is this personal baggage? All I know about his personal life is that he’s been with his wife since he was a teenager.

is this personal baggage? All I know about his personal life is that he’s been with his wife since he was a teenager.

It’s sitting right there on the front lawn…

It’s sitting right there on the front lawn…

or else all would have been revealed by now. He’s our best candidate (besides, maybe, Bachmann) and he has been faithful to his wife since he was a teenager. You don’t win three terms as governor, and lt. governor, and ag. commisioner, with heavy personal baggage.

Any Democrat who even mentions the word skeletons after supporting and electing Barrack Obama is opening a box which would make Pandora’s tame by comparison.

This is of course predicated upon having a candidate who is willing to broach and then tell the truth about his opponent. If Perry is the nominee, at the very least, that is what we will have. The contrast between Perry and McCain will be amazing to behold, and only underscore the degree to which McCain intentionally handed the last election to Obama.

I would say his only other blemish is the in-state tuition for illegal aliens. However, he also signed a Voter ID law and has been pushing for tougher border enforcement. Not sure if this is a deal breaker for me even.

I think there’s a case of not seeing the forest for the trees (I hope I used that cliche correctly) with Texans when it comes to Perry. Anyone in this state who is inclined to hold a grudge against the man can find something that’s happened in the last decade that would justify it.

That’s just a side effect of something called “being in office”.

There’s 49 other states that are distant enough to see the bigger picture. A state that gained four electoral votes while only one other state gained as many as two. A state that was minimally impacted by the housing crash (albeit largely because it also by and large sat out the bubble). A state to which jobs continue to flee. That’s gotta be a case of somebody doing something right.

but at the same time, I don’t think we should immediately dismiss all rumors against candidates we like, that’s a suicide pact. Just because someone shares our political ideology doesn’t automatically mean they have never had any moral failings.

I have absolutely no idea of what rumors are floating around about him, but I think it goes without saying that I don’t want to throw an election against Obama because our candidate ended up having personal issues that we ignored because we liked his stump speeches.

The Guardasil “scandal” will be a non-issue in the general, but I could see someone making some hay with it in the GOP primary. The general election worries I have with Perry are that he may comes across as fringe because of some of the offhand “secession” comments he made (even though I think it’s been blown out of proportion), and his “stemwinder” speeches may paint his as a rabble-rouser (I personally think he needs to tone it down), and also the lazy comparisons the MSM will make to try and morph Perry into Bush 2.0 because he was also Governor of Texas.

No candidate is perfect, and sometimes you just have to put up with these flaws, but I can still absolutely see Perry beating Obama, and I think he would be a very solid conservative in office.

Rick is great at what he does in Texas. The governor has very few powers in Texas. We don’t trust politicians so we limit all their powers. The US government is not like this. I do not trust Perry’s judgement or ability to pick the several thousand appointees he will need. He is also a career politician, 7 years as a farmer between Air Force and TX Senate. He is great for Texas, that does not mean he is great for the US.

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Do a Google images search on Moe Howard and one on Rick Perry. I hope Perry visits an image consultant before he announces. And yes, I think he (Perry) would be a good nominee and/or President. However, I can’t stop laughing when I juxtapose the two photos.

Rick Perry in the 2010 election, and even THEY weren’t able to come up with anything. Would have to agree with Erick that there may not be much else hidden.

Rick Perry in the 2010 election, and even THEY weren’t able to come up with anything. Would have to agree with Erick that there may not be much else hidden.

That seems to be the new litmus test.

he once removed the tag from his new mattress.

2012 GOP: Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and their 800-pound gorillas

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/06/2012-gop-mitt-romney-rick-perry-and-800-pound-gorilla#ixzz1PZIq7Njv

The fact is, the economic fallout has been disastrous for Massachusetts, causing an explosion in demand for services from newly insured people, which has in turn both greatly limited access to care and driven up its cost.

As voters continue to scrutinize the performance of a state-level CEO and the impact of his policies in the state, it won’t help Romney that the Mercatus Center recently ranked Massachusetts as one of the least free states in the nation, coming in at No. 46, thanks to a morass of “nanny-state” regulations, of which RomneyCare plays a huge part. (Meanwhile, Texas comes in at No. 14.)

The lesson learned here is, as a politician with an otherwise good track record, you’re allowed to make a couple of blunders every once in a while—nobody’s perfect. And luckily for Perry, his bad ideas didn’t gain much momentum in Texas.

