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As a Rick Perry supporter, I have observed some of these mistakes in the media and this forum, already. That is the purpose of this post. To keep posters from repeating misconceptions about Texas and Perry should Perry run. The writer (Paul Burka from Texas Monthly), who has been writing about Perry since the 1980s, expounds on the following 8 mistakes in the article in the hopes that the national news media gets them right next time if and when Rick Perry runs for President.
"...we have endured a disproportionate amount of bad writing about our state from journalists who don’t know very much about the place...)"
"1. Perry is not George Bush. (Don’t assume that because Bush and Perry served together in the Capitol, or because they’re both Republican Texans who wear boots, the two men have a lot in common. They don’t.) The differences are spelled out in the article.
2. It’s not a big deal that Perry was once a Democrat. (When Perry was elected to the statehouse, in 1985, conservative Democrats ran the Legislature.)
3. Perry is cannier than you think he is. ( Revels in political plays that are initially misunderstood by the press and his critics.)
4. Texas is not a “weak governor” state.
5. Perry is not a male hair model. (Hard man. Kind of politician who would rather be feared than loved.)
6. Perry is from the middle of nowhere. (Parents were tenant farmers, and not just tenant farmers but dryland farmers, which is as hard as farming gets.)
7. Perry is an Aggie. (Style on the stump is that of the Aggie yell leader “Are you fired up?”
8. Don't discount the luck factor. (Perry’s career: In the right place at the right time.)"
The author also puts in a request for reporters to avoid "tin-ear clichés about barbecue, cattle, oil, football, and the Alamo."
As a Rick Perry supporter, I have observed some of these mistakes in the media and this forum, already. That is the purpose of this post. To keep posters from repeating misconceptions about Texas and Perry should Perry run. The writer (Paul Burka from Texas Monthly), who has been writing about Perry since the 1980s, expounds on the following 8 mistakes in the article in the hopes that the national news media gets them right next time if and when Rick Perry runs for President.
"...we have endured a disproportionate amount of bad writing about our state from journalists who don’t know very much about the place...)"
"1. Perry is not George Bush. (Don’t assume that because Bush and Perry served together in the Capitol, or because they’re both Republican Texans who wear boots, the two men have a lot in common. They don’t.) The differences are spelled out in the article.
2. It’s not a big deal that Perry was once a Democrat. (When Perry was elected to the statehouse, in 1985, conservative Democrats ran the Legislature.)
3. Perry is cannier than you think he is. ( Revels in political plays that are initially misunderstood by the press and his critics.)
4. Texas is not a “weak governor” state.
5. Perry is not a male hair model. (Hard man. Kind of politician who would rather be feared than loved.)
6. Perry is from the middle of nowhere. (Parents were tenant farmers, and not just tenant farmers but dryland farmers, which is as hard as farming gets.)
7. Perry is an Aggie. (Style on the stump is that of the Aggie yell leader “Are you fired up?”
8. Don't discount the luck factor. (Perry’s career: In the right place at the right time.)"
The author also puts in a request for reporters to avoid "tin-ear clichés about barbecue, cattle, oil, football, and the Alamo."
As far a I am concerned, he IS Bush, Clinton, and Obama rolled up. Just another Bilderberg globalist who wanted to sell out Texas to Spanish companies, even more to NAFTA, and supports the TSA groping. Yeah, what a great guy.
As a Rick Perry supporter, I have observed some of these mistakes in the media and this forum, already. That is the purpose of this post. To keep posters from repeating misconceptions about Texas and Perry should Perry run. The writer (Paul Burka from Texas Monthly), who has been writing about Perry since the 1980s, expounds on the following 8 mistakes in the article in the hopes that the national news media gets them right next time if and when Rick Perry runs for President.
"...we have endured a disproportionate amount of bad writing about our state from journalists who don’t know very much about the place...)"
"1. Perry is not George Bush. (Don’t assume that because Bush and Perry served together in the Capitol, or because they’re both Republican Texans who wear boots, the two men have a lot in common. They don’t.) The differences are spelled out in the article.
2. It’s not a big deal that Perry was once a Democrat. (When Perry was elected to the statehouse, in 1985, conservative Democrats ran the Legislature.)
