Posted on 09/16/2011 9:48:14 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Reporting from Washington — A so-called Super PAC that supports Michele Bachmann is going after Rick Perry, suggesting that he doesn’t merit the support of the "tea party" movement.
It's the first real attack on Perry since polls have shown him to be the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
It hammers Perry on the one area where he could be potentially vulnerable with the tea party movement: his 11-year track record as governor of Texas. The spot paints him as an executive who escalated state spending, citing a Wall Street Journal report last month that said the state offered nearly $10 billion in short-term bonds to prop up its general revenue fund.
The state Legislature this year had to work to close a $27-billion budget deficit.
(Excerpt) Read more at articles.latimes.com ...
http://redstateeclectic.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452719d69e2015434b760d5970c-pi
She’s right....when the tea Party was demanding the demise of the Recovery Act....
Click and read what Perry was doing.
I think it is laughable the LATimes views his spending as the one area in which he is vulnerable though.
Although some will jump on this, his spending has been downright frugal compared to most Governors. Rather, it is his stance with illegals that leaves him most vulnerable in the eyes of the Tea Party.
Will be interesting to see if anyone attacks him on that issue. My guess is no.
Obviously, several have already attacked him in the debate.
And Governor Palin should enter the race now why?
Just sit back and watch the candidates pummel er “vet” each other. Then, when they are exposed for what they really are, Palin enters.
Genius.
Bachmann’s toast and wasting her money...she lied big time and she’s gone already....and Perry’s already out in front of her in South Carolina.
Any doubts that Bachmann is a stalking horse for Mitt Romney have been erased in my mind. I argued with those who insisted on this over the summer, but recent actions have led me to conclude that Bachmann’s job is to discredit Perry and take the focus off of Romney/RomneyCare.
I’ve suspected that for some time.
How is telling the truth about what a failure Perry has been an attack.
Michele sees through this establishment RINO and his cronies.
she lied big time and she’s gone already.
“Perry’s already out in front of her in South Carolina.”
Irrelevant. The winners 4 years ago were polling single digits in September. And the frontrunners in September were the first to drop out. Remember Fred Thompson?
Bachmann will probably win the Iowa caucus and that will make her a front runner just like it happened with Huckabee.
Bachmann will never be the gop presidential nominee. Tired of her one issue shrill which the msm loves. Bachmann voted for ethanol subsidies and slammed the veterans. She apologized and the republicans forgave her...double standards? All Gung Ho when it comes time to send our military to fight, Michelle Bachman is much less supportive when they come home…
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/military-bachmann-veterans-groups-012811w/
A proposal to cut $4.5 billion from Veterans Affairs Department health programs to reduce government spending has earned a quick, sharp rebuke from major veterans groups. Proposed by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., the freeze in veterans health care funding — along with a cut in disability compensation for veterans also receiving Social Security disability benefits — are part of a $400 billion package of spending cuts that the tea party leader says could be enacted to avoid increasing the $14.3 trillion cap on government borrowing.
This is a story from over 2 weeks ago. (September 1st).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.