The Rick Perry - ACORN connection explained: A primer for non-Texans

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Another piece of misinformation about Perry's "connection" to ACORN bites the dust, when full facts are revealed.

1 posted on 09/04/2011 8:46:17 PM PDT by Clairity

Perry ping.

Another anti-Perry misinformation bites the dust in the light of truth.

2 posted on 09/04/2011 8:47:18 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)

ahhhhh, sure...uh huh...riggggggt

3 posted on 09/04/2011 8:54:06 PM PDT by ak267

Fine.

So a very important question would be, why did ACORN support HB 1823?

4 posted on 09/04/2011 8:54:28 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Governor Palin: "I'm not for sale.")

Wow, y’all are just giving RINO Ricky a pass on everything.

5 posted on 09/04/2011 8:54:38 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)

I hate “guilt-by-association” arguments. They are generally bereft of logic, and are used when there is no real issue to debate.

6 posted on 09/04/2011 8:55:44 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT

To: reasonisfaith; Virginia Ridgerunner

7 posted on 09/04/2011 8:55:59 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)

There are a few issues where I have legit concerns about Perry.

Most of the stuff on here and in the left wing rags (which people on here often cite for some reason) is complete BS.

8 posted on 09/04/2011 8:58:04 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Sheesh. Go away and stay away Newt.)

Doesn’t it bother you at all that ACORN praised Perry and the legislature for this???

9 posted on 09/04/2011 8:58:20 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)

To: CharlesWayneCT

Some anti-Perry posters have been posting a picture without explanation, where Perry is shown signing a bill, with some ACORN members in the background. And they were claiming some mysterious close relationship between ACORN and Perry.

This article explains in detail what the bill was and how it came about — as a result of a natural disaster and how some real estate “ownership” worked in Texas.

10 posted on 09/04/2011 8:58:40 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)

To: Virginia Ridgerunner

From: The scrutiny of Rick Perry Begins Here

As with Trump months ago, here I come to harsh the buzz of conservatives who, understandably unimpressed by the field, felt a surge of energy when it appeared Rick Perry might be entering the fray. An appetizer:

At the Capitol on Monday, opposition grew against the governor’s order Friday to require the human papilloma- virus vaccine for girls starting in September 2008. Lawmakers who said their offices were inundated with angry calls and e-mails from constituents over the weekend rushed to file bills that would override the governor’s order, which they said revokes parental rights and could encourage young girls to be promiscuous. The governor, however, stood firm.
“Providing the HPV vaccine doesn’t promote sexual promiscuity any more than the Hepatitis B vaccine promotes drug use,” Perry said Monday. “If the medical community developed a vaccine for lung cancer, would the same critics oppose it, claiming it would encourage smoking?”

I think this one will vary in concern value. Some people are very edgy about any kind of forced vaccinations, for reasons even beyond the concept of government-mandated medical procedures. Others may give this a pass. I continue for the sake of the latter:

The group’s proudest moment came last week when Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill that makes important changes in the use of contracts-for-deed, a form of home lending that withholds a title from buyers until they have fully paid their loan.
Passage of the law, which will make it possible for buyers to convert their loans to traditional mortgages, was this year’s top Texas legislative goal for ACORN, which represents 175,000 low- and moderate-income families in 51 U.S. cities.

But hey, that can’t be too big of a deal, right? After all, John McCain was cozy with them as well, and he got the nomination in 2008! Not the only thing that he seems to have in common with John McCain’s ideology, either:

Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That’s why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.

This coming from the same guy who opposed Arizona’s immigration law. No, this is not an immediate “purity test” for conservatism. It’s a serious look at a person who seems awful close to asking us to elect them to be the leader of our country. Honestly, this governor from Texas looking to be president…seems a lot like the last governor from Texas looking to be president, in all the wrong ways.

11 posted on 09/04/2011 8:59:07 PM PDT by rintense (Polls are for strippers and cross country skiing. ~ Sarah Palin, 9.3.11)

Even Democratic former Governor Jennifer Granholm (unpopularly known as Gov. Jenn) was smart enough not to be photographed with ACORN and Gov Jenn wasn’t all that bright.

12 posted on 09/04/2011 8:59:37 PM PDT by bwc2221

They are obviously not a Texan.

Oh, I get it...only almighty Texans can get it, right?

13 posted on 09/04/2011 8:59:40 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)

Perry and Acorn: Perry’s camp trying to spin it! Jump in, my FRiend!

14 posted on 09/04/2011 9:00:06 PM PDT by rintense (Polls are for strippers and cross country skiing. ~ Sarah Palin, 9.3.11)

Thank you. I’m amazed at all the disinformation on FR lately. I have never seen it this bad. If this keeps up Fr is going to look like DU or the other one.

Acorn was like a Cancer infecting everything it touched.
Just like Zero.

15 posted on 09/04/2011 9:01:56 PM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)

To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Most people who don’t live in Texas are not familiar with “Contract for Deed” and the implications of having bought the house that way.

As I said repeatedly, the article explains it in detail.

But I guess the anti-Perry element is not interested in the facts, only in bashing him. It reflects on the integrity of such posters, not on Perry.

16 posted on 09/04/2011 9:04:26 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)

To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Yes, we CAN! Especially since we understand property rights in Texas.

17 posted on 09/04/2011 9:04:43 PM PDT by RowdyFFC

Didn't you used to wear a beret and work for Saddam?

18 posted on 09/04/2011 9:05:20 PM PDT by bwc2221

Didn't you used to wear a beret and work for Saddam?

19 posted on 09/04/2011 9:05:20 PM PDT by bwc2221

I’m waiting for the Perry supporters to start sounding like Bush supporters....aka: “If you’re not for us then you’re against us.”

Only the sith deal in absolutes.

20 posted on 09/04/2011 9:07:53 PM PDT by ak267

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