Rick Perry: "I am Returning to Texas"

Pundit Press ^ | 1/4/12 | Aurelius

[wiley]

Roger that.

[CatherineofAragon]

“A little different. Perry fans did not have any bragging rights. The Santorum supporters do.”

LOL, with the giggle that afforded, I’m off to bed. God bless Governor Rick Perry. I’ll be proud to support him in any national office he seeks in the future. Texas, you’re blessed to have such a governor!

[nickcarraway]

Wait, just a few days ago Gingrich supporters were saying, before single vote had been cast, that we had to vote for RINO Gingrich, because no real conservative could beat Romney. Well, now a real conservative beat RINOs Romney and Gingrich. Now the rules have changed?

Face it, voters have started to question the media creation that Gingrich is a conservative. The media should not be allowed to foist Gingrich on the GOP>

[nickcarraway]

This is good news for Gingrich. Now he can make his version of “Inconvenient Truth,” and win the Nobel Prize. It’s only fair, because he was fighting “climate change,” before Al Gore ever heard of it.

[packrat35]

I put illegals at the top of my list of things that must be fixed if this country is to survive. If we don’t get this fixed, we will go bankrupt even faster than we already are.

They are literally sucking us dry. Any candidate who puts illegals ahead of citizens will NOT get my vote. Calling me “heartless” is just kicking me in the balls. Yep, that’s someone I want to support-NOT!

[silverleaf]

Do not misunderestimate the debilitating effect of chronic back pain (for which he had recent surgery?), if that is part of his problem

[af_vet_rr]

Do not misunderestimate the debilitating effect of chronic back pain (for which he had recent surgery?), if that is part of his problem

I'm fairly certain that chronic back pain has not made Perry support in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants (criminals) for the past 10 years. I'm also certain it didn't make him insult those opposed to in-state tuition rates for criminals.

[EDINVA]

He wasn’t talking about his dead child (son, Gabriel) tonight, he was talking about his disabled daughter, Isabella.

[EDINVA]

Entering a presidential race so soon after surgery harmed Perry. Same thing happened to Pete Wilson, former Senator and Governor of California. He’d had throat surgery when he entered the race, and despite his background/resume, his campaign never got off the ground.

[llandres]

“Santorum is yapping it up about his dead daughter.”

He wasn’t talking about the baby girl who died, he was referring to their 3 year-old at home who has a disability.

[TigersEye]

Gabriel, the baby that died, was a boy for the record.

[af_vet_rr]

Entering a presidential race so soon after surgery harmed Perry.

Are you saying that Rick Perry is not physically capable of being President? I don't like the guy, but even I wouldn't take such a cheap shot. Dollars to donuts he's in much better shape than Dick Cheney was when he was VP.

Perry calling people heartless because they didn't agree with him that illegal immigrants (criminals) should get in-state tuition rates hurt him far worse than any back pain.

[llandres]

correction - baby boy (not girl) who died.

[mountainbunny]

I agree. He was too quick out of the shoot after his back surgery. No way I could endure the campaign trail with that weighing on me physically. Go home. Get some rest. Consider a VP spot.

Rick Perry was on the radio this afternoon - with Sean Hannity, I think. He was really doing well, answering every question in detail; smart, witty, forceful, and quick.

That was the version of Rick Perry missing at the debates. If that Rick Perry had shown up, he wouldn't have finished where he did and he would have sustained his early jump in the polls.

The lesson should be that it is much more difficult than it looks, and that if anything sidelines a candidate - illness, inexperience, anything; it can become impossible to come back.

I hope he learns from this, gets healthy if he needs to work on that aspect of his life, and comes back in four years.

[llandres]

yes I knew that, just mis-typed :-)

[TigersEye]

I knew you knew that. :-)

[Tainan]

The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Indigestion

Some things just won't stay swallowed.

I hope Mr. Perry stays in the race.

[jospehm20]

Me too.

[mylife]

My mistake.

[Einherjar]

... you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.”

David Crockett