Who is Rick Perry?

I hope and pray our next president

That section of the creek must have been spectacular back then. I saw many a topless UT honey down at the creek back in the day. Originally Posted by Booth

You remember it well my friend. I wish there were a comparable satellite photo from back then.

http://wikimapia.org/1382741/Campbells-Hole

Agreed. So how do we as a people take back control over our government? Elections aren't doing it any more because as you stated, both parties are beholden to special interests, both parties lie, and the candidates these parties are putting forth are leading our Country further into chaos. Once in Office, neither side listens to the people. So what's the answer? We're running out of time. When our national debt stands at 14 Trillion dollars we can't afford to take another 30 years to try to turn things around.
I watched a documentary last night about Pat Tillman and it made me sick to see how some of our highest ranking military leaders lied under oath to Congress and Congress played right along and pretended they didn't know they were being lied to. I believe the system is broken and it's going to take a lot more than putting a different puppet in place every 4 years to fix it. Originally Posted by DTorrchia

I haven't seen the Documentary about Pat Tillman, but I know enough to know that it was a cover-up to the highest degree, and was a tragedy. I often wonder if a staged protest by the American People on April 15th, refusing to subsidize these guys with tax money until they adhere to a Declaration Of The People would have any effect. Our Forefathers warned us the system needed to be cleaned every 100 years because it would become corrupted. We have done nothing for over 200 years. The candidate that ran on a "populist" candidacy was assasinated. The President that had the strongest degree of popularity and independence, in my opinion, was assasinated. Individually people are targets. Together they are a Nation!

A closeted homo who is very confused.

He does seem way out of his element playing on the "Big Stage", and everything will become known,but there must be some strategy or reason for the party masters to convince him to join the race. I just cannot accept the concept that the majority of Americans will ever elect him. Is he splitting some other Republican's voting base? Maybe he is the most easily manipulated dumbass and the election is already "decided" with computerized ballot boxes? Hell, I don't know. I know one thing, the manipulations are well planned and thought out by the masters.

Trying my best to put my 'impartial" hat on, I believe Perry (along with Bachman, Palin and Gingrich) would prove to be Obama's re-election ticket. America is not ready for any of those four candidates to be POTUS. With that said, if the eventual Republican nominee is not one of those four, Obama is vulnerable!

As for Perry, his one act performance, plays well on the Texas stage. But not nationally! In that regard, GW's handlers were smart enough to make a much better national candidate out of Dub than Perry's handlers are doing!

In summary, the hardest thing to do in national politics is stay on top of the heap once you have become the front runner. Much more polished politicians than Perry have learned that lesson. (Ask Hillary and Rudy)

BT's prediction: Perry might survive the primary (but I doubt it) but there is no way Perry wins the General election.

America is not ready for another incompetent Texas Governor to occupy the White House!!!!!

Trying my best to put my 'impartial" hat on, I believe Perry (along with Bachman, Palin and Gingrich) would prove to be Obama's re-election ticket. America is not ready for any of those four candidates to be POTUS. With that said, if the eventual Republican nominee is not one of those four, Obama is vulnerable!


In summary, the hardest thing to do in national politics is stay on top of the heap once you have become the front runner. Much more polished politicians than Perry have learned that lesson. (Ask Hillary and Rudy)

BT's prediction: Perry might survive the primary (but I doubt it) but there is no way Perry wins the General election.

America is not ready for another incompetent Texas Governor to occupy the White House!!!!! Originally Posted by bigtex

It is very difficult to stay at the top and to remain relevant for 8 years at the national level. If you try to try to do both you probably won’t be able to. You just have to do it to do it.

The job of being Texas’ Governor doesn’t expose incompetence or magnify it. And not to say Perry can’t rise to the moment but I don’t see him as a better president than Obama. I’m not inclined to switch just to switch.

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Who is Rick Perry?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Cut Fire Department Funding by 75%.

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/20...ent-this-year/

Who is Rick Perry?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Cut Fire Department Funding by 75%.

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/20...ent-this-year/ Originally Posted by budman33

I was just going to post the same link. Shame on all you anti-government zealots.

Yeah, but he sure took a good photo consoling that weeping lady in Bastrop yesterday.

Don't know for sure why she was crying. But it was a damned patriotic photo!



That's some REAL fucking sincerity!

I haven't seen the Documentary about Pat Tillman, but I know enough to know that it was a cover-up to the highest degree, and was a tragedy. I often wonder if a staged protest by the American People on April 15th, refusing to subsidize these guys with tax money until they adhere to a Declaration Of The People would have any effect. Our Forefathers warned us the system needed to be cleaned every 100 years because it would become corrupted. We have done nothing for over 200 years. The candidate that ran on a "populist" candidacy was assasinated. The President that had the strongest degree of popularity and independence, in my opinion, was assasinated. Individually people are targets. Together they are a Nation! Originally Posted by oralick

I think it would have to be more than one day. But even 1/3 of all Americans protesting for 1 week would have a tremendous impact in my opinion.
I agree with you, this system is long overdue for a cleaning.

Does Perry take credit for the high price of oil?

Anyone who knows anything about Texas knows that there will be full employment here whenever oil prices are high.

The tax revenue created thereby also permits other business taxes to be unnecessary and therefore draws other industries, such as manufacturing, to the state.

Perry's performance tonight is going to open him up to severe scrutiny. He's going to talk his way right into oblivion. Or, better stated, extinction.

He's gonna eat a LOT of foot between now and somewhere around January when Romney leaves him in the dust.

Gonna come down to how much fanatic rhetoric the Republicans can swallow in order to shut up the Tea Party nutz.