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Perry: We don’t need outsiders’ views on Senate race (Are you listening, Sarah Palin?)
Texas Chronicle ^ | Friday June 1, 2012 | Peggy Fikac

Posted on 06/01/2012 4:06:14 PM PDT by Bigtigermike

Gov. Rick Perry is once again slamming “out-of-state interest groups” backing former solicitor general Ted Cruz in his runoff with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst –this time tweaking Sarah Palin, U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and Rick Santorum by suggesting their states could learn a lot from Texas, but Texas doesn’t need their advice on choosing its next U.S. senator.

Perry, standing staunchly behind Dewhurst, brushed off the question about whether his own tea party credibility may be damaged by his opposition to Cruz, who has been endorsed by national conservative and tea party groups and figures (including Palin, DeMint and Santorum) in the runoff for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate.

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Without naming Palin, DeMint or Santorum, Perry called them to mind by naming their states: “I appreciate everybody paying attention to Texas – as well they should, they could learn some things on how to run South Carolina and Pennsylvania and Alaska.

“Come to Texas and learn how to do it right, but don’t come down here and tell us who needs to be our next United States senator, thank you very much. We’ll decide that without your outside, Washington, D.C.-oriented help,” Perry said.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.chron.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: daviddewhurst; jimdemint; palin; rickperry; ricksantorum; sarahpalin; senate; teaparty; tedcruz; texas; tx
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To: Lancey Howard
"Agreed. Perry's support of Dewhurst is natural and no surprise at all."

Support for continuing as Lt. Gov. is different from support for a Senate Seat.

121 posted on 06/01/2012 8:04:14 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ngat

That’ll work.


122 posted on 06/01/2012 8:05:21 PM PDT by TexasSecede79366 (May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”)
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To: TexasSecede79366

If the cheerleader plays the game better than anybody, and I mean anybody, currently on the field? Oh, hell, yes.


123 posted on 06/01/2012 8:07:42 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Don’t blame Perry for not mincing words on this.

Texas has been well run and Dewhurst has been a good member of the crew responsible.

Nobody has shown me anything so wonderful about this Ted Cruz guy to make me change my vote to him.

And I’ve asked his supporters.

All they do is criticize Dewhurst for being ‘establishment’ or something. Well, it’s been a pretty good establishment if you ask me.


124 posted on 06/01/2012 8:09:08 PM PDT by altura
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To: Paine in the Neck

Against the tide?

You didn’t read the results? Dewhurst won more votes by far. Hard to get a majority in a 3/4 man race. He’ll win it easily in the runoff.


125 posted on 06/01/2012 8:12:42 PM PDT by altura
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To: TexasSecede79366

By the way, were I a Perry supporter, I’d be really, really careful about calling anybody stupid. Because your guy’s main contribution to the 2012 campaign was showing why the Aggie joke is Texas’ version of the Polish joke.


126 posted on 06/01/2012 8:13:52 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: altura

127 posted on 06/01/2012 8:14:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: South40

No, that isn’t worn out.

Some of us will never forget the vicious ugliness which you and your little band of sniveling idiots put upon Perry.

Don’t bother anyswering. I’ll never reply to you again.


128 posted on 06/01/2012 8:15:12 PM PDT by altura
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To: RichInOC
"....of the Polish joke."

Who was Alexander Graham Bellski?

129 posted on 06/01/2012 8:17:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: RichInOC
shut up and watch how Sarah does it.

Yep. And in exchange, Perry could show Palin how to complete a term as Governor.

Several in fact.

130 posted on 06/01/2012 8:20:48 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: ngat
"The fact that the Houston Chronicle and the Austin-American Statesman are salivating over the possibility that Lt. Gov. Dewhurst might be upset by Cruz should give you a clue."

Uh, no. The fact that the Houston Chronicle endorsed Dewhurst should give you a clue.

131 posted on 06/01/2012 8:21:26 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("The lesser of two evils is, by definition, evil." - Josh Painter)
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To: RichInOC
You're a Dam' Yankee. You don't understand the nuance behind the joke.
Ricks pissed off at you retards,maybe we can get the f@#k out of your retarded society.
132 posted on 06/01/2012 8:22:46 PM PDT by TexasSecede79366 (May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”)
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To: Bigtigermike; All

Apparently nobody read the story. Perry didn’t attacked anyone and he didn’t mention Sarah’s name or anybody else’s.

But the people supporting Cruz are outsiders and none of them are from states doing as well or better than Texas.


133 posted on 06/01/2012 8:22:46 PM PDT by altura
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To: tennmountainman
"Millions of conservatives across the country have an interest in who Texas sends to the U.S. senate. Just as millions of conservatives across the country have an interest in dumping Corker and Alexander. Give Tennessee a Cruz or Mourdock and we will get the job done. "

Well said. Especially for those of us who are going to have difficult time in replacing Marxist Senators from our own state.

134 posted on 06/01/2012 8:25:12 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ngat

Great post.

The entire media in Texas has hated Rick Perry for years and they hate Dewhurst also.

The media just doesn’t like conservatives but they do like a fight ... something to write about.

I still haven’t seen anything about Cruz to make me vote for him over a proven and known conservative.


135 posted on 06/01/2012 8:25:43 PM PDT by altura
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To: altura

SShh! The Palinbots are really stirred.


136 posted on 06/01/2012 8:28:24 PM PDT by TexasSecede79366 (May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”)
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To: humblegunner

gunner, it goes against all that is holy, but I gotta agree with you on that one !!!


137 posted on 06/01/2012 8:28:56 PM PDT by altura
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To: mylife
Perry would have won reelection just fine without Sarah Palin. Guess that's why Perry asked Palin to come to Texas and campaign for him, then.
138 posted on 06/01/2012 8:32:18 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("The lesser of two evils is, by definition, evil." - Josh Painter)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mark Levin: Perry campaigns in Minnesota, while telling others to stay out of Texas... http://fb.me/E68eiv5J

https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/208721355942793216


139 posted on 06/01/2012 8:34:49 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("The lesser of two evils is, by definition, evil." - Josh Painter)
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To: RichInOC
Thank you,that's the dumbest thing I've heard.
Every time I hear Sara it makes me puke.
140 posted on 06/01/2012 8:35:26 PM PDT by TexasSecede79366 (May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”)
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