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If he gives speeches like this - he could beat Obama like Reagan did Mondale.
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Exclusives
Q&A: Rick Perry Is Ready to Run
By Adam Sorensen Thursday, August 11, 2011 | 526 Comments
He may not have announced anything yet, but Texas Governor Rick Perry’s travel itinerary through key early-primary states in the coming days makes it easy to believe that he could be a Republican candidate for President in a week’s time. TIME‘s Mark Halperin caught up with Perry in Austin and asked him about his feelings on a White House bid, his conservative credentials and his rumored rocky relationship with the Bushes. Lightly edited highlights from their conversation follow:
Mark Halperin: Is there an open question as to whether you want to run for President?
Rick Perry: We’re having that conversation. I mean, you and I having this conversation has answered that question.
About whether you want to run?
Sure. I mean, I wouldn’t be this far into the process … The issue of, Is this what I want to do? was dealt with about 45 days ago in a conversation with my wife. Prior to that, no. Being the President of the United States was not on my radar screen from the standpoint of something I wanted to do.
(PHOTOS: Tea Party Activists on the Tense Border Along the Rio Grande)
Does any aspect of running for President intimidate you?
No.
Does any aspect of it excite you or enthuse you?
Yeah. I’m kind of getting to the haul-in point, and the idea that this is what I’m supposed to be doing. I mean, this is starting to get to that comfort level, and I’ve got the calmness in my heart. I think that was a bit of a hurdle initially, but I’m very calm in my heart that this is what I’m supposed to be doing.
(MORE: How Rick Perry Is Changing the Rules of Politics)
Some look at your endorsement of Rudy Giuliani in 2008 and positions you’ve taken on immigration and conclude that you’re not as conservative as you say. How do you reply to those people?
I stand on my record. I thought Mayor Giuliani did a wonderful job of managing a city. He was very strong militarily. He was as strong on crime as any big-city mayor has ever been. He and I were 180 degrees [apart] on social issues, but he would put strict constructionists on the Supreme Court, which dealt with those social issues. I happen to be comfortable that I was making the right decision and that as President, when it comes to those social issues, it’s very important to have that strict constructionist view from whom you put on the Supreme Court. Because they’d look at the Constitution and say, You know what? That issue dealing with abortion is not in the Constitution. We will put it back to the states. Now, if the states want to pass an amendment, and three-quarters of the states want to pass an amendment, to make this a change to our United States Constitution, then just follow that process. And I’m a big believer that that’s how our country should work.
(MORE: Who Loses if Rick Perry Enters the Race?)
A generation ago, Republican presidential candidates, Ronald Reagan in particular, competed coast to coast. New Jersey and California are now states that are reliably Democratic. If you run, would you aspire to campaign in California and try to win it in the general election?
Yes sir, I actually have had that conversation. Now, I’m enough of a realist to know that California is a pretty high hurdle for a Republican. But I’m going to go out there and I’m going to have a story that’ll [make] a lot of people — independents and maybe even some Democrats — look at me and go, “That’s the type of individual that we can get behind … to make America proud of itself again.” I think America is an exceptional country. I think we have a great story to tell. I think the world needs a strong America both economically and militarily.
Have you talked to George W. Bush about what it’s like to run?
Yeah. We had lots of conversations back when he was the President. I called him … early in this process, when this thing was just kind of popping around. I called him on his birthday on July the 6th just to wish him a happy birthday. And I guess it was just kind of starting to bubble up around the first of July, as I recall, and he said, “You’ll do what’s right.” He said that you don’t want to wake up when you’re 70 and go, “I wish I had tried that. I wish I had done that.”
(MORE: The Cracks in Rick Perry’s Jobs Record)
Is there tension between, if not you and Bush, the Perry political family and Bush?
Not from my perspective, and certainly not between George W. Bush and me. And frankly, his dad, I mean, I got great respect for them. And the President 43 and I have a very good, personal, warm relationship. If there are people that were on his team in the past that haven’t agreed [with me] on policy or picked a different horse in a political race … Look back over my political career. If I chastised and removed everyone who’s been on the other side of me in a political race, I wouldn’t have any friends or helpers.
You can find a full transcript of their interview here, and subscribers can read Halperin’s story on Perry in the Aug. 22 issue of TIME.
Related Topics: 2012, gop, rick perry, Exclusives
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2011/08/11/qa-rick-perry-is-ready-to-run/#ixzz1UkoTmZ2d
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He reminds me a lot of the Bush actor that played Dubya in "W", Josh Brolin?
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33 like Perry. 33 will pretend to have no knowledge of Perry's support of the globalist agenda that he claims to dislike. A TX Governor traveling to europe to meet with a secret economic group in 2007.... LMAO...
33, just admit it, you are okay with romneycare or global agenda - just as long as it's not Obama doing it? LMAO...
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33 like Perry. 33 will pretend to have no knowledge of Perry's support of the globalist agenda that he claims to dislike. A TX Governor traveling to europe to meet with a secret economic group in 2007.... LMAO...
33, just admit it, you are okay with romneycare or global agenda - just as long as it's not Obama doing it? LMAO...
I will vote for a pedo, a serial killer, nun rapist, a grave robber, a HIV riddled homeless bum, and anyone else over obama.
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I will vote for a pedo, a serial killer, nun rapist, a grave robber, a HIV riddled homeless bum, and anyone else over obama.
sweet.
I'll vote Perry over obama.
I guess I just shake my head at the inability of repubs to find ANY candidate who isn't a globalist or a religious nutbag or spendhappy idiot.
Why the hell can't yall just elect RPaul/Patraeus 2012? I mean, everything you hate about the global agenda - that's Perry to a tee. You can pretend you didn't know that.
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sweet.
I'll vote Perry over obama.
