"...I had the distinct pleasure of watching the GOP candidates debate, and I learned something shocking. They are not, despite the New York Times propaganda, crazy. They are diverse, intelligent constructs of a party that allows for free thought, unlike dogmatic liberalism I now renounce. But fair warning, I am Pro God, which by liberal definition means I force Him into the faces of others. I am against 12 year olds signing off on their own abortions, which means I despise women. I believe Herman Cain agrees with my beliefs on minority empowerment, so he too must be a racist. Even the now wilted specter of Michelle Bachmann, successfully castrated by a viciously sexist question in the previous debate, was not any sort of boogeywoman. What we had was an intelligent thoughtful exchange of ideas. Some of these ideas may not work, and others have merit. Cain’s thoughts on taxation I found intriguing but impractical, but hey, at least it was an idea. A freaking idea. But wait, other ideas reared their head as well. Ideas like using military drones to track illegals, (Governor Perry) support of a guest worker program (Speaker Gingrich) and of course there was Mitt. Poor Mitt. He would have been a great 60′s Republican.
Today he would be better off as a Democrat. But he is a good fella and a smart man, so he has a place. Just not in the White House.
As many of you know I am an ardent Perry supporter. He did well. Not great, but for first time out, pretty well. He was attacked constantly and held his own, and he never wavered on his beliefs. We do need straight talk; no it is not realistic to assume today’s youth will have Social Security, by definition a Ponzi Scheme. Should we reform it? Sure. Will Rick destroy it? Of course not. And you know that. He just wanted to make a point about unfunded entitlements. But sometimes the truth is a despised enemy of the power. He will err on the side of saving lives, his words, and I believe him. Lil’ Old Ladies won’t starve and children won’t freeze. But with the Excuse Maker in Chief? Who knows about the man who would quote the Koran and refer to it as Holy but mock the Bible and accuse Christians of being bitter. Where lacks Jesus, lacks love and where lacks love, lacks conscience. The same people who advocate the murder of 8 month old babies are not the same people who will truly fight for health care, or good jobs.
This I do know. I know that my whole life I have believed in the power of our people...."
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Rick Perry.
He has the best overall plan on all fronts. Economy, jobs, growth and reform.
There isn't another on the trail that has his experience, even Newt, on a large enough scale to hit the ground running. The last thing we need is more on job training. Barack Obama's given us that in enough volume to last for generations to come.
He can beat Obama. There are no smoking guns in his closet and there is a clean, good and strong past of positive record to back him up. He is the most successful governor in the history of the nation. Be grateful for the fact that the media in Texas is all over him and that his distractions come across with hate because that just means he's doing a great job. Consider the source.
But above everything else and his ads are a good showing of this, Rick Perry is a leader.
He is a champion and we need a hero.
Don't settle. But you have to get behind him if you're leaning his way. This battleground this election is the most important of our time. Take a stand and choose now.
Concur. Don't underestimate Newt, 44. He knows he's done. I think that he's wanted a VP slot all along because he knew his past would never get him elected. I'm not saying Perry would pick him and not saying they're a fit. But the argument for the power it holds can't be talked down. Newt's been at this game way too long.
I wish Huntsman would stop now and lend his weight and support to Perry. Paul really has become a fanatic with nobody stopping him. Pray that the love of his son Rand's political career will.
This election is about the health of our money. Santorum has the social conservative weight but gets nowhere on the meat of the problems.
I think it's time for the big gun endorsements to come out earlier than usual. At least a couple of them, the time for politics is usual is lost in this election cycle. This is not an election mood like we've seen before.
I may be just a common man with one vote but Rick Perry has it.
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