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Laura, folks outside of the Empire of the state Texas...are wising up to the Dangerous Rick Perry.
Like Ron Paul....and Dubya Bush, Perry is an Establishment power-broker.....and Obama is not much worse than Perry would be.
Like Dubya Bush.....Perry likes being a dictator....and Bush woke us up....how horrible that was for our nation....even the entire world.
Oh puh-leeze, give it a rest already. He's in his third term as governor (actually his fourth if you include finishing out Bush's last term), he was elected lieutenant governor and he was elected agriculture commisioner before that. If he was such a dictator would he have won all of those elections since the 80s. He's never lost. And I never saw Bush as a dictator. Can you tell me how he was a dictator?
Laura, folks outside of the Empire of the state Texas...are wising up to the Dangerous Rick Perry.
Those polls are national, though. So I guess folks are seeing exactly who is scared of Perry and deciding that's probably a good thing. Can't say I blame them. Show me who Washington fears, and I'll show you the true outsider who will change things.
Oh puh-leeze, give it a rest already. He's in his third term as governor (actually his fourth if you include finishing out Bush's last term), he was elected lieutenant governor and he was elected agriculture commisioner before that. If he was such a dictator would he have won all of those elections since the 80s. He's never lost. And I never saw Bush as a dictator. Can you tell me how he was a dictator?
I'll let this below be a start...don't have time now...to list all other issues as to why Perry is scary. In time...Laura, we'll update the 'DANGER' of electing Perry as POTUSA.
It looks like Texas Governor Rick Perry will announce he's running for president on Saturday, adding yet another Establishment lackey to the long (and growing) list of Republican candidates.
The George W. Bush administration exploded the size, scope, and cost of government while bogging us down in a $4 trillion quagmire of perpetual war. Other "conservative" gifts (that keep on giving) from GWB include loose monetary policy, a housing bubble, record amounts of debt, the creepy Department of Homeland Security, and TSA agents who molest your mother at the airport. Barack Obama gave us GWB 2.0, and Rick Perry offers more of the same. C'mon America! I'm starting to think you've grown comfortable in your chains.
Rick Perry is anything but conservative when it comes to taxpayer money. Texas state government debt more than doubled since he took office Dec. 21, 2000.
What about that "balanced budget" he signed? In typical government fashion, it was chock full of accounting tricks:
The first accounting shift was to delay a $2.3 billion payment owed to public schools in 2012-2013 by one day, so that the bill isn't technically due until 2014, thereby going into the next budget. The new budget also assumes there will be no growth in the number of school children in Texas, even though it is one of the fastest-growing states in the nation.
Republican leaders came up with another $800 million on paper by ordering the Legislative Budget Board, essentially the Legislature's accountants, to forecast a faster increase in land values in order to show more property tax income for schools.
Lawmakers also chose to ignore the estimated $4.8 billion extra it would need for the Medicaid health care program because of Texas' fast-growing population and high poverty rate.
Texans used to have a pay-as-you-go system to pay for roads, with zero debt. But after 10 years of Rick Perry's administration, TxDOT is now $31 billion in the hole!
More from Robert Wenzel's first look at Rick Perry:
This citizen sees Mr. "Fed Up" [Rick Perry] as little more than Bill Clinton adorned in Republican clothing.
Rick Perry is also a typical member of the "privileged"Ruling Class.
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Last edited by quality guy; 08-27-2011 at 02:00 PM..
Quality Guy is lock-step with the current groupthink on Rick Perry. Just google "Rick Perry" and you'll see 9/10 stories about how he is "scary" or "dangerous".
I wish people would take the advice from the other thread and start to think for themselves for once!
This is not about you, LC. I'm here to alert the people of the dangers that lurk ahead....of which R Perry is one.
It's fine if you buy into the media groupthink on Perry -- it's easy to just believe everything you read. But you could put a little of your own thought into it.
For example, why don't you let us know who you would prefer? If it's Obama, then it's completely understandable that you'd be afraid. If it's Ron Paul, then you probably shouldn't fear Perry. They are not far apart on several important issues -- especially domestic policy ones.
It's fine if you buy into the media groupthink on Perry -- it's easy to just believe everything you read. But you could put a little of your own thought into it.
For example, why don't you let us know who you would prefer? If it's Obama, then it's completely understandable that you'd be afraid. If it's Ron Paul, then you probably shouldn't fear Perry. They are not far apart on several important issues -- especially domestic policy ones.
I prefer NO one...signed up to run. I prefer ANYONE (other than Paul and Perry) to remove the sitting prez in 2012.
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