[truthfreedom]

http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=14215

Perry, 50, is also a microcosm of recent trends in state politics. The state chairman of Al Gore’s 1988 presidential bid, Perry comes from a family of Texas Democrats.

[txroadkill]

You're posting an article with inaccurate info. He was never the chairman of Al Gore's Texas Campaign. Tom Jurkovich was the head of Texans for Al Gore.

"we may have named (Perry) to a ‘steering committee’ or as one of several campaign ‘co-chairs,’ typically honorific titles with no real role ... (Perry) wasn't highly involved in the campaign, however, and had zero operational responsibility."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/sep/07/legend-al-gore-and-rick-perry/

Perry was a young Democrat at the time and he endorsed Gore over Michael Dukakis, Gephardt and Jesse Jackson seeing Gore as the more Conservative of those running. He has also stated the he personally voted for George HW Bush in that election.