Many of us do not particularly enjoy being labeled as “heartless” when all we do is simply oppose taxpayer funded benefits for illegal aliens (tuition breaks, etc), or the contents of say the Governor’s on-record comments to the racist, anti-American “La Raza” organization. We had that kind of judgmental moderate diatribe shoved in our faces by the likes of John McCain, Lindsay Graham and George W. Bush under the auspices of “Compassionate Conservatism” and I will be straight with you to let you know their are millions of bedrock Conservative GOP members who do not appreciate the insinuation nor the charge very much at all.
If you are determined to cling to your hurt feelings and to continue to believe untruths about Governor Perry, there’s nothing I can do.
However, I strongly urge you to reconsider. The in-state tuition was not a ‘Perry plan.’ As you may know it was passed in 2001 by an almost unanimous vote of the Texas legislature. It costs taxpayers nothing and was done in the hope of turning some of the children of illegals into more productive tax-paying citizens instead of welfare recipients.
Governor Perry has apologized for his unfortunate choice of words in defending this plan which was not done because of compassion but was a pragmatic practical idea.
As for speaking to LaRaza, of course, he made some pleasantries to the group but he did not give any concessions to them; in fact, just the opposite.
I don’t know who you’re favoring now, but if it’s Newt, he made far more concessions to illegals than Rick Perry ever has and used some kind of ‘heart’ word in doing so.
Fox news is now pretending Rick Perry doesn’t exist. Karl Rove does not dare mention his name. The establishment doesn’t want Perry and who can blame them. He’s threatened to demolish their playhouse and tear down their house of cards and privilege.
If you don’t want Newt or Romney, and let’s face it, your first choice is gone, I hope you would consider Rick Perry.