PERRY WILLING TO ACT WHERE OBAMA WILL NOT!!!

I think we’ve all seen what happens to those who dare to even attempt actions that run counter to the wishes of our current Dictator-in-Chief. We’ve seen it play out on any number occasions and particularly when Republican governors are involved. And if that area of opposition just happens to be in any way related to the area of illegal immigration, or the demand that our current immigration laws be enforced, well then, the resulting intimidation that the offender is then made to be deal with, becomes all the more severe. Barry seems to be of the opinion that even though he is unwilling to enforce the nation’s immigration laws, that doesn’t mean that these governors should presume that they can.

So because he has essentially been left with so few alternative in his attempt to stem the tide of those now flowing illegally over our southern border, it seems that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has decided to move forward with one of the only options he seems to think that he has left. And for doing so he is now being met with some pretty vocal opposition regarding his efforts. The opposition comes from one of Barry’s many operatives who is also very much in favor of an open border. In this particular instance it is some state senator, a Democrat of course, from south Texas out to score some Barry points by leaking Perry's planned Monday announcement that he's sending 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the border.

This revelation comes to us by way of one State Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, who we’re told represents Texas’ 20th District comprised of the Corpus Christi – McAllen area of Texas. Hinojosa revealed that Gov. Perry was deploying the troops in an attempt to prevent drug smuggling and human trafficking in the region, according to the local paper, The Monitor. The troops, who will arrive gradually over the next month, will support troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety who are being overwhelmed by the thousands of undocumented immigrants pouring across the Rio Grande every month. I guess I’m unsure what this boob was hoping to gain from his little revelation.

And in what has become typical Democrat fashion in this era of Barry, we have this imbecile being heard to say, "My position is that we do not need to militarize the border. All these politicians coming down to border, they don't care about solving the problem, they just want to make a political point." He added, cartels "are taking advantage of the situation. But our local law enforcement from the sheriff's offices of the different counties to the different police departments are taking care of the situation." Where has this guy been? I mean, someone really should tell this liberal douche, that the border has ‘already’ become militarized and it has been done by those on the other side!

And of course this imbecile went on to say, "This is a civil matter, not a military matter. What we need is more resources to hire more deputies, hire more Border Patrol. These are young people, just families coming across. They're not armed. They're not carrying weapons." However, he did finally admit that local officials have appealed for additional law enforcement and more aid to feed and clothe the surge of juvenile illegal immigrants, mostly from Central America, that have been spewing across the Rio Grande. This invasion that is now underway requires extraordinary measures to control and to limit. Because the folks that are now being left to do the job, are now simply being outnumbered.

According to state memo obtained by one of the news organizations reporting on what is now taking place, denied that the guards were being deployed as "a militarization of the border." It made it clear that the DPS and the National Guard are working to keep drug smugglers and human traffickers from using major highways. "Smuggling has supposedly, according to DPS, moved West on the border with an increase in Jim Hogg County," the memo states. "DPS especially wants to apply the Guard in the rural areas to patrol." And that seems like something even a scummy Democrat like Hinojosa would say is a good idea. But I guess this guy must be in favor of illegal drugs as much as he’s in favor of illegal immigrants.

The National Guard deployment will cost $12 million a month, which will bring the total pricetag of troopers on the border to $5 million per week, The Monitor said. "It is not clear where the money will come from in the budget," the memo said, although Perry's office says the funding will come from "non-critical" areas, such as healthcare or transportation. In Iowa over the weekend, Perry told a small meeting that if Barry "Almighty" ignored his request to send 1,000 National Guard troops to the border, he would make the order himself. He said, "We've sent the message that if we don't get the satisfaction that the federal government's going to move and move quickly, then the state of Texas will, in fact, fill that void."

RICK PERRY IS SAID TO HAVE O-FENDED…

Oh, oh, it would seem that my guy Rick Perry has gone and pissed off the light-in-the-loafers crowd. He’s been described as having sparked outrage from both gay rights groups and Democrats with what were described as being his "toxic" remarks comparing homosexuality to alcoholism. Sounds like a fair comparison to me. But look, personally I really don’t care what people do in the privacy of their home, but I resent it being constantly shoved in my face.

