From conservative blogger Riehl World View:
Friday, December 09, 2011
Texas Gov Rick Perry Is The Only Right Choice For The 2012 GOP Nomination
Excerpt below: from Melissa Cloutier a Texan who has a positive opinion on Gov. Perry
Good friend and Texas resident Melissa Clouthier makes the case for Perry, as only someone who has lived under his governance can, here. If we mean to have a political fight in 2012 - and the nation desperately needs one - we can not win it by surrendering for superfical reasons to a Barack Obama who has cited our 57 states and proved himself more gaffe-prone than any potential GOP nominee time and again. Republicans cannot afford to let the media choose our nominee with sound bites, we must select same ourselves based upon their history, record of accomplishment, their principles and sound judgments in office.
Whatever his faults - and each of the current crop of candidates has significant ones - Governor Perry’s signifcant record of success and his vision for America based upon a healthy respect for the Tenth Amendment are and should be the substantive answer to his critics in arguing his case for the 2012 GOP nomination. Put simply, there is no other, or better, viable choice if conservatives and Republicans want to win in 2012, while winning for the right reasons, not simply to defeat Barack Obama by kissing our sister with yet one more Progressive Republican - which is precisely what Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are.
Now, to why I support Rick Perry:
I live under the light hand of the Texas system–a hand that Governor Perry has done everything in his power to make lighter. He cut the size and scope of government even as the Texas population grew faster than any place in the nation. We started a business here with nothing but a credit card. You know how much money we were making a month when we first moved here fourteen years ago? Two thousand a month. Gross. With a baby. Slowly, surely, we built our business and life here.
When we first got to Texas, my husband worked with doctors who were heavily involved in the Worker’s Comp (work injuries) and Personal Injury (car accidents) system. It was rife with abuse. There were rings of lawyers, doctors, and accident fakers who exploited the system. Governor Perry directly took on the fraud and abuse which meant taking on the trial lawyers association. In one day after the law was passed (my husband had long since gone into practice for himself and had a holistic practice), the shysters lost the whole scam. It was beautiful to behold.
And then, this last year, Governor Perry pushed through “loser pays” on lawsuits. I cannot even tell you how much lawyers in Texas hate Rick Perry. And it’s one reason I love his record. It’s also a reason, they’ll fight tooth and nail against him nationally.
Three or four achievements in 11 years..... wonderful. (Actually, your entire post is bulls**t.)