Posted on 01/04/2012 11:56:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
If Rick Perry was a legitimate conservative (which I always warned he was not) he would have dropped out of the campaign today and endorsed Rick Santorum, Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich. Yet "Pay-for-Play" Perry stays in, and heads for South Carolina. So what's the deal?
The big winner of Perry staying in, by far, is Mitt Romney. The big loser is the conservative movement and the candidates who appeal to that movement. Keeping in mind my long-held view that Perry is not conservative, just a "pay-for-play" guy, what is in it for Perry?
1. Perhaps Romney offered Perry a position in his administration, such as undersecretary of Agriculture.
2. Perhaps Romney offered Perry a diplomatic post suited to his talents, such as United States Ambassador to Bolivia.
3. Perhaps Perry spent more of his money than we realize, and Romney offered to go to his 1 percent wealthy fundraisers and raise for Perry a little more dough to sweeten the pie.
Who knows? I would suggest that by staying in and helping Romney, and hurting Santorum and Gingrich, Perry is to the conservative movement what Benedict Arnold was to the colonists. Or, since Rick Perry likes analogies from the Bible, perhaps a gentleman whose first name begins with "J" and ends with "-udas" fairly describes what Perry is doing to the real conservatives today.
Pockets are deep in Texas. It goes along with having the healthiest economy in the nation. ;)
Seriously, that wouldn't be the reason he dropped out. It would be because he's pragmatic enough to know he couldn't get elected, and to proceed would hurt our chances of getting rid of his arch enemy and Chief Violator of the 10th Amendment - barack hussein obama. I think he would need to hear it from southern voters, though. Not just Iowans. He's a fighter to the core, as you can see by the YouTube clip i posted, so it'll take voters from closer to home to make him pack his suitcase.
Is it true that some guy called Perry on Wednesday and guaranteed him $5 from his PAC if he stays in the race? Some guy on CNN in the 8PM hour stated that this indeed occurred. If true, why now? Why not last week, before Perry’s Iowa drubbing? This stinks to high heaven. Bob
Pockets are deep in Texas. It goes along with having the healthiest economy in the nation. ;)
Seriously, that wouldn't be the reason he dropped out. It would be because he's pragmatic enough to know he couldn't get elected, and to proceed would hurt our chances of getting rid of his arch enemy and Chief Violator of the 10th Amendment - barack hussein obama. I think he would need to hear it from southern voters, though. Not just Iowans. He's a fighter to the core, as you can see by the YouTube clip i posted, so it'll take voters from closer to home to make him pack his suitcase.
Contrary to what he was saying, by 2010, Perry already had three presidential PACs (that we know of) teeming with money.
One PAC raised $55 million AT THE SAME TIME Perry was promising trusting native Texans he would NOT run for president if they reelected him governor.
Perry needed to get reelected governor b/c he was all set to run for president and he knew a sitting governor has more creds as a presidential candidate.
Trusting Texans rely too much on what their governor tells them----better start looking at what he does. The two are not always the same.
The only way that a conservative can win is if guys who outspent Santorum by zillions in Iowa and won only 10% (Perry) drop the hell out. I guarantee you that there is internal polling showing that Milt one-on-one against Santorum gets creamed. That’s why the establishment must try to breathe life into a dead cause, long enough to peel away votes in SC and Fl. The right vote must continue to be split. BTW, I loathe Romney, and don’t think much more of those who agree to become Santorum’s stalking horse. Bob
However, telling Perry to bail at this point, with a share of 7 delegates on the table to be split 4 ways from the IA voters, is somewhat premature.
"Soft" Delegates Need to Nominate 1,144 (available) 2,261 R Paul 6 W Romney 6 R Santorum 6 N Gingrich 4 J Perry 3
I think that's what MB wants. When she hired Ed Rollins, she was immediately suspect to me. He's such a snake, and she should have known that.
And i just can't see perry/gingrich/santorum wanting or accepting the VP spot under Romney. Perry and Gingrich can't stand him; i'm not sure about Santorum. Perry would rather stay in Texas if he can't be in charge of undoing all the damage obama has done, and the same with Gingrich. IMHO, anyway.
I like your idea of having all 3 of them going against Mitts to hand him his head. Love it!
5 bucks stinks to high heaven?
Sorry. $5 MILLION was offered to Perry. The five BUCKS is for my blood pressure medication. LOL Bob
He may have a guardasil problem (and others), but that statement isn't accurate. You ARE aware that he met obama personally on the Austin airport tarmac and handed him a letter asking for more federal help?
Rick Perry meets and greets Obama on Monday at airport in Austin Texas
The letter (pdf file on the texas website)
On the same day he gave obama's people the letter (aug 2010), he made a speech talking about it, which you can watch on that same .tx.us website (scroll down and look in right margin) here
He's been hell-bent on doing everything he can do to stop the illegals and Mexican gangs at the border, but our funds and available options are limited at the state level. It's one of the main reasons he's itching for "THE Fight" against obama. In his mind, i'm sure it would be sweet justice and payback for ignoring our problem down here.
Do we Perry supporters go around to other threads and demand their candidate drop out?
“Do we Perry supporters go around to other threads and demand their candidate drop out?”
No, but Northeasterners seem to this it’s OK to behave that way.
If that's true, then i stand corrected. What is your source? And do we know that Perry himself was wanting to be President, and not just his sycophants pushing for it?
As an aside, there are a ton of people here who were affected by our latest budget cuts (including me), and many of those people are very unhappy with Perry because of it, saying he's cold-hearted and ruthless and uncaring, blah, blah, blah. Too bad, so sad. It's time to slash and burn, imo. I'll vote for whoever convinces me they have the testicular fortitude to fight and not retreat once they get to D.C. At this point, i'll vote for anyone but romney.
Who are you rooting for?
We still have 56 states to go.
Perry has also signed a Defense of Marriage act defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
We don't have to wonder about what President Perry will do, he's already done it. This is the advantage of choosing a governor for our nominee.
There is only one other governor in the race--Romney.
So what is there to worry about? This is a wide open process. There’s still 56 states to go.
And you're basing all that on the results of just one caucus? Why the rush?
A caucus, by the way, in a state with open primaries that allows Democrats to bus themselves in, re-register as a Republican, vote, then suffer absolutely no penalty or consequence in the general election when they vote for obama.
I understand your passion, though, since you're in PA. I'm not even a big Perry fan, but find myself liking him a lot more every time someone bashes our state. It's a struggle to remain objective, but we must. We'll only get one shot at this. It's important.
““President Fox’s vision for an open border is a vision I embrace, as long as we demonstrate the will to address the obstacles to it. An open border means poverty has given way to opportunity, and Mexico’s citizens do not feel compelled to cross the border to find that opportunity. It means we have addressed pollution concerns, made substantial progress in stopping the spread of disease, and rid our crossings of illicit drug smuggling activity. Clearly we have a long way to go in addressing those issues.”” Rick Perry, 2001.
Exacty, my friend.
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