Posted on 12/31/2011 8:46:05 AM PST by teg_76
The secret to an effective “oppo dump” is to leave no fingerprints. The campaign trying to push negative information about its rival into the media strives to obscure the origin of the attack.
If the Rick Perry campaign thinks that delivering its opposition research files to Erick Erickson is an effective messaging technique — well, good luck with that. And the fact that the “oppo dump” doesn’t indicate any wrongdoing by the targeted candidate? Hey, if desperation was a cologne fragrance, you’d reek of it.
(Excerpt) Read more at theothermccain.com ...
Perry still supports tuition for illegal immigrants. He said those of you who don't support do not have a heart.
Perry is the only candidate we have that would lose in a debate to Obama.
Of interest since Team Perry’s opposition research target is Santorum.
I didn’t know that Perry was behind this Red State attack. But I have noticed that Red State sounds more and more like Karl Rove every day. I read some dumb attack on one of the more conservative candidates, look at the by-line, and often enough it’s Red State.
I’m afraid they’ve sold out—presumably to the highest bidder.
The remaining candidates are a pretty corrupt or feeble bunch, but I think Santorum is the most honestly conservative, going by his record.
Failure to do those sort of things on time and to do them well has damaged good people like Palin, O'Donnell, Bachman, Cain, and now Perry. For all that Romney is disparaged, he and his people have done essential political tasks in a solid and professional manner. As a result, Romney is poised to take the GOP nomination.
The legislation was already in place when Perry became Governor through actions of the Texas Legislature and Governor G.W.Bush.
The students PAY their own tuition but at the “in-state” rate.
The students must be in the process of obtaining citizenship.
But as you know, running a good campaign does not translate into doing a good job as President. We need only look at Obama to see that.
That’s what you get when you start hiring outside (insider) consultants. Perry better can them.
Nor does it explain how the campaign is being run, in the opinion of the author, as a “disaster.” In addition the supposed verification that medication for his back surgery affected his poor debate performance would not seem to reflect on his abilities. Many have had the same reaction. According to the story he had sense enough to discontinue the medicine, which would seem to be to his credit.
This is an extremely non-substantive story.
The legislation was already in place when Perry became Governor through actions of the Texas Legislature and Governor G.W.Bush.
Close but Perry became governor on Dec. 21, 2000. The Legislature passed the legislation with four desenting votes in their 2001 legislative session which Perry signed.
I beg to differ about the “poise” for a Romney nomination.
A *POISEN* nomination comes closer to the truth for this self server, permanent campaigner, endless poli-ticker, and Socialist par excellance, right out of Moscow, Massachusettes, who left smiling behind him, a trail consisting of the NUMBER ONE METHOD, (Reagan said HEALTH care) the Socialist pattern for the enemy in power to now translate into Marxist “health” care for all. And you are going to entertain superficial slick as “poised for the nomination”?
How conservatives can contemplate a Socialist on their ticket, fluff up what has been pure betrayal on the record into “poise”, and then cave as soon as the media shows that Marxist American voters are giving poser a bump in national polling to boost his numbers, I am sure I don’t know.
It is outrageous to throw the game without a fight, before the South even gets a chance to speak, for a conservative candidate.
Romney Ruse is wearing a soaking wet face for all the blow back from that moistened finger wind he has leaned into.
That we even contemplate support for a Socialist in order to save ourselves is near treasonous, at best a hard slap in the face to Patrick Henry.
This caving business is exactly why the Republican Party has been co-opted, and why EVERY time we SETTLE, we LOSE.
You are correct, although, if Romney wins the primary, it is because everyone else lost. He has done nothing to win over voters or make any moves that have build a motivated following. Plan A-F failed, and Romney is Plan G, and we most likely end up with that as the nominee. For our sake in the general, he has at least done all the essentials to manage and run an effective campaign. That’s about all I can muster as a positive to this primary season so far.
I took have deep reservations about Romney. Yet that is distinct from the failure of his GOP opponents to assemble and run good campaigns. Conservatives seem temperamentally inclined to think that if they and their policies and ideas are good, they will win. To the contrary, in war, politics, boxing, and most everything else, victory in a fight goes to those to are better fighters.
True enough, but in the modern world, political power is not and has never been a prize that is given based on good behavior and sweet reason. Political power has to be sought and won through ambition and hard, clever effort.
All too true. Against Romney’s own inclinations, political necessity is likely to force him to take blood oath commitments on major conservative issues; and if we have a conservative GOP Senate and House, we can hold him to it when he is President.
” To the contrary, in war, politics, boxing, and most everything else, victory in a fight goes to those to are better fighters.” <<<
How empty. Throwing over liberty for safety because in a single battle the other guy is slicker and better guarantees defeat, loses wars and condemns nations. Such a statement excuses folks like Pol Pot, the victorious in charge in Darfur, even Hitler. Bigger, faster, slicker is not the soul of patriotism entirely......yet. THAT point of yours is not the point of the Constitution, and when the USA was not Godless, your point of view could not work. It works today only while superficiality rules, preferred over the “temperment” for freedom, liberty, Life, Marriage, capitalism, etc., etc.
When goodness is taken over entirely by competence at doing evil, now made rather acceptable, we have distorted our own conscience.
A reassessment is needed.
Who remains to be trashed and who remains to be canonized??????.....I've lost track.
Ho-hum.
I understand a Perry effigy will be tied to the Times Square's New Years Eve ball....and it will be dropped to the ground at midnight to cheers and hurrays from the city's liberal and radical revelers including the ever-natty Mayor Boomberg on the stage in immaculate top coat, gloves and carefully-arranged scarf.
The Perry effigy will then be donated to the nearest Occupy Wall Street encampment for burning as it will be quite cold tonight and even they will welcome donations of evil exploitive capitalist fuel.
Leni
Over the last couple of days, I have noticed some folks who have supported Perry for months now, are now posting anti-Santorum information on the forum.
This bothers me for two reasons. Number one, Santorum is a decent person. Folks, if you didn’t know anything more about the man than he home schools his six kids, that should tell you one hell of a lot about him.
Number two, if Santorum drops out today, I WILL NOT jump on Perry’s band wagon. Perry, was, is, and always will be a non-starter for me.
When the guy decided to become Al Gore’s Texas Campaign Chairman in 1988 rather than try to extend the Reagan revolution out into the future, he disqualified himself for all time for my vote.
When he signed into law an Executive order stating that all young girls had to have a Gardasil treatment regimen before they could return to school, unless they could talk their parents into signing a waver, he did it again.
I wouldn’t vote for Rick Perry for dog catcher.
His supporters can tear down any other candidate they like. Rick Perry will never be president.
Then there’s the new proclamation that Bachmann and or Santorum need to drop out. LMAO If Rick and his team think someone needs to drop out of the race, I suggest he set an example.
It seems to me that the Perry team more or less begged for it.
Take a look at this thread.
Trashing Santorum
Demanding he and Bachmann drop out
Not much sympathy here...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2826920/posts
That's a lie. Perry signed the law, and if he disagreed with it he could have vetoed it.
Whether the legislature would have over rode the veto, is up for question, but they didn't have to because ricardo agreed with them and PERRY SIGNED THE LAW.
You lied like a demonRAT, the legislation was in progress not in place.
You shouldn't end the year with a bold faced lie. Apologize and "seek the truth and forgiveness".
My criticism is that in politics as in war, fighting for the right things is not enough. You also have to be prepared to fight -- a point that too many conservative candidates seem to neglect.
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