According to the Dallas Morning News, it was some liberal boob by the name of Will Hailer, the Texas Democrat Party executive director, who wasted very little time in chastising Perry for his supposed ‘toxic’ comments. He said, "Gov. Rick Perry should be ashamed of himself." The trouble with gays is that they simply expect us all to be accepting of their chosen lifestyle. A lifestyle that, to say the least, comes with it’s own rather unique set of health risks.

Perry made his little comparison on Wednesday at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco after being asked the rather loaded question of whether he believes homosexuality is a disorder. You know, those on the left are always preaching about tolerance. And yet who is that is the least tolerant of the views of others. We who do not agree with their preferred lifestyle MUST be tolerant of them, but that tolerance doesn’t seem to go both ways.

"Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not, you have the ability to decide not to do that," said Perry, who's not seeking re-election, in remarks broadcast on the local CBS affiliate. Perry went on to say, "I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that. And I look at the homosexual issue in the same way." And, honestly, what’s really wrong with that statement?

But Hailer said, "The governor should be working to bring Texans together instead of grandstanding across the country and spewing toxic, ill-informed rhetoric." The comments, which were called controversial by some, have been said to have spread across the Internet like wildfire. And they were also slammed by some group who calls itself the Human Rights Campaign, a group supporting gay rights, at least according to the Houston Chronicle.

It was Fred Sainz, vice president for communications at the Human Rights Campaign who said, "Although he may not have the ‘genetic coding' to think before he speaks, Rick Perry, M.D. should have a real conversation with actual doctors before voicing his expertise on these issues." This boob went on to say, "Every major mental health and medical organization in the country has condemned practices aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation."

I guess my question is, how stupid must gays really be for them not to be able to recognize the fact that the ONLY reason even the Democrats go along with their questionable lifestyle is because they want gays to vote for them. It’s not that they necessarily condone the gay lifestyle. So all of this holier-than-thou bullshit is just that, bullshit. And although many folks think that gays make up 25 percent of the population, it’s actually much closer to only 2-4 percent.

Now I think it pretty safe to say that gays in this country are a pretty solid Democrat constituency, and that’s fine with me. And if they want to keep on voting for the party that’s destroying this country they can feel free to do just that, but they’re liable to be in for a rude awakening. Because they might want to consider the fact that when the country goes under, which it is now very close to doing, it’s gonna go under for everyone, gays and straights alike.

GOV. RICK PERRY MAKES SOME GOOD POINTS…

While I am a big supporter of his fellow Texan, Ted Cruz, I remain, also, a pretty big fan of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. And where I very much agree with him in his calling on Republicans in Congress to "hold their ground" in any negotiations with Democrats in the effort to end our current government shutdown, I not sure whether that his call for both sides to be willing to "get together and negotiate" isn’t being wasted. Because Republicans in Congress have already made it quite clear that they are more than willing to get down to the the tough task of negotiating, the ones who stubbornly refuse to do so are all on the Democrat side and therefore couldn’t care less about Gov. Perry’s strong recommendations.

"Get together and negotiate. That's what we do in the states. The Democrats, Republicans. We get together. And, we find solutions to these issues. Washington doesn't seem to want to," the former Republican presidential candidate said Tuesday on "Fox & Friends." And he went on to say, "The president of the United States and the Senate hold the cards here. We understand that. And, the Republicans are going to have to hold their ground and get as much as they can." And while that all may sound pretty good, you can’t have negotiations when only one side wants to negotiate and the other side want to say NO. I am curious as to why is it that the Democrats are never referred to as being ‘the party of NO.’

Gov. Perry urged Barry "Almighty", who had been unwilling to negotiate prior to last weekend, to take the lead in ending the two-week-old shutdown. "Hopefully, the president will quit making people suffer, and will work towards finding a negotiated settlement, if you will, that's in the best interests of the people of this country," he said. Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath for that to happen, as long as Barry thinks he has the upper hand. Perry also suggested that Barry and ‘Dingy Harry’ Reid might be working to prolong the shutdown as a way to help keep the focus off Obamacare and "what an absolute disaster this rollout is." And I wouldn’t be surprised if that was, in fact, part of the overall Democrat strategy here.

"I would suggest to you the president of the United States and Harry Reid are more interested in this political theater, because they don't want the focus to be on Obamacare," the governor said. He then went on to add, "When you really dig down into Obamacare, you find out it's going to be a huge job killer." he added. And he’s exactly correct. There is nothing good about Obamacare, but then there was never intended to be anything good about it. The sole purpose of it was to put the healthcare that American are able to receive under the very firm control of their government. It had nothing whatsoever to with lowering costs or with creating better choices. It was all about control and about power.