Unfortunately for Romney, his whopper of a bad idea not only came to fruition in the state of Massachusetts, but traveled on to Washington to become the worst federal policy in decades.

And in Republican theology, that’s an unforgivable sin that simply won’t pass muster for the White House nomination.

there’s just a little bit too much smoke for there not to be fire. That’s smoke in the media and smoke I hear under the radar. I guess if there’s really nothing on him he’ll run and prove everybody wrong. Well Perry, you should just know that should you run for president anything you might have done will come out, and if you’re not in the clear you’ll end up worse off than Weiner.

1 – Was Al Gore’s Presidential campaign manager for the state of Texas.
2 – Switched from democrat to the Republican Party when Bush asked him to because he saw Texas moving more conservative, and knew his political career would end for a state-wide office.
3 – No respect for land owners rights – TTC, Communists take away your land, not true Patriots.
4 – No respect for parental rights – HPV vaccine, Communists overrule parental rights, not true Patriots.
5 – Refused to VETO the recent 2011 SBOE re-districting map, which was drawn behind closed doors and submitted at the last minute on the morning of the committee hearing without a chance for public debate, to eliminate Conservatives on the board. This recent action proves Perry is no true Conservative.
6 – Last but not least, he’s been talking and talking and talking and talking border security for ten years. He had a rainy day fund he could have used part of to protect the citizens of Texas, HE TOOK A SWORN OATH WITH HIS HAND ON A BIBLE”…ON A BIBLE…TO DO, but he didn’t…PERIOD.

Arlene Specter switched parties too years ago, and we heard the truth out of his mouth when he returned, “I feel like I never left home.”

When you step back, and look at the six facts above, no true American would even consider the traitorous actions above of attempting to inoculate a child for HPV against a parent’s wishes or stealing rancher’s land in the biggest land grab in Texas history. That is not how a freedom loving Patriot’s mind operates. It is however how a fox in a sheep’s cloths, A SOCIALIST’S, operates though.

Perry never left the democrat Communist Party of the USA.

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/bills/veto/

Perry aides fact-finding on Iowa

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hIXJeoYWiYK6x8o3Fi9W4PAvt6lg?docId=8a8c5b97885d40d8b5c451d1b2c40fc2

spreading rumors hoping someone will bite.. This early you can’t trust what others will say, I doubt its true. Not really worth discussing beyond that.

First off, let me state that I do not have a position on Rick Perry; if he decides to run I’ll take a look at him then. However, I have seen Perry mentioned more than once on the ESPN column Tuesday Morning Quarterback, who has several pet peeves and often rants on them. One of those peeves is about public officials using public money for unnecessary trips and bodyguards and the like. Perry has been the target of this more than once.

From http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/101019_tuesday_morning_quarterback&sportCat=nfl :

Wasteful Spending on Bodyguards Watch: Randall Emmons of Houston notes this story from the Houston Chronicle — Texas taxpayers have been bilked of nearly $1 million for security details to accompany Gov. Rick Perry and his wife on overseas junkets during Perry’s years in office. Considering that states are forbidden by the Constitution to engage in foreign relations, when governors travel internationally — usually with the cover story of a “trade mission” — it’s generally a taxpayer-provided junket.

Suppose the trip was an actual attempt to promote trade between Texas companies and another country — setting aside why the governor, rather than the companies’ officials, would do that. Why would the governor of Texas, or of any state, need to be surrounded by taxpayer-funded bodyguards to meet with another nation’s commerce secretary? No one in Italy or Argentina knows or cares who the governor of Texas is — he stands no risk of being harassed as he walks the streets or enters a government office. No one overseas knows or cares who the wife of the governor of Texas is, yet she gets a taxpayer-funded bodyguard, too. Obviously the purpose is to allow Perry and his wife to strut around as if they were visiting heads of state, with bodyguards ensuring they receive the VIP treatment. Taxpayers’ money is wasted for a governor’s ego fantasy — and this by a governor who regularly accuses others of wasting tax money.

Check this section from the story: “The Perrys have traveled together to the Bahamas, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, Grand Cayman, Israel twice — once in conjunction with a trip to Jordan — France and Sweden, and China. Perry also has traveled to Mexico five times, Iraq three times, Afghanistan, Turkey, and to Taiwan and Korea in conjunction with the China trip. Mrs. Perry has traveled to England three times, once in conjunction with a trip to Slovakia, Mexico, Japan twice, Germany twice, Malta, Italy and France, the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan (after France and Sweden with Perry), Canada, Spain, and Brazil and Argentina.” Clearly all those trips were essential to the administration of Texas state government!

