Posted on 08/20/2011 1:13:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
You’re probably thinking, “I’ve seen this movie before: West Texas boy makes middling grades in college, gets elected governor and — to the consternation of gobsmacked Democrats, who misunderestimate his folksy appeal — runs for the Republican nomination for president.” But if that’s all you know about Rick Perry, you should be asking whether the country is ready for another White House occupant from the Lone Star State. The fact is, the most recent entrant into the GOP race is nothing like the caricatures being promoted on the left and the right. Here are some myths that need debunking, and quick.
1. He’s a Bush clone.
Biographical similarities aside, Perry is not the second coming of George W. Bush, either stylistically or substantively. Bush governed Texas with a light touch and had a good relationship with the Democratic majorities in both chambers of the Texas legislature. Perry is more hard-knuckled in his dealings not only with Democrats (now a minority in the House and the Senate) but with insufficiently conservative Republicans — what we in Texas pejoratively call “moderates.”.....
2. He’s a hillbilly dimwit.
That’s bias against Texas, pure and simple. Just because he wears cowboy boots and drops his G’s doesn’t mean he’s a dummy. Perry may be a small-town boy who went to an ag school (Texas A&M University), but he’s an extremely cagey and strategic politician who has been among the state’s most successful governors at getting what he wants. (Put another way: Even if he’s not book smart by University of Chicago standards, he’s plenty street smart — and street smart is still smart.) The better lens through which to regard Perry is inside vs. outside, establishment vs. anti-establishment, elitist vs. jus’ folks. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that jus’ folks is jus’ dumb.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
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So.....what do you propose?
You read wrong. The Governor has to specifically add all agenda items to a Special Session. He did add this one late in the Session when he found out that Patrick had enough votes in the Senate. http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2011/06/perry-adds-anti-tsa-bill-to-special-session/
>>If they praise a republican I am skeptical to begin with.<<
>Be sure to read it next time before commenting.
Just sayin....<
I did.
I was just commenting on WaPo and thanking you for bringing it to our attention.
BTTT. Perfectly stated.
Revolutions generally turn out poorly for liberty.
Only the American Revolutionaries were able to turn out something pretty good, compared to France, Russia, etc.
But even our founders set in motion a train wreck by 1861.
Oh boy, do you ever have some outstanding pictures to post.
This is the latest attack on the Texas economy, but as usual, it cherry-picks statistics. Last month, the Texas unemployment rate went up by 0.2% - but Texas added a net 30,000 new jobs the same month! How does that happen? It happens because Texas is getting more new workers moving into the state every month than new jobs created. The long-term unemployed are moving from blue state slums to Texas because THEY believe in Texas. So the fact that the unemployment rate went up in Texas is not a negative - it is just a reflection of the fact that so many people are moving there looking for work. Texas is still adding new jobs faster than almost any other state in the Union.
Thanks shield. I take screen captures often and then crop and size them. I know men, especially, are interested in his Military service and ability with guns and planes.
BUMP!
Thanks CW!
If this global warming thing works out OK I'd volunteer Canada as their new home.
Texas has more than its fair share of politicians who imagine that's a great way to do it ~ right?
Currently the black voters in Maryland have their "instate tuition for illegals" law held up pending a referendum.
Is there some difference we are supposed to believe? Both states sound pretty much screwed up in the same way on this issue.
Hell I would like to move to Texas, but my wife hates the Tornado’s that happens down there.. I live in Illinois :(
Hell I would like to move to Texas, but my wife hates the Tornado’s that happens down there.. I live in Illinois :(
I lived in MD for quite a few years.
It’s a mess.
The ICC got built though. I helped elect a Republican governor to get it done after 50 years of leftists blocking progress and access to employment with good infrastructure. Sort of what’s going on in Texas with the so-call Trans-Texas Corridor.
Sarah Palin - if she runs- will NOT do deportations.
Read what she says
She carefully alludes to registering workers who are here, not deporting them. Once she declares, and this is clarified over and over and over again by the MEdia, more heads will explode. The same people slamming Perry will slam Sarah. Maybe they will stay home in Nov 2012 and let the rest of us decide.
So all the huffing and puffing on FR about deporting illegals - is wasted oxygen. here IS no “right” republican, if you want mass deportation of illegals. NONE (with a credible chance of election)are behind that.
The idea of registering illegal workers who are here AND securing the border to stop the invasion of more AND cutting back on benefits and entitlements to illegals AND tackling Mexico's failures as a nation as a “comprehensive” immigration reform package, is not cynical nor does it cause me despair.
The choice is NOT between “Open borders” ***or*** deportation. The choice is who is going to lead the US into developing a system of foreign worker registration and a realistic path to US citizenship.
It is the realistic approach given the social makeup and sentiment of the majority of the USA, and a sane adult president will eventually lead us that way.
But when you find a perfect candidate who committs to mass deportations and who leads in the public opinion polls- let us know.
If Perry runs for President of Texas, I will defer to “Texans only” commenting on his policies.
Like it or not, Perry (or anyone else running for POTUS) wont be elected by people in border states, he will be elected by 50 million people who don’t live in border states.
And you don’t know anything about Maryland if you think we of all states don’t live with, and understand, the costs and impacts of illegal immigration! We’ll trade governors with Texas any day.
From Mexico.
Some employers don't want anyone who isn't an illegal from Mexico or Central America. Someone they can short in their pay packet for "flexibility" at the end of the week or the end of the month, someone who can't complain, someone they can ship home via INS/ICE if they complain. Someone they can just ship home in a box if they get killed on the job -- just call Santana Funeral Home, wash hands, done with that one.
Some "night cleaning workers" tried to form a union in Houston, back in about 1992 (they were averaging about $3.30/hour -- versus $10 in Pittsburgh and $12/hour in New York City) .... their employer called INS on them, rounded them all up and had them deported en masse.
I lived in MD and voted for Ehrlich so you could get your ICC.
Nice, isn’t it?
It will be nice when we get the TTC here in TX. I don’t think it will take 50 years like it did in Maryland.
I KNOW there are a lot of illegals in MD.
What the hell. Do you think we’re waving them across the border?
It’s states like MARYLAND and people who vote for LIBERALS in places like MARYLAND who make up the socialist goodies the illegals are trying to get to, that have them coming across 1250 miles of the international border the FEDS won’t secure.
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