If Perry had not started out with a huge war chest...
we would not know his name.
Oh, Excuse me. I inadvertently walked in to the standard, anti-Perry thread. Thought it was a real discussion about a sitting Governor who is remarkably qualified to run for POTUS.
Governor Perry is the epitome of all we once thought of as being a typical, all-American. Once thought of. Eagle Scout, (and reared his son to acheive that status)high school graduate, college graduate (Corps of Cadets), served his country by being commissioned in the Air Force, completed pilot training, and flew C-130 tactical airlift in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe until 1977. He left the Air Force with the rank of captain, returned to Texas, and went into business farming cotton with his father. Think of that. A farmer too. Has an A plus rating from the National Rifle Association. Three term governor. Religious. Bold Conservative. Patriotic. Always proud of his country.
Stated in a campaign YouTube: “There's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military, and your kids can't openly celebrate Christmas.” - Rick Perry. (By the way, this YouTube received a half a million “dislikes.”)
Chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
You may not approve of or vote for Governor Perry, but to suggest he's not qualified or that “we would not know his name” is absurd. Your tag-line says all I need to know.
As I understand it, Perry’s main campaign weapons have always been lots of cash and big push to suck the oxygen from his competitors. We saw that when he tried to usurp the Iowa caucus a year ago and his follow on juggernaut of push polling and press releases.
If this pres. campaign had not gotten underway so early, he might have pulled it off. Instead, Texans have been very effective in making all of us aware of who Perry is. Perry also had the advantage of the media trying to ignore Santorum and Backmann.
About six months ago the Perry express began to lose steam. Certainly the “oops” moment was a big negative for him. He was not doing well in the so-called debates anyway. Then along came Cain. First actual conservative to emerge from the primary fog. He imploded. This opened the door for Newt. He imploded for a number of reasons: 1. He’s part of the political elite who facilitated the usurping of the WH by Onada. 2. Serial philanderer. 3. He was compromised by his appearance with Pelosi on the love seat in a pro global warming add. 4. He was further compromised by Pelosi’s statement that she had plenty of dirt on Newt. Translation: I have him by the b**** and will control him.
Then comes the second Iowa Caucus—remember
Conservative Bachmann won the first one. Santorum wins big, Romney wins small. A conservative is at the head of the pack—again. NH is next. Unless something really extraordinary happens RINO Romney will take it. Nothing new there. Changes nothing with regard to Santorum who will probably take SC primary. He’s already seeing a big bump in fund raising. SC will add to that monemtum. The only unknown out there is if he has a dark side to be exposed—a la Cain. It will have to be very provable and nasty as I don’t think most conservative, some Pubbie and some independent voters will buy into inuendo and the usual “gotcha” nonsense this time around.
That said, Santorum must separate himself from the RINOs by attacking The Usurping Marxist Onada head on. Every opportunity must be used to attack Onada. Every question he gets—especially in the goofy debates—should be turned into an attack on Onada.
In other words, he needs to ignore the RINO three Stooges and begin his presidential campaign. If he does not have the courage to say the obvious about Onada and his policies he will seriously hurt his presidential prospects. If he allows his campaign to be driven by the spin meisters he will be spun.
This strategy will assure his conservative base. I believe it will ultimately draw in a significasnt number of indies. And as the presidential race shapes up as a fight between Santorum and Onada the poll numbers will shift in favor of Santorum. This will ultimately draw in RINOs as well as they see tying their future to Onada a dead end. The main thing that drives most RINOs is their place at the public trough. They will go with who they perceive to be the winner.
If this scenario does not play out I believe the GOP convention will be brokered. The outcome will determine whether or not the national GOP reasserts itself as an opposition party to the demrat party or remains controlled by the demrat party.
We are on the threshhold of a second American Reovolution. Whether it is peaceful or violent remains to be seen.
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If Perry had not started out with a huge war chest... we would not know his name.
You got that right.
Perry spent over $6 million for fifth place. After his debate flops, his campaign "stressed" his so-called strengths----quirky to say the least:
<><>he trucked in an army of Texans to tell Iowans how to vote;
<><> he brought California pols to Iowa (California?);
<><> he spent millions on non-stop ads on local media and Fox news;
<><>he stressed his faith (proving once again religion is the last refuge of a scoundrel).
Money can't makeup for his amateurish campaign. Perry was in single digits throughout---and sank like a rock on election day. Perry was a dismal miserable disaster ---one of the worst candidates in political history. Hopefully he will drop out and do America a favor and never appear again.
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BACKSTORY Perry blew $6 million for a fifth place Iowa ribbon--billed as his "first" election loss.
Actually that was Perry's second election loss----he did not officially enter the first go-round---the Iowa straw poll---but manipulated the vote from Texas. That was supposed to take a self-assured Perry over the top. Instead he garnered a pitiful 700 write-ins. Michelle Bachmann won with 4000 votes. Perry came stomping into Iowa flashing the victory sign as if he had actually won. In fact...he was the front-runner for a short period of time....until the first debate.
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How much money does Perry have......who is sending him donations?
Perry entered the prez race with three PACs (that we know of).....teeming with money.
He was raising 2012 money while campaigning for governor, promising trusting Texans he would not run for president if they reelected him....b/c he knew a sitting governor running for president was more credible.
One crony PAC---Make America Great Again---raised $55 million. Probably some of that was used for Perry's ploy to make himself look good early in the Iowa caucuses----saying he had "raised more than any other candidate"----$17 mill.
So there's lots of money standing by.
We'll soon be looking at Perry crowing that his fifth place loss garnered him a huge chunk of "donations."