Perry: ‘Stand up’ and ‘stop apologizing’

MSNBC ^ | March 18, 2011 | Domenico Montanaro, Political Reporter, NBC News

[Cincinatus' Wife]

NEW ORLEANS -- Rick Perry delivered an unapologetically socially conservative speech before a friendly crowd here.

“We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life,” the Republican Texas governor bellowed at the Republican Leadership Conference in a finger-pointing, finger-wagging and, at times, bombastic, speech.

“Stop apologizing” for wanting to stem the tide of the “entitlement mindset,” he boasted.

“Our opponents on the left are never going to like us, so let’s stop trying to curry favor with them,” he said, before imploring the crowd to “stand up. Let’s speak with pride about our values. Let’s stop this American downward spiral.”

He acknowledged later with a smile, “I’m preaching to the choir here."

Perry did not address the speculation surrounding his potential run for president and did not take questions after his speech. Instead, after bounding off the stage to chants of, “Run, Rick, run,” pumping his fists, and shaking hands with audience members, he headed backstage and did not reemerge in the hallways here.

Of all the speakers of the three-day confab, Perry was the best-received, even more so than Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who was a close second. Perry got a standing ovation when he took the stage, several times during his speech, and at the end.

“He’s the man,” one man said to a woman right after Perry’s speech.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

NOTICE: MSNBC calls it a socially conservative speech.

[hocndoc]

My Governor gets it. They don’t like our values and will never like us. We cannot back down.

[samtheman]

Hey dumba**, I live in Texas!!

So say you.

So say a lot of "I'm a Texan and I hate Perry" posters on FR.

[allsouthern]

That ought to tell you something. Quit living in denial. PERRY SUCKS!! Thats coming from a Texan, whether you want to belive it or not.

[ASA Vet]

Mitt's parents were both US Citizens at the time of his birth. It not required that the parents were also Natural Born, just Citizens.

Mitt himself is a NBC.