I guess I just shake my head at the inability of repubs to find ANY candidate who isn't a globalist or a religious nutbag or spendhappy idiot.
Why the hell can't yall just elect RPaul/Patraeus 2012? I mean, everything you hate about the global agenda - that's Perry to a tee. You can pretend you didn't know that.
Did it ever occur to you that Ron Paul scares a lot of people?
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Did it ever occur to you that Ron Paul scares a lot of people?
yep. people that work in the military, or who have been taught to believe we somehow NEED 1000 miliary bases in the world. Ppl that want to give pakistan 5 billion a year.
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yep. people that work in the military, or who have been taught to believe we somehow NEED 1000 miliary bases in the world. Ppl that want to give pakistan 5 billion a year.
no, a lot of milquetoast repubs are scared about his drug war stuff and ending all social welfare programs.
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I am not going to vote for this guy, no way.
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I am not going to vote for this guy, no way.
I am voting for ron Paul or bachmann in the primary, but Jeffrey Dhamers' corpse could get the GOP nod and I would vote for that at this point.
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I am voting for ron Paul or bachmann in the primary, but Jeffrey Dhamers' corpse could get the GOP nod and I would vote for that at this point.
I will only vote for RP. Even if I have to write his name in...like the last time.
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no, a lot of milquetoast repubs are scared about his drug war stuff and ending all social welfare programs.
Yeah, RP wouldn't end all social welfare, but I think you bring up a good point. As President, he will need to get his agenda passed and he has an abysmal record. A good deal of his stuff never even leaves committee.
I imagine that could change to an extent as the bully pulpit will help him to promote his position. It'll be interesting.
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If he gives speeches like this - he could beat Obama like Reagan did Mondale.
Perry is getting in because he, like everyone on the planet, realizes how profoundly weak the current crop of GOP hopefuls reallly are
He'll just be another nut to add to the mix
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Pro-NAFTA Bilderberger. Next!
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Pro-NAFTA Bilderberger. Next!
Perry is just a different version of Obama.
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Perry is just a different version of Obama.
you're right. but he creates jobs, and that's the keyword at the moment.
will that be the keyword next fall?
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you're right. but he creates jobs, and that's the keyword at the moment.
will that be the keyword next fall?
I dont know much about Perry - but did he spend 20 years in a marxist racist church?
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you're right. but he creates jobs, and that's the keyword at the moment.
will that be the keyword next fall?
How will he create jobs if Fed policies remain the same? He won't and thus he is a different version of Obama.
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How will he create jobs if Fed policies remain the same? He won't and thus he is a different version of Obama.
He has called for an end to the Federal Reserve and Texas seems to be doing far better than all the other states.
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He has called for an end to the Federal Reserve and Texas seems to be doing far better than all the other states.
Has he? He is just copying RP likely, just like all the rest of the sold out GOP candidates.
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Good. I don't know much about Perry, but one thing he'll be able to do is run on his record as Gov, unlike Obama.
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If this Cenk hates perry - thats a sign he's probably better than obama.
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I shot a coyote in Reno, just to watch him die.
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sweet.
I'll vote Perry over obama.
I guess I just shake my head at the inability of repubs to find ANY candidate who isn't a globalist or a religious nutbag or spendhappy idiot.
Why the hell can't yall just elect RPaul/Patraeus 2012? I mean, everything you hate about the global agenda - that's Perry to a tee. You can pretend you didn't know that.
No, you won't. You're going to play this just like you did Bachmann and Palin. You'll suck his dick for two weeks or so (probably a little longer this time to throw everyone off) and then you'll turn on him when some meaningless story comes out. You'll start regaling us with your "I knew all along he was a RINO blah, blah, blah" so that you can position yourself as someone "in the know".
In the end, you'll attach your parasitic sucker right back onto Obama, your God-King.
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No, you won't. You're going to play this just like you did Bachmann and Palin. You'll suck his dick for two weeks or so (probably a little longer this time to throw everyone off) and then you'll turn on him when some meaningless story comes out. You'll start regaling us with your "I knew all along he was a RINO blah, blah, blah" so that you can position yourself as someone "in the know".
In the end, you'll attach your parasitic sucker right back onto Obama, your God-King.
;D
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No, you won't. You're going to play this just like you did Bachmann and Palin. You'll suck his dick for two weeks or so (probably a little longer this time to throw everyone off) and then you'll turn on him when some meaningless story comes out. You'll start regaling us with your "I knew all along he was a RINO blah, blah, blah" so that you can position yourself as someone "in the know".
In the end, you'll attach your parasitic sucker right back onto Obama, your God-King.
i'd vote for anyone over obama, except palin.
we're looking at the competing GOP options at the moment.
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I will vote for a pedo, a serial killer, nun rapist, a grave robber, a HIV riddled homeless bum, and anyone else over obama.
all of which you happen to be
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Nice personal attack. Fool.
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Perry refused to defend Texans 4th amendment rights when he purposefully used procedural rules to kill the TSA anti grope bill that the texas state house passed unanimously.
He used to be Al Gore's campaign manager
He used to be a democrat
He supports NAFTA superhighway
It was leaked at Bilderburg 2011 that Perry was the "chosen" one for the Repub. nomination. I would not be surprised if he got it.
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Nice personal attack. Fool.
LOL You do that shit nonstop!
Perry refused to defend Texans 4th amendment rights when he purposefully used procedural rules to kill the TSA anti grope bill that the texas state house passed unanimously.
He used to be Al Gore's campaign manager
He used to be a democrat
He supports NAFTA superhighway
It was leaked at Bilderburg 2011 that Perry was the "chosen" one for the Repub. nomination. I would not be surprised if he got it.
