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The Rick Perry Earthquake.


 

 

Two things are certain.  First, by entering the race, Rick Perry has just shaken up the contest for the Republican nomination for President.  Second, with Rick Perry, there really is no middle ground.  People either love him or hate him.

 

What does his entry mean?

 

For the Tea Party, his entry means a lot. 

 

Many people in this movement argue about Perry.  He is certainly a mixed bag.  If he is the nominee, he defeats Obama on one single issue: Jobs.

 

America has been losing jobs, while Texas has been creating them.   Jobs will be the central issue of this upcoming election.  To update the great quote from Ronald Reagan, “A recession is when your neighbor loses his job.  A depression is when you lose your job.  A recovery is when Obama loses his job!”

 

Rick Perry runs as a conservative and certainly is more conservative than Mitt Romney.  Many people believe he is the one candidate who can unite the Tea Party and the establishment.  He is certainly not as conservative as Michele Bachmann.   Many argue that he is more electable than Michele. 

 

How much Tea Party support does he have?  I may have just gotten an early indication.  I was invited to speak today at the Moore Tea Party in Pinehurst, NC.  It was a fantastic group and they had an amazing attendance for their event, especially considering the heavy thunderstorms that were rolling through the area.

 

The Moore Tea event had a straw poll.  My assumption was Michele Bachmann would walk away with that poll.

 

Michele Bachmann did not walk away with that poll.  Michele Bachmann did not even win that poll.  Michele Bachmann was not even close, though she finished second to Rick Perry.

 

In this straw poll, sponsored by a conservative Tea Party group, Rick Perry got 40% more votes than Michele Bachmann.

 

What does all of this mean?

 

First, this is an isolated poll.  It is not scientific, as a straw poll is not.  The Ames Iowa poll will be more interesting, since for the first time there can be write in candidates.  Perry is not on the ballot but can be written in.  Ron Paul has bused thousands of his supporters in so he can do what he does best, winning straw polls.   If Perry comes in strongly (and strong is something of a relative term here) as a write in, it bodes badly for the other candidates.

 

The Moore Tea poll is an interesting result, since most people would assume that Bachmann would be the run away winner.

 

Earlier I opined that Perry’s entry to the race would not pull that much support from Bachmann.  That opinion may now be incorrect. 

 

If Perry can pull well in the Tea Party groups, he can draw enough votes to beat alleged front-runner Mitt Romney.  Despite the dislike from some in the Tea Party, only a fool would say Perry has no strength.  He is a good campaigner, has a very good organization, much of it at the expense of Newt Gingrich and is now a money-raising machine. 

 

There are a lot of questions that need to be asked.  With Perry, there are a lot of concerns, including his stance on illegal immigration.

 

One thing is certain, given his strength as an unannounced candidate, we may have just seen the future Republican nominee enter the race. 

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Permalink Reply by bill campbell on August 14, 2011 at 6:54am
saw an article with the 
  • Bilderberg group???  anybody know anything about it?
Permalink Reply by Charlotte Hendershot on August 14, 2011 at 7:09am

Yep, I do.

Go to Bilderberg Group Wikipedia.  They give you the "liberal" version thereby not fully explaining what their basic agenda is which is creating a New World Order.  The Group gets what they want no matter what they have to do to get it. I firmly believe they are the ones who are covering up Obama and his nonsense with BC and SSN because they wanted him in to get what issues taken care of which they elect to do.

Permalink Reply by bill campbell on August 14, 2011 at 7:11am
Permalink Reply by DONALD JOHNSON on August 14, 2011 at 7:32am
I don't know a lot about Perry, but after reading several of these posts, it doesn't look like too much support from the tea party. Whats so great about him???
Permalink Reply by Charlotte Hendershot on August 14, 2011 at 7:37am

I've read from a number of Texans that they don't care for him at all.  He's proposing a superhighway from Canada to Texas. He was a former Democrat. He's got ties with that Group.  I think listening to a few Texans might be beneficial.  The only thing I see good about him is that he LOOKS presidential and a good commentator.

