When a democrat voted Reagan, he campaigned on it, Perry was a dedicated, passionate democrat, who even signed up to stop the Reagan veep from winning in 1988.
It is ridiculous to pretend that the 1988 democrat anti Bush party chairman was actually a secret Reagan/Bush supporter. It is childish to play such games.
Then how do you explain the fact that Perry voted for Bush in 1988? Kind of blows your "logic" all to heck...