333386, your thoughts? I remember Perry getting all the talk in 2007 due to the fact he was a state governor traveling to EUROPE for a secret economic conference.
You can't bitch about anything obama does on the 'collapse economy on purpose to facilitate a global economic solution' front, ever again, if you support Perry ;)
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Ron PAul defined Perry and his run perfectly during the debate. He fucking owned him and the other candidates in that one moment.
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LOL You do that shit nonstop!
333386, your thoughts? I remember Perry getting all the talk in 2007 due to the fact he was a state governor traveling to EUROPE for a secret economic conference.
You can't bitch about anything obama does on the 'collapse economy on purpose to facilitate a global economic solution' front, ever again, if you support Perry ;)
you know my thoughts.
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you know my thoughts.
Your hatred blinds you, fact is Perry is just another corporate piece of shit...they all are, except RP.
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240= Loves Obama because he wants to get back in Matt T's good graces after the falling out they had
He is so obsessed with not being perceived as a racist, that he would stoop to any level.
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Your hatred blinds you, fact is Perry is just another corporate piece of shit...they all are, except RP.
He probably is. Its not hatred that fuels my disdain and disgust about obama - its the reality of his daily acts of treason.
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LOL You do that shit nonstop!
333386, your thoughts? I remember Perry getting all the talk in 2007 due to the fact he was a state governor traveling to EUROPE for a secret economic conference.
You can't bitch about anything obama does on the 'collapse economy on purpose to facilitate a global economic solution' front, ever again, if you support Perry ;)
yep..the classic pot calling the kettle black
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240= Loves Obama because he wants to get back in Matt T's good graces after the falling out they had
He is so obsessed with not being perceived as a racist, that he would stoop to any level.
you don't have that problem..you're openly racist
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you don't have that problem..you're openly racist
says the man who agrees that blacks voted for obama b/c he was black but said race had nothing to do with it ::)
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Perry refused to defend Texans 4th amendment rights when he purposefully used procedural rules to kill the TSA anti grope bill that the texas state house passed unanimously.
He used to be Al Gore's campaign manager
He used to be a democrat
He supports NAFTA superhighway
It was leaked at Bilderburg 2011 that Perry was the "chosen" one for the Repub. nomination. I would not be surprised if he got it.
Iono about the bilderburg one but pretty much spot on with the rest...
he isnt what this country needs, he is better then what we have currently but he isnt what this country needs right now.
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says the man who agrees that blacks voted for obama b/c he was black but said race had nothing to do with it ::)
you goddamn idiot.....
catholics voted for John F. Kennedy because he was the first catholic to run....Greeks voted for Dukakis when he was running for prez because he was the first greek to run.....In Boston, there is a long long tradition of Irish voting for irish politicans because they are irish.....why can't blacks do the same?
its just ethnic pride....why does it bother you so much that blacks are like every one else????
that shows your own racism
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95 percent of italians in new york did not vote for cuomo sr when he ran.
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you goddamn idiot.....
catholics voted for John F. Kennedy because he was the first catholic to run....Greeks voted for Dukakis when he was running for prez because he was the first greek to run.....In Boston, there is a long long tradition of Irish voting for irish politicans because they are irish.....why can't blacks do the same?
its just ethnic pride....why does it bother you so much that blacks are like every one else????
that shows your own racism
hahah first of all ethinicity is not race you moron
b/c you should vote for somebody based on the issues and their stances on them, not b/c their a certain color...agreed?
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95 percent of italians in new york did not vote for cuomo sr when he ran.
you are full of crap on that one and you know it
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hahah first of all ethinicity is not race you moron
b/c you should vote for somebody based on the issues and their stances on them, not b/c their a certain color...agreed?
you goddamn asshole fuck....there are different types of blacks...Americans, Africans, Caribbeans, Hispanics...there are some blacks that are even Irish.....only whites can have an ethnic background?>???..therefore a black born in Ireland is Irish....is that too much for your racist brain to comprehend?????
JESUS FUCK!
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you goddamn asshole fuck....there are different types of blacks...Americans, Africans, Caribbeans, Hispanics...there are some blacks that are even Irish.....only whites can have an ethnic background?>???..therefore a black born in Ireland is Irish....is that too much for your racist brain to comprehend?????
JESUS FUCK!
Meltdown. A 95er is a 95er. It's 5 ers like mcquay, Cain, alter Williams, sowell, star Parker, Alan west, Tim Scott, etc I respect.
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Meltdown. A 95er is a 95er. It's 5 ers like mcquay, Cain, alter Williams, sowell, star Parker, Alan west, Tim Scott, etc I respect.
dumbdown
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you goddamn asshole fuck....there are different types of blacks...Americans, Africans, Caribbeans, Hispanics...there are some blacks that are even Irish.....only whites can have an ethnic background?>???..therefore a black born in Ireland is Irish....is that too much for your racist brain to comprehend?????
JESUS FUCK!
blacks didnt vote for obama b/c he was an black american they voted for obama b/c he was BLACK!!!
you didnt answer my question...
do you agree that ppl should vote for politicians based on their views on issues over race?
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I think Rick Perry is my favorite GOP candidate in terms of policy. Im very proud he is the governor of my state running for President. He takes a lot of undeserved crap in Texas from both conservatives and liberals. Unfortunately, I dont think he is politically savvy enough for the national stage and Im just not sure he has the charisma. He needs to keep in mind he is running for President of the United States - not President of Texas. Those Dems in Washington are much more vicious and despicable vermon than the ones in Texas, and Im not sure he is concious enough of that. I heard him talking about the travesty of half this country not paying any federal income tax - and he is ofcourse 100% right about that - but the Dems are going to turn that on him and make it seem like he doesnt care about poor people.
