Posted on 12/18/2011 6:07:04 AM PST by rintense
In 2007, Rick Perry endorses Rudy Giuliani calling him a leader with executive experience this country needs.
That's a huge plus.
Actually, in Rick Perry’s book “Fed Up” Newt wrote the forward in which he absolutely praises Rick Perry. Love it! I love Newt too but will vote for Perry.
Nothing would please me more than if Perry was able to fix whatever brain damage he has apparently suffered which keeps him from stringing two sentences together without losing his train of thought. But alas, that does not seem to be in the cards.
And we got stuck with McLame and his support for Obama.
Remember, Rudy for all his warts, wasn’t representative of the Washington establishment. Look at the labels they have put on him.
It’s nice to see that Perry must be coming back in the internal poling.
The race is a long one. The gutless behavior of our current GOP doesn’t bode well for insiders who keep cooperating with (selling out to) the communist left.
In my book (unwritten as of yet, of course), there was no way to separate Rudy and McLame. Rudy gets in the race early, sucks up the lion’s share of money and support, then decides not to campaign, basically leaving McStain the winner (or in our case, the loser). Huckabee and Thompson were only bit players. Odd, that at that time Romney almost looked good, when compared to what we got stuck (shafted) with.
There is a mixed bag amongst the populace this year it seems. Only two, Gingrich and Romney, seem to be able to muster a lot of nation support in the polls. Now what will happen when the voters/caucus goers actual make a determination may look entirely different. There is a lot of effort put in chastising supporters of various candidates. The truth to me seems it is wasted based upon the apparent acceptance of them amongst the potential selecting participants. IMO, a lot more would be gained by boosting one's on candidate then spending major time/effort in knocking the others. But then that is the way some people's makeup is structured.
For what it's worth at the current time in the cycle:
| Poll | Date | Sample | Gingrich | Romney | Paul | Bachmann | Perry | Santorum | Huntsman | Cain | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 12/7 - 12/16 | -- | 32.4 | 22.6 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | -- | Gingrich +9.8 |
| Gallup Tracking | 12/11 - 12/16 | 1000 RV | 28 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | -- | Gingrich +4 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 12/8 - 12/12 | 443 RV | 28 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | -- | Gingrich +10 |
| Associated Press/GfK | 12/8 - 12/12 | 460 A | 33 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | -- | Gingrich +6 |
| Pew Research | 12/7 - 12/11 | 504 RV | 33 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -- | Gingrich +12 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 12/7 - 12/11 | 271 RV | 40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | -- | Gingrich +17 |
Have a nice day....
Would you like to watch a video of Sarah endorsing, campaigning and fund raising for McCain?
You can put this in your book when you write it. Rudy Giuliani would NOT have played patty cakes with Obama. He would have campaigned hard; gone after the Marxist like the prosecutor Rudy is (like Christy).
Instead we watched McCain on the floor of the Senate the other day (most likely talking to the cameras in an empty chamber) railing on the disgraceful president and the how he withdrew the troops. McCain could have been in the White House but he didn't FIGHT for it. Rudy would have FOUGHT.
Perry will FIGHT!
This is your comment I'm remarking on.
In my book (unwritten as of yet, of course), .............
You can put this in your book when you write it. Rudy Giuliani would NOT have played patty cakes with Obama. He would have campaigned hard; gone after the Marxist like the prosecutor Rudy is (like Christy).
Instead we watched McCain on the floor of the Senate the other day (most likely talking to the cameras in an empty chamber) railing on the disgraceful president and the how he withdrew the troops. McCain could have been in the White House but he didn't FIGHT for it. Rudy would have FOUGHT.
Perry will FIGHT!
Respectfully, it probably doesn’t matter how many Freepers fall in line behind Perry, because the rest of the country will when it becomes apparent he is the only candidate with the most solid credentials to lead the country as the GOP nominee.
I support the person who will repeal Obamacare, enact a balanced budget amendment, simplify the tax code, reduce the national debt to ZERO within 20 years, eliminate the EPA, Departments of Education and Energy, and cut back every other department by 20% (just 5% for Defense). I would like that candidate to restrict welfare to a maximum benefit of 2 years and only to those who agree to get a H.S. GED, training for a useful job and drug screening. My candidate would kick out all illegal immigrants or at least stop them from working or collecting benefits. The ideal candidate will also finally make us energy independent. DRILL baby DRILL! I’m sure I’ve missed a few but these are a few of my favorite things.
If Mitt or Newt wins the nomination it certainly would behoove them to consider Perry since he would make the ticket much more palatable — much like Sarah did for McCain.
But I am not certain he would accept since he is the only true conservative in the race.
Yep. It’s much more likely Perry would target Newt for VP and what a show that would be — his debate with Joe Biden. I do also like the idea of Marco Rubio or Col. West for VP.
Perry will absolutely fight. He is the only candidate who really knows how and shows no fear of the establishment GOP.
Actually, in Rick Perry’s book “Fed Up” Newt wrote the forward in which he absolutely praises Rick Perry. Love it!
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Yes, he sure did. I have the book sitting right here on my puter armoir
For some reason, we’re being sucked in to these discussions again that really are not discussions at all. Cainiacs did it to us all the time. Vicious attacks on Perry. The usual LaRaza Rick, Amigo Ricardo, or whatever. No one could ever explain why Perry was not the choice of Hispanics if he was, in fact, giving away the store to Mexicans. My city loathes him. We are almost 90% Hispanic. Why don’t they line up to vote for him?
There is no question, no contest, that Perry is the best candidate. I admire him. I’m grateful he was a Boy Scout. I’m glad he is an Aggie. I’m proud of his military service. I like his family and their devotion to God and country. There is nothing they can throw at the fan that will change my mind because we live Rick Perry in Texas. I like it.
>>Nothing would please me more than if Perry was able to fix whatever brain damage he has apparently suffered which keeps him from stringing two sentences together without losing his train of thought. But alas, that does not seem to be in the cards.<<
Sure it’s in the cards. In fact, it’s already happening. Perry scared the hell out of the MSM and they used Perry’s early missteps to convince us he’s unelectable. That’s foolish given the number of times he’s won in Texas, and the fact that he’s an excellent retail politician, a valuable asset in Iowa.
The MSM wants Romney badly, but they’ll take Gingrich. Cain scared the hell out of them. Perry did too, until they were able to take him down so easily with his own help in the early debates. And if Bachmann rises again, they’ll try to take her down too. What the MSM doesn’t want is a conservative candidate. They’d get that with Perry, Bachmann, or Santorum.
Iowa could surprise us, and not with Ron Paul, if Perry’s retail game works out.
You're clearly missing the point, which is, when you bring up peoples past endorsements, you'd damn well better be prepared to defend your guy against the same.
The history is very clear on FR regarding Rudy.
Even so, I still would vote for Sarah had she run. And in her case, she went to the Biltomore and smoozed with all the pro-illegal republicans and raised money for him. So don't talk to me about someone endorsing Rudy, Sarah endorse McCain, Herman Cain endorsed Romney. People picked the lesser of the evils that were running and last time there was some serious evil running.
Then why don’t you ask your buddy CW why she’s making a big deal about what Bachmann said about Newt in 2008?
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