“Perry is an uber-RHINO.”
Do go on. Evidence, anecdote, reason, rhyme? Any intellect at all behind your sh!t-slinging?
Good luck with that request.
The shrill and unjustified hatred of Perry by some here on FreeRepublic is nothing short of insane.
The Trans Texas Corridor which was an attempt at outright theft of private property, attempting to mandate that Texan girls HAD to be vaccinated with Guardasil and his lack of protecting the borders. That should be enough. Oh, he signed a bill implementing a business income tax. They can call it a franchise tax or whatever they like but it is still an illegal income tax under the Texas Constitution. His penchant for special sessions really hack me off too.
He is a professional politician and that is about his only real skill. He started out as a Democrat and associated with flaming liberals early on. He is a buddy of Al Gore. Perry has never been a conservative in most ways until recently. Why? That is how he can get to a higher office, which is all he cares about because what else can he do? Being a professional politician is all he knows.
With all this said I'm glad that Perry is gov of Texas and Bill White is not. I have met and been around both of them. Bill White is borderline insane when it comes to being a liberal. Perry is just another professional politician who is going to check the direction of the wind before he does anything. Rick Perry for President of the United States? Yea, compared to Obama I'd say yes but Rick Perry has no business being in the same office as Ronald Reagan once was.
Perry likely would never have been Texas Gov. if not for Bush retiring to run for president. Perry has been VERY lucky in every election he has been in. He has had crummy opponents time after time and in the recent election the Republicans could have got a ham sandwich elected gov if it was on the ballot. Speaking of Bush, according to more than one lobbyist I know Bush and Rove have always referred to Perry as "the dumbass" in private. The TTC and the Guardasil issues showed me that Perry is not the brightest bulb. Being around him a few times has convinced me he does not have the intellect to be President of the United States. He is heavily handled whereever he goes and he has been doing a very good job of playing conservative lately. Barring a brain exchange with NJ Gov. Chris Christie I'd never support Rick Perry for President unless it was the same situation as we just had in Texas where Perry is running against a puke like Bill White.
That is my "Evidence, anecdote, reason, rhyme? etc..." you asked about. I've been following Texas politics and politicians for a long time and I don't make statements like I did about Perry without having some good resaons to. My reasons for not supporting Perry for President may not be good enough for some but they will do for me....