Posted on 10/24/2011 5:42:27 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
You see thats my problem with it. He made that decision without ever taking it to the legislature.
Shows he has a problem with the process.
He also was one of the Governors to oppose Jan Brewer’s immigration law.
This is interesting, Steve King took both Perry and Santorum hunting this weekend. We’ll see if anything comes from it.
He was most emphatic when he said it---enunciating every word---one of the few times he actually sounded coherent.
That is not quite accurate. The problem is he has seemed to have taken both sides of the issue so he has left voters in a state of confusion.
Well, Liz, are you ready to take up the cause of getting all the states out of the business of mandating any vaccines?
It was a stupid ass thing to say. It was off the cuff and not premeditated. It is not a deal breaker so one must look for something of substance to disqualify a candidate.
…….”The Gardasil vaccine was recommended the FDA’s vaccine approval committee, more than 6 months before Governor Perry’s Executive Order. All girls who qualified for the Federal Vaccines for Children program were eligible to receive the vaccine free of charge: Medicaid, CHIPs, and uninsured or those with insurance that won’t pay for vaccines. The Texas Legislature had previously delegated unconditional authority to mandate new vaccines to the Department of State Health Services, which is under Governor Perry and the Executive Branch.” Source
I find it odd that some who griped about tactics of Palin fans are now getting their knickers in a twist when they are using the same tactics employed by the Palin fans.
Perry does a better job speaking when he is not in a debate format. Unfortunately, there will be Presidential debates.
I don't believe he could possibly come out of one of those on top based on past performance.
Apparently, he went that route b/c he wanted to hasten the process to get his hands on the Merck donations.
He also was one of the Governors to oppose Jan Brewer’s immigration law.
Was also for and against fences.
Said his letter endorsing TARP meant something else.
Promised Texans he would not run for president if they reelected him (AT THE SAME TIME he raised $55Mill for 2012).
Had a business deal with Rooty Giuliani to use eminent domain to take land from Texans to give to a Spanish company (Rooty's law client). All stood to profit mightily off the Texas land grab.
”Florida, Texas and seven other states filed a brief supporting Arizona's immigration law aimed at cracking down on illegal migrants after the U.S. government sued to block enforcement of the law.
Arizona's statute doesn't establish an immigration policy that would interfere with federal law, countering the U.S. argument, the states said in the filing today in federal court in Phoenix. The law isn't an "obstacle" to Congress' objectives, the states wrote. .........
The states, in their filing, asked U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to reject the U.S. injunction request. Bolton scheduled a hearing in the case for July 22.
Representatives of the U.S. Justice Department didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
The Arizona law makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally. The statute requires local police officers who come in contact with someone for law enforcement reasons to check the individual's immigration status if they suspect the person lacks proper documentation.
Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Virginia, plus the territory of the Mariana Islands, also joined in today's brief supporting Arizona...." [end excerpt]
I'm seeing a pattern that the Cain supporters don't seem to want to acknowledge. Cain is not well organized and is constantly backtracking on earlier statements. It might be considered "refreshing" now, but do we really want a candidate who has to constantly explain what he has explained?
Gosh Liz. Please give a LINK.
You hate him, if you want, I choose to look at the big picture and I see a man who has been governor of a very large state for 10 years who has a pretty darned good record of job creation, protecting life, trying to protect TX from illegals in spite of a federal government who will not do their job.
I see a man who understands the role of plentiful, cheap energy in restoring this country to prosperity with resulting job creation. He's actually had to do it. The only other person in this race who has been a governor and has had to govern, is Romney, who is from a totally different kind of state from Perry. I'll take Perry, thank you.
There’s a patten for sure.
It most certainly was a deal breaker, Ma’am, considering how I supported him until the exact second he said that.
I’m done supporting people who pander to illegals.
Shows he has a problem with the process.
Rick has a history of this going back to his days as the state's Ag Commissioner. He's pretty loose making highly questionable loans with other people's money, got his hand slapped, but kept doing it anyway via other means. The state comptroller is still trying to clean up that financial mess. Same behavior concerning TTC, his own "private" slush fund to subsidize jobs and his dirty little secret called the Franchise Tax designed as a work around to gain revenues that a state income tax could bring if he thought he could sell it to Texans (no dice).
Then go support your candidate.
And good luck.
I want someone who can successfully govern—not win a high school debate contest. Obama can’t speak without a teleprompter. I’m willing to take my chances. Perry has had to govern. There is only one other person in the race who meets that criteria—Mitt Romney. I’ll take Perry.
Liz, did you read the letter? I did, and no logical person could conclude Perry was supporting TARP from that letter. It’s another distortion from the Perry haters.
You’re like the gossipy old man hanging around the water cooler.
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