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blacks didnt vote for obama b/c he was an black american they voted for obama b/c he was BLACK!!!
you didnt answer my question...
do you agree that ppl should vote for politicians based on their views on issues over race?
I voted for Obama because he was the lesser of two evils...
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I voted for Obama because he was the lesser of two evils...
Yes-- with "Whitey" being the more evil of the two choices because the "less evil candidate" meant more free shit for the brothers, on the backs of every taxpaying American.
Why not just be honest about it?
Nobody will judge you at this point. Obama's Presidency is a monumental disaster. If it wasn't for the fact that the media is on his dick because of his skin color, none of this bullshit would even be up for discussion.
He is an unmitigated nightmare.
Unless of course, you're one of the brothers.
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Yes-- with "Whitey" being the more evil of the two choices because the "less evil candidate" meant more free shit for the brothers, on the backs of every taxpaying American.
Why not just be honest about it?
Nobody will judge you at this point. Obama's Presidency is a monumental disaster. If it wasn't for the fact that the media is on his dick because of his skin color, none of this bullshit would even be up for discussion.
He is an unmitigated nightmare.
Unless of course, you're one of the brothers.
I don't think that's fair.
I saw people voting for Obama because McCain would be GWB the 2nd coming and that Sarah Palin was a buffoon.
Little did most of the voting public realize that Obama would be such a disaster.
The biggest problem is that all of the things he said he would do, he didn't, and the only thing he did do, was a few things that most people aside from the Uber "progressive" base didn't give a shit about.
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I don't think that's fair.
I saw people voting for Obama because McCain would be GWB the 2nd coming and that Sarah Palin was a buffoon.
Little did most of the voting public realize that Obama would be such a disaster.
The biggest problem is that all of the things he said he would do, he didn't, and the only thing he did do, was a few things that most people aside from the Uber "progressive" base didn't give a shit about.
And those people were stupid and get what they deserve. Bush was not a disaster at all. He was at worst a mixed bag. Anyone who thinks Bush was a disaster is a sensual childish piece of shit. Obama will go down as the worst in my lifetime. And yes, he did do what he said he was going to do. He set about to transform America and that is what he tried to do. The voting public should have known he would be a disaster. He didnt have the resume or the experience. Fucking fools.
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The only ones saying they are surprised by obama's disastrous presidency are those who did not pay attention.
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LOL! I read this today on another forum-
The Perry candidacy would pit a secessionist Southern governor against the nation’s first African-American president. Just pause and think about that a moment.
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Who the hell cares? Obama is an effing disaster as potus. The affirmative action potus needs to go.
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And those people were stupid and get what they deserve. Bush was not a disaster at all. He was at worst a mixed bag. Anyone who thinks Bush was a disaster is a sensual childish piece of shit. Obama will go down as the worst in my lifetime. And yes, he did do what he said he was going to do. He set about to transform America and that is what he tried to do. The voting public should have known he would be a disaster. He didnt have the resume or the experience. Fucking fools.
Why on earth would that make people sensual? ???
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LOL! I read this today on another forum-
The Perry candidacy would pit a secessionist Southern governor against the nation’s first African-American president. Just pause and think about that a moment.
LOL that is kinda ironic, but most ppl with the exception of those who use the race card are tired of it being played.
meaning you and your ilks tactics would likely backfire on you, just like they did with the tea party
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Why on earth would that make people sensual? ???
I dont mean sensual in the modern sense of eroticism, I'm talking about the classical definition of the word which means soft and weak and not tested in the hardships of the real world.
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At this rate I am not even sure bama will finish his term.
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I dont mean sensual in the modern sense of eroticism, I'm talking about the classical definition of the word which means soft and weak and not tested in the hardships of the real world.
sen·su·al
[sen-shoo-uhl] Show IPA
adjective
1.
pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
2.
lacking in moral restraints; lewd or unchaste.
3.
arousing or exciting the senses or appetites.
4.
worldly; materialistic; irreligious.
5.
of or pertaining to the senses or physical sensation; sensory.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin sēnsuālis, equivalent to sēnsu-, stem of sēnsus sense + -ālis -al1
Related forms
sen·su·al·ly, adverb
hy·per·sen·su·al, adjective
hy·per·sen·su·al·ly, adverb
hy·per·sen·su·al·ness, noun
non·sen·su·al, adjective
I don't it ever meant that, other than in the sense that the Church did not approve of carnal acts and they called them 'weakness'. Do you have a source for that meaning?
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Bama below 40 on gallup. He is so done its not funny.
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Bama below 40 on gallup. He is so done its not funny.
40% > 50% according to 180.
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At this rate I am not even sure bama will finish his term.
I think he definitely finishes his term, but I'm starting to question whether he will seek reelection. It's likely he does, but at the rate things are going, he has to see the handwriting on the wall.
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Let's not kid ourselves. He is far too arrogant, petulant and egotistical to not seek reelection.
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I pray that Hil makes a challenge...how awsome would that be.
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Let's not kid ourselves. He is far too arrogant, petulant and egotistical to not seek reelection.
Yeah. That's why I think he likely seeks reelection.
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Yes-- with "Whitey" being the more evil of the two choices because the "less evil candidate" meant more free shit for the brothers, on the backs of every taxpaying American.
Why not just be honest about it?
Nobody will judge you at this point. Obama's Presidency is a monumental disaster. If it wasn't for the fact that the media is on his dick because of his skin color, none of this bullshit would even be up for discussion.
He is an unmitigated nightmare.
Unless of course, you're one of the brothers.
your obsession with black people,is amazing and is really becoming laughable.....there are a whole lot of whites getting "free shit" as you call it, from the government as well..as well as a lot of hispanics, Asians, American Indians, etc...but you are obsessed by what black people are geting....interesting... .
I take it you are obsessed with the black cock as well???
