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If you read the letter completely objectively, it is not so much a praise Hilary letter as it is an attempt to ingratiate himself sufficiently to get his agenda--reformed healthcare for his rural constituency improved.

Very clearly his goal it to get the committee to look at the plight of ranchers, farmers, farm workers and rural community residents.

It isn't terribly likely that anyone would get very far with saying something like, "Hilary, your effort to reform healthcare is a socialist abomination. Oh yeah, by the way would you please turn your attention to the difficulties our rural communities are experiencing in getting good affordable healthcare."

You are free to look at this letter anyway you choose, but being that Perry was the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture and part of his responsibility was to assist those rural communities with any problems they might have, you would have to be fairly determined to see something bad in what he wrote.

Try rereading the letter with that point of view. It was the first thing that leaped out at me in reading the letter--but then, I am not out to attack Perry so that my preferred candidate might gain from it.

Let's see, one sentence politely commending Hilary for her efforts in trying to reform the healthcare system and three paragraphs expressing his wish for the committee to pay close attention to the needs of the rural communities.

Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty fair analysis.

If you were in Perry’s place in 1993, what would you have done differently?

Ignored the possibility that her efforts might be effective and you’re people are left out?

Been insulting by telling her what a commie socialist bitch she was?

Or asked her about cattle futures?