Posted on 08/17/2011 9:24:25 PM PDT by TBP
Rick Perry has counted on the staunch support of Texas conservatives during his two decades of statewide triumphs in Texas. He’s an anti-tax, anti-spending, anti-regulation, anti-Washington stalwart.
Richard A. Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com and a leader on the right since the days of Ronald Reagan, called Perry a “committed conservative” whose presidential announcement “brought a wave of relief to conservatives.”
Then why are some conservative bloggers and activists warning others on the political right about a Perry presidential candidacy?
“Before Republicans start salivating too heavily, it is important to examine Perry closely,” says conservative talk-show host David Zublick. “His conservative bona fides leave much to be desired.”
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.chron.com ...
When you let your kids go to a government school, you have already relinquished some to the government entities. If you don’t want that oversight, don’t put them in the government’s schools to begin with.
Let me share something though...
When we home schooled in Virginia, we had forms we had to take the initiative to complete and submit to the “government”, letting them know we were opting out of public school education. From all accounts, all us home schoolers there had absolutely no problem trying to figure out how to fill in the proper words saying “I’m opting out of school, thank you.”
In Texas, opting out was even easier. We just opted out with our feet.
How come home schoolers seem to be able to complete and submit an opt out application but you seem to feel public school parents can’t do it?
I just laugh when I hear people say it’s too much work to tell someone you are not going to do something they really believe in not doing.
Has this guy ever been to traffic school, you stay in your vehicle and wait for the officer to come to you, the reason they take a minute to come to the window is they are checking your plate to make sure your legit.
He clearly thinks the laws don’t apply to him.
Quit yo LYIN’!!! He supports the TEXAS Dream act. It was the predecessor, and something altogether different than the national.
Bwaa-haa-haa!! I hope you’re right!!!!!!
You don't need an army to round up anybody for Christ's sake. All you have to do is enforce the God damned law. During operation "Wet Back" the government forced over a million illegal aliens to go back home and they did it with less than 1000 immigration agents. We have 20k Border Patrol agents, 5k ICE Agents, at least 20k legacy Customs Inspectors and we still can't find illegal aliens protesting in broad daylight by the thousands in our major cities.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t have a clue. GWB was for amnesty. Perry, contrary to the lies on this site, is not. This accounts for the original “beef” between GWB and Perry. Perry refused to push GWB’s policies on the border and opted for a more conservative one. Upon becoming governor he went to Israel to learn how THEY were securing THEIR border, and came back to see what he could implement in Texas — knowing that border security is the CONSTITUTIONAL JOB of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and not the state. He has done miracles for us here in Texas and the majority of us — obviously — love him. Perry 2012!!!
Garjob, you are in serious trouble here on this site. You are listening, reading, studying, and THINKING. Good job. You are about to be crucified.
Love that pic, smoothsailing!
I never said a word about home schoolers, or public school families. Don't put words in my mouth.
The point, is that the Gardasil vaccine was mandated by the government. It was an intrusion on basic human rights to force this on the people. The fact that you could fill out a form to assert your right to free choice did not make it any less odious.
It was a bad move on Perry's part, as it was a basic violation of essential individual rights.
For the record, my wife and I have home schooled our four children since day one.
What ARE you drinking?
The bad blood between Bush and Perry has NOTHING to do with the border, and the majority of Texans do NOT love Perry.
Many, many of us vote for him as the lesser of two evils.
When we tell the truth about him here on FR, it’s an attempt to avoid having to hold our nose and vote for him again because the opposition is even worse.
Tempest, you should see the hit pic the Boston Globe did on him on the 15th. Apparently, the only way anyone can make this guy look anything other than handsome is when he’s taking a bite of food. That’s going to get obvious quick. Now scurry along to the Globe site. You know you want to.
When did you live in Texas, Winifred?
But then Rick is no metrosexual. Doesn’t give a rats behind how you eat a hotdog with a fork and knife. He compensates for nothing.
“We could do a whole lot worse than Perry”
that is actually very well done...funny...he’s not my first pick but I find him more to my liking than the guy he replaced as governor
and the fact that they hate him and are on full press against him
helps him in my eyes
lol...u have to ask
It has more to do with his record on jobs, his religious upbringing, his family values, etc. Not all this peripheral stuff that is irrevelant to our country in this almost depression. http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1590
Really? You have to use language like that on a conservative site?
Many, many of us vote for him as the lesser of two evils.
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