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Who the hell cares? Obama is an effing disaster as potus. The affirmative action potus needs to go.
your dumbnest is reaching new heights.....how can he be an affirmative action president?....in what strectch of your limited imagination could this possibly be???
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Bama never had nor does he now have the quals for office.
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your dumbnest is reaching new heights.....how can he be an affirmative action president?....in what strectch of your limited imagination could this possibly be???
Irony overload.
Stay in school, kids.
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Perry tripled TX debt in 8 years.
Obama has increased the USA debt by 35% in 3 years.
I'm not sure bragigng about his ability to create jobs should count...
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Damn, so they both add a ton of debt. Yet Texas is still adding jobs by the truckload.
Perry still wins. L-O-L.
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Damn, so they both add a ton of debt. Yet Texas is still adding jobs by the truckload.
Perry still wins. L-O-L.
TX has more minimum wage jobs than anyone else in the nation.
Much of the jobs came from cali - 7.25 in TX vs 8 per hour in cali (min wage).
And TX has a shitload of oil and other energy infrastructure.
If you let obama TRIPLE the debt from 9 tril to 27 tril, I bet he could deliver some nice min wage jobs too ;)
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Fact of the matter is that Texas has added ~50% of all jobs in the last two years, more than every other state but NY and PA COMBINED. Obama has lost this country millions of jobs. That's what voters are going to care about, stud. I don't like Perry at all but there's no denying he's in a great position to take down your God-King Messiah, the man whose dick you suck - The Odumbo. ;)
By the way, Texas also ranks 50th in the nation in per capita spending. So they're not in the same position as bankrupt spending juggernauts like CA and Illinois. Funny you didn't mention that in your little hack-job of a research piece. Oh, and Texas also has a biennial budget, so their deficit is anywhere between $15 and $27 billion, not $37 like you're claiming. :)
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Texas also ranks 50th in the nation in per capita spending. Funny you didn't mention that in your little hackjob of a research piece. :)
on healthcare? on education? average overall? Please explain why this is a good thing. The $ doesn't have $ to spend, and ppl living there making min wage aren't taxed enough to pay for spending?
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Funny 240 since you praised Julio working at Mickey d's in his little love fest w your hero.
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Like I said previously... While Texas has in fact more than doubled their debt.
If you follow their income vs their budget, currently they are in a surplus and are in fact, in position to pay back their debt.
That's just the facts.
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Like I said previously... While Texas has in fact more than doubled their debt.
If you follow their income vs their budget, currently they are in a surplus and are in fact, in position to pay back their debt.
That's just the facts.
do you have any more info on this?
all I can find is that they have drastically slashed their budget to close a deficit but nothing about a surplus
didn't Perry also use billions in stimulus funds to balance the budget?
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do you have any more info on this?
all I can find is that they have drastically slashed their budget to close a deficit but nothing about a surplus
didn't Perry also use billions in stimulus funds to balance the budget?
Perhaps... I just looked at the texas debt clock at usdebtclock.org
http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-texas-debt-clock.html
It's showing that it's debt is going down... While the rest of the country is going up.
Do I have more than that, no... but I have to take it that the information it's gathering is accurate.
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Straw thinks Cali should be a model for the nation.
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Straw thinks Cali should be a model for the nation.
Unfortunately, how California goes, so does the rest of the nation.
California needs to get it's budget in order... When things go well, the state of California benefits more than most, but when they go bad, it feels the crunch more than most as well.
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Perhaps... I just looked at the texas debt clock at usdebtclock.org
http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-texas-debt-clock.html
It's showing that it's debt is going down... While the rest of the country is going up.
Do I have more than that, no... but I have to take it that the information it's gathering is accurate.
I've looked quite a few times and I can't find who actually is responsible for that site
I've asked 333 (since he posts it all the time) and never heard back from him as to who runs that site, source of info, etc...
I can't find any proof that it's accurate
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I've looked quite a few times and I can't find who actually is responsible for that site
I've asked 333 (since he posts it all the time) and never heard back from him as to who runs that site, source of info, etc...
I can't find any proof that it's accurate
Lmfao. It's part of the VRWC.
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Perry did use 14.4 billion from the Obama stimulus in 2009 alone to get this 'surplus'
Oh, and Texas' debt jumped from 13 to 35 billion in debt, right?
So without the obama money, the debt would have QUADRUPLED.
Sound like Perry is just like the others - a globalist spend-happy RINO. Enjoy.
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I've looked quite a few times and I can't find who actually is responsible for that site
I've asked 333 (since he posts it all the time) and never heard back from him as to who runs that site, source of info, etc...
I can't find any proof that it's accurate
If you mouse over each box, it will tell you where it's getting it's data from.
It's easily as valid as any other source... And it's been in use for quite some time.
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I can see it now at the debate.
Obama: I may have spent trillions, lost millions of jobs and put this country on the brink of total economic collapse but you put Texas a few billion in debt and added 50% of net US jobs since 2009. Take that!
Texas debt-to-GDP ratio: 18% and falling.
Obama debt-to-GDP ratio: 100% and rising.
Haha.
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Rick Perry's Texas jobs boom: The whole story
By Tami Luhby @CNNMoney August 13, 2011: 2:34 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Texas has created a lot of jobs over the 10 years that Rick Perry's been governor -- there's no doubt about it.
Perry, who is formally launching his presidential candidacy on Saturday, is making his state's economic prowess a centerpiece of his campaign. Already he's been bragging about his state being the "epicenter of job growth."
102616Print Texas has gained more than 1 million net new jobs in the decade Perry has led the state. And it's been going strong since the recession ended.
"We are home to fewer than one in 10 Americans ... but four in 10 new American jobs are in our state," he told a conference of state legislators from around the nation this week.
