Posted on 07/19/2011 4:50:04 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
It has been said of one cannot take the heat...you know the rest. It is thru these threads we get to see the various positions candidates have...and as much their weaknesses which is important in determining who to vote for.
Expect your threads to have “visitors” and that they will indeed promote their candidate as well as expose other candidates...and those undecided or not yet swayed will decide in good time.
No. You haven’t been paying attention. Perry is solid on abortion and has a few other virtues. With the right VP I could even be mildly enthusiastic about the ticket.
Exactly and thank you for posting this. It's a political site and what we do here...name, expose, encourage, debate, and take stands for what we believe...Good post!
Could we hear more than a 6 second sound bite? His position on border wall is more sophisticated, addressing state/local issues. At a local level there are areas where the fence went up that was “nonsense”. The geography of the Rio Grande complicates the fence location. For example, there are many Texans with border lands, some with homes located on the “mexico” side of the fence. They should have applied other security measures, which is exactly what Perry was suggesting.
We're talking about winning an election with the best possible candidate. Cain, who I like, ain't doing it.
Bachman ain't doing it.
Pawlenty isn't either.
After a 6 year fight Rick Perry just signed a PHOTO voter ID bill (one of SIX states that has PHOTO voter ID).
See how the other states are doing on the VOTER ID:
Interactive – State by state Voter ID Requirements
And:
******* The TX Legislature meets for 140 days every 2 years. Perry called them back into a special session to address "Sanctuary Cities. The Senate did a "take it or leave it bill" and left it on the House's desk and adjourned. The House leadership was pissed at the Senate's posture and they laughed at the representative pushing it in the House and adjourned too. There was much jockeying going on (political musical chair considerations) for the next elections, going on in the TX legislature.
June 29, 2011: Lawmakers Call it Quits, Leave Unfinished Business
However!
July 4, 2011 [Texas] Rule requiring drivers to prove citizenship now law As the House early last month debated a must-pass finance bill, one member slipped in language that puts into law a controversial Texas Department of Public Safety policy requiring driver's license applicants to show they're in the country legally.
The amendment, added by Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, to the education funding bill legislators needed to balance the state budget had originally been included in Senate Bill 9, the so-called "sanctuary cities" bill that failed in the special session. It also had appeared in an omnibus homeland security bill by Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, that died in the regular session.
The new law approved last Tuesday makes some tweaks to a 2008 DPS policy that prevents illegal immigrants from getting a driver's license and created a special license for temporary visitors. The rules require Texans applying for or renewing their license to show they are citizens or are in the country legally.
By putting it into law the state potentially undermines an ongoing lawsuit that argues DPS doesn't have authority to check legal status."....
This is a conservative website not GOP central. All RINOs should be challenged, even stealth RINOs. Rick Perry, the amnesty loving, open-borders promoting RINO should be challenged every time his amnesty adoring friends rear their sovereignty-challenged heads.
It’s not about Palin or no Palin, it’s about conservatism. Do we support conservatives or do we turn and stab them in the back? I support conservatives not RINOs.
No matter how deep he tries to hide his real side, no matter how long he tries to run from it, no matter how hard he and his supporters try to obscure his real record, this Southwestern version of Mitt Romney is a RINO through and through. No pass for RINOs ever.
I agree with you; most Americans couldn’t even interpret that picture though most could identify the late EMK. The people lack the ability for self-government; they spend too much time on junk TV and fast foods.
Yes, all of our “Big Three” in TX, Perry, KBH, and Cornyn, are RINOs. People don’t know any better. RINOism even started with the late John Tower.
Yep. Perry’s been running for president for the last two years now—but he’s got a much longer, more telling record before that.
I predict that both Perry and Palin are running by Labor Day, and that the contest quickly becomes a matchup between the two of them, with everyone else falling off the wayside.
All in the Family: Texas Gov. Rick Perry directs Willow Palin(carrying infant Trig Palin)as Republican veep candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives at San Antonio International Airport. Oct. 3, 2008.
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin appears at a campaign event for conservative Texas Governor Rick Perry
Rick Perry and Sarah Palin at Republican Governors Association (Rick Perry 2 time president)
Rick Perry breaks Fundraising Record for Republican Governors Association
I think that’s plausible. Not sure we can get rid of Romney quite so quickly, but that would be nice.
Do you have a better idea of someone who is electable?
RATS love to whine that the job creation in Texas has been largely minimum wage jobs. Which shows their elitist outlook. A minimum wage job is a whole lot better than no job at all, and those who take them have a chance to advance to something better.
Would love to see the look on Romney's face when he finally realizes he's just throwing money away! heh....
Exactly!
The Left is just mad that they’re not all public sector union jobs — those budget draining jobs.
I believe Palin is more electable for 2012. Not that she has a better chance in the primaries (I’d unfortunately put Perry close to a favorite already for the primaries), but that she would against Obama.
Keep one thing in context. He is the only person in the race (maybe) that has border security problems. Palin doesn't, Romney, Cain, Pawlenty, etc. None of them do. Every single one of these candidates can sit back and pick at Perry on border issues and not have to face the same questions.
Are you with me?
That being said,(and I am a native Texan,) I truly believe Perry has been smart on border issues. He cannot act unilaterally to solve the problem. Realize that, first. With what he has at his disposal, I think he's been very firm and solid - urging Obama to provide troops, passing a voter I.D. law (illegals can potentially vote with enough credentials short of a driver's license)...incidentally, since Perry has been governor, he has made it virtually impossible for illegals to get a D.L. in this state. Before Perry, they could walk in to any DMV office and obtain one without a birth certificate.
And finally, while his border record is within the scope of his duties as governor, he has operated in a way that I think will benefit him with hispanic voters in Texas and possibly elsewhere. In other words, while being as firm as he can, he hasn't alienated and pissed off hispanics in the process.
What you and I wish for on immigration, in the broader picture, can cripple a candidate, come voting time. Its a dangerous perch to be on and while the temptation to rattle sabres might suit you and me, you have to think about all the hispanic republicans and natives that a candidate can LOSE in that process. Slippery slope, proceed with caution.
He has.
The Base will be too busy squabbling over who is the most perfect “conservative”, while the mushy middle slips in through the back door.
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