Posted on 08/12/2011 8:00:01 PM PDT by Signalman
“The objective is to defeat Obama.
Right on.
And we can’t let anything distract us from that objective.”
This country cannot stand 4 more years of Obama nor can it stand 4 years of a RINO.
We need someone who is going to shake up Washington and set this ship right. It’s not Perry.
Don’t give Rick Perry credit for what others have done.
When RICK Perry came into office the budget of Tx in 2001 was 49 Billion.
In 2010, it was 90 Biilion. Almost a 100% increase in just 9 years.
So Texas has survived Rick Perry - But if we keep his big government policies, we will END UP where all the RINOS go, BROKE.
That was the speech where Perry said that we’ve got to stop trying to get the liberals to like us and to quit apologizing for our values.
I’ll be honest. It’s getting extremely difficult to find a candidate to vote for. My first vote was for Reagan, and since then, it seems like there have been nothing but a steady stream of craptacular candidates.
If no real Conservative candidates are available, I’ll vote third party, even if they aren’t conservative. I will no longer vote for the lesser of two evils.
Hehehe...
Nobody likes a quitter. Including me. I loved Sarah post McCain as she worked to rid herself of the stench and failure of that campaign. She was a victim. However, her subsequent leaving the office of her own volition for PERSONAL reasons completely killed me for her. She still has not rid herself of the smell of a quitter. The epitome of a candidate for office is someone who’s been able to survive the associated slings and arrows and continue on. To grow and continue in spite of the adversity. To do the job and overthrow the criticism in the process. SHE HAS NOT DONE THAT.
I love her views, opinions, and tenacity. But, she was entrusted by the people of Alaska to do a job and she vacated that responsibility for PERSONAL reasons. I don’t like that. It got sort of hot and she skipped town. Quitter.
Once again........Perry ain’t Jesus. But he is closer to Palin and much less like Romney than any other serious contender in the field. Nobody else.
Perry can campaign upon low taxes, less regs, being a former Dem.................and win. Pure and simple.
Texas voters okay almost all of our debt at the ballot box. Half of the debt is in loans and financing that pays for itself when people pay the interest as they repay their debts. The other half is bonds for roads. That’s how our system is set up to pay for infrastructure, since we don’t have an income tax.
Again:
“Texas has the second lowest debt per capita in America, as well as the third lowest interest payments on the debt of any state, despite it being a donor state, according to the Tax Foundation.
“Forbes gives Texas four stars for its debt situation, and ranks Texas fourth in the country for the best handling of debt.
“Texas also has the second lowest debt in the country, as a percentage of personal income, has reduced its non-self-supporting debt substantially over the past decade, and had its bond rating recently upgraded. “
It would be nice if you could take figures out of context like this, but there is always someone like me to set the record straight. Your figures show that the Texas budget increased 84% in 10 years. Horrible, right? Well, not so much. See, during that same period, population increased by about 20% and aggregate inflation over that period was about 25%. So the actual growth of government was 39% over 10 years, or less than 3% per year. Now, you can argue that 4% per year is too much still, but it is hardly the "big government" spending spree that you want to portray.
#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.
Well, considering your numbers are wrong, I don't think that is going to be a problem. Texas has a debt to GDP ratio of 18.5% and a debt per person of $8930. California has a debt to GDP ratio of 19.1% and a debt per person of $9987. And those figures are from USDebtClock.org. So you mught want to double check before posting next time. After all, if you can't even copy numbers from a web site correctly, how can anyone give any credence to anything else you post?
#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?
This is true and misleading at the same time. True that the debt of Texas has doubled in the last 10 years - misleading because that figure includes all of the county and local government debt as well as state debt.
#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.
You fail to point out that only one of those states is a border state with a large problem with illegals, and you fail to mention that none of those states are creating jobs as fast as Texas.
#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore's campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.
Here you continue your misleading ways. You fail to mention that at the time, Perry was a conservative Democratic legislator, and that Gore was considered one of the most conservative Democrats in the presidential race that year. You also forgot to mention that Perry changed parties the next year, so he has been a Republican for 23 years - longer than he was a Democrat.
#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year.... • We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma. • We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores. • We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.
Quick question - how did Texas rank prior to 2001? Your stats don't tell us anything about Perry's leadership, because we don't know if schools improved or got worse while he has been governor.
#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
Oh please!
#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.
Yes, he is so soft on immigration that he put a bill banning sanctuary cities and a bill mandating e-verify on the last special session agenda, and he got a law passed mandating voter ID.