From http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/100921_tuesday_morning_quarterback&sportCat=nfl :

Wasteful Spending on Bodyguards Watch: TMQ rails against the trend for minor government officials, including mayors, state-agency directors and public university presidents, to have taxpayer-funded bodyguards — not for any real security need but to make themselves seem more important. A reader from Indianapolis reports, “My wife works for a hotel in downtown Indianapolis. The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, attended the Indy 500 and stayed at her hotel. He brought eight Texas State Troopers with him, and had one on guard outside his hotel room at all times, as though he was the prime minister of a Middle Eastern nation. Indiana’s governor, Mitch Daniels, rode his own motorcycle in the Indy 500 Festival Parade and had no bodyguards or police escort.” Perry, the Texas governor, is renowned for railing against government waste. But, like so many politicians, Perry thinks “waste” is spending on other people, while for himself, he expects unlimited public largesse.

From http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/100928_tuesday_morning_quarterback&sportCat=nfl :

Last week a reader noted Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who pounds the table demanding the federal government cut costs, spends taxpayer money lavishly on multiple bodyguards to follow him around making him seem more important. Cost-cutting is for the little people! Peyton Lowrey of Houston reports last week’s column didn’t know the half of it: Perry just wasted $129,000 of Texas taxpayers’ money to have a large security detail accompany him on a 12-day trip through Asia. Even his wife had her own taxpayer-funded bodyguard. “Lawyers for the state have fought in court to keep secret the details” of security spending for the Perry trip, Kelley Shannon of the Houston Chronicle writes. So add to that $129,000 the cost of lawyers trying to prevent the public from finding out how the governor was wasting money.

I haven’t investigated any of these allegations, I’m just the reporter on this one. Does Gregg Easterbrook have a valid point? I can’t say myself.

Have fun with that.

Rick Perry’s First 100 Days

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303635604576391671267240408.html

1.) Close Dept. of Education

2.) Close Dept. of Energy

3.) Repeal of ObamaCare

4.) Reform of corporate income taxes

Toll Roads, Bridges Targeted for Major Fare Hikes

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/18/toll-roads-targeted-for-major-fare-increases/#ixzz1PdTX4HTg

About Toll Roads

http://www.texastollways.com/content/about-toll-roads.php

The Texas Tollways network is giving drivers new timesaving options for bypassing congestion. Less time sitting in traffic means a faster ride home, to work or wherever your travels take you. Plus, spending less time idling on congested roadways reduces vehicle emissions and improves the quality of the air we breathe.

Tolls also have the advantage of charging only those drivers who use the road. Drivers who prefer not to pay a toll will always have a non-tolled alternative. Texans can decide which road suits their needs best.

So – if you don’t like Tollroads – DON’T DRIVE ON THEM

Go look at this again.
Toll Roads, Bridges Targeted for Major Fare Hikes

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/18/toll-roads-targeted-for-major-fare-increases/#ixzz1PdTX4HTg

Many people that have a job commute that involves driving over a tolled bridge don’t really have a choice. I doubt many of them could afford a helicopter ride to work.

Obama’s NLRB Uses Weight Of Fed Govt To Protect Illegal Immigrants

http://www.redstate.com/tomtflorida/2011/06/18/obama’s-nlrb-uses-weight-of-fed-govt-to-protect-illegal-immigrants/

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/09/i-have-a-plan-to-destroy-america-by-richard-d-lamm/

Obama is following the plan to a T.

On this issue I completely agree with Eric….

And I won’t try to fool anybody with nonsense. At this point in time I will vote for an orangatang with an orange behind against the current resident in our White House. At the very least he knows how to manage his bananas and he doesn’t apologize to anybody for being an orangatang.

Yes, we had to rather beat up a couple of times on Perry and steer him in the right direction. But he did listen when we had to march on the capitol to get his attention. There’s not a democrat in this country that’s going to veer from imposing their own ideology, period. No matter how loudly we scream. And that’s just the way it is.

I myself have continued to enjoy prosperity in Texas and applaud Gov. Perry for his part in fostering that environment. Texas is very blessed with reasonable people who truly understand the principles of freedom fostered by those who fought and won it. Just like our country’s forefathers.

