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Perry is a states rights, 10th amendment guy.
Perry is very socially conservative. Very!
Perry is very pro-business and pro-entrepreneur.
Low tax, low regulation etc.
I agree he was ahead of his time, but I disagree that what the DC, GOP E, is doing is somehow tied to Rick Perry, or that he is tied to it.
He has NOT pushed that we should be soft on illegal immigration. He has pushed for securing the border and for shutting up about the illegal immigration issue plans and schemes UNTIL THE BORDER IS SECURE. The GOP E is doing the exact opposite.
Somebody got the wrong idea that because he was identified with in-state tuition for the CHILDREN who were brought to TX by illegally-entering adults (and here, the TX legislature was the overwhelming key to that, not Perry, but he concurred with their overwhelming vote), that somehow he was for any and all illegal normalizing schemes. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
He is for a secure border policy. That he knows it can and should be done without building a complete border fence between TX and Mexico (idea a total CROCK, actually unworkable) has been wrongly used to paint him as against a secure border.
What Rick Perry is, is MISCHARACTERIZED by BOTH SIDES.
And the debate debacle because of his back surgery and pain meds sealed his candidacy fate.
It’s no more complicated than that.
But his actual record, and his actual issue positions when questioned, will continue to be used to destroy him, by both political sides, I sadly predict.
That’s the problem.
It’s not that the GOP E now lines up with him, but late in the game.
They didn’t then, they don’t now.
Go ahead, somebody bring up that he backed Dewhurst. So, if you were a governor, I suppose YOU would endorse the unknown opponent of your Lt. Governor in a U.S. Senate Primary run, eh?
Sure you would. /sarcasm
He personally picked Dewhurst. He positionally lines up with Ted Cruz. All but the blinded can see that.