Permalink Reply by DONALD JOHNSON on August 14, 2011 at 7:42am
Sounds like he is too far to the middle. We already had a McCain!
Permalink Reply by Vern Shotwell on August 14, 2011 at 8:23am
Seems to be to the right of Romney, though. But who isn't? Bilderberg affects me little: a plus to be invited, if anything.
Permalink Reply by Charlotte Hendershot on August 14, 2011 at 7:54am
Governor Perry's record of big government, big spending, big taxing and attacks on the fundamental rights of Texas citizens is a familiar to Texans, but seems to be much less well known to Republicans outside of the state, which may explain his high initial showing in the polls. The Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas is compiling a complete dossier on Perry to share with fellow Republicans outside their state so that they can be informed about what they are being sold in a Perry presidential candidacy.

The file on Perry's abuses of power, insider deals with cronies and tax and spend policies is thick, but for a start here are what Texas RLC members voted as the top five Perry scandals which GOP primary voters need to know more about:
1. Business Slush Funds: Perry made heavy use of business incentive "slush funds" which used taxpayer dollars to subsidize selected businesses, many of them run by his major campaign contributors. Just two of these funds, the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Growth fund, spent over $700 million to subsidize businesses to move to Texas or expand operations in Texas, with little evidence that these handouts of taxpayer money produced job or revenue growth anywhere near sufficient to justify the expense. In fact, many of these businesses eventually downsized or relocated long before they had earned the money Perry gave them, or even went bankrupt with $25 million fund dollars like Contrywide Financial. source
2. Toll Roads and Land Seizures Perry has never met a toll road project he wasn't willing to seize huge amounts of private land for and then give the exclusive management contracts to foreign corporations. Perry's time in office has set records for eminent domain land seizures - over a million acres have been seized. His toll road projects have confiscated family farms and torn communities apart. Toll roads have been used as a massive off-the-books tax program, taking money from Texas drivers and feeding it to foreign financial interests and management groups which lobbied the governor for special deals which produce much higher tolls and higher profits than are typical in other states. source
3. Forced Vaccinations: In 2007 Perry issued an executive order which would have forcibly vaccinated every girl in Texas entering the sixth grade with Merck's Gardasil vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus. This massive violation of the privacy rights of Texas teenagers and their parents would have come at a cost of $360 in taxpayer money per shot. It would have been a huge windfall for Merck, which had paid Perry's former Chief of Staff $250,000 to lobby the governor and legislature to promote the forced vaccination program. source
4. The Job-Killing Franchise Tax: Knowing that it would be impossible to pass an income tax against popular opposition in Texas, Perry promoted the idea of a special business tax called the "Franchise Tax" which taxes businesses at different arbitrary rates set by the government. This tax expands business taxes to types of businesses which are not taxed in most states and in many cases taxes small businesses more than large corporations they compete with. For example it taxes small car repair shops at double the rate it taxes large dealerships for car repairs. It's a small business and job killer. source
5. Scuttled the Ant-TSA Bill When Rep. David Simpson led the Texas legislature towards passage of an enormously popular bill (HB1938) to hold the TSA accountable for intrusive searches of airline passengers, Perry played a key role in making sure that the bill was not passed. When the TSA and the Justice Department began pressuring him, although Perry had promised to submit the bill to the special legislative session, he delayed submitting the bill until it was so late in the session that it was virtually impossible to hold the constitutionally mandated votes necessary for passage. That way he could score points with the public for submitting the popular bill while at the
Permalink Reply by DONALD JOHNSON on August 14, 2011 at 8:02am
WOW, thanks for the info Charlotte, I live in Illinois, and he sounds like a perfect fit for the politicians that control this state!
Permalink Reply by Charlotte Hendershot on August 14, 2011 at 8:09am

Texas Republican Group Sends Out Warning on Rick Perry
• Posted by John Gaver on August 13, 2011 at 12:47pm in Tea Party Nation Forum
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2011
CONTACT: Dave Nalle at 512-656-8011 or chairman@rlc.org

 

This is the beginning of that post.

 

Permalink Reply by Trisha Holman on August 14, 2011 at 7:43am
He won't be this TEA Partier's candidate unless he wins the nomination.  Why on Earth, would we want another career politician who has even flip-flopped parties?
Permalink Reply by Warriorgal on August 14, 2011 at 8:04am
It's RAINING in New York!  Showers of Blessings!  Getting ready for worship service.  Please my fellow Americans WE NEED to give thanks and guidance.  Long Live Freedom!

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