With states showing improved economic conditions and Washington in gridlock, Perry suggested that America may soon begin thinking about shifting more power away from the federal government and back to the states, which was how our Founders had intended it. "Washington is not looked upon well by the people of this country," he said on the Fox News program. "I would suggest to you that the conversation of making Washington as inconsequential as we can, going forward, is going to start picking up more and more support." He added, "People are going to look to the states, red state vs. blue state policies, as the laboratories of innovation across this country," Perry continued. I sure hope that he’s right.

GOV. RICK PERRY, SET TO DO A LITTLE 'TROLLING' OUT IN CALIFORNIA...

 

 

While I had some pretty high hopes for him last time around as being the one guy I thought to be most capable of knocking off Barry "Almighty" but, sadly, in the end, it was just not to be. But that doesn’t mean I admire or respect him any less. And in once again demonstrating what it is about him that still appeals to a great many people, Gov. Rick Perry is now planning a little expedition, of sorts, to California next week. This most recent trip will follow up on a small buy of radio ads and is intended to provide Perry with an opportunity to present to those currently doing business in California with some of the benefits of doing business in Texas. And he’ll also work to convince them that it would be in the best interest of their businesses to relocate to The Lone Star State. And you'd think they'd jump at it.

 

Perry is scheduled to fly out to the West Coast on Sunday and once there is scheduled to meet with executives in San Francisco, the Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Orange County. A marketing company, using private money, bought about $24,000 worth of radio time to air an ad in which the Republican governor says, "I hear building a business in California is next to impossible." The governor's office said he will meet with business leaders in the high tech, biotechnology, financial, insurance and even film industries. I like Perry's style, he's willing to whatever it takes to make sure that Texas remains as prosperous as possible in spite of what's currently being foisted upon this country by those in Washington. He's looking out for the people of his state, not seeking new and more creative ways of trying to take advantage of them.

 

California’s flower-child of a governor, Jerry Brown, a devout Democrat, can, I think, be called the anti-Perry. I mean he is the exact opposite both in political philosophy and leadership ability. Far from taking Perry's visit seriously, earlier this week he pretty much dismissed the whole thing, going so far as to describe the ad buy as being insignificant in a state where literally millions are needed to do anything more than scratch the surface in the market to any serious degree. His office released a statement citing data that shows business relocations have no significant impact on either state's economy. Brown's spokesman, Gil Duran, did not immediately return an email Thursday seeking a response to Perry's planned visit. I think the hippie governor is either extremely naïve or living in denial if that’s truly how he sees things. I think he’s wrong.

 

And then we have one of those rare Republican lawmakers in California who said his state should work to keep jobs in the state. "I am frustrated that Governor Perry and governors from other states continue to see California as fertile ground to steal businesses," said Assembly member Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo. "We must thwart their efforts by creating a better business climate in California." Right, like that’ll ever happen! Let's face it, California, like just about every other blue state, is anti-business and pro-union. And because of an archaic tax system and huge number of onerous regulations, to name just a couple of reasons, businesses who are serious about turning a profit should jump at the chance to leave California, and head to Texas. I mean, really, what's the incentive to stay in California and be forced into bankruptcy?

 

Perry prides himself on keeping taxes low, limiting regulations and restricting lawsuits to create a better business climate in Texas. He uses the slogan, "Texas, Wide Open for Business." But his liberal detractors, of which there are many, do their best to point out that Texas has the highest percentage of workers without health insurance in the nation and averages among the lowest scores on college admissions exams. Ok, so if those living there don't like how things are done in Texas, they're always free to leave and head toward, say, California where things are more, liberal. But I just don't see too many folks deciding to do that. You know, with there being any number of examples of how things don't seem to work, Texas remains one of those examples of what does work, as is just about every other red state to one degree or another.

 

Now you would think that with the evidence starring them right in the face those in Washington would see in following the Texas model and not the California model. But as long as we have a devout socialist in the White House, and many in Congress as well, this country will be made to go down the same road as is just about every blue state. And, as it is in every other blue state, it makes little sense what's being done by those in charge out there in the land of the fruits, the nuts and the flakes. But then, I suppose you could say the objectives of those running blue states is quite different than those running the red ones. Perry's working to make Texas stronger, both economically and financially. Democrats in control of the blue states, seem determined to do just the opposite. Likewise, Democrats in Washington want to over tax, over regulate and over legislate us right into the ground.