But that doesn't mean that all is well with employment in the Lone Star State. Texas leads the nation in minimum-wage jobs, and many positions don't offer health benefits. Also, steep budget cuts are expected to result in the loss of more than 100,000 jobs.
Perhaps most importantly, Texas can't create jobs fast enough to keep up with its rapidly growing population. Since 2007, the state's number of working-age residents expanded by 6.6%, nearly twice the national average.
Factoring in that population growth means Texas would need to create another 629,000 jobs, or 5.6% more positions, just to reach its pre-recession employment level, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
"They have a long way to go before they get back to a positive place," said Doug Hall, director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network, an institute project.
0:00 / 1:49 Texans grab their guns as economy stalls
Still, Texas has been adding jobs at a rapid clip since the recession's end in 2009. The state has created nearly 297,000 net new positions since June of that year, representing a major chunk of the nation's 715,000 gain, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Of course, Texas enjoys advantages that have nothing to do with having Perry at the helm. Rich in natural resources, the state has been benefiting from the high price of oil and the expanded interest in natural gas exploration. Energy employment has soared by 16.8% over the past year alone.
While the energy sector is driving much of the recent jobs expansion, nearly all industries are doing well, said Jim Gaines, research economist at The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Construction jobs, for instance, have grown by 5.4% in the past year, according to the center. Employment in professional services is up 4.5% and in the hospitality business by 3%. Only the government and information technology sectors have seen drops, of 1.4% and 5%, respectively.
"Texas has fared better than most of the nation," said Terry Clower, who directs the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas. "Private sector job creation has been pretty strong compared to most other states."
The secret, according to Perry, is low taxes, predictable regulation, a fair legal system, and a skilled workforce. And he's been sharing it with companies around the country, hoping to lure them to his state. Some are heeding his siren call, lured by the state's low cost of doing business, as well as Texas Enterprise Fund, which has awarded companies $440 million to relocate since it was created in 2003.
Texas, however, still faces many challenges on the jobs front. Many of the positions that have been created are on the lower end of the pay scale. Some 550,000 workers last year were paid at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25, more than double the number making those wages in 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That's 9.5% of Texas' hourly workforce, which gives it the highest percentage of minimum-wage hourly workers in the nation -- a dubious title it shares with Mississippi.
"We have created jobs, but they are not jobs with good wages and benefits," said F. Scott McCown, executive director, Center for Public Policy Priorities, which advocates for low-income residents.
Going forward, the Lone Star State will have to work even harder to create jobs. That's because Perry signed a budget in May that slashes $15 billion in government spending over the next two years. Also, the federal stimulus funds that poured into the state since 2009 have largely dried up.
The state budget cuts alone could result in the loss of more than 100,000 jobs, many of them in the public sector, Clower said. Thousands of teachers are already feeling the impact of more than $5 billion in cuts to education funding.
The state's rapidly expanding population has been both a blessing and a curse. While it has spurred the creation of jobs to service the new residents, it has also kept the state's unemployment rate higher than one would expect for a place that's adding so many positions. Texas' unemployment rate is 8.2% -- lower than the nation's, but higher than 25 other states.
Unless Perry can push job creation into overdrive, the rate is likely to stay high, economists say.
"Our labor force is growing substantially faster than we can grow jobs," Gaines said.
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Perry suggests Obama doesn't love America.
Perry, asked in Cerdar Rapids if Obama loves America, says, "You need to aak him."
http://twitter.com/#!/danbalz/status/103288195948613635
Oh shit!
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Gov. Perry Fires Warning Shot on Possible Fed Money Printing Shenanigans to Help Obama – Video
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | 8/15/11
Posted on August 15, 2011 11:39:55 PM EDT by Hotlanta Mike
During a stop tonight at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired a warning shot at the Obama Administration and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Perry was asked to comment on “the Fed,” and while he said he didn’t really want to take on the Fed question right now, he did have some blunt comments about the rumored possibility of the Federal Reserve printing a lot more money between now and November 2012 to make the economy appear better than it really is. Perry said:
“If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treasonous in my opinion.”
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Fighting words.
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Perry warns of Fed treason, challenges Obama
Washington Post ^ | August 16, 2011 | Dan Balz
Posted on August 16, 2011 4:39:28 AM EDT by Cincinatus' Wife
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Texas Gov. Rick Perry turned his rhetorical fire on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke here Monday night, saying that the chairman would be committing a “treasonous” act by ordering the printing of more money and said doing so would amount to a political decision to help President Obama win reelection in 2012.
“If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don’t know what you all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas,” he said of the possibility of another round of so-called quantitative easing in the money supply.
...At another point during a brief press conference here Monday night, he was asked about a comment made earlier in the day, when he said people want a president who is passionate about the country and “is in love with America.” Asked whether he thought Obama did not love the country, he replied, “You need to ask him. I’m saying you’re a good reporter, go ask him.” replied.
...He also accused the Obama administration of trying to “strangle the energy industry in America.”
....“I don’t think the federal government has a role in your children’s education,” Perry said, adding, “The federal government has no business telling you how to educate your children. They have intruded into so many different areas in our lives and that’s one of the things that I hope to be able to do, working with Congress, trying to make Washington, as I said, as inconsequential in your lives as we can.”....
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GOP Primary: Perry 29%, Romney 18%, Bachmann 13%
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/gop_primary_perry_29_romney_18_bachmann_13
Texas Governor Rick Perry, the new face in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has jumped to a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann with the other announced candidates trailing even further behind.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters, taken Monday night, finds Perry with 29% support. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, earns 18% of the vote, while Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who won the high-profile Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on Saturday, picks up 13%.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who was a close second to Bachmann on Saturday, has the support of nine percent (9%) of Likely Primary Voters, followed by Georgia businessman Herman Cain at six percent (6%) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with five percent (5%). Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and ex-Utah Governor Jon Huntsman each get one percent (1%) support, while Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter comes in statistically at zero.