We are the second or third greatest population in the country. And out of those, we are the only one with viable finances and PROOF that if your keep your taxes low, you will get the revenue needed to keep your finances viable. We have more employed people paying the sales taxes and property taxes that support our government than any other state.

There’s only one other candidate that I may place first on my voting agenda. If I can’t vote for that candidate, Perry is my second choice. If I can’t vote for Perry, then the orangatang with the orange behind gets it.

I listened to Governor Perry’s speech at the Republican Leadership Council in New Orleans. Great speech! He will destroy Obama in a debate where there are no teleprompters. Does Rick Perry have skeletons in his closet? Don’t know! Do know that he is our very best chance to win the Presidency in 2012. If he does for the nation what he has done for Texas, Americans will be much better off tomorrow than we are today. He Does have a pair and does not fear liberals or the liberal press. He seems to know that the best defense is a good offense and is unapologetic in his defense of conservative principles. I hope that he runs because I believe he will bring back solvency to our government, return the nation to our founding father’s principles of individual freedom and limited government and inspire a new and much needed confidence in the American people! If we do not get our national debt under control, we will end up being the servants of those who hold that debt.

“Solvency is valueless without security, and security is impossible to achieve without solvency.”

Winston Churchill

I have listened to the video from New Orleans…Republican Leadership Conference. This guy has to get into the race…and get in fast. I will try to see if I can get this video to go viral…because I can’t depend on the MSM. Thank you Red State…we appreciate the full context…and will get the info out to other Americans

P.S. Bye…Bye Romney..who is nothing more than Obama..BIG GOVERNMENT

I live in south Texas, Kinney County to be precise, we have illegals crossing our place on a regular basis, we go armed ourselves because the Feds care less about our border, and even less about our lives. I am also a retired Pastor, who is a conservative, and I would like to say that rumors are for children and democrats. Perry has lost battles such as the HPV and the Trans Texas Corridor, both of which were poorly thought out and even more poorly exectued. HPV should have gone through the State Health Department, and should still be offered to those parents who want it for the kids.

Of course Perry has not said he will run, so maybe we are all putting the cart before the horse. I personally would vote for him even though I find some things a little left of myself, but not enough to make him another W who did after all start the TARP mess in the first place, and added to the cost of education without increasing test scores. W was a big government guy too. So, I say that if we want to find skeletons in closets, we can, but most of them are going to be bogus, and the ones that count, are already moot points. It is time for people to start working against the Democrats at every opportunity, and stop trying to pick apart every one who comes up to the plate.

The number one reason Perry should be the Republican Party candidate is that he is capable of beating Obama.

…..he’s a native Texan, he’s a member of the world’s largest fraternity (Texas A&M graduate), an Aggie with a degree in Agriculture Science (not a lawyer), he’s an Air Force veteran, he’s married to his high school sweetheart, he was in business with his father before running for office…….

…he’s a Patriot who loves this country and he’s an authentic fiscal and social conservative,..

I heard him speak last month in Houston at our grand opening of King Street Patriots, a Tea Party organization……he held the crowd’s attention and thrived on our enthusiastic support. He speaks with passion with no need of a teleprompter. He’s knowledgeable and witty and sincere, folksy without being country. His knowledge of Texas and US history will serve him well on the campaign trail.

Many writers on this post have nit picky objections to Perry….all of us must remember the goal and support the strongest candidate. ….. in my opinion, that’s Perry.

When main stream media tries to steer support to Romney, be assured the determination has been made he’s the easiest to beat……..we don’t need another fiasco like McCain.

When you have a group of rhinos running against each other, a rhino is bound to win.
The Bildeberger thing and the forced vaccinations both indicate elitist control.
I voted for both Bushes and I regret it.
They seemed conservative but both pushed us closer to the new world order.

And, TopGun, stick to your gunns!
Don’t let yourself be browbeat into silence.
Continue to stand up for what is right!
There are a few here that either can’t see the truth, or have an agenda.

everyone else he would need to be vetted thoroughly. He has shown some big government tendencies, which will be thoroughly discussed if he decides to get in.

But I think a note of caution is warranted here. While we do not want to compromise our principles when selecting a nominee, we also do want to demand perfection. We must support the MOST conservative candidate who can beat Obama. There are 3-4 who have the potental to do that who are not Romney who are either running or thinking of running. Any of which would be better than Obama.