“The attacks dogs exhibit a level of nastiness I’ve never seen in Palin herself.”
I’ve noticed this too ... thanks for putting it into words.
She’s still my favorite though I don’t know if she can win. Before I get attacked for that, let me assure you that I am not some “bot” repeating that mantra. I truly feel that. Regardless, I do donate cash to SarahPAC when idiots post ridiculous comments about her on Facebook :-) ... that shut them up! I credit her for waking people up in this country.
My feelings on Perry are :
1> He’s only going to help, not hurt, come 2012.
2> I could see myself voting for him w/o having to put Palin on the ticket a la McCain in 2008.
I need a LOT more information on Perry though. I find the whole “former Democrat” argument ridiculous given Reagan’s history. I find the illegal immigration arguments extremely valid. I don’t pay much attention to the Trans-Texas Corridor and Guardisil (spelling probably wrong) issues as they are more state oriented ... at this time anyway.
As for Palin ... I hope she announces one way or another soon :-). I’ve had a gut feeling that she’d be linked to some kind of Perry announcement. It’s nothing more than that though.
As for the “He sounds like Bush” argument ... a simple “Mr. President, you and your party have been campaigning against Bush for over a decade ... get over it.” will put that argument to rest. A good comparison of Carter to Obama would shut them up (notice how the tone of Obama’s recent speeches sound eerily like the infamous “malaise” speech).
To drive them crazier, he should embrace some of the good Bush did and emphasize that he’ll contrast himself from Bush in terms of spending. All in all, I doubt his Texas mannerisms will be a problem. They’ll try that at first, but it will fail immediately.
Perry might also point out some of the other things that obama inherited from Bush:
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a $10 trillion dollar national debt
a $1.3 trillion deficit of which half was TARP money the democrats all voted for, and insisted Bush sign-over to the obama regime, in Dec 08
an unemployment rate of less than 8%
a stable Iraq
a non-nuclear Iran
an America not attacked by al Qaeda since Sep 11
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Further, Perry should look obama in the snake-eyes and tell him he is not afraid to go right to work to fix what he is going to inherit from obama