Sixteen percent (16%) of primary voters remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Still, this marks a significant jump in support for Perry, who officially entered the race on Saturday although his candidacy had been rumored for weeks. Just over two weeks ago, a survey of likely primary voters found Romney with 22% support, closely followed by Perry at 18% and Bachman with 16% of the vote.
“Governor Perry is enjoying a bounce from entering the race at precisely the right time”, said Scott Rasmussen. “Now the difficult part begins for the new frontrunner. It’s much easier winning support when people are hoping you will get in the race, than retaining support when you are the frontrunner.”
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The survey of 1,000 Likely GOP Primary Voters was conducted on August 15, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. Likely GOP Primary Voters include both Republicans and unaffiliated voters likely to vote in a GOP Primary. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology.
Seventy percent (70%) of primary voters continue to agree with Romney’s assertion at a debate in June that any one of the Republican candidates would make a better president that Barack Obama. Twenty percent (20%) disagree.
Perry captures 39% of the vote among GOP primary voters who say they are members of the Tea Party, with Bachmann a distant second with 21% support from this group. Perry barely leads Romney among non-Tea Party members 27% to 24%, but this marks a interesting change from the previous survey when Romney held a double-digit lead over Perry among these voters.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of primary voters hold a favorable opinion of Perry, with 38% Very Favorable. Bachmann is viewed favorably by 71%, with 32% who share a Very Favorable regard for her.
Romney has slightly higher overall favorable rating – 77% - than Perry and Bachmann, but there’s less enthusiasm in his support. Only 21% hold a Very Favorable opinion of him.
Roughly one-in-five hold an unfavorable view of the three front-runners.
Paul, who emerged as a Cinderella of sorts from the Saturday straw poll, is viewed favorably by 43% and unfavorably by 45%. Gingrich is in a similar position with favorables of 48% and unfavorables of 43%.
For Cain, Santorum, Huntsman and McCotter, name recognition is still a problem, with at least one-in-four primary voters still not aware of them enough to venture any kind of opinion.
A generic Republican continues to lead President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup.
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I thought Rick Perry wanted to talk about jobs.
When he allows the story to be "Does Obama love America?" to appeal to the tea party base voters, he goes down that pathetic TPaw road. Don't do taht, rick.
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I thought Rick Perry wanted to talk about jobs.
When he allows the story to be "Does Obama love America?" to appeal to the tea party base voters, he goes down that pathetic TPaw road. Don't do taht, rick.
Screw off. You are not a Tea Party person and its time Obama got taken to task for his bullshit.
I want the nominee to to go after Obama like a great white shark does a hapless baby seal.
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Screw off. You are not a Tea Party person and its time Obama got taken to task for his bullshit.
I want the nominee to to go after Obama like a great white shark does a hapless baby seal.
I thought Perry said when someone asked him about what newspaper he read, his response would be "JOBS!" When someone asked him about divisive issues, he'd united with "JOBS" as the answer.
Now.... "Rick Perry questions Obama's love for America..."
Oh brother. Go fcuk a duck with that one. Go sit in the kiddy pool with the rest of the tea party d-bags and let the grownups talk, Mr Perry. Does obama love america? Ask bin laden about that one.
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I thought Perry said when someone asked him about what newspaper he read, his response would be "JOBS!" When someone asked him about divisive issues, he'd united with "JOBS" as the answer.
Now.... "Rick Perry questions Obama's love for America..."
Oh brother. Go fcuk a duck with that one. Go sit in the kiddy pool with the rest of the tea party d-bags and let the grownups talk, Mr Perry. Does obama love america? Ask bin laden about that one.
Oh brother....you buy 100% into the WTC CT, but not a much more likely Bin Laden one?
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Oh brother....you buy 100% into the WTC CT, but not a much more likely Bin Laden one?
180 believes in whatever props up obama.
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Oh brother....you buy 100% into the WTC CT, but not a much more likely Bin Laden one?
you accuse the seals of lying? i won't stand for that!
LOL!
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180 believes in whatever props up obama.
hahahahahahaha and you believe whatever you think takes him down. :D :D :D :D pot meet kettle
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you accuse the seals of lying? i won't stand for that!
LOL!
The SEALS have not said a damn thing.
Its the blabber mouth biden and that traitorous wretch obama who have been leeking on this.
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you accuse the seals of lying? i won't stand for that!
LOL!
oh my god he's a commie :D :D
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hahahahahahaha and you believe whatever you think takes him down. :D :D :D :D pot meet kettle
Difference is that I agree with that and make no bones about it.
If its bad for obama - i like it.
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The SEALS have not said a damn thing.
Its the blabber mouth biden and that traitorous wretch obama who have been leeking on this.
so you're saying you don't believe OBL is dead?
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so you're saying you don't believe OBL is dead?
I think he is dead, but I dont by the made for TV story obama is giving that he is trying to make a feature film about.
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I think he is dead, but I dont by the made for TV story obama is giving that he is trying to make a feature film about.
When 240 attacked Obama's story INSTANTLY as being too made-for-tv, I was called every name in the book by getbiggers for questioning the seals story - all while it was OBAMA and his team telling us the half-ass story they kept changing.
Were these getbiggers wrong, 333386?
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(NY Daily News) — New GOP presidential darling Rick Perry wants to haunt President Obama’s dreams.
“I hope I’m President Obama’s worst nightmare,” the Texas governor told Fox News. “He’s the real problem. It’s his policies.”