3. Perry is cannier than you think he is. ( Revels in political plays that are initially misunderstood by the press and his critics.)
4. Texas is not a “weak governor” state.
5. Perry is not a male hair model. (Hard man. Kind of politician who would rather be feared than loved.)
6. Perry is from the middle of nowhere. (Parents were tenant farmers, and not just tenant farmers but dryland farmers, which is as hard as farming gets.)
7. Perry is an Aggie. (Style on the stump is that of the Aggie yell leader “Are you fired up?”
8. Don't discount the luck factor. (Perry’s career: In the right place at the right time.)"
The author also puts in a request for reporters to avoid "tin-ear clichés about barbecue, cattle, oil, football, and the Alamo."
2. We hate Democrats in Texas. It is a big deal that he was once a democrat.
3. Don't get this one, he revels in being misunderstood?!?! That doesn't make much sense...
4. It is a very weak governor state. The writer is incorrect on this. The governor has very little power here.
5. Do we really want a president who wants to be feared? That sounds a lot like tyranny to me...
6. Who cares if Perry is from the middle of no where. Who cares what his parents did. This isn't important at all. If your parents are from the middle of no where-- I guess it qualifies you to be a farmer, or not know anything about global politics... but it certainly doesn't help you in the "ready to be president" department...
7. Yell leaders are male cheerleaders. So I guess Perry was a male cheerleader... Also, what does an A&M grad call a UT grad? (his boss)
8. Yeah lets vote on a President because of the "luck factor"... This is just odd.
As a Rick Perry supporter, I have observed some of these mistakes in the media and this forum, already. That is the purpose of this post. To keep posters from repeating misconceptions about Texas and Perry should Perry run. The writer (Paul Burka from Texas Monthly), who has been writing about Perry since the 1980s, expounds on the following 8 mistakes in the article in the hopes that the national news media gets them right next time if and when Rick Perry runs for President.
"...we have endured a disproportionate amount of bad writing about our state from journalists who don’t know very much about the place...)"
"1. Perry is not George Bush. (Don’t assume that because Bush and Perry served together in the Capitol, or because they’re both Republican Texans who wear boots, the two men have a lot in common. They don’t.) The differences are spelled out in the article.
2. It’s not a big deal that Perry was once a Democrat. (When Perry was elected to the statehouse, in 1985, conservative Democrats ran the Legislature.)
3. Perry is cannier than you think he is. ( Revels in political plays that are initially misunderstood by the press and his critics.)
4. Texas is not a “weak governor” state.
5. Perry is not a male hair model. (Hard man. Kind of politician who would rather be feared than loved.)
6. Perry is from the middle of nowhere. (Parents were tenant farmers, and not just tenant farmers but dryland farmers, which is as hard as farming gets.)
7. Perry is an Aggie. (Style on the stump is that of the Aggie yell leader “Are you fired up?”
8. Don't discount the luck factor. (Perry’s career: In the right place at the right time.)"
The author also puts in a request for reporters to avoid "tin-ear clichés about barbecue, cattle, oil, football, and the Alamo."
6. Who cares if Perry is from the middle of no where. Who cares what his parents did. This isn't important at all. If your parents are from the middle of no where-- I guess it qualifies you to be a farmer, or not know anything about global politics... but it certainly doesn't help you in the "ready to be president" department...
As a person who is sick of having an urban agenda shoved in my face by politicians who have never lived outside of big cities, it's important to me to know a politician understands the problems of all of the people of the US -- rural, suburban and urban because they've experienced it not because they read about it in some urban newspaper/magazine that thinks everything that doesn't jive with their urban lifestyle is extreme or ignorant. That goes for Country Club guys and Ivy League school boys, too, who only know what being poor or middle class is like because they studied it in some class in college or saw it on TV.
"That is the purpose of this post. To keep posters from repeating misconceptions about Texas and Perry should Perry run."
It's not about why he should be President or what he stands for.
It is not the misconceptions that will kill him if he runs it is the Facts that will run him back to Texas (unfortunately for us) with his tail between his legs.
Casper
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