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Rick Perry gets his swagger back
Sacramento Bee ^ | oct 19, 2011 | Bud Kennedy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Posted on 10/19/2011 10:55:39 PM PDT by Clairity

Gov. Rick Perry is back in the saddle.

Zeroing in on Mitt Romney like a prairie varmint and telling Herman Cain that they'll be "bumpin' tax plans" soon, Perry rode back into the middle of the Republican presidential race Tuesday night with some of his old swagger and his saddlebags still full of cash.

Ten weeks and four more TV debates away from the Iowa caucuses and the launch of election season, Perry remains the Anti-Romney.

If you're a Republican who can't stomach a former Massachusetts governor as the nominee, Perry has $17 million to win your vote between now and spring.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dumb; heartless; laraza; larazarick; perry; perryastroturfing; perrybot; toast
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To: Clairity

I guess Perry doesn’t get it...

Cain’s NST is a detractor... NOT the reason he is out in front.

Perry’s just not very smart.


61 posted on 10/20/2011 12:18:25 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: caww
You forget that I went through several decades of Reagan, Newt, Bush 41, Clinton, and “W”. Newt has a long track record for having one of the worst political records including personal corruption, among his kind. (What he did to his second wife) The man is a snake.

It's on the record. This Leopard can't change his spots, (Or stripes if you are ALGORE.)

62 posted on 10/20/2011 12:18:48 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Nextrush
Sorry, at this point, all Cain has is a bunch of talk, which he is a professional at, but nothing more. His biggest problem is, it is all starting to catch up to him and now he is having to explain himself in greater detail, which in itself is proving to cause him great difficulty.
63 posted on 10/20/2011 12:22:30 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Vendome
Magic rule of problems and success in almost aspects of operations

Another magic 80/20 rule: 80% of your business is generated by 20% of your customers.

64 posted on 10/20/2011 12:26:07 AM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Nextrush

I like Cain, and I’m also liking Newt. Cain seems to be the outsider with fresh ideas, a huge heart, and fire in his belly. Newt is the former insider, with much wisdom gained from all his mistakes. I love it when he gets the chance to speak in these debates. The knowledge, wisdom and statesmanship just pours out of him. I hope people give him a second look. Nobody on that stage is without flaw.

I think either Cain or Newt could easily beat Obama, and be the kind of President that this country needs right now.


65 posted on 10/20/2011 12:27:15 AM PDT by cinciella
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To: Netizen
lol!

Perry's campaign is on life suport -- literally. The more time passes the more he drops. Yet his fangirls are pretending he's on a comback? lol!

Having faith, hope and desire is one thing but ignoring reality only makes one look foolish.

66 posted on 10/20/2011 12:27:39 AM PDT by South40 ('Heartless' since 1957)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Yes I have. Mitt went after him about his 999 plan. I was waiting for Cain to ask him ‘where’s your plan’?


67 posted on 10/20/2011 12:30:43 AM PDT by presently no screen name (NO OBAMITT in '12)
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To: Rodney Dangerfield
If you want to gauge which candidate the Dems fear the most, check out the lib papers

lol! We have. The author of this thread has posted from every liberal rag she can find -- all in a failed attempt to revive interest in La Raza Rick Perry's train wreck of a campaign.

This is a a partial list.

See-BS News
ABC News
NBC News
Boston Globe
Mediaite
Time Magazine
Washington Compost
NY Magazine
And MSNBC

68 posted on 10/20/2011 12:33:31 AM PDT by South40 ('Heartless' since 1957)
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To: South40

The article says nothing about Perry making a comeback.

Not the part posted, for sure.

Clarity posted the article. Clarity didn’t write the article or publish it. And the article makes a point only about Perry’s degree of “gung ho-ness” if you will, compared to previous debates.

Not one word from anyone I’ve read about a comeback.

Girls? Aren’t any “girls” posting for Perry.

You pitched your own balls to yourself and struck yourself out.

A la Bugs Bunny...


69 posted on 10/20/2011 12:56:04 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...HOLD TO THE TRUTH; SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR." - Glenn Beck)
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To: cinciella

The only way that Romney can be stopped is if votes are not split between two or more candidates.

We did that in 2008 with Huckabee, Thompson, Romney etc. and got John McCain.

