Perry Draws Attention to Santorum’s Catholicism (in fairness more to his vote on Sotomayor]

National Review Online ^ | January 17, 2012 | Brian Bolduc

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[snip]

"Here’s the quotation that’s getting the most attention:

“Rick Santorum is a good man. He is a good father. He is a good Catholic. But he hasn’t always been a good conservative. And I make exceptions with his vote for Sonya Sotomayor as a for instance. That is a really liberal jurist that he helped put on track to become a Supreme Court jurist back when he voted to allow her to be on the Appellate Court. I mean, she is pro-abortion, would be my estimation of that. I mean, Obama is a very liberal president and she is reflective of his philosophy. So, I mean, there were 29 conservatives that voted against her. People like Strom Thurmond and Rick voted for her. So the idea that, you know, he is a pure social conservative, this flies right in the face of it … On the fiscal side, Rick, he has a horrid record when it comes to earmarks and defending spending. The idea that you can vote for all those earmarks and call yourself a fiscal conservative is just ludicrous on its face. That is why we have a tea party today. … So like I said, good man, good father and husband, good Catholic, but not always a good conservative.”

[Cincinatus' Wife]

As for Perry complaining about this, I remind you that this is the same Governor who claims to have been critical of the Stimulus Program, yet was happy to accept funds and participate in that same program in order to attempt to balance the Texas budget. I say "attempt" as most already know that the Texas budget deficit (under Perry) has doubled.

Texas' state sales tax revenue was $1.98 billion, up 9.5 percent compared to November 2010 sales

Misfire: Romney Ad Targets Rick Perry's Jobs Record "I think it's safe to say the Romney campaign is going for the kill with its latest attack on Rick Perry. The former Massachusetts Governor has already gotten a fair amount of mileage out of attacking his Texan rival from the left on Social Security, and from the right on immigration, but this new spot strikes at the heart of the Perry campaign's raison detre -- jobs, jobs, jobs:

snip]

The spot's most striking image is a tumbleweed blowing along a deserted Texas highway. That's rich. It's intended to create the impression that Rick Perry's Texas is something of a depressed ghost town. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since the recession began, desperate job seekers have flocked to Texas at a clip of roughly 1,000 people per day [latest says it's increased to 1300/day]. And they're finding work, too. Despite a huge population influx and a bruising national recession, Texas' unemployment rate remains below the national average. How remarkable has the Lone Star State's economic performance been? Read this Political Math analysis (written by a self-professed non Perry supporter), and marvel. One telling data point:

[sayuncledave]

Actually, I was quoting AmericanInTokyo. My comment was below that quote. Thank you, though.

[trumandogz]

“So, I mean, there were 29 conservatives that voted against her. People like Strom Thurmond and Rick voted for her.”

That should help him get below 5% of the vote in South Carolina.

[JDW11235]

Review his unconstitutional Executive orders, plain as day. I realize that you’re working overtime before he gets knocked out, but he’s still going down. This will be my last response to you on Perry. I realize you’re probably paid, and you merely cut and paste your talking points (I’ve seen hundreds of threads), I don’t have the time or inclination to respond you your propaganda. No thanks.

[trumandogz]

Perry is a better stand up comedian that he is a presidential candidate.

[JDW11235]

Perry, the Jedi: “This isn’t the La Raza you’re looking for.”

CW:”These aren’t the la Raza we’re looking for, move along.”

[O6ret]

These are side-bar issues of little consequence.

Neither Perry nor Santorum will be the nominee. Their sniping at one another over meaningless matters (i.e. who is more conservative) only detracts from the central debate: who is the best candidate to defeat Obama?

