(Okay, I can't back that up. But is he really that bad? I'm another out of stater, I know nothing about Perry. Any salvageable good points?)
If you liked John McCain, you would probably LOVE Rick Perry. I voted for him for governor twice. He essentially ran unopposed in the GOP primary since he was the incumbant after assuming the govneror's mansion when W became President. So I voted for him in the primary and then of course voted for him against his democrat opponent in the general. Then, in 2006, his primary opponents were a bunch of even further out of touch RINOs like Kay two-last-names, and Grandma Carole Four-last-names. So I voted for him again in the primary and in the general against his democrat opponent. But each time, I WISHED that we had a more conservative choice in the primary that would be a strong conservative governor.