Posted on 05/17/2011 12:58:32 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
As many grass-roots Republicans remain in search of a conservative candidate with the pizazz to go toe-to-toe against President Obama, a man from deep in the heart of Texas who was tea party before the tea party was cool appears to be giving the presidential race some thought. Gov. Rick Perry has insisted on multiple occasions that he has no interest in the presidency, but RCP has learned that political associates have begun to nose around quietly on Perry's behalf. A Texas pol who is close to Perry has been telling a few key strategists that the nation's longest-serving governor sees a vacuum and is waiting to be summoned into the race. This source believes that could happen by late summer. Without fellow Southerners Haley Barbour or Mike Huckabee in the race -- and with Newt Gingrich's early troubles raising further doubts about the current lineup -- there could be a glaring niche for Perry to fill. According to another well-connected Republican, at least one Perry confidant has been very quietly making inquiries about the political terrain in the nation's first voting state of Iowa. A third Perry associate, RCP has learned, has been heralding a small contingent of Iowans with the time-tested line that is often used by would-be candidates who are leaving their options open: "Keep your powder dry." Perry's aides have long made it clear that the tough-talking Texan, who succeeded George W. Bush in Austin in 2000, would not seriously entertain the idea of mounting a White House run before the state's legislative session finishes at the end of this month. That date is now less than two weeks away, and the 2012 presidential field remains fluid.
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Definitely she does.
Yeah, that was terrible. And he ended up backing a bad hate crime bill a couple terms ago, if memory serves. But still, he’d probably be more conservative than any Prez since Reagan, and that wouldn’t be bad...
Heh... you win. Thanks.
Your scale appears to be different than the rest of the country but what I asked was if there was a more conservative major politician?
Generally critics of a politician cannot name one. Compared to the communists I am plagued with Perry would be Reagan incarnate. Folks who sound like you generally hate any successful real politicians but are in raptures over political amateurs and/or failures.
Geeez, you PDSers are a predictable lot. One little joke and your head explodes.
So, I guess the answer to my question is, PDS doesn’t just irritate. It really does hurt. I’ll try to feel sorry for you. Promise.
I answered you with sarcasm. Did you not get that?
The implication in your question (that Perry is a conservative) is flawed. Rick Perry is not a conservative, by any conservative's definition of the word.
Now, are there major politicians who are more conservative than Perry? Sure there are. Lots of them. Some are even running for president, or are contemplating it.
You sound like someone who shouldn’t have survived the Rudy bug zapper phase on FR.
While there is no implication in that question anymore than there is in asking who is more conservative than Dennis Kukinich, tell me some of these acceptable to you.
Since I couldn’t see the sneer on your face I missed any attempt at sarcasm, grimace harder next time.
Proud of helping knock Free Republic from the top rank of political websites, are you?
“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”
You know who that quote is from, right?
Honestly, you're taking this far too seriously.
...tell me some of these acceptable to you.
Why? I'm not interested in getting into a long, drawn out conversation about the relative degrees of various politicians' conservative credentials.
This is about Rick Perry, and I already told you what I think of him.
How's that?
Yeah. I thought a mention of that fact was needed.
Why yes. Yes I was ...
Sarah Palin's actual record is there for anyone who cares to look at it. It's stellar, and beats Rick Perry's by a long-shot, if you ask me.
Sure, Rick's been able survive two challenges in his re-election bids, but that's only because conservatives didn't really have a real alternative in the primaries.
He's also been smart enough not to 'fix what's not broke' in this state, which has garnered him a lot of unearned kudos for this state's success.
At the same time, I know that he's pushed in the right direction when Texas conservatives have jumped his ass, but that's what we've had to do, to get his head in gear.
As far as the "nuts and sluts" attack crap, the Dems have already shot their wad at Sarah. They've turned her drawers inside out, and found nothing. They're out of ammo, at this point. Who cares what else they dream up to throw at her? It'll be ineffectual, after three solid years of ongoing attacks, which amounted to nothing but false alarms.
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