Rick Perry is a George W. clone........

[Logical]

I had not seem him speak before and saw a clip last night.

He is a clone of W! Talk. mannerisms, etc.

There is no way the American public will elect a guy like that again.

Also, he is more of a religious nut than W was.

I hope he is the nominee. It will make our job of keeping the GOP out of the White House easier.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. "More Tears Are Shed Over Answered Prayers Than Unanswered Ones"

He is a piece of work , as you say, but you will never go broke underestimating the intelligece of the American people.

[treestar]

2. Yeah, let's hope they don't think prayers might work after all!

[awoke_in_2003]

11. one of the things they are praying for...

today is rain. I hate to say it, but I hope like hell it doesn't rain for a while. I don't know if I could put up with their smug bs.

[sudopod]

10. Tell that to the guy who made the Sarah Palin movie! nt

[awoke_in_2003]

12. he was on Bill Maher last night...

he is singularly unimpressive. Neil deGrass Tyson, on the other hand, was as impressive as he always is.

on edit: I just saw he is going to be hosting a sequel to Carl Sagan's "Cosmos". I am glad I finally got a DVR

[sudopod]

13. It's also on the hulu! :D nt

[awoke_in_2003]

20. too bad that site...

takes far too long to load.

[high density]

3. Has Florida fixed their butterfly ballot design yet? NM

[Dad Infinitum]

4. He reminds me more of Reagan

He has that phony cowboy persona. He is like a caricature of a real human. Robotic like Reagan.

I have this sinking feeling that he is their next nominee. God help us if he wins.

[Enrique]

5. he's Bush without the good grades

:-)

[jenmito]

6. Yup-and he squints when he talks, just like Bush, too. n/t

[budkin]

7. I live in Austin. Believe me, he's worse.

[jzodda]

8. I disagree

He in fact is Obama's most dangerous opponent.

He has all the bonafides that the right wing likes. (Unlike a Huntsman or Romney)

He has things the independents like as well like being a sitting gov of a large state. (that ole experience factor) Its also a state that's bucking the trend and doing well economically so he can use the experience argument at every turn.

In a general he will make himself sound moderate and being the gov of a very rich state he will rake in the money to campaign.

Unless he has a skeleton in his closet I think he is far and away the most dangerous.

And keep in mind that stuff about talk and mannerism-Well they elected Bush 2x with this stuff.

[Creideiki]

15. "Its also a state that's bucking the trend and doing well economically" Really?

Then why did he need to take that check from the feds to balance his budget?

Remember--perception is reality. And the corollary--messaging determines perception.

[win_in_06]

22. He balanced a budget?

We could be in trouble.

[melissaf]

9. I agree

I can't stand it when he talks. Makes me want to throw up in his lap.

[lonestarlib]

14. Never, ever underestimate Rick Perry.

He's much worse than George W.

And he's a darling of the Koch bros.

[boxman15]

16. He reminds me of Reagan, actually.

And that scares me.

[budkin]

17. Reagan wasn't a complete fucking asshole... this guy is pure scumbag politician

[progressoid]

18. You misunderestimate the stupidity of the American public.

[eallen]

19. No. He's worse.

:hippie:

[Arkana]

21. Perry is, if possible, dumber and MORE falsely pious than GW.

Dubya ran as a moderate in 2000--the "happy warrior", the "compassionate conservative". You'd think that the fact that he had to qualify "conservative" should have clued people into the fact that the ideology doesn't give a shit about people by default, but there you are.

[AnnieBW]

23. With better hair

Or bigger hair.