Perry said he’s focus like a laser on fixing the economy, noting that on his watch Texas created “more jobs than any other state in the nation — from June of 2009 until present, 40% of all the jobs in America.”
He also sought to tamp down comparisons to the last President from the Lone Star State: George W. Bush.
“They’re not all carbon copies in Texas. I tell people that one of the quick ways you can tell the difference is he is a Yale graduate and I’m a Texas A&M graduate,” he said.
“The next President of the United States, what state you’re from doesn’t matter. What matters is what is in their heart, what’s in their mind. What’s in my mind and what’s in my heart is we are going to get America working again.”
And Perry defended hosting a day-long prayer meeting earlier this month.
“I think the liberals, they hate anytime faith shows up anywhere. This wasn’t about me. It was just a group of people we asked to get together to pray for this nation.
“I think that makes a lot of sense. I hope people all over this country pray for America. Lord knows we need it,” he added
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/08/16/rick-perry-im-president-obamas-worst-nightmare
booom. Time to steamroll the marxist.
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“I hope I’m President Obama’s worst nightmare,” the Texas governor told Fox News. “He’s the real problem. It’s his policies.”
I thought he wanted to talk about jobs.
now he's nonstop 'attack obama' mode.
first obama hates america, now he's having nightmares about perry.
IMO, Perry's ego will be the reason he doesn't get the nomination. Too arrogant. Bachmann, paul, and even Mitt are humble people. Perry is not.
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I thought he wanted to talk about jobs.
now he's nonstop 'attack obama' mode.
first obama hates america, now he's having nightmares about perry.
IMO, Perry's ego will be the reason he doesn't get the nomination. Too arrogant. Bachmann, paul, and even Mitt are humble people. Perry is not.
wwwaaahhhhh, poor barry is being attacked.
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Perry: Americans Need Work, Not Symbolism; We Need New Jobs, Not New Agencies
Rick Perry ^ | August 16th, 2011 | Rick Perry & Staff
Posted on August 16, 2011 8:56:26 PM EDT by shield
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA – Texas Gov. Rick Perry today visited Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he criticized President Obama’s proposal to create a new jobs agency as a solution to economic recovery. He also reiterated his call for the Administration to issue a six-month freeze on new regulations to help free employers to create more jobs for Americans.
“What is this president’s plan to fix the economy? Apparently to create a new jobs agency,” Gov. Perry said. “Mr. President, we have tried two and a half years of government creating jobs, it’s time to let the private sector get to work. Americans need work, not symbolism. We need new jobs, not new agencies. If you want to create jobs, don’t create a new agency, and stop all the unnecessary regulations of the agencies you already control.”
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White House and Perry exchange blasts over Fed
Reuters ^ | Patricia Zengerle
Posted on August 16, 2011 5:26:28 PM EDT by Cincinatus' Wife
.....Campaigning in Iowa on Monday, the Texas governor said he would consider it "treasonous" if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke "prints more money between now and the election" in November 2012 -- a fresh sign of the political heat the central bank faces as it tries to right the stumbling U.S. economy.
The White House responded by saying it is important for the central bank to remain independent, and jabbed back at Perry, who on Saturday entered the race for the Republican nomination to face President Barack Obama.
"I certainly think threatening the Fed chairman is not a good idea," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
"When you are president or running for president, you have to think about your words," Carney said in Iowa, where Obama was on a campaign-style bus tour.
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Perry's campaign did not back away from his comments and said the Texas governor was expressing his frustration with the U.S. economic situation and the "out of control spending" in Washington.
"Most Americans would agree that printing and spending more money is not the answer to the economic issues facing the country," Perry campaign spokesman Mark Miner said.
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"When you say those things in the Lone Star State (Texas), you look colorful. When you say these things on a national stage ... it's going to come back and get you," said Ford O'Connell, an advisor on Republican John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.
"You've got to be more like James Bond and less like Rambo," he said......
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"Blood in the water" isn't a problem when you've forced your population to endure unsafe HPV shots.
Forced vaccinations... I'd LOVE to hear our resident Perry fans support a govt ORDERING citizens to get vaccinations... ;)
Source: Washington Post
Religious conservatives in Texas were stunned in 2007 when Republican Rick Perry became the first governor in the country to order young girls to get a vaccine against a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer.
The vaccine would encourage promiscuity, according to many conservatives, who had long supported Perry’s views against abortion and same-sex marriage.
It soon emerged that Perry was close to one of the lobbyists who was pushing for the order and who worked for the vaccine’s New Jersey-based manufacturer. That lobbyist, Mike Toomey, had served as Perry’s chief of staff and has since helped found a super PAC aimed at boosting Perry’s bid for the presidency.
Now Perry, who long defended the vaccine mandate, has reversed his position on the issue as he launches his GOP presidential bid, calling the order “a mistake” and saying he agrees with the Texas legislature’s decision to overturn it.
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Texas Used Stimulus to Cover 97% of Its Deficit
Even as he railed against the Recovery Act, Texas Gov. Rick Perry used the government's stimulus plan to cover 97 percent of the state's budget deficit in 2009:
Turns out Texas was the state that depended the most on those very stimulus funds to plug nearly 97% of its shortfall for fiscal 2010, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Texas, which crafts a budget every two years, was facing a $6.6 billion shortfall for its 2010-2011 fiscal years. It plugged nearly all of that deficit with $6.4 billion in Recovery Act money, allowing it to leave its $9.1 billion rainy day fund untouched.
"Stimulus was very helpful in getting them through the last few years," said Brian Sigritz, director of state fiscal studies for the National Association of State Budget Officers, said of Texas.
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Perry is a fraud, a communist traitor, and a sell out.
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Perry is a fraud, a communist traitor, and a sell out.
Perry thinks the masses should be required to pay $360 for a dangerous shot. Required.