Have no fear... Repubs do not like Perry.

[w8liftinglady]

Snippets of a letter in my local paper

http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2011/08/14/opinion/doc4e475c1f59205759501863.txt

"Texas Governor Rick Perry may be the flavor of the day for a lot of Republicans, but Texas Republicans who are familiar with his record are a lot less enthusiastic about his presidential run.
Perry has a unique talent for finding new ways to raise taxes and loves to use taxpayer money to subsidize his business cronies.
His supposed belief in limited government and states’ rights conveniently disappears whenever it conflicts with the demands of the special interests and corporate cronies who he serves.
Governor Perry’s record of big government, big spending, big taxing and attacks on the fundamental rights of Texas citizens is familiar to Texans, but seems to be much less well known to Republicans outside of the state, which may explain his high initial showing in the polls.
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1. Business Slush Funds: Perry made heavy use of business incentive “slush funds,” which used taxpayer dollars to subsidize selected businesses, many of them run by his major campaign contributors.
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2. Toll Roads and Land Seizures. Perry has never met a toll road project he wasn’t willing to seize huge amounts of private land for and then give the exclusive management contracts to foreign corporations.
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3. Forced Vaccinations: In 2007 Perry issued an executive order which would have forcibly vaccinated every girl in Texas entering the sixth grade with Merck’s Gardasil vaccine for human papilloma virus.
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4. The Job-Killing Franchise Tax: Knowing that it would be impossible to pass an income tax against popular opposition in Texas, Perry promoted the idea of a special business tax called the “Franchise Tax,” which taxes businesses at different arbitrary rates set by the government.
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5. Scuttled the Anti-TSA Bill. When Rep. David Simpson led the Texas legislature toward passage of an enormously popular bill (HB1938) to hold the TSA accountable for intrusive searches of airline passengers, Perry played a key role in making sure that the bill was not passed.
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Don’t be fooled by campaign hype. If Perry says he’ll cut taxes or get government off our back, look up his real record. Look up his past statements.

He supported TARP.

He supported the bailouts.

He was even Al Gore’s Texas campaign manager back in 1980.

A vote for Perry in the Republican primary is a vote for more big government and more taxes and more of the the same deficits and irresponsibility we had for 12 years under Bush and Obama. The Republican Party and the nation need real leadership, not more of the same with a nicer head of hair."


(RLC of Texas Chairman Judson Vandiver asks, “Let’s hope Republicans outside Texas see through all the hype. Let’s all say to Perry what he said to a Texas state trooper when he tried to bully her after she pulled him over for speeding: ‘Why don’t you just let us get on down the road?’”

Dave Nalle is the secretary of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas. The Republican Liberty Caucus is a nationwide grassroots organization which promotes individual liberty and limited government within the Republican Party. You can find more information about the Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas at www.rlctx.org."

[Firebrand Gary]

1. He is one of the pawn's on the chess board, party sacrifice if you will.

Just like in the game of chess, Perry, Palin, Bachman, Santorum, Cain, Newt, they are all the pawns on the chess board. The powers of Wall St/GOP are getting them out in front to take the sacrificial hits in an attempt to shield their King or Queen.

[Tx4obama]

3. Yes. I believe that the real GOP King/Queen will not emerge until 2016. n/t

[Frank Cannon]

5. The real king is Jeb Bush.

The GOP knows it's going to take at least eight years to wash the bad taste of Chimpie out of the mouths of even the dumbest Americans.

[formercia]

7. Rehabilitating the Bush name.

It's the name you know. It's burned into everyones' Brain. Now all Madison Avenue needs to do is make us eat shit and believe it's Candy.

[uponit7771]

9. +1!!!!

[Tx4obama]

2. The only reason that Texas has an increase in jobs is because ...

we have had an increase in MINIMUM wage jobs, and also Perry has stole jobs from other states by giving them a lesser tax rate than in other states.

Texas SUCKS as far as 'good paying jobs', 'education', 'healthcare', etc.

Perry is a nightmare.
I am shocked that Perry won his re-election in the last election - same goes for Bachmann in her re-election in Minnesota!

[tanyev]

4. The circular firing squad has not yet begun to fire.

Right now they are carefully cleaning their weapons and thinking about where they want to aim.

[OHdem10]

6. He was brought into the race for a reason. We should not forget

that.

They wanted a winner and a Republican who
be confrontational with Obama.

He may not appeal to me but I am not voting
for him.

[Ilsa]

8. Perry's cuts to education, including colleges, is causing local govts to raise taxes.

He doesn't have the courage to come out and say it himself. He just pushes it down to local levels, which mean there will be less equity among school districts.

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