IS RICK PERRY RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET?

He for whom I had such high hopes may now be, courtesy of his poor showing in Iowa and some pretty serious self-inflicted wounds, removing himself from the battlefield and returning back to the place he calls home. While Gov. Rick Perry said on Tuesday that he will be heading back home to Texas, "to determine whether there is a path forward" for his White House bid after he finished a distant fifth in yesterday's Iowa caucuses, there may now be some second thoughts taking place. "I have decided to return to Texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus to determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race," Perry, told supports, but a day later on Twitter he proclaimed that it's on to South Carolina. In his in Tuesday night speech Gov. Perry told supporters that he appreciated their hard work but that he needed to consider whether there was a viable strategy for him to restart his campaign in South Carolina. But in a tweet today from his offical Twitter account, he insinuated that he may be heading to South Carolina to complete after all.



Before Perry spoke, his advisers had attempted to paint the first contest in the South as the real start to his strategy and braced for a lackluster performance in the Iowa caucuses, which typically thins out the field of presidential hopefuls. Perry entered the race in August to great fanfare only to later take a very steep nosedive after what can only be described as a couple of disastrous debate performances. He had originally planned, and apparent may still, to make South Carolina his final stand, but the events he scheduled there for Wednesday have now been put on hold while he headed to Austin to, as he said, "reassess his campaign." "With a little prayer and reflection, I'm going to decide the best path forward," he said. "But I want to tell you, there's been no greater joy in my life than to be able to share with the people of Iowa and this country that there is a model to take this country forward and it is in the great state of Texas." As much as would like it to be otherwise, I think the best thing for him to do now is to bow out gracefully, and to now choose to support the candidate whom he feels offers the best opportunity to defeat Barry. After all that is the prime objective here.


Perry, who described himself as a reluctant White House hopeful, began the day acknowledging his campaign's challenges. He badly trailed his rivals in pre-caucus polls; the final Des Moines Register poll released Saturday night had him at just 11 percent support and trailing the four rivals who would, in the end, best him. His rivals had the advantage of several months or more to organize their campaigns. His entry in August came the same day his rivals competed in the Ames straw poll, an early test vote that lets each candidate's political machine have a trial run. Perry bypassed it and instead made a splash, announcing his candidacy in South Carolina and overshadowing the straw poll winner, Michele Bachmann. Hindsight being 20/20, might that have been a misstep right out of the box? Some are likely to describe it as such. Speaking for myself, I have never run for president and therefore am not qualified to say what is, or is not, a winning strategy. All I know is that we must focus on selecting a candidate that's capable of defeating Barry, and then we need to coalesce behind that candidate offering whatever support we can.


The lack of on-the-ground organizing was probably the downfall for Gov. Perry in Iowa, as it never really came together in the short months of his campaign. Instead, he chose to lean on television ads and glossy mailers, a bus tour that took him to rural towns where he could practice the hand-to-hand style of campaigning at which he excels. Even before Iowans met Tuesday night at churches and schools to signal their preferences, Perry was downplaying the role of the traditional lead-off states. "The idea that one or two states is going to decide who the next nominee for the Republican Party is just, you know, that's not reality," Perry told CNN. Well, I suppose one could argue that while that assessment may be correct, the outcome in one or two states can dramatically alter the field of candidates, which is something that has now taken place in Iowa. But what now seems to be uncertain is that even though Perry's team has now supposedly put a hold on events in South Carolina, will he be continuing on. I think he's making things extremely difficult for himself, but what do I know?


I can still say that I like Rick Perry but I think, at least in this point In time, that his chances for success have become remote. Having said that, I do think he is deserving of a prominent position in any new Republican administration, if that would be something he would be open to. I mean, after all, he has done something right in Texas and I think that the skills he does possess would prove to be very beneficial to any Republican administration. We need to get this country turned around before it's too late and it is going to require the best people available. We can ill afford to have any grudges leftover once it has been decided who our candidate will be. Any remaining hatchets will need to be buried and we will all have to unite behind that one candidate as we set about defeating one of the worst, if not the worst, president in our history. There has been a lot of unnecessary nastiness throughout this campaign, but we are going to have to put all that behind us and focus on the country. In the end there can be only one, and it has to be the best one. And as much as I hate to say it, I just don't think that Gov. Perry is the one. I wish he were.

