Posted on 09/03/2011 8:11:20 PM PDT by Clairity
Some analysts suggest Perry is too conservative and too controversial to beat Obama, and that Romney would make a better candidate in the general election. The Texas governor made the opposite argument Saturday.
Perry, who spoke at two house parties in New Hampshire, said he was the only candidate who "draws a clear contrast" with Obama.
"The differences between President Obama and myself are great," Perry said in Manchester. "He's lost more than a million jobs while he's been president. I've created a million jobs since I've been the governor."
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"I don't support a fence on the border. I think strategic fencing is a part of the strategy," Perry said. "If you build a 30-foot wall from El Paso to Brownsville, the 35-foot ladder business gets real good."
As the man kept pressing, Perry said: "You've got to have people on the ground, sir ... and it's got to be law enforcement."
(Excerpt) Read more at texastribune.org ...
Just curious if you’ve seen “Undefeated” and if you feel that way regardless?
That she’s unqualified?
She leaves the mopping up to her fans, while she concentrates on the big picture.
Cheers!
Because he's a white woman?
You video about the foolish use of money to build a fence is a must see. That is why I believe Governor Rick Perry is right. We need boots on the ground. That is something the Obama Regime has refused to do. I post your link again for those who might miss you post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfVENwfeGHw
Gardasil-TTC-Border Fence... Squawk!
Gardasil-TTC-Border Fence... Squawk!
Polly wanna cracker, Squawk!
It all depends on who gets the primary votes. Anything else is moot.
Two thousand attended? That’s it? Wow... yeah, she’s jumped the shark.
Sarah’s the best!
Sarah’s the best!
She beats Obama by 10 trillion votes!
Squawk!!
Sarah’s the best!
Sarah’s the best!
She beats Obama by 10 trillion votes!
Squawk!!
To channel a 'P'alinsky-ite...
OMG! See? Proof he's a RINO!!! Palin is G-d! She'll cool the planet and lower the ocean levels!
(Wait, I think that last one was Obama...)
There's a word for this statement.
Projection.
Perry is vetted. His hype is simple; 10-0 election record, 11 years as governor, reasonably better than he is bad, able to beat Obama handily. He's got some problems, but the benefits outweigh them. All candidates have their problems. In the aggregate, Perry's simply a better bet.
As far as 'worship', there's nobody that's anything more than 'satisfied' with him. I'd be happy to dump him with as much emotional attachment as I would trading one rental car for another. I'm not looking for a religious experience out of my politicians, any more than I'm looking for my dream car at Hertz or National.
Obama was there to fill the imagination of a long suffering segment of the American electorate. To millions of people, he was the shining champion of their values and the standard bearer of their passionate vision for what America should be. His thin resume was a blank slate that they filled with their hopes and dreams. Anything they wanted to see was there, like a mirror into their own hearts.
There are icons on the right that fill that role, but Rick Perry isn't one of them.
With a record deficit, you want to add to it by imprisoning the illegals?
Deport the b@st@rds and subtract the deducte the costs from any payments we have going to Mexico.
“Yes it should be Jail time and not a fine which is nothing to some people.
With a record deficit, you want to add to it by imprisoning the illegals?
Deport the b@st@rds and subtract the deducte the costs from any payments we have going to Mexico.”
NO ,their American enablers here!
I heard she’ll beat Obama by 100 billion-trillion-gajillion... for reals!
And that she doesn’t need money to campaign cause she’s the bestest in all the universe!
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Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my nose?
Perry says he is the best contrast to Obama?
Some would say..........White and Honest versus Muslim and dishonest!
Oh, that would be me.
Projection.
Not an accurate depiction.
Blind worship is when Perry supporters say that Palin is just showing up to declare her support for him.
Even after she said she wasn't satisfied with any of the currently declared candidates.
Blind worship is when Perry supporters routinely bring up irrelevancies in his record as though they make a hill of beans' worth of difference, like his being a C-130 pilot and an Eagle Scout.
They're nice in their own way but they don't qualify him for the Presidency.
Blind worship is when Perry supporters attack Sarah Palin and her supporters with unfounded accusation and rumor ("she's just in it for the money" or "she hasn't run a *real* state") while dismissing holes in Perry's record by making fun of the people pointing them out ("Gardasil, Trans Texas Corridor, Dream Act" blah blah) when the holes have not been acknowledged or dealt with adequately.
I'm glad from your post that YOU don't worship Perry.
But he's too much of a finger in the wind RINO squish with a questionable past for me.
(I note you didn't copy or answer the remainder of my post which listed his policy commonalities with Obaama).
Cheers!
"Blind worship is when...", in the context you're using, has no apparent meaning other than "I don't agree with it when..."
It's just not fair or intellectually honest to assert that people you disagree with are religious zealots in blind worship of a random politician who only went national like a month ago.
Perry's in his fourth term in office, 11+ years as governor, 10-0 electoral record, undefeated at 61 years of age, running a state in considerably better shape than the rest of the Union.
That's not blind worship. It's chiseled-in-stone fact.
To say that he's not qualified to be President compared to, say, Barack Obama, George Bush, Bill Clinton, GHWB, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter ... well, I don't know how far back you'd have to go before you found someone who's more qualified. He seems to be either ahead of or equal to the pack so far.
Perry's pro-life, pro-gun and pro-business, but he's also got a number of things in his long record that are bad. The only people that don't have bad things in their records are people with short ones. While that may seem an attractive route, remember that America just blew 4 years of our life on Barack Hussien OmyGod-this-guy-has-no-idea-what-he's-doing-what-were-we-thinking-hiring-him-as-President?! They're not going to do that again twice in a row. Like it or not, Obama's now the 'safe bet' compared to, say, Herman Cain, as far as independents are concerned. At least he's experienced.
While it might be a big deal in our corner of the blogosphere, the fact that Perry supported a toll road that never got built isn't even going to move the needle on 95% of the electorate's 'give a crap' meter. Neither is most of the 'similarities to Obama' that you posted. He's weak on immigration, insofar as he's pretty much the same as any other Republican, just more exposed to the problem by virtue of his location. Otherwise, he's categorically better than Obama in any quantifiable way.
Bush had his problems, but he gave us Roberts and Alito on the Supreme Court. Obama gave us the quasi-commie appointees of Sotomayor and Kagan. The next President will probably get two more, which will change the face of the nation for decades. That alone makes defeating Obama non-negotiable.
So, between a relatively sure thing in a so-so Perry, a longshot in awesome Palin, or certain doom in meta-awful Obama, it's no contest. First down over Hail Mary. That's not blind worship. It's just business.
Perry was having back surgery.
this is what he said about the bill:
Perry:
“Texas owes it to the brave law enforcement officials, who put their lives on the line every day to protect our families and communities, to give them the discretion they need to adequately do their jobs,” Perry said in a statement. “Abolishing sanctuary cities in Texas, using the federal Secure Communities program and ensuring that only individuals who are here legally can obtain a valid Texas driver’s license sends a clear message that Texas will not turn a blind eye to those breaking our laws.”-——————
They passed the drivers license id passed.
But it was struck down by a Federal Judge.
The Sanctuary City bill failed
The voter id did get through and is law in Texas.
As long as Perry keeps to Palins plain-talking, point out the fallacies of Leftists, plan of action, I'm fine with him.
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