Rasmussen: Rick Perry now up 11 points on GOP field

Perry's religious views, at the Response Rally in Houston this month, to pray for the recovery of the nation's economy:
Rick Perry At The Response Prayer Rally - YouTube

That is why he will be a hit the the Christian fundmentalists.

Dubya got his guidance from god also, and that didn't work out too well...

Yer - This election will be about the economy and jobs and Perry will absolutely decimate Obama on jobs and the economy and point to Texas to back it up.

Its perception - We know the Gov doesn't do it all and the House and Senate are the ones who actually pass the bills into law and, the perception is ....A+1, he has guided Texas to a strong economy.

Texas's economy is pretty strong and Perry keeps getting reelected.

Obviously he is doing something that works.

ric27 said:

Yer - This election will be about the economy and jobs and Perry will absolutely decimate Obama on jobs and the economy and point to Texas to back it up.

Its perception - We know the Gov doesn't do it all and the House and Senate are the ones who actually pass the bills into law and, the perception is ....A+1, he has guided Texas to a strong economy.

Texas's economy is pretty strong and Perry keeps getting reelected.

Obviously he is doing something that works.

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Where he took federal doolars, or that they have a lot of low wages jobs, or that they have really poor health care and such? What do you see as his biggest plus aomng those?

ric27 said:

Yer - This election will be about the economy and jobs and Perry will absolutely decimate Obama on jobs and the economy and point to Texas to back it up.

Its perception - We know the Gov doesn't do it all and the House and Senate are the ones who actually pass the bills into law and, the perception is ....A+1, he has guided Texas to a strong economy.

Texas's economy is pretty strong and Perry keeps getting reelected.

Obviously he is doing something that works.

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Interesting, so government doesn't create jobs yet Perry as Governor is going to take credit for creating jobs.

finebead said:

Yes, we have the Rick Perry "succession plan" for Texas to some day succeed from the USA:

Governor Says Texans May Want To Secede From Union But Probably Won't | FoxNews.com

Then Perry flip flopped and took the stimulus money from Washington:

Texas balanced budget with stimulus money from Washington - Jan. 23, 2011

What a two faced deceitful jerk. No way this idiot makes it to the white house. Not gonna happen, no way, no how.

Romney is a fake and a flip flopper, he won't make it.

The repubs have two choices that make sense, Huntsman and Christie, and one is not in the race right now.

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There's also that "executed an innocent man and tried to bury it" thing.

winston53660 said:

Interesting, so government doesn't create jobs yet Perry as Governor is going to take credit for creating jobs.

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Conservatives believe government is the answer. :coffeepap

Boo Radley said:

Conservatives believe government is the answer. :coffeepap

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It is all so confusing in this topsy turvey world!:fly:

finebead said:

Perry's religious views, at the Response Rally in Houston this month, to pray for the recovery of the nation's economy:
Rick Perry At The Response Prayer Rally - YouTube

That is why he will be a hit the the Christian fundmentalists.

Dubya got his guidance from god also, and that didn't work out too well...

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Dubya got elected twice...so, it worked out ok

Perry seems like a good christian, that supports both Mil, and LE. He will definitely appeal to a lot of voters from all sides.

ric27 said:

Dubya got elected twice...so, it worked out ok

Perry seems like a good christian, that supports both Mil, and LE. He will definitely appeal to a lot of voters from all sides.

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Worked out? Only in the partisan my team won kind of way. Otherwise, Shrub was a disaster. :coffeepap

finebead said:

Perry's religious views, at the Response Rally in Houston this month, to pray for the recovery of the nation's economy:
Rick Perry At The Response Prayer Rally - YouTube

That is why he will be a hit the the Christian fundmentalists.

Dubya got his guidance from god also, and that didn't work out too well...

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This is definitely another set of points against him. God is not what will get us out of this Recession, hard work in balancing our budget by decreasing unnecessary spending and increasing revenue together is what will do it.

Boo Radley said:

Worked out? Only in the partisan my team won kind of way. Otherwise, Shrub was a disaster. :coffeepap

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Ya know what? Perry looks like dubya on the stump and even sounds like him. What Perry needs is a strong fundraising/organization....Oh ****! Perry already has it :2razz:

ric27 said:

Ya know what? Perry looks like dubya on the stump and even sounds like him. What Perry needs is a strong fundraising/organization....Oh ****! Perry already has it :2razz:

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YAY money will win election.

But will the victory party be any fun?

no booze
no women
no sex
no fun
no you no me
I think I'm turning Japanese!

ric27 said:

Dubya got elected twice...so, it worked out ok

Perry seems like a good christian, that supports both Mil, and LE. He will definitely appeal to a lot of voters from all sides.

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Right, except both the military and LE aren't going to be needed or worse, are going to be needed in a lot bigger numbers to keep the peace in and out of our country if we can't fix our financial situation. Perry is not a good person for this job. So far, most his answer to the financial problems of TX has been to borrow money and take money offered by the federal government (which won't work on a national level) while still refusing to actually change any part of the way TX works.

Part of the biggest reason that we are in this federal financial situation is the borrowing of money that everyone, Repub and Dem and individual citizens, have been doing. Instead of actually figuring out ways to balance what we owe, what we need to pay for, and ensure that there is enough money to do both, we ignore the first one and just keep borrowing money because we can't agree on the best way to do either of the second two. Everyone wants a quick fix and to appease their supporters. What people don't understand is that our politicians, especially those who are trying to get into office, should be doing what is best for the country, which is the three things I already listed.

ric27 said:

Ya know what? Perry looks like dubya on the stump and even sounds like him. What Perry needs is a strong fundraising/organization....Oh ****! Perry already has it :2razz:

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Not sure this speaks well of him. Sad that anyone would think shrub clone would clone would be a good thing.

But, while we're on this subject, allow me to add something I found earlier on perry:

Rick Perry — king of corporate welfare


The unfortunate fact is that Perry and Obama have a lot more in common than either would like to admit. They both think they’re smarter than the laws of economics and that they make wiser choices than markets do. And they both see taxpayer money as a giant trough for feeding their political pals. Perry is actually truthful about this, sort of. “I am a pro-business governor,” he told Time magazine last week. “I will be a pro-business president.” What he means is that he’s pro-certain-businesses, the ones run by his friends.

As governor of Texas, Perry controls hundreds of millions of dollars in state handouts to corporations for “job creation and economic development.” Not surprisingly, it turns out that the funds are especially good at developing one particular sector of the Texas economy: Perry’s campaign funds.

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And Perry is not content to merely pick taxpayer pockets on behalf of his corporate friends; he’ll resort to strong-arm robbery when necessary. The biggest controversy of his decade in the governor’s mansion was an arrogant attempted land-grab called the Trans-Texas Corridor