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Call me what you will, I still like Rick.

CALL ME WHAT YOU WILL, I’M NOT READY TO GIVE UP ON PERRY…YET.

Ok, so it was the most inopportune time to have one of those proverbial brain farts. I agree and am not going to argue that point. But having said that, I still see something in the man that would allow me to vote for him without giving it a second thought. I’ve been behind him since day one of his campaign so I was glad to hear it when he said that his recent major mistake in the debate won't be the end of his presidential bid. "Oh, shoot, no," Perry told The Associated Press Thursday morning, a day after he stood on stage unable to remember the third federal department he would cut. He was asked if his campaign, struggling to regain traction, could survive. "This ain't a day for quitting nothing." Perry says others have made similar mistakes and that the screw up will humanize him.” Adding, "The president of the United States said there were 57 states one time. Everybody makes mistakes." He’s right, everyone makes mistakes, and we learn a lot about the individual when we watch how those mistakes are then dealt with. Are others blamed as in the case of our current president, or is responsibility taken by the man and corrections made?

Those of us watching Wednesday's debate watched as Perry said he had three agencies he would cut, and then we all cringed, even if not a supporter, when he couldn't remember them. "Commerce, Education and the — what's the third one there? Let's see," the Texas governor said. So it was out on the road beginning the next day on a mission to convince the country he was in on the joke after his disastrous debate performance while even his supporters worried aloud about the damage to his already hobbling campaign. What I find admirable about the man is the fact that Perry didn't try to sugarcoat the fallout from his minute-long stammer that apparently caused in some, concerns that he is not up for the job. To me, it shows character, in that it takes a certain amount of guts to get back out there after a major political faux pas. So he spent the day after the night before on a media blitz trying to laugh about the Wednesday evening debate where he struggled embarrassingly to remember one of the three federal departments he wants to abolish, ending with a grinning, "Oops.”


The minute-long exchange was replayed throughout the day and into the evening on television, and it has already been labeled one of the worst debate blunders in recent memory. "That's pretty brutal isn't it?" Perry said on Fox News. "I stepped in it. I think some of it is still stuck on my feet." He doesn't have much time to clean up. There are fewer than eight weeks until the first nominating contests start and voters are looking for the best candidate to go head-to-head against Barry “Almighty.” Perry acknowledged it was a tough moment as he flailed during the televised debate. Perry squirmed while his opponents and the audience laughed and debate moderator John Harwood incredulously said, "You can't name the third one?" "It wasn't even on the tip of my tongue," Perry said. Perry has been the first to acknowledge he's a terrible debater but has hoped he would improve. "I hate debates," he said in Des Moines last week. "I used to hate spinning in aircraft. Finally I did it, and I did it enough that I finally got pretty good at it. So hold on, maybe I'll get better at debates, too.”


Perry is a tough campaigner. He has never lost and election - and has avoided debating in state races - and is the longest serving governor of Texas. He is a has proven a charismatic campaigner in smaller settings common in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina - three states that start the nominating process and three states where he must do well.  Yet some Republicans, even prominent Perry supporters, were wondering whether the Texan can survive his latest misstep. "As far as his character, I haven't waivered on that," state Rep. Peter Silva, a member of Perry's New Hampshire steering committee, said Thursday, but added: "You can't say this is a good thing. He shot himself in the foot." Others weren't as generous. "It's over for him," said Steve Schmidt, a Republican political strategist who ran Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign. Personally I think that’s a little over the top especially when coming from someone who ran a losing campaign. Who was out there telling Barry that he should throw in the towel when he, as Gov. Perry reminded us, said he’d been to 57 states? No one. The excuse given was that poor Barry was tired.


Still, the extended exchange, while it will provide easy fodder for attack ads, can be countered with any number of Barry gaffs, which there have been many, anytime he’s ever strayed to far from his ever-teleprompter. On Capitol Hill, Perry's brain freeze was widely regarded as a grave development for his already struggling campaign. In private, Republicans were wondering if they had just seen the beginning of the end for Perry. Sen. James Inhofe, a Perry backer, phoned his colleagues to downplay the exchange and called Perry's supporters to try to stop an exodus. "He's a human being, he just proved that last night," the Oklahoman said. "Right now, he's joking around about it and it seems to be favorably received from a lot of people I've heard from." Yet Inhofe was still cringing. "It was very embarrassing to Rick Perry and to others who certainly supported him, and I'm sure that many of his Republican opponents are rejoicing," said Inhofe. If they are, as Sen. Inhofe says, rejoicing, then by doing so, they are proving, much better than other could, that they possess no more character than does our current president.


