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At fair, Rick Perry fires first shots at Mitt Romney
Politico ^ | August 15, 2001 | Jonathan Martin

Posted on 08/15/2011 8:40:39 PM PDT by DRey

DES MOINES – Rick Perry, on his first day of extended Iowa campaigning, foreshadowed his coming assault Monday against Mitt Romney and swiped back at the former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist’s suggestion that others in the GOP race don’t understand the economy.

In back-to-back answers, Perry nodded at the difference between his economic record as Texas governor and Romney’s in Massachusetts and then drew a cultural contrast between his background as an Air Force pilot and family farmer and his opponent’s high finance pedigree.

“It’s being able to work with your legislature to get the right tax and regulatory and legal system in place — and we done that in Texas,” Perry said of how he created jobs in his decade-long tenure as governor.

Talking to reporters as he made his way through the state fair here, the Texas governor was even more direct when asked about private business experience — something Romney said sets him apart from the Republican field.

Taking a populist shot at his multi-millionaire rival, Perry cited Romney’s former employer by name and contrasted that experience with his time helping run his family’s cotton farm.

“I was in the private sector for thirteen years after I left the Air Force,” he said. “You know, I wasn’t on Wall Street, I wasn’t working at Bain Capital, but the principles of the free market — they work whether you’re in a farm field in Iowa or whether you’re on Wall Street.”

Hours earlier, Romney, on the trail in Litchfield, N.H., had taken a not-so-subtle jab at Perry.

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“Understanding how the economy works by having worked in the real economy is finally essential in the White House,” Romney said, adding: “I respect the other people in this race, but I think the only other person who has that kind of extensive private sector experience besides me in the Republican race is Herman Cain.”

Told of Romney’s boast about knowing of the “real economy,” Perry shot back: “I’m thinking Texas is the real economy.”

Bwaaa-haaaa-haaaa!!

1 posted on 08/15/2011 8:40:47 PM PDT by DRey
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To: DRey

Ah, what fun. Watching two RINO bozos who voted against Reagan attack each other.


2 posted on 08/15/2011 8:42:34 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

It IS fun! I LOVE being on a winning team again!


3 posted on 08/15/2011 8:45:42 PM PDT by DRey
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To: DRey

Those bozos aren’t on my team. I’m not a liberal RINO.


4 posted on 08/15/2011 8:47:42 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: DRey
.....they work whether you’re in a farm field in Iowa or whether you’re on Wall Street

This guy came prepared to this campaign! I am loving it.
5 posted on 08/15/2011 8:50:07 PM PDT by indianrightwinger
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Uh-huh.....


6 posted on 08/15/2011 8:51:32 PM PDT by DRey
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To: fieldmarshaldj

OK. We know you are a Palinbot.


7 posted on 08/15/2011 8:51:42 PM PDT by indianrightwinger
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To: DRey

If the only thing that happens with Perry is that he takes out Romney, I’ll be happy. Romney needs to go away.


8 posted on 08/15/2011 8:52:34 PM PDT by svcw (democrats are liars, it's a given)
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To: indianrightwinger

He is our next president, regardless of the Palinista smear campaign. Perry 2012!


9 posted on 08/15/2011 8:52:50 PM PDT by DRey
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To: svcw

Well, he’ll take him out. And then he’ll take Obama out. That’s two things that are going to happen.


10 posted on 08/15/2011 8:54:09 PM PDT by DRey
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To: DRey

Job one is eliminating the number one rino Romney. I think that Palin is waiting for the current field to beat each other up before she gets in. Staying out also reduces the negative publicity from the Leftist media.


11 posted on 08/15/2011 8:55:52 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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To: DRey

“He is our next president, regardless of the Palinista smear campaign. Perry 2012!”

You got that right! And I don’t think Sarah would approve of the way her supporters are acting, anyway.


12 posted on 08/15/2011 8:56:22 PM PDT by wk4bush2004 ("FREEDOM, PROSPERITY, RESPONSIBILITY: RICK PERRY 2012!")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Perry will be our guy. There’s no getting around it. So that’s all folks.


13 posted on 08/15/2011 8:56:30 PM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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To: indianrightwinger

Palin supporter. Y’know, an actual Conservative. But, hey, you’re free to support Al Gore’s former TX campaign manager. But just don’t call yourself Conservative. Just sayin’...


14 posted on 08/15/2011 8:57:04 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: DRey
This is the second time he got Romney.

Blew him a kiss, and now this, very funny stuff.

I think he has some of that Reagan humor, quick and sharp as a razor blade.

15 posted on 08/15/2011 8:57:44 PM PDT by annieokie
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To: ExtremeUnction

Yours. I’m voting for Palin. I already had Gore misrepresenting me for eons. I ain’t voting for the guy who was his campaign manager.


16 posted on 08/15/2011 8:58:56 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: annieokie

Too bad he voted against Reagan... twice.


17 posted on 08/15/2011 8:59:40 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: annieokie

He IS sharp. But when did he BLOW ROMNEY A KISS?! LOL!!!!


18 posted on 08/15/2011 9:03:49 PM PDT by DRey
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To: grumpygresh

The damage has been done and your post admits as much ... Palin’s negatives are too high and she is totally unelectable .
No matter what happens , Palin’s negatives will remain the same and Palin knows it, which is why she will not run .


19 posted on 08/15/2011 9:03:59 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (Rick Perry is the only one who can defeat Romney and Obama)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Thanks for clarifying. Just so you are clear:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2763665/posts?q=1&;page=1


20 posted on 08/15/2011 9:04:18 PM PDT by indianrightwinger
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