Lets not repeat that mistake again.

Newt has big baggage like his support of the liberal GOP congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava against a conservative candidate in upstate New York a few yearsa ago.


70 posted on 10/20/2011 12:56:04 AM PDT by Nextrush (President Sarah Palin sounds just right to me)
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To: txrangerette
Perception is apparently not one of your strong points. The 3%er who created this thread also created this one and this one. I've read enough of her posts to know she has absolutely zero grasp on reality and that she does indeed believe La Raza Rick Perry, while still free-falling in the polls, is making a comeback.

And your joke about my balls was neither witty or accurate. All it did was reveal you to be one classless act. But that doesn't surprise me, most 3%ers are.

Have a nice night.

71 posted on 10/20/2011 1:16:29 AM PDT by South40 ('Heartless' since 1957)
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To: onona
It’s like a bad soap opera or reality show.

Yes. Yes it is.

72 posted on 10/20/2011 1:23:23 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Obama will be a two-term president.)
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To: Clairity
Did you know that the way he turned Godfather’s Pizza around was by closing 20% of the restaurants and laying off some 400 people — some job creator!

If the alternative is closing 100% of the restaurants, what do you suggest?

That's how it gets done in the real world. It's the private sector where profits matter, where you can't print money out of thin air, you must compete to survive, where you can't tax your way to prosperity.

How many have been employed by Godfathers in the 20 years since he saved the company?

73 posted on 10/20/2011 1:32:46 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Obama will be a two-term president.)
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To: Nextrush

I felt the same way about Newt before I read this:

http://www.redstate.com/wonkish1/

I agree that he’s a very flawed man, but I think he is the very best person out there running able to express to the American people the huge gulf between Obama’s America and the America we all love & cherish. All of these candidates have flaws. Some more glaring than others. What we don’t want is to get stuck with someone without vision. That’s not Gingrich. (Remember the Contract with America.) It’s not Cain either. I’d be happy with either one.


74 posted on 10/20/2011 2:01:59 AM PDT by cinciella
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To: Rodney Dangerfield
I think Bachman should bow out -- I liked her before all of this, but she's now coming across as whiny and shrill with not much of a plan. Gingrich is ok, but his support levels are low. Cain seems like the man against Perry and Romney. The rest should also bow out.

between Perry and Cain, I prefer Cain, but am not "anti-Perry" -- I AM very, very much anti-Romney.

75 posted on 10/20/2011 2:17:43 AM PDT by Cronos (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2787101/posts?page=58#58)
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To: Clairity
He didn’t turn the business around by making it do better, he closed restaurants. Anyone can close businesses — what we need is NEW businesses and jobs.

Note -- he shut down branches that were underperforming and concentrated on those that WERE performing. That is supporting the existing business. The alternative would be that ALL the branches would be shut down. Which is preferable?

Yes, it doesn't directly translate into public sector at first glance, but if you look at this, we have a lot of areas that government should just NOT be in and have a huge budget deficit. Cut the flab from government. That is what Cain can do.

76 posted on 10/20/2011 2:33:00 AM PDT by Cronos (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2787101/posts?page=58#58)
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To: Rodney Dangerfield
Cain wants to analyze each government program and decide if it should be cut by 5%, 50%, or altogether

That is smart by Cain. The others are just playing on emotions "oh we'll cut 5%" -- they make cut 5% from something that is really needed and for something that is useless they will leave 95%...

77 posted on 10/20/2011 2:40:17 AM PDT by Cronos (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2787101/posts?page=58#58)
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To: Clairity

Perry is a Dope,he keeps spewing setup lines for Romney to knock out of the park. I have heard people say that Bachman,Cain ,Gingrich are just in this race to split the Conservative Vote so Romney will skate right in,I think these people are wrong,Perry is the one who is Making Romney look like Reagan. We are Screwed folks


79 posted on 10/20/2011 3:18:00 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: Clairity
Did you know that the way he turned Godfather’s Pizza around was by closing 20% of the restaurants and laying off some 400 people — some job creator!

Oh, I get it--you believe it is much better to provide government bailouts to failing businesses.

One more time: The last thing we need is another tongue-tied Texan POTUS.

80 posted on 10/20/2011 3:28:44 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Why does Ron Paul wear false eyebrows?)
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