Perry and the Tea Party: Depends on Whom You Ask
WACO — He was Tea Party before Tea Party was cool, the darling of the ultra-conservative right wing movement. That’s how the news analysts described Gov. Rick Perry as he leapt into the national spotlight announcing his bid for presidency.
But at a recent Tea Party gathering in Waco, about 100 miles from the Texas Capitol, Perry’s “darling” status seemed tenuous. More than 100 Tea Party supporters met at the Hilton for a day of preparation for the 2012 elections. They paid a nominal fee to train in the practical arts of politicking, like block walking, navigating campaign finance ...
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Elmo
I would like to ask Ms Walker if Perry is your man and you defend him as conservative, then how the same heck would a conservative sign into law a bill that give illegals the same tutition rate as LEGAL TEXANS? A Conservative would not back TXDOT who lost a billion in a budget either Ms Walker. Why would you back Mclennan County Judge Jim Lewis as Judge when he backed his own doctor as the jail doctor coasting us millions in tax dollars?
sssdddd
Perry is not conservative. He is a radical unpredictable politician. He uses outrageous positions to create controversy then holds himself out as the 'savior' to solve the controversy.
So if you vote for the man you are in fact voting for someone who will do anything do get elected, no matter how outrageous or damaging to people. So rather than compare him to Bush or Reagen I think a more appropriate comparison is Chavez.
Dot Pate
Perry a consevative? PLEEEZE !!!
Jimmy Couch via Texas Tribune on Facebook
“As many frustrated Americans who have joined the Tea Party realize, we cannot stand against big government at home while supporting it abroad. We cannot talk about fiscal responsibility while spending trillions on occupying and bullying the rest of the world. We cannot talk about the budget deficit and spiraling domestic spending without looking at the costs of maintaining an American empire of more than 700 military bases in more than 120 foreign countries. We cannot pat ourselves on the back for cutting a few thousand dollars from a nature preserve or an inner-city swimming pool at home while turning a blind eye to a Pentagon budget that nearly equals those of the rest of the world combined.”
- Ron Paul
Cynthia A. Dolen via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Oh for the love of God. The Tea Party has a severe case of, as a friend of mine just mentioned, Cranial Inversion Syndrome...in layman's terms, their heads are up their a**.
Buddha Rocket
Rick Perry has lately crafted the image of a conservative, but he was actually a Democrat in the 1980s. He supported Al Gore in the Democratic presidential primary in 1988. And he supported a massive $5.7 BILLION TAX-HIKE in 1987, which was opposed by most Texas Republican legislators. He approved MANDATORY HPV vaccinations for all Texas public school girls, even if it was against their will -- even if it was against their parents' will -- while your former chief of staff was a lobbyist for Merck.
Under Perry, Texas’ DEBT DOUBLED from $13.7 BILLION to $34.08 BILLION since 2001. Texas had its largest ever budget DEFICIT last year, $27 billion. Perry signed into effect a bill granting his government increased powers to use "eminent domain" to SEIZE LAND from private owners to build the NAFTA Superhighway. Perry supported a 3 BILLION dollar Texas TAX funded medical research center. That's like ObamaCare. That's not free market.
Perry secured a $300 MILLION business HANDOUT slush fund for you and just the two leaders of the legislature to dole out to whomever you felt like being friendly to. That's corporate WELFARE, a recipe for corruption, and as bad as the TARP BAILOUTS. Perry supported a new state business TAX.
Rick Perry is as big-government as they come. Vote RON PAUL.
Judy Raddue via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'm grateful to Ms. Pierson for opening my eyes. Until now, I was unaware of the dangers caused by clean air/drinking water, unpolluteed waterways, and lead-free paint. She's helped me realize that toxins and carcinogens are what make America great!
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Environmental regulation is dangerous? Gosh, we better fix that right away!
Jill Meredith Bergene via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The Tea Party is just another symptom of the "Age of Narcissism", where people stop being compassionate and only care about themselves and their greedy agenda.
Jeremy M. Prince via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'm waiting for just one opponent of the EPA to inform the rest of us of the specific dangers posed by the EPA that are worse than not having an environment that is not safe enough to live in.
Jill Meredith Bergene via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Tea Party, Gov. Perry....two sides of the same misguided coin. I hope the two sides tear each other to pieces so that the rest of us Americans can get on with the business of making this a thriving country.
Kurt Johnson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry appointee to the Forensics Science Commission, John Bradley, has a lot of explaining to do in another murder case: http://www.wilcowatchdog.org
Scott Chase via Texas Tribune on Facebook
When the Tea Party criticizes Perry, a clear anti-science and anti-EPA candidate, then we know the true colors of the Tea Party.
Joy Mitchell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I Keats calked it Anal Optic Disorder, but Cranial Inversion works. Either way, let them devour each other. It would be their only positive contribution.
Joy Mitchell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
DAMN auto edit! I meant I called it Anal Optic Disorder.
Martin Hyman via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Stupid vs batshit crazy. I'd rather watch the WWE interviews !
Rudy Gonzales
Perry in not for pro-growth, he's for enriching his buddies and close friends! This Yahoo continues to morph into what he thinks people want to see, hear and read as he now seeks the backing of the TEA party elitist. With no degree in Economics or Sciences, he spews manufactured lies as though he is knowledgeable. Perry's use of the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, development programs that offer capital for entrepreneurs with the goal of luring job-rich businesses to the state, to Perry's personal advantage. Face it - It's open season on Rick Perry and the failing TEA party as they are on the national scene now and they're in for a rude awakening! Perry is not a job making machine. The jobs he claims to be responsible for, are the federal jobs created. A liar and pseudo head, America needs to investigate him thoroughly and still not vote for him as he professes to TEA party loyalist and openly courts their backing. TEA party-ers have already corrupted and de-bunked the GOP, the defunct GOP are steering away from their radical narrow-minded rhetoric. Perry condemned President Obama’s stimulus and bailout package, he actively courted these funds, plugging the $6 billion hole in his previous budget almost entirely with stimulus money. Perry’s problems extend beyond his mediocre fiscal performance. He also has a crony-capitalism problem.