We can be certain that in a decade long career as Governor, Perry has had many opportunities to make the hard choices. To put principle above politics.
The idea that he has not had these opportunities, again and again, is an impossibility.
The name I will give you is the name you already mention—Palin. What did she have to gain when she blew the whistle on Randy Ruedrich? Nothing but principle. What did she have to lose? Money, lots of it, and political power.
Palin chose to go with principle.
He is politically incorrect. Known for it.
Are you aware he wrote an entire book upholding the values of the Boy Scouts, including their right to not allow gays to participate in their organization? He was himself an Eagle Scout.
In some circles this would be a no brainer. To the media and the wider political world it is so non pc that it is scandalous.
Just an observation: You need more info on him and that is not hard to find. Then you need to be more analytical in seeing where it is that his actions meet the criteria you keep speaking of.
There is more that meet your criteria than you seem to know about or realize even if you know about it. It is scandalous in many circles to uphold the Boy Scouts. It is much more usual these days for even so called conservatives, and certainly so called Republicans, to start kowtowing to the gay agenda, for instance.
Anybody reading this, I’m assuming Rick Perry is still against gays serving openly in the military, while not making that a campaign issue because, what can he do about it now?
A whole slew of people have caved on that one, including Donald Rumsfeld among many others.
No arguments there - I'm a big fan, especially if/when she declares.
I would also vote for Perry without qualms - what are the hard decisions he passed on?