Posted on 09/18/2011 1:55:44 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
......One was born into a privileged family in a tony Michigan suburb; the other, onto a flat expanse of West Texas dirt with no indoor plumbing. One spent his youth tooling around his father’s car factory; the other, selling Bibles door-to-door so he could afford to buy a car. One excelled at Harvard University, simultaneously earning law and business degrees and swiftly climbing the corporate ladder; the other, his hope of becoming a veterinarian dashed when he flunked organic chemistry at Texas A&M University, joined the Air Force. [Perry graduated from A&M]
Where Mitt Romney is obedient and cautious, Rick Perry is bombastic and spontaneous. If they had attended the same high school, they probably would have hung out at opposite ends of the hallway. Their relationship today is said to be frosty, if there is one at all.
“In every single possible way, they come from different worlds,” said Republican strategist Alex Castellanos, who advised Romney in his 2008 race but is neutral this time. “You can see the playbook pretty clearly here: it’s populist against patrician; it’s rural Texas steel against unflappable Romney coolness; conservative versus center-right establishment; Texas strength versus Romney’s imperturbability; Perry’s simplicity versus Romney’s flexibility.”
.... Romney is campaigning as a steady, capable grown-up who can fix anything that needs fixing; Perry, as a passionate, principled leader who can channel the ire of a frustrated electorate.
The twin forces within the Republican Party are neatly manifested in the two candidates. Romney represents both the party’s upper-crust establishment and the state — Massachusetts — that for so long has been the GOP’s boogeyman. Perry represents the angry grassroots that are giving the party new energy and he personifies the state — Texas — that for a generation has been the GOP’s soul.........
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She’s not running. If she were we would not be having this particular conversation.
And thank you for your reasoned and polite response.
>> “They won’t be voting for the Repub nominee regardless!” <<
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You do not know that, and the current flow of inevitable events makes it seem probable that we will be having another ‘mandate’ election if we have the right candidate.
Perry, Romney, Bachmann, etc. cannot be that candidate by any stretch of the immagination.
Then the situation is hopeless, and voting is a waste of time.
(and I do not believe your position; if I did, I would be making better use of my time than posting here)
by any stretch of your imagination.
Or maybe this all just more class warfare, identity politics BS, and we won't allow the Washington Post to define our choices for us.
I don’t even waste my time on such fairy tales.
I think her name was Amy, it was on Fox this past week I believe she said that after she was question on the cheering for death Penalty and the people yelling to let someone die. (not sure about what they were yelling)
So I think I agree with her. Illegals and Gardisil to mean mush if our country due to having blinders on looses our freedoms to the Commie/Fascist overlords.
Huh. And here I thought they were both from earth.
No, informing the uninformed (including the willfully uninformed like you) is not a waste of time; its a reasonable service.
ROFLOL!
You think you’re informed...I don’t share your opinion...so save your misinformation.
“And other than having to get a permit to carry concealed, and no open carry, how are TX gun laws more restrictive than the states you mention?”
LOL! I love the way the way that you sort of cavalierly brushed those issues aside. Interesting that in Cali, or at least the rural counties, you can open carry, but in TX you can’t. What good is the RKBA if you have to get a permit to carry a handgun at all? Which is the reality in TX. Oh, and let’s not forget that TX puts it’s peasantry through a handgun safety course, photographs, fingerprinting and charges $140 for the privilege of getting a 4 yr permit. One of the more expensive permits in the country. Clearly the RKBA in TX is for those who can afford it. Just like Cali.
And while it’s true that some jurisdictions of Cali don’t issue many CCPs, others do. And I just can’t get a good head of sympathy together for anyone who is nuts enough to live in LA or SF.
Since this is a thread about Gov. Perry, let’s ask the hard questions. Where has Rick Perry been on gun rights, other than to wave around his NRA T-shirt? Has TX under his leadership implemented a reduction in fees for a handgun permit? Doesn’t look that way. Has TX under his leadership allowed open carry? Has their been any loosening of gun restrictions in his 10 years of office? Sadly, that would appear to be a resounding NO.
To use a Texas colloquialism, when it comes to gun rights it looks like Rick Perry is all hat and no cattle.
Hasn’t he dispatched Rangers and DPS to the border?
You are promoting hate and slander on this web site. It is beyond the pale.
Post your sources. Comments are not credible and just a long line of drivel.
Entitled to your opinion, however I strongly disagree.
Gardasil not an issue. The Legislature did not pass the bill and it was dropped. No vaccines were EVER given! Parents can opt out of immunizations in TX.
TX Mexico border is 1800 miles and in many areas the line is in the middle of the river. Who is going to pay for this fence? The feds won’t. Perry has asked for National Guard on the border, but was denied. TX has spent over $400 million so far.
Perry did NOT say he was against Arizona defending itself from Illegals. He said the Arizona law was not appropriate for TX. Since I heard what he said myself, this is correct. Perry is big on States rights and he would not comment on Arizona.
TTC, well can’t argue with you on this one. However, this did not pass the Legislature either. Not an issue.
In state tuition for illegal aliens was passed by both houses of the TX State Legislature with 4 no votes. Perry typically does NOT veto a bill passed this heavily by both houses. If he had vetoed the bill, they would have passed it over his veto.
If Perry took stimulus cash, it was for a dire need for the State of TX.
Perry is not perfect, but he can beat Obama and the rest can’t except maybe for Romney. The TP needs to look a little closer on these complaints. They are not all black and white, but some shades of grey.
Yes. Romney comes from the "tell everyone you're a 'true progressive' to get elected in Mass, then flip-flop on all of it when you run for POTUS. Perry comes from the "tell everyone you're a 'tea-party conservative' to get elected in Texas, then flip-flop on all of it when you have to govern". Though I suspect if they had swapped states, they could have easily switched to the other guy's persona. Both Perry and Romney know how to work a crowd with empty platitudes.
>> If they had attended the same high school... <<
...there would have been a nail-biter contest between 'em for "Best Hair" and "Most Likely to Become a Politician"
No, a "talking point" is a stupid canned statement such as "Gore was a old fashioned pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-tobacco conservative Democrat who wasn't into global warming when Perry endorsed him" -- such freepers then cite a description of Gore '88 from Communist News Network as their "source" and ignore the mountains of evidence from his ACTUAL speeches and votes at the time proving beyond a doubt that Gore had a solidly liberal record when Perry endorsed him.
Seeing Perry as eerily similar to Bush isn't a "talking point", it's a simple observation people can make by simply watching videos of the two of them speaking to voters and comparing Bush's 2000 platform to Perry 2012. I don't need to have a scripted statement claiming they're alike, all I need is people to check out the candidates for themselves. Anyone who isn't blind, deaf or dumb will pick up on close similarities between the two.
Ironically, rebuttals to this are "talking points" as well... insisting they're not alike by claiming "the Bush clan hates Perry" (even though Perry himself denies this and says they get along great), and claiming there's "huge differences" simply because Perry "didn't attend an ivy-league school"
I agree to a point, though I think they're delivery is quite different. Peryy's more a bull in a china closet who has to keep his temper under control...it can fire on a dime with barely a nudge. Where Bush appears to be more even tempered though known to have his days of rage as well. But yes...they do seem to be much similar.
So funny to see both camps defending which guy is less of a rino.
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