couldnt tell if he was using a teleprompter. If he wasnt, he needs one. If he was, he needs to practice with it.
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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: governmentemployees; heartless; perry; socialism; stealthsocialism; taxes; taxinator; taxtrain; teachers; toast; vat
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:12:40 PM PDT
by
South40
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:14:11 PM PDT
by
South40
(Heartless since 1957)
To: South40
Well, the WaPo said it, it must be true. /s
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:16:02 PM PDT
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: South40
His wife wants to live in the White House, he doesn’t.
That and, HE CAN’T DEBATE !
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:16:50 PM PDT
by
Reagan69
(I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
To: South40
Hmmm...
Rush and Mark Levin seem intrigued.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:17:21 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: South40
(R) Romney, Texas: is not doing so well.
To: South40
Sounds like a WaPo liberal writing a headline he HOPES is NOT true (although some of his critiques sound accurate, as to Perry’s continuing, mysterious lack of polish). If Perry weren’t soaking wet on immigration and were showing more debating skills, he’d be a prohibitive favorite against Obama.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:19:28 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: South40
I’m pretty sure Mr. Cain understands his own plan. Not sure the same can be said of Perry.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:29:43 PM PDT
by
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( The Prudential Governor... Have you bought your piece of the Rick)
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:34:54 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: South40
lol.
Quick lets steal....err.... borrow someone’s plan!
Any plan is better than what we got, of course.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:35:12 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: GeronL
Perry spoke of the flat tax long ago.
He wrote about it in his book “Fed Up”
He didn’t just jump on the bandwagon to usurp Cain.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:38:55 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
Ahh....yer just a Perry-Krishna. ;-)
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:40:10 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: South40
he can recall and defend the details on live TV with smart, semi-hostile reporters asking the questions. Where are they finding smart reporters?
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:41:52 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Republicans will find a way to reelected Obama.)
To: GeronL
Perry chose to borrow a pretty good existing plan. Cain decided to borrow from several, and cobbled together a horrible plan, complete with BOTH an income and sales tax, and Reparation Zones.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:42:41 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
To: Allegra
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:43:16 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
he’s already distanced himself from some of the stuff in the book, lol.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:43:16 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: South40
His flat tax is optional. This guy is a joke.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:44:52 PM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
To: South40
Nonsense. When he's weak, as in debates, I've said so. The plan is solid, and as Rush said today, we have two radical plans that would stimulate growth on the table . . . compared to the garbage the WaPo offers up.
Any one of the conservative Republicans, including Perry, would be eons better than the obscenity that is in the White House now.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:46:43 PM PDT
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: GeronL
Like Cain distanced himself from that naggerhead thing?
“I’m done with that”
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:47:03 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Hugin
Cain needs to say he’d sign a real flat tax if Congress sent it to him.
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posted on
10/25/2011 4:51:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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