Speaking of stepping in it, the last two times the American people went with the “smooth” candidate look what has happened. We went with “BJ” Clinton who was identified as being smooth by the state-controlled media and the consequences were horrific for us as a country. His anemic response to a growing terror threat essentially resulted in the attacks of September 11, 2001, a massive amount of military secrets were simply handed over the Communist Red China, there was a very rapid acceleration of the of government sponsored shenanigans via the Community Re-Investment Act (CRA) that resulted in the financial collapse of 2008, there was the first attempt, albeit a failed attempt, to seize control of our healthcare. And out of fear of being redundant, I don’t think that I really need to go over all of the damage that our current “smooth” president has inflicted upon us. And for all those who would call Reagan “smooth,” I would disagree. What Reagan was, was real, and he was genuine. What you saw was what you got. He was the same in private as he was in public. And I get the same sense about Perry. Not that I mean to say he’s the second coming of Reagan, because he’s not. But he’s a man of character. Much more so that Barry. So I’ll be sticking with him.

PERRY NEEDS TO COME LOADED FOR BEAR…OR BE PREPARED TO HEAD BACK TO TEXAS

I was one of those who were really glad when Gov. Perry got into the race. So much so that in a conversation with a friend, we both agreed we were looking at out next president. Ah, what a different a couple of debates make. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a supporter, but Gov. Perry, to use Texas lingo, sure ain't makin it easy. So here we are nearly three weeks since his weak performance at the Republican presidential debate in Orlando, during which time he has been traveling around the country telling audiences he's not a very good debater. Tonight, when the GOP field will once again gather to debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., my man Rick will have a chance to prove himself wrong. And if ever a candidate needed to prove himself wrong, it is Rick Perry and the time is now. He's got to come into the next debate loaded for bear, and demonstrate to those watching why he is the one that we can count on to go up against Barry "Almighty" and win.

The showdown at Dartmouth will be different from earlier debates. The discussion will be restricted "exclusively [to] issues related to the economy, debt, deficits, taxes, trade and jobs, the topic most on the minds of American voters," says a spokesman for Bloomberg News, one of the media co-hosts along with the Washington Post. Now, personally, I'm not sure whether that will help or hurt Gov. Perry, the struggling former front-runner. He presumably won't have to face questions about Pakistan and mandatory vaccinations, thank God, those are two topics that have kinda tripped him up in earlier debates. As far as immigration is concerned, which has been the governor's toughest issue so far, organizers have not said whether it will or will not be on the agenda. But Gov. Perry is going to have to approach things as if it will be, he has to be prepared to field questions, confidently and competently, on every conceivable topic, including immigration.


If it is, then I'm afraid that man Rick will surely face more criticism of his stand on in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants. Perry has recently refined his answers, to some degree, on the topic in that he stresses the requirements students must meet to qualify for subsidies. But in recent town hall appearances in Iowa, he has faced a lot of skeptical questions on the topic. And even though his team won't be disappointed if debate moderators steer away from it, he best be prepared in case the don't. Having said all that, it is in the area thought to be Perry's strongest suit, the economy and jobs, that he might, increasingly, also have a problem. In two months on the campaign trail, Perry's economic program has been essentially one sentence: Look at what I did in Texas. Now, voters want more specifics. And quite frankly, we voters deserve some specifics. After all, specifics are the name of the game. And need to be this time around.


In the Orlando debate, Fox News moderator Bret Baier pointed out that most of the candidates have produced their respective plans outlining their ideas for achieving economic recovery. Perry has yet to do so. "Where is your jobs plan?" Baier asked. "Well, you will see a more extensive jobs plan," Perry said. But it's been almost three weeks since the debate, and still no Perry plan regarding a specific economic strategy. It's still Texas, Texas, Texas. "People understand that the state of Texas, during the last decade, something special happened there," Perry says. Meanwhile, front-runner Mitt Romney is quoting at length from his 59-point economic plan, and a surging Herman Cain is almost chanting "9-9-9." Perry needs a plan; and a debate specifically devoted to the economy would seem to provide the ideal opportunity to unveil it. So, we'll see. While I'll most definitely be rooting for him, I can't say, with ant degree of certainty, that I'm not able to be convinced into supporting another candidate if it appears that Gov. Perry is not up to the very important task of beating Barry.