It’s time to get focused: The ONLY issue that matters in November is getting Zero out of office.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Review his unconstitutional Executive orders,

…….”The Gardasil [cervical cancer] vaccine was recommended the FDA’s vaccine approval committee, more than 6 months before Governor Perry’s Executive Order. All girls who qualified for the Federal Vaccines for Children program were eligible to receive the vaccine free of charge: Medicaid, CHIPs, and uninsured or those with insurance that won’t pay for vaccines. The Texas Legislature had previously delegated unconditional authority to mandate new vaccines to the Department of State Health Services, which is under Governor Perry and the Executive Branch.” Source Gov. Perry's E.O. [opt out] also made all required vaccines easier to opt out of. The Legislature moved to kill the E.O. and Gov. Perry made no objection. No one was given the vaccine from the E.O.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Perry is a better stand up comedian that he is a presidential candidate.

Spoken like a true spinner who falls back on that MSM talking point when you can't make your case.

[trumandogz]

Sorry, but when a presidential candidate who claims to be a conservative goes to South Carolina and slams Strom Thurmond, that is funny.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It’s time to get focused: The ONLY issue that matters in November is getting Zero out of office.

AND find the conservative that will actually DO SOMETHING about the K-Street to Wall Street connection and roll back government.

Right now Rick Perry is the only outsider who can face Obama with the bright line of his record contrasted to Obama's.

The others all have long standing records as members of the House of Representatives, and those records speak volumes.

[Rational Thought]

While the Texas unemployment rate has remained under the National average, strange times when a Governor is trumpeting as a success an unemployment rate over 8%.

Your reply was a dodge, and doesn’t justify the doubling of the Texas debt or the participation in the Stimulus Program as being “fiscally conservative”.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Did Sen. Strom Thurmond vote for Sonya Sotomayor?

He was full of a lot of surprises, wasn’t he?

[JDW11235]

Aw, don’t give her to much grief. The gravy train’s rolling to a stop. Think about it. What will his paid groupies do when Perry’s dead last in the next two primaries (if he makes it for two, which he probably won’t). He’s 3rd in even Texas, and has been at the tail there for months. They don’t even want him. I’m convinced some of his groupies are really just trying to get him out of Texas cause they don’t like.

More probably, he’s Mitt’s stalking horse. No one could be so stupid as to call us heartless bigots who don’t like his socialist subsidies to illegals as people who “don’t like the sound of [someone’s] last name.” Plus, he kept trying to hammer Romney on the false “You hired illegals” that blew up in his face. I’m not convinced that that wasn’t a concerted/staged question to get people to rally for Mitt, because of the sheer stupidity/absurdity of the claim. Maybe he IS working for Romney as so many have suggested.

What a moron.

[JDW11235]

Even stranger is this ridiculous idea that Governors make jobs. They cannot create a single job. They can only stop stomping on job producers. Politicans are the same as parents who’s kids get an A in school and then say “Look how many A’s I got.”

[trumandogz]

He may be third in Texas, but he just may come in second in the Paint Creek, Texas precinct.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Voting for Sotomayor is enough to turn me off. The balance on SCOTUS is critical and endangered, it can’t survive even a “moderate” appointment.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

While the Texas unemployment rate has remained under the National average, strange times when a Governor is trumpeting as a success an unemployment rate over 8%. Your reply was a dodge, and doesn’t justify the doubling of the Texas debt or the participation in the Stimulus Program as being “fiscally conservative”.

When you have 1300 people a day moving to your state and finding companies to give them jobs (close to half of all filled in other 49 states) during the Obama recession -- balance your budget -- cut state spending for the first time since WWII and see a HUGE rise in tax revenue, you're on the right track.

Rick Perry didn't set up this "stimulus" mess yet you want to blame him. The teachers' are furious because he used it to help balance the budget (much of it caused by the education spending black hole).

Try as you might you can not take the shine off the Perry Texas Record.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

More probably, he’s Mitt’s stalking horse.

Really?

If you're selling this, you're a crack pot.

[trumandogz]

“More probably, he’s Mitt’s stalking horse.”

That’s the only thing that makes sense as I have seen middle school student council campaigns that have been managed better.

And, you must remember that in 2008 Rick Perry endorsed Rudy Giuliani and Romney is this year’s Rudy.