[Cincinatus' Wife]

Misfire: Romney Ad Targets Rick Perry's Jobs Record "I think it's safe to say the Romney campaign is going for the kill with its latest attack on Rick Perry. The former Massachusetts Governor has already gotten a fair amount of mileage out of attacking his Texan rival from the left on Social Security, and from the right on immigration, but this new spot strikes at the heart of the Perry campaign's raison detre -- jobs, jobs, jobs:

The Facts --Mitt Romney's political ad

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The spot's most striking image is a tumbleweed blowing along a deserted Texas highway. That's rich. It's intended to create the impression that Rick Perry's Texas is something of a depressed ghost town. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since the recession began, desperate job seekers have flocked to Texas at a clip of roughly 1,000 people per day. And they're finding work, too. Despite a huge population influx and a bruising national recession, Texas' unemployment rate remains below the national average. How remarkable has the Lone Star State's economic performance been? Read this Political Math analysis (written by a self-professed non Perry supporter), and marvel. One telling data point:

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Perry Economic Plan: Cut, Balance and Grow

The Perry Plan: Energizing American Jobs and Security

[snip] “Dynamic Tax Score for RickPerry.org, Inc. Proposal:

Based on the higher GDP estimates forecast by the dynamic scoring exercise, the Perry proposal will not only lead to an increase in overall economic activity and jobs, but will also lead to higher federal revenues in the long term. In fact, the analysis suggests that revenues could be as much as $406.8 billion higher than under the static model by 2020, and could be as high as 19.5 percent of GDP. The dynamic score of the proposal suggests that lower flatter taxes could generate both more revenue than the current tax code, and significantly more economic growth over time. With increasing demands on the Federal government from growing entitlements, higher pension expenses and interest on the debt, it will be necessary to increase the size of the economy – and the tax base – in order to generate significantly higher revenues. Table 7 shows how the Perry proposals would do this over a seven year period.’ [snip] Tax Proposal Score PDF

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This is how you "create" jobs -- you create an environment that is friendly to employers!

Rick Perry:

FIRST: "Don't spend all the money!"

SECOND: "Have a fair and predictable tax and regulatory policy!"

THIRD: "Have a legal system that doesn't allow for over suing and make loser pay!"

[hocndoc]

The act of running for office is an education in itself. However, there’s nothing like experience, as we’ve seen historically.

We know how Romney governs. We’ve seen the results. He did no favors for Mass. or the US. We will all soon live with the results if we can’t get rid of Romneycare.

We know how Rick Perry governs. He has not harmed Texas in any way and has protected us from the worst of Obama, at the very least blunted the effects of Federal neglect at the border, and controlled spending while preventing the institution of an income tax on the fiscal side and protected life and marriage on the social side.

[DJ MacWoW]

We've Watched The Spinning Act In The Press And DC Long Enough

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[Grunthor]

Perrys’ jobs record is unasailable(sp?) and his tax reform proposal is pretty good. Neither of these things are what led to his trailing off (rather badly) in the polls.

He’s so far down right now I cannot see why Romney would attack him. Romney should spend his time attacking Cain who is quite frankly catching fire in this race.

I can see WHY Myth is not attacking Cain though, Perry went on the offensive and look where he is now.

Pawlenty went on the offensive and look where he is now.

This is not the type of race that the voters want to see. The voters want to see ideas calmly and rationally discussed as if these men were adults. This is why I really like Cains’ “Rock ‘em Sock ‘em robots ad.

[Quicksilver]

Irony: I’m here to tell you that I’m not a politician, I’m here asking you to help me become one.

[Pan_Yan]

So let me see if I understand what National Topsail Online is telling me. We need to vote for a career politician because a citizen who runs for public office is by definition a politician, just an amateur one. So if we really want to clean up the sewer in Washington we elect someone who has decades of rolling in the filth.

Got it.

[Force of Truth]

Most of the jobs created were not high quality jobs by any means. A lot of those jobs were taken by illegals and the majority of those jobs were in the government. America needs to get with the program and become more competitive in the technology sector. Rick Perry is a dud. Wake up already.

[loveliberty2]

"If business experience were all important, the successful former Goldman Sachs executive Jon Corzine would have been a blessing to New Jersey as governor, and his politico successor — former freeholder, candidate for the legislature, and U.S. attorney Chris Christie — a flat failure."

This is illogical in the context of say, a Cain. Of course, a Jon Corzine's political philosophy itself, would not make him a "blessing to New Jersey"; whereas a person devoted to America's founding philosophy of limited government coercive power over citizens would be such a "blessing."

[Brookhaven]

A person at the article site summed it up:

The problem is people who make a career out of elective office. There is something seriously wrong with them and if we care at all about them, we need to help them by voting them out of office as soon as possible.

We need to go back to the George Washington model: he served his time in the military until the crisis was over and he went back to his real life. He served his time as president and then left politics and went back to his real life.

If I were in charge for one day, the first thing I would do is eliminate all pensions for elective office at all levels of government. Elective office is a duty that SHOULD (perhaps must?) be a sacrifice, not a gateway to the good life.

Our problems are due to career politicians like Perry, not career non-politicians like Herman Cain.

Instead of asking why someone like Herman Cain thinks they have a right to run for any political office, we should be asking why does anyone (including Rick Perry) think they should be able to spend their entire adult life in one political office after another?

We need fewer career politicians like Rick Perry, and more people that have never held office before like Herman Cain.

Career politicians are the problem, Rick Perry is a career politician, thus Perry is part of the problem.

[editor-surveyor]

This thread is a canard.

Experienced politicians rape us by nature.