Pressing, we need to review that. My memory (which could be faulty) is that the "opt out" clause was added after the backlash started.
You could be right. The homeschool group was telling me, at the time, that he had an opt out. So, I'm not clear when it was put in.
I think he's going to have some problems if he tries to run. But, being the current condition we are in, I'm like you, he could pull it off. He's very cool with his debates, so I think he would do fine against BO. I was on a conference Q&A with him a few months ago. He did very well. Answered the questions completely. Didn't try to skirt any issues.
You could be right. The homeschool group was telling me, at the time, that he had an opt out. So, I'm not clear when it was put in.
I think he's going to have some problems if he tries to run. But, being the current condition we are in, I'm like you, he could pull it off. He's very cool with his debates, so I think he would do fine against BO. I was on a conference Q&A with him a few months ago. He did very well. Answered the questions completely. Didn't try to skirt any issues.
I doubt I will vote for him in the primary as I still have TransCorridor issues... but I will vote for him if he wins the nomination.
that being said, I think Perry has a chance of turning off those very conservative independant voters that have to show for Republicans to win the election.
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I doubt I will vote for him in the primary as I still have TransCorridor issues... but I will vote for him if he wins the nomination.
that being said, I think Perry has a chance of turning off those very conservative independant voters that have to show for Republicans to win the election.
I'll have to see who I have to pick from in the primaries. He's also going to have issues with saying Texas would secede and then saying that isn't what we would do.
I'll have to see who I have to pick from in the primaries. He's also going to have issues with saying Texas would secede and then saying that isn't what we would do.
I think the libs will try hard to make that an issue. All he has to do is laugh at them....
truth be told, anyone who would vote for a republican has some sympathies for the idea of secession.
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I'd consider voting for Perry if he ran, even with a little smirk about his Trans-Texas Corridor. I didn't agree with that then, and I still don't to this day.
As for his pro-buisness stance, yes, Texas has suffered her share of economic woes. But, our woes have been far less than even the national average; I'd have to do a little research, but I believe we've faired quite well through it all. After all, the Dallas skyline continues to change daily. So, something must be going good for us.
And, last but certainly not least, if the man threatens secession from the US as Governor of Texas, I wouldn't put it past him to threaten secession from the global community we've so terribly seen take its course as a nation.
I like Ron Paul myself,but I would consider voting for Rick Perry.
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I'd consider voting for Perry if he ran, even with a little smirk about his Trans-Texas Corridor. I didn't agree with that then, and I still don't to this day.
As for his pro-buisness stance, yes, Texas has suffered her share of economic woes. But, our woes have been far less than even the national average; I'd have to do a little research, but I believe we've faired quite well through it all. After all, the Dallas skyline continues to change daily. So, something must be going good for us.
And, last but certainly not least, if the man threatens secession from the US as Governor of Texas, I wouldn't put it past him to threaten secession from the global community we've so terribly seen take its course as a nation.
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Contrary to the critics, Rick Perry has done an admirable job as governor of the State of Texas. He is the longest governing governor in the state's history, he must be doing something right, we continue to elect him.
So, with the experience of governing the second largest state in the US, yes he could do the job.
We all know how important experience is. Just look at all the experience our current president had before being elected.............wait, nevermind.
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Girl! I am going to have to find you a good 'ol Texas boy! 'Cause I have not forgotten the photo you posted of Gov. Perry and gushing over him. You know that man looks good in Wranglers!
This is probably the best written assessment of Gov. Perry by Michael Reagan:
The Reagan Report News The Dark Horse Who Could Win It All - The Most Reaganesque
05/26/2011
If you were to compile a list of attributes that could make a dark horse Republican candidate the next President of the United States it might look something like this:
Raised on a ranch in a 60's family of politically active, conservative Democrats
An Eagle Scout whose son would also earn that same distinction
A former Air Force officer and pilot of multi-engine, tactical aircraft
A successful cotton farmer
Married to his childhood sweetheart, a registered nurse, with two children
Served in his state legislature as a Democrat
Named by a leading state newspaper as one of the state's most effective legislators
A conservative Democrat who became a Republican in 1989
Elected state agriculture commissioner in 1990
Re-elected state agriculture commissioner in 1994 by huge margin
Elected his state's first ever Republican lieutenant governor in 1998
Ascended to the office of governor in 2000 when his boss got a promotion
Re-elected to the governorship in 2002, 2006 and 2010
Now the most senior, longest-serving most experienced governor in the U.S.
The widely-respected current chairman of the Republican Governor's Association
A fiscal conservative who has built the most prosperous state economy in America
A social conservative and outspoken proponent of limited federal government powers
A tall, lean, ruggedly handsome and articulate man with a lovely and gracious first lady
Last time around, American voters threw caution to the winds and elected as president a man with a dubious past, dubious friends and dubious qualifications to lead, whose sole attraction was his ability to make pleasing but empty promises on a teleprompter. Look at where that's gotten us. Now look at the above résumé and tell me you don't think this country could use a leader with all that executive experience and that long track record of success. Think about it: we have a president who can't run on his record and we could pit against him a man who could do exactly that, with a record that is unequaled anywhere else in the American political spectrum
From what I read here at American Thinker and elsewhere, I believe America is starved for leadership and here we have a conservative Republican chief executive who has it in spades. Conservatives, Republicans and independents should be praying that this man will step forward and declare his candidacy for president. Look at that list one more time and tell me a man like this isn't what this country needs to lead us out of the quagmire Obama and the Democrats have led us into.
This man is Rick Perry, Governor of Texas and Chief Executive Officer of the nation's most successful state economy, a true fiscal and social conservative and a strong proponent of states' rights and limited federal intrusion into our lives: the dark horse who could win it all.
MICHAEL REAGAN STATEMENT: Gov. Rick Perry is the "Most Reaganesque" of all potential candidates (besides Michael Reagan).
If he's done a whole lot for the illegal immigration problem, they sure don't give press to it. That is my only negative thing and it's important to me.
"Like"
well except the part about handsome and wranglers.
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"Preachers who should be fishing for men are now too often fishing for compliments from men." ~Leonard Ravenhill
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