Sarah Palin Takes Aim At Perry in Iowa (Gucci Gulch is in her crosshairs)

09/04/2011 | Brices Crossroads

[Brices Crossroads]

Ping!

[demkicker]

This is a sobering truth about Perry and a great read - thanks!!!

[techno]

BC:

You need cease to amaze me with your information and clarity.

[Sacajaweau]

That's right...Palin didn't need Obama's stimulus money in Alaska....BECAUSE (IIRC) SHE TAXED THE HELL OUT OF THE OIL COMPANIES.

I'm not anti Palin....not al all. Nice lady!!

[Hugin]

Second, Perry's use of federal stimulus funds to cover his budget deficits will neuter any attack he might try to mount on Obama's overspending, because it would expose him to the charge of hypocrisy.

I hear this argument every now and then and it's frankly stupid. Even though they pay taxes to the federal government, if they elect conservatives a state or congressional district should refuse to get any benefit from the money the Federal government spends? I'm sure the Democrats would love that idea.

[MNlurker]

I enjoyed the read.

Thank you.

[Brices Crossroads]

Thanks. Perry has a lot of baggage. A lot. We are only scratching the surface.

[upsdriver]

Bump for later

[grey_whiskers]

Sound of grey_whiskers registering EXTREME approval.P-u-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r

(Closes eyes, rubs cheek repeatedly on monitor.)

Meow.

Consider yourself *highly* commended.

Cheers!

[FrankR]

[yldstrk]

“if the gameplan remind the same.”???????????

[sarah fan UK]

Thanks BC. Another politics as usual crony capitalist. He’ll never see another endorsement from Gov Palin. His cowardice in January 2011 when he said nothing in her defence in public when she was being accused of mass murder followed by lying about his intentions sealed the (no) deal. A pox on him.

[Cicero]

Excellently done. I was aware of most of this on both sides—Palin and Perry—but you sum it all up in very persuasive terms.

I’m sending this one out to my email list.

[reasonisfaith]

“it is a fact that Perry—who never fails to brandish his humble beginnings as a rural farmer—has become very wealthy over the course of his 27 years in public office. He has had a series of questionable real estate deals with other politicians and with contributors that have netted him millions. His Horseshoe Bay deal, for example, involved State Senator Troy Fraser and two business partners (one who sold the land to Fraser; the other who bought it from Perry) and netted the Governor a cool $823,000 profit in 2007 on only a 300,000 investment in 2001. Then there was the deal in which Perry, while serving as state Agriculture Commissioner, bought 10 acres of undeveloped land in 1993 for $123,000 and sold it the next year to Michael Dell, a computer magnate for $465,000, three times what he paid for it. Interestingly, Michael Toomey, an influential lobbyist actually closed the sale for Perry (who was out of town at the time). Toomey later became Perry’s Chief of Staff and, after that, became a lobbyist for Merck where he was instrumental in lobbying Perry to issue the gardasil mandate, which stood to make millions for Merck, while endangering the health of pre-teen Texas girls.”

No wonder he isn’t the one saying “I’m not for sale.”

[techno]

Unfortunately for Perry he might have got into the race a wee bit early. Gives too much time for the vetting process to occur. 5 months is a long time.

Honestly I never really thought Sarah Palin could go this long without declaring but she has five things going for her that Fred Thompson never had:

a)A Facebook and Twitter presence par excellence that is only behind Obama.

b)Instant name recognition (99%)

c)Organization4Palin recruiting new members in readiness for her entry into the race

d)The Undefeated

e)Media presence

Why does she need to declare? She is already running but with a zero burn rate.

Criticize her all you want it doesn’t change the fact that her supporters haven’t yet contributed one plug nickel to a Palin Presidential campaign yet.

Once she declares the money will flood in.

[Brices Crossroads]

thanks grey. Glad you liked it.

[palmer]

Can you quote anything Palin said that mentioned Perry, even in a nice way? Sounds like a lot of this is your imagination. The Perry way is not pretty, but comparing it to the Chicago way? Come on, really?

[Brices Crossroads]

“If the gameplan remains the same”

[techno]

Playing devil’s advocate, won’t some s*it disturber from the media ask Governor Palin after she enters the race, if you feel this way about Rick Perry and crony capitalism, why did you endorse him for Governor of Texas?