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"Al Gore was an old fashioned pro-life Democrat who hadn't discovered global warming back then"
"Rick Perry is NO fan of the Bush family, they despise him"
"Sarah Palin supports him for President". (Look at my photoshopped picture of the two of them together)
"He's ALWAYS been a conservative. Texas Democrats were the CONSERVATIVE party in the 1980s, it was the Reagan Republicans who were liberals back then"
"Perry is a limited government Republican who reduced spending in Texas"
"He got elected Lt. Governor on his own by defeating an entrenched incumbent. George Bush had NOTHING to do with it"
"Rick Perry has NEVER raised taxes in Texas"
"Perry is a tough, secure-the-borders guy. It's the federal government's fault there's illegal immigration in Texas, Rick Perry did everything he could to prevent illegals from coming here"

Why do you Perry ~~haters~~ fans always tell lies? Why don't you support your choice with facts?

What a pile of unattributed garbage.

""Al Gore was an old fashioned pro-life Democrat who hadn't discovered global warming back then"

I didn't say this, but Gore was considered a "moderate" within the Democrat Party.

Both statements are true. Perry was raised in a Democrat family where his father was a long-serving Democrat county commissioner. It was natural for him to start his political career as a Democrat. He won his first election in 1984 when he was elected to the Texas house and soon became a rising star in Texas democrat politics. An opportunity to advance himself presented itself and he became Gore’s Texas campaign manager in 1988.

Those too young to remember wouldn’t recognize the Al Gore of 1988. He opposed the federal funding of abortion, supported a moment of silence in schools for prayer, approved funding of the Nicaraguan contras and was against the ban on interstate handgun sales. Gore’s platform was one that a conservative West Texas Democrat like state representative Perry could support when he signed up to chair the Senator’s Texas campaign.

From the election on, the Gore/Perry partnership began to crumble and the way that their paths diverged in the past three decades speaks eloquently to the way American politics has been reshaped. Gore has sailed left, while Perry’s political odyssey has seen him tack in the other direction — and to the opposing party.

Perry says that the Gore experience helped him to “come to his senses,” and he switched to the Republican party in 1989, fully 22 years ago. Perry switched parties over two decades ago and critics somehow think that bringing it up now is newsworthy? Sorry guys, as we say in Texas, that dog won’t hunt.

If you’re interested in more details, here is a Texas Tribune article titled Rick Perry: The Democrat Years.

"Rick Perry is NO fan of the Bush family, they despise him"

If you think this is a lie, then you know absolutely NOTHING about it. The whole Bush clan worked hard against Perry in this last election, including Rove, Baker, and Karen Hughes. The Bushes have disliked Perry ever since he attacked GWB as a big spender. learn the facts and stop spouting lies.

"Sarah Palin supports him for President". (Look at my photoshopped picture of the two of them together)

NOt mine either. Sarah Palin has not said who she supports, but Palin and Perry are friends and Perry worked hard for her campaign in 2008 which is when the struck up their continuing friendship.

"He's ALWAYS been a conservative. Texas Democrats were the CONSERVATIVE party in the 1980s, it was the Reagan Republicans who were liberals back then"

He has always been a conservative. He was well known as a conservative here in Texas. While he was a Democrat, he was a member of the "Pit Bulls," a group of conservative budget hawks--Democrats all.

You clearly know nothing of Texas politics--or for that matter politics anywhere in the South at that time. Many conservatives in the South ran as Democrats because Republicans could not be elected. Bill Clemments was the first Republican governor of Texas in 100 years--in 1979--first since Reconstruction. David Treen was the first Republican governor of Louisiana in 102 years.

I don't recall anyone asserting Reagan Republicans were liberals--clearly you are the liar here.

The rest of your list of "lies" are pretty much facts, not "lies." The claim of NEVER raising taxes depends on what you consider "taxes," but there is no denying that compared to other states, he cut spending over raising taxes.

Nice try, next time try telling the truth.