Posted on 08/23/2011 12:53:52 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
....Tough-guy politicians may not actually make the best leaders, but they've been shown to be popular with voters and able to win major elections. Currently, no other leading candidate (not Mitt Romey, Ron Paul or Michele Bachmann) in the Republican field comes across as more macho than Perry.
Evidence of Perry's machismo is surging on the internets. The Twitter feed @RickPerryFacts is a constant stream ofChuck Norris-esque statements about Perry. They're funny, but I also can't help but think they don't speak to a yearning of some part of the human psyche: A basic desire for a strong, tough-guy leader.
Now, this Twitter feed has been active for quite some time, but with Perry's emergence as a top presidential contender, they've stepped it up a notch.
Here are 10 recent tweets from @RickPerryFacts about govenor's machismo:
• Each night before they go to sleep, Barack Obama makes Michelle check under the bed for Rick Perry.
• Popeye opens a can of Rick Perry before a fight.
• Atheists believe in rick perry
• Obama lists him as his emergency contact.
• Rick Perry once played in Texas without having a fiddle in his band.
• Remember how bad Y2K was supposed to be? Remember how nothing bad happened at midnight? Yeah, thank Rick Perry for that one.
• Rick Perry checked up on Annie, and yes, she is okay.
• Rick Perry once won the Indianapolis 500 in a rickshaw pulled by a small gerbil.
• If Rick Perry had starred in the movie "300", the film would have been called "1".
• As President, Rick Perry will protect the Secret Service.
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Bwahaa Love it!
I pictured something different.
Doncha love it!!
That’s Momma Perry. And she and her husband still live in the little house her husband built near the cotton fields in Paint Creek, Texas.
They don’t know where to grab Perry! LOL
I LOVE his boots!!! Much cooler than the loafers and sandals I see here in the Northeast. It takes a man to wear a cowboy boot! ;-)
Looks like the salt of the earth
Good law, and incidently will disproportionally help republicans since veterans tend to be more republican than not (although there are many exceptions to that rule, obviously).
Good law, and incidently will disproportionally help republicans since veterans tend to be more republican than not (although there are many exceptions to that rule, obviously).
It takes a certain type to wear a cowboy boot. I can’t quite make out what it says on them..”Come and Take it?” I wonder if he is referring to handguns? LOL!
LOL, thanks for reading it for me. My eyes are failing since I hit 40 and wasn’t sure what it read. I bet he is talking about his gun. HA, Obama should be shaking in his loafers, as Perry is the definition of the “clingers” Obama was referring to. The only bitterness that will happen though will be on the part of Obama as he and Michelle head back to Chicago and get the boot! ;0)
“Come and Take It” was the message from the Texans in the Alamo to the Mexicans outside. It referred to “Molon labe” which was the message of the Spartans (the “300”) to the Persians. It is an ancient message of defiance.
And especially the "Come and Take It"
Thanks LifePath!
After his back surgery...he isn’t allowed to wear his cowboy boots...don’t know if that is lifetime or not.
"Come and take it" was a slogan used in the Texas Revolution in 1835. In March 1831, Juan Gomez, a Lieutenant in the Mexican Army, worked alongside Tadeo Ortiz, a consul at Bordeaux, France, and granted a small cannon to the colony of San Antonio.
It was then transported to Gonzales, Texas and later was the object of Texas pride.
At the minor skirmish known as the Battle of Gonzales—the first battle of the Texas Revolution against Mexico—a small group of Texans successfully resisted the Mexican forces who had orders from Juan Gomez to seize their cannon.
As a symbol of defiance, the Texans had fashioned a flag containing the phrase "come and take it" along with a black star and an image of the cannon.
This was the same message that was sent to the Mexican government when they told the Texans that they had to return their cannon—failure to comply with the Mexican's original demands led to the failed attempt by the Mexican military to forcefully take back the cannon.
The Come and Take It festival is celebrated yearly in Gonzalez, TX.
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