Whatever the plan, Perry will certainly launch new attacks on Romney. And as much as I like Gov. Perry, I just don't see this as a winning strategy. On the eve of the debate, it already started with Perry releasing a new web ad, "Romney's Remedy," targeting, yet again, Romney's universal health care plan in Massachusetts. "Romneycare has cost $8 billion and killed 18,000 Massachusetts jobs, yet Mitt Romney wrote in his book that his plan was a model for the nation," said Perry spokesman Mark Miner. A few days earlier, Perry released another ad, this one charging that Romney's environmental policies in Massachusetts are a "carbon copy" of President Obama's. At the debate, Perry is likely to bring up Romney's efforts to limit carbon emissions and his work with left-leaning environmentalists while governor of Massachusetts. This in-fighting really needs to be reined in, with attacks needing to be more focused on Barry. He is the primary adversay here, and very clear distinctions need to be made by those taking part in the debate and Barry "Almighty."


Others much smarter than me, and with whom I very much agree, have said that Perry needs a major boost in New Hampshire. Especially with several polls now having him about 25 points behind Romney, and in the most recent survey he was 33 points back, essentially tied for fifth in the GOP field. Even if Perry is not counting on doing well in New Hampshire, finishing that far back in the pack will undoubtedly hurt him elsewhere. Why is Perry doing so badly in New Hampshire? One obvious point, is that he started late, while Romney is well-known there, actually owning a summer house in the state. In talks with voters, some said they oppose Perry on immigration, but more cite personal impressions. Several mentioned cultural differences; Perry seems cocky, they say, in a Texas way that doesn't play all that well in New Hampshire. Perry could possibly overcome that, but it would probably take an investment in time and money that he is not prepared to make.


The bottome line here is that tonight's debate, while it's the first in New Hampshire since June, will also directed toward a national audience. And judging by voters in Florida, South Carolina, and in New Hampshire have said, Republicans just want to see Rick Perry do a better job. They know debates aren't everything, but they'd like Perry more if he were talking about his victory, and not his excuses. And I have to admit that I fall within that crowd. I don't might the cockiness, so much as the appearance of a lack of confidence, which, quite frankly, is not something I would have thought I'd see coming from Gov. Perry. This may just prove to be make it or break it time for Gov. Perry, and I'd like to see a little less of his telling me what's wrong with Romney, and a little more about what's right with him. I'm still in his camp, but what I need to see, and hear, from him are the reasons why I should remain there. Because more than anything else the guy that all of these candidates are hoping to oppose, has got to GO!

RICK PERRY FOR PRESIDENT

Finally, someone that I could very easily support for the Republican nomination for president. I've been leaning toward Romney for the some time, but it was more out of his being kind of my default candidate than it was anything else. I like Herman Cain too, but I'm just not convinced that he's capable of garnering enough support to actually win in the general election. Even though he's black, he's also a conservative, and that, I think, is a major disqualifier for him when it comes to his being a serious contender. I doubt a majority of blacks would actually vote for him. While we know race is the most important thing to them when deciding whom to vote for, being Liberal runs very close second. Especially since they want to make sure that them government checks continue uninterrupted. So lately I've been saying a little prayer every night asking God to please whisper in Gov. Perry's ear, and to tell him that America is in desperate need of his services. He has proven that he can accomplish for Texas all that which Barry "Almighty" has been completely unable, or unwilling, to accomplish for America as whole. Barry has accomplished nothing that has resulted in providing to the American people with any kind of positive long-term benefit. All he has succeeded in doing is to rapidly expand the size of government, and to orchestrate a massive intrusion into our private sector economy as well as into the private life of every single American citizen. Gov. Perry has put conservative principles to work in Texas and the results pretty much speak for themselves. He makes Barry look like the radical rookie that he is. Barry's intention upon taking office was not, so much, to make America better, but re-make America. His desire was to make America weaker, financially, economically and internationally, and on all three fronts he has been successful.