#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.
Gee, do you think a national recession during that period might have had something to do with that? And Texas still managed to maintain a lower unemployment rate than the national average and added half of all new private sector jobs created in the country during that period.
Trans Texas Corridor
Gaurdasil
Muslim Agreements (2)
Dream Act
Relatives working as Lobbists, lobbying Perry
RINO STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN.
Don’t ask me to hold me nose.
His kind need to be flushed, not voted into high office.
He’s nothing but a slick, big hair used car salesman, and I am ashamed we voted him in.
The difference between a RINO and a Marxist/Democrat is that the RINO wants to slow things down a little.
We need someone who would make Ronald Reagan proud....and envious. One who would make our Founding fathers smile.
I’ll simply add further.....our next President will be Romney or Perry. Obama will not survive reelection.
Who do you want to point-up that Administration? Palin is not an option since she has so utterly been cleaved-up by the MSM and given them so much ammo to do so with. She will forever be tainted with the smell of a quitter.
The other “guys” in the race won’t.
She quit for personal reasons? It seems to me she resigned as Governor to save the state money for all of the frivolous lawsuits that were thrown at her and the coffers of Alaska had to pay those bills as long as she held office. If you have different information that I missed could you please share it.
I have no dog in this fight at this time as I have not heard enough from any candidate and it is still too danged early (it’s also a state election year in Virginia and I’m dealing with that)
Governors have no power - in fact, State legislatures have no power - to end Federal agencies and laws. He has helped people like my own Lamar Smith and Rep’s Gohmert, Hensarling, and Ted Poe to build coalitions to oppose the laws that make these agencies so powerful. They’ve been able to get the extra National Guardsmen and have their deployment extended. It’s a work in progress, as we’ve seen with the budget, this year.
Where he can’t get rid of the EPA, for instance, he strengthened our State environmental licensing agency. The EPA came after the coal plants and refineries this year, but the Governor protested and urged the companies to continue business as usual. Unfortunately, many of the private companies caved.
He’s ensured that the appointees to all sorts of agencies in the State are conservative.
For example, the teacher’s union wants to end our elected State Board of Education and replace it with an appointed group of academics. Governor Perry has consistently appointed the most conservative members to Chair the SBOE. The Senate Dems have made sure that the last 2 were not given consent, but they only meet every 2 years. When the leg adjourned, the Governor appointed another conservative this year. She will have nearly 2 years to lead the Board as they pick out textbooks (that influence the books published for the whole Nation) and determining the curriculum for our schools.
From what I have read, Perry favors allowing children of illegal immigrants - that have lived in Texas all their lives - the chance for college and paying in-state tuition, which BTW yearly cost of attending an in-state four-year public college now tops $16,000 per year. He says he doesn't think it is right to punish the children for what their parents have done. So I don't think he is advocating "special" or free tuition, only the availability to qualify for in-state tuition. All other qualifications must also be met such as grade level averages, etc. But, hey, I'm only starting to learn about the guy and haven't made any firm decision yet. He's a heck of a lot better than the doofus we have now. Plus, I think he is strongly electable, which we really need for this race.
Gosh, I really hope he doesn't do that to us. Perry/Bachmann would be better. :o)
Go watch the Undefeated, then come back with your blather about her quitting. You’ll have changed your tune. Just a SMALL amount of research on the subject will open your eyes to facts instead of what the mainstream media tells you.
The biggest mistake the Republicans made was nominating Dole - because he was due, and then McCain - because it was his turn. I would hope that this time around they have gotten the message that we need someone we can believe in. It just might be Perry but it sure as hell isn’t Romney - he’s waited long enough, or Gingrich - he did a good job 15 years ago, or anyone else who is an establishment Republican in Name Only. Whoever it is had BETTER be the real thing this time or our republic is doomed.
How about a Palin/Perry or Perry/Palin ticket?
Unbeatable?
Michele Bachmann is the only chose. But I am waiting to see if Palin will jump. I think between Palin, Bachmann, Cain, Perry and Romney they will all fight for the same base. And I say that because Romney will have a base that will over Perry and yet Perry wants to take away votes from Bachmann. I pray it is not Perry or Romney who win, but the race is down to those five. Bachmann is the best one out of the pack. but Palin is ok and I could stand behind her even if I sometimes don’t always understand her motives. And Cain would have been my choice is Bachmann had not entered. but Ia m not for Perry or Romney or Paul. Santorum would be my next choice after Bachmann and Palin and Cain. Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich are dead to me.
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