I couldn't agree with you more and I always thought THIS proposal by a former candidate was a LOT worse, but got little attention.
Posted on 12/31/2011 4:20:30 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
....... Perry is still the affable governor of Texas, and voters still want to like him, which has become easier since he's mostly stopped screwing up all the time...
...He tells the crowd that the small towns of Iowa are just like the small towns of Texas, where he grew up: "The same people, the same values."
As the days to the caucuses wane, Perry has things other candidates would kill for: Crowds who want to meet him, ads all over the airwaves, a decent ground organization, an anti-Washington message people are hungry for, and terrific hair. The question is whether it's too little, too late, to get through the crowded pack ahead of him.
Several Perry-inclined voters in Boone said they were former Herman Cain supporters, which helps explain Perry's uptick.
Marti Melton-Streeter, the former GOP chairwoman in Boone County, said she couldn't support Romney because of his health-care record, and she's frightened by Ron Paul's foreign policy views. Perry, she recently decided, deserves a second chance with voters.
"I'd really like to see Rick Perry come out of Iowa. I think he needs that opportunity on the national level," she said. "I know there have been missteps along the way, but his philosophy is what we need in a candidate."
Carolyn Erickson, an 81-year-old from Ogden, thought she'd made up her mind to support Romney, but Perry changed her mind.
"I was what you call impressed" with Romney when she saw him Thursday, she said. "Today, I'm excited. I feel a passion for [Perry]."
But at least one audience member experienced a different conversion. Loren Nalean, 61, a Boone attorney, said Perry convinced him to caucus -- for Romney.
"I just think he's more intelligent and more sophisticated than Governor Perry," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Um, let’s see:
An inarticulate Texas Governor who has flown jets and has a soft spot for illegal aliens gets to the White House and tries to ram through an amnesty bill with his willing RINO accomplices in the Senate, twice, and is slapped down hard by his own base.
Has anybody else seen that movie?
Fool me once.........
I couldn't agree with you more and I always thought THIS proposal by a former candidate was a LOT worse, but got little attention.
Perry is my candidate. This Vietnam Vet respects his 4 years of military service as a USAF pilot. (Ron Paul is a vet also but he’s an anti-semitic nut job so he doesn’t count). Perry has more executive experience, as a Lt. Governor and Governor, than all the other candidates combined.
He has a job-creating record without equal. He’s a real conservative. Perry is going to surprise everyone on January 3rd.
You’re not that imbecilic.
You just have someone else you like.
We’re not all stupid. Go play with the other kids, but don’t expect the folks who know things to play along.
I have put up with Perry for 10 years as governor, he is my last choice and least likely to defeat Obama. I am glad you like him. many, many don’t, even Texas. His brain freeze happens more than you think. Like everyday.
You’re not that imbecilic.
You are assuming facts not in evidence. He’s an imbecile and most likely a Paultard.
Oh, Hey, Welcome to FR! Bet you’ve learned a lot in a week.
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Excellent potlatch!
I must step into the mist for a bit now and communicate with my caterer.....
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People who know him personally have posted good things about him, like this;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2769471/posts?page=109#109
Texas is top notch and you can’t say Perry had nothing to do with it.
Thanks devolve
I love Perry. I love Newt, Santorum, and Michele’s conservatism. Each and every one of those four are running their hearts out for OUR nomination.
They’re all 90% type ACU rated conservatives.
But...
Here’s the deal. If Perry, Santorum, and Newt finish in the top five on Tuesday, and all stay in through Florida splitting the conservative vote three ways...
Willlard the liberal is our nominee, folks. Yikes! : (
Perry has nothing to do with Texas being top notch. It is a great state, and was a great state before he was governor.
Do you get all of your exercise from jumping to incorrect conclusions?
Read my tagline "genius".
Yeah, a Newt guy lecturing Perry about amnesty...
Righhhhhttttttttttttt....
When he got side ways with Texans, he listened to Texans and backed off.
Rick Perry is my choice and has been since the day he announced his candidacy. I was so excited to hear he decided to run.
He is the ONLY choice as far as this Texan is concerned.
Rick Perry 2012!
Yeah, we should have had Obama as our Governor and we’d be really, really great.
Uh huh....
Okey dokey Newb
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