…because we equate the invitation to capitulate/compromise to the covert desire to entice us to ignore the need, always, to seek-common-ground.

Romney has consistently eschewed the TEA [Taxed Enough Already] Party Movement, and the ONLY way he would be able to heal these wounds would be to PLEDGE to accept Perry as his Veep-nominee [assuming Perry weren't able to best him during the next few months].

Furthermore, Romney has ignored the Evangelicals [recall that he skipped the Thanksgiving "Family Leader" confessional hosted by Frank Luntz], again, to his detriment; his Mormonism notwithstanding, he has been “hiding.”

We have been thinking [as one plays chess] as many “moves ahead” as possible, and there is little doubt that the best metaphor for all of the major forces at-play is the 1980-atmospheric; no other candidate can play the RR-role better than Perry…NO ONE!

We watched how the military has expressed fealty [and we know there are many retirees and active DoD-personnel who can be invoked; we feel the recent cut-back by Pacifist-BHO has now the potential to cause irrevocable damage to American security...even as potential adversaries are building their armies/navies/air-forces/marines/national-guards [metaphorically, using Iranian entities as examples].

We wish to appear alarmist when we express fear that no other GOP-candidate projects anywhere NEAR the capacity to maintain American security, as does Perry. Witness how he expressed the need to invoke the Monroe Doctrine during a recent debate…as Ahmadinejad just announced his plan to tour South America.

We must mobilize, for Perry has our backs…and we need to provide ours ASAP!

…this posting [by circlegranch] “says it all”:

ain’t it grand? the country is about to go down the tubes and we’re supposed to ‘settle’

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One final observation is in-order:

We witnessed the dismay when volunteers/staffers felt it was possible the “reassessment” was a prelude to withdrawal. The mood we sensed differed from the “agony of defeat” that has been noted following prior losing-campaigns; there was a steely resolve, an inner sense of confidence that Perry would do-the-right-thing because of the profundity of the task before us.

Some prayed, others hoped…but whatever we all did, IT WORKED!

This election-season is like no other. As was noted on today’s “Journal Report” on FNC, BHO has been in non-stop campaign-mode since 1/20/2009 [I'm amplifying commentary, a bit]. Ideology/stridency has supplanted reality/practicality, unabashedly/deceitfully.

We cannot permit him to prevail for, if nothing else, the SCOTUS hangs in the balance!

And the other candidates do not promise to “change D.C.” to its core; only Perry is authentic, transparent, consistent, accomplished, ethical, confident, and wise.

We need him–and only him, at this point–to defend us against enemies, foreign and domestic.

Let the Force be with him, during these next two debates, as a manifestation of his ability to retool the delivery of his unique/vital Message.

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…because it would be helpful to “find” prior notes.

That’s why I amalgamated my observations [it took some of Thursday and most-all of Friday] as succinctly as possible…

http://www.scribd.com/doc/77378886/Perry

…and have drawn from this essay regularly, since that time.

There had been a period of retooling to be accomplished but, frankly, I didn’t want to push Neil [because he's been so pre-occupied with his overnight analyses of Technology].

I still can’t find it on my home-page.

…and the sad part about this is that both are easily remediable!

He would be far better able to allay our angst were he to show a bit of vulnerability for, alternatively, he “promises” to ignore our heartfelt concerns [post-election, were he to emerge victorious].

That each of the other candidates [Michele, prominently] did otherwise [except ET-Paul] speaks volumes regarding this deficiency.

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BTW, the “obscure” reference to the monoliths in “2001″…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)
…are reflected in the fact that Guzzardi and I [and my son] were present on two occasions [Charleston & Des Moines] and may witness a third [Columbia].

{Recall that the first occurred when humans first used a tool [bone] and the second occurred when a tool [HAL] was poised to “use” humans; the “third” constituted a “reincarnation” [of sorts] that, overall, reflected the aggregate “history” of humans-on-earth.}

We are so deeply invested in Perry–for reasons y’all know–that these types of errant thoughts/feelings emerge; if expressing them will help motivate others, these postings will have served their purpose.

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thanx