Rick Perry pulls the trigger on his new campaign

[OakRidgeStars]

It's on.

[m4a1mustang]

Bilderberg is behind Perry. The money is there for sure.

[Kreutz]

No more governors from Texas. Ever!

Dont forget to write in "Rick Parry"...the "a" is for America!

[mamabearCali]

Perry is excellent on 2nd amendment issues, so that in and of itself is a good thing. He is very good on states rights. In this time of terrible economic instability TX has done very well under his leadership. I did not like what he did with the Gardisil vaccinations in TX, but I read why he did it and I understand--TX has a philosphical objection clause so to make it "mandatory" does not effect anyone but the insurance companies who now have to cover it. He is wonderful on homeschooling and getting the state out of parents hair. To top it all off W. Bush thinks his economics are too conservative so that is a win for me. Is he Jesus--nope--does he have his warts---yep. But after looking him over top to bottom I like most of what I see.

Kreutz just because someone is from TX does not mean they are the same person. My husband is from NY (long island) and he is more conservative than even I am, and is a huge fan of 2nd amendment--not exactly NY style. So judge a man based on who he is and his own record, not who else was from that state. However, I would vote for Bob the tomato or Larry the cucumber rather than see Obama get another 4 years.

[Kreutz]

Kreutz just because someone is from TX does not mean they are the same person. My husband is from NY (long island) and he is more conservative than even I am, and is a huge fan of 2nd amendment--not exactly NY style. So judge a man based on who he is and his own record, not who else was from that state. However, I would vote for Bob the tomato or Larry the cucumber rather than see Obama get another 4 years.

The last rootin tootin cowboy governor from TX was an abysmal failure, why chance it again?

I know they're different people...but once bitten, twice shy. The only candidate that piques my interest, and not for ideological reasons but for sheer "newness" is Ron Paul. The rest (Obama included) strike me as same old same old.

PS

I'm from Suffolk county Lawn Guyland myself.

[mamabearCali]

Why chance it again--because I like his stances---see my post above. He is not W and has parted with W very often especially on financial matters. Ron Paul may be new to you--but I watched him last time around in the 2008 election season. I like Ron Paul, but he scares me a little bit. That said I would take him over Obama. I would take a bit of a rootin tootin "Don't mess with Texas" cowboy over the indecisive, inept, yet amazingly arrogant leadership we have coming right now from Washington.

In general New Yorkers are distrustful of Texans and vice versa. They can get along and even learn to trust each other as I am from San Antonio TX and my husband is from Suffolk county (as you are)--E. Setuaket.

[Kreutz]

Why chance it again--because I like his stances---see my post above. He is not W and has parted with W very often especially on financial matters. Ron Paul may be new to you--but I watched him last time around in the 2008 election season. I like Ron Paul, but he scares me a little bit. That said I would take him over Obama. I would take a bit of a rootin tootin "Don't mess with Texas" cowboy over the indecisive, inept, yet amazingly arrogant leadership we have coming right now from Washington.

In general New Yorkers are distrustful of Texans and vice versa. They can get along and even learn to trust each other as I am from San Antonio TX and my husband is from Suffolk county (as you are)--E. Setuaket.

Deer Park!

I was stationed in Texas in the Army (the entire time almost, sigh), and my experience was many of them wanted badly to visit NY....they all think NY is limited to Manhattan for some reason.

Other than the novel idea of BBQing beef brisket (we brine and boil them) I generally hated every second there. Oh, and no one spoke English, just like NY!

But, IMO Perry will be another brilliant actor and sore performer. I'm not singling him out for being a Texan, I just don't trust him or his act. Also, his "Texas miracle" isn't all its cracked up to be. Texas leads the way in low paying jobs for a reason.

Figured I'd add this to the conversation too:

Rick Perry: Enemy of National Sovereignty

http://www.westernyouth.org/articles/ri ... vereignty/

Rick Perry is being touted as the 'hard line conservative' candidate, more conservative than Mitt Romney or Jon Huntsman but more electable than conservative stalwarts Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann. But what is Rick Perry's record like as Governor of Texas?


Rick Perry supports in-state tuition subsidies for illegal aliens. Referring to the illegal aliens attempting to qualify for the in-state tuition subsidies, Perry calls them “young Texans” and says that requiring them to pay full tuition like the American citizens from other states and foreign born students with legal student visas “is not what America has always been about.” In 2001, Perry signed the Texas DREAM Act, which gave in-state tuition subsidies to illegal aliens who had graduated high school in Texas (already costing money to the Texas education system) or had a GED. Perry still stands behind and supports the subsidies. The in-state subsidy costs Texas taxpayers about $12,000 per student per year at the University of Texas.



In 2001, during a border summit, Perry said “We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, "We don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there. And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. “ Perry added that, “the doors of higher education must be open to them. The message is simple: educacion es el futuro, y si se puede [education is the future, and yes, we can].”



Rick Perry also supports granting citizenship to children of illegal aliens, and opposes legislation to change the current policy which grants citizenship to any child of an illegal alien who sneaks across the border to give birth.



Rick Perry also supported the NAFTA Superhighway, officially known as the 'Trans Texas Corridor'. The main purpose of the NAFTA Superhighway was to provide a corridor to import Chinese goods via Mexican ports. Although some defend this importation as 'free market', the means they planned to use to build this government funded transportation corridor were anything but free market. Rick Perry signed into effect a bill granting his government increased powers to use 'eminent domain' to seize land from private owners to build the NAFTA Superhighway.



In addition to allowing the Chinese government oil company CNOOC to lease a huge section of mineral rights in Texas, Rick Perry proudly supports a Chinese company which is regarded by many as a threat to national security. His website proudly displays a press release of him cutting the ribbon at the new U.S. Headquarters of Huawei, a company under the control of the Chinese military and part of its spying network. Huawei manufactures telecommunications equipment, and allowing the Chinese military access to America's telecommunications infrastructure is a certain invitation to allow spying.



Huawei has previously supplied technology to Saddam Hussein's Iraq which they used in their anti-aircraft systems which were attempting to shoot down American planes. A decade ago, Huawei was supplying telecommunications equipment to the Taliban, who at the time were in control of Afghanistan. Huawei also openly supplies advanced telecommunications equipment to Iran.



Like George Bush, who he followed as Texas governor, Rick Perry might be from a border state but doesn't believe in borders. America under Rick Perry would be open to both illegal immigration invasion and spying by Chinese companies who sell vital technology to America's enemies. Rick Perry was even willing to seize land from Texas landowners to build a highway to assist them. Have conservatives learned nothing from 8 years of George W. Bush?

Careful what ya wish for, you might get it!

[mamabearCali]

He is not perfect and the NAFTA bit is just about he worst. However every candidate has their warts, and not one of them is the messiah. Of them Romney, I just don't trust not one bit. Gingrich--ummmm too 1990's for me (and a ton of baggage). Bachmann I like (mostly) but I am afraid she will be tarred and feathered by the MSM that cannot stand a bold conservative woman and is ever so slightly gaff prone which will be amplified by the MSM. Cain I like--but he is gaff prone too and his foreign policy is less than ideal. Perry has the NAFTA nonsense and the Gardisil bit that I don't like. Pick your poison--any of them would be better than what we have now, in my opinion.