I only heard part of Gov. Perry's recent speech as he addressed hundreds at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on this past Saturday, but what I heard, I most definitely liked. It was nice to see someone speak so passionately, and positively, about our country. And I've not heard anything close to what the governor said from any of the other candidates except for maybe Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain. When I heard the Texas governor proclaim that, "We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business," I stood up and cheered right there in my living room. Perry added, "Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans." Man, that was like music to my ears. I think he definitely has a very positive record to run on, with one key accomplishment being that he has worked to create an environment in Texas that has allowed that state to create as many jobs in the last two years as have been created in all of the other states combined, during the same period of time. It's an aggressiveness to create private sector jobs that has been sorely lacking from our "Dear Leader," Barry "Almighty" who has been much more focused on expanding the size, scope and power of the federal government. To the detriment, I might add, of the America people.


Gov. Perry has yet to declare that he is a candidate for the presidency, but he has indicated several times in recent interviews and public appearances that he is now giving it some very serious thought. He joined some of the GOP presidential candidates in New Orleans, including former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), former Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul (R-Texas) – all of whom blasted Washington for too much spending and too much interfering. "This administration in Washington ... clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need but it's the most qualified to make essential decisions for every American in every area," Perry said. Adding, "That mix of arrogance and audacity that guides the Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American," with that statement he hit the nail squarely on the head. "America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people," he proclaimed to an energetic crowd. "Let's stop this American downward spiral." it's not just a downward spiral, it's a death spiral which Barry and the Democrats now have us on. And the ground is rapidly coming up to meet us and there seems to be very little concern among those in the Democrat Party regarding the rapidly approaching impact. There just does not seem to be any sense of urgency whatsoever that I see as emanating from either Barry or his liberal compadres in Congress.


The Texas governor touted his state's "unmatched job creation," saying the Lone Star State created 47.8 percent of all jobs in America in the last two years. "That's what happens when conservative leadership ... is willing to take a beating from the liberal left and their friends in the media." He also boasted that the Texas legislature recently passed a bill protecting the sanctity of life, as women contemplating abortions would be required to have a sonogram. "When it comes to conservative social issues, it saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left," Perry said. "Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with them." At last some commonsense, and some old fashioned gumption, he's exactly right! Why must we on the right always apologize or bend over backwards to accommodate the perverse agenda of those on the left? Especially when it's the very same perverse agenda that has lead to America's decline on just about every front. All one has to do is to look around and they will very quickly see just how far we have fallen as a nation in the last 29 months. Yet, Barry seems to be quite content, and why shouldn't he be, since he's the chief architect responsible for our present sad state of affairs. His actions, or his very purposeful inactions, are responsible for the highest inflation we've experienced in over two years, an unemployment rate firmly affixed above 9 percent, gas prices that are over twice as high as they were when he took office, a housing market that is in complete collapse, and food prices that are continuing to go through the roof. Such is the scenario that the policies of Barack Hussein Obama have created. Quite the resume on which to base his desire for re-election.


The Southern Republican Leadership Conference conducted a presidential straw poll, in which Ron Paul came out on top with nearly 40 percent of the vote. Perry was not included in the poll. But as I have heard on several occasions, Mr. Paul reminds most people of their cranky old grandfather, and just does not strike me as being a viable candidate for going up against Barry. He's just another old man as was McCain the last time around and I doubt the resulting election outcome would be any different. We can't afford to repeat the same mistakes. Most recently, Perry has drawn criticism for an upcoming prayer and fasting event "on behalf of our troubled nation." Scheduled for August, the event, he said, is Christ-centered but open to people of all faiths. I'm a little confused regarding why there would be any criticism being directed at him because of the religious overtones of this gathering. Maybe it's because there won’t be any racists invited to the gathering. I mean we currently have a president who seems only to want to attend those churches where he is most certainly going to hear nothing but the most vile form of race hatred heard anywhere, and it's being spewed by those speaking from the pulpit. But then, according to our state controlled media, that's perfectly acceptable. This is a nation, after all, that is essentially based on Judeo-Christian principles and values, despite how those on the left may wish it were not the case. And regardless of what the morons over at NBC may think, we are one nation under God.
My personal dream ticket would either be a Perry/Cain ticket or a Cain/Perry ticket. Either way, I see it as the winning team for America. If these two can't get things turned around, nobody can.