Seventeen things about Governor Perry
Excellent and long post by garnet92 at Pesky Truth about
Texas Governor Rick Perry -- seventeen things that his critics are saying with full unvarnished explanations:
Seventeen (17) things that critics are saying about Rick Perry
Over the past couple of months Rick Perry has been considering a run for POTUS. As of Thursday, August 11, it looks like the decision has been made and he�s in.
Since he�s been Governor of Texas for over ten years, folks from the other �56 states� are asking Texans what kind of governor he�s been and what we think. I decided that what I �think� isn�t good enough � I could be wrong. So, I decided to do some research on Perry�s record and form a more accurate, fact-based opinion on his qualifications instead of relying on my general perceptions.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I voted for Perry in each of the three gubernatorial elections since 2002 and I am a conservative and a registered Republican. It was easy for me to vote for Perry since the alternative(s) were either uber-RINOs in the primaries or liberal Democrats in the general elections. Under the circumstances, my choice was always easy.
While researching Perry�s pros and cons, I�ve read every article and blog post that I could find � over several weeks. Many of those posts had 2-300 comments associated with them � I read them all.
After reading literally thousands of comments, it�s become apparent that there are quite a lot of anti-Perry activists out there throwing all sorts of disparaging rhetorical crap against the wall in hopes that some will stick and they can influence someone, anyone, to become anti-Perry too. The unfortunate thing is that most of their negative statements are either completely false, at worst, or misleading, at best. They�re simply parroting something they saw on another hater�s blog. Yet they maintain that they are the knowledgeable ones and those supporting Perry are ignorant clods who can�t walk and chew gum at the same time � �ignorant� is an adjective that they like to use a lot.
It�s ludicrous to think that some asinine statement like �Gardasil, Perry blew it � �nuff said,� deserves any consideration. No, it�s not ��nuff said,� there is usually more to know about an issue before a reasonable person can make an intelligent decision. For that reason, I have attempted to present some additional facts that have not been widely publicized just to educate those who have not been privy to Texas politics until now.
In that spirit, I do realize that anyone who reads this summary has a right to be skeptical of my facts. I therefore invite those who might dispute my findings to challenge them by verifying what I�ve presented here. And cross-check via reliable sources rather than relying on a single posting by some anonymous blogger � some spout �facts� which have no basis in the truth. I will identify the source of my data and in many cases, I�ll provide a link to the source so you can see for yourself � the real facts.
And finally, remember that any politician in office for ten years will have his/her critics and will have stepped on some toes during their term(s).
The comments are worth reading as a lot of people offer amplifications and additional materials.
garnet92 also
wrote this on August 5th:
Want to know more about Rick Perry?
Although President Obama has constantly lamented the sorry shape that George W. Bush left the country in, isn�t it interesting that Rick Perry followed that same �incompetent� George Bush as Governor of Texas with no major problems. Could it be that the horrendous problems that have confused and confounded the clueless Barack Obama weren�t really leftovers from previous President Bush after all, but of Obama�s own making?
Again, very well researched and again, read the comments.
Posted by DaveH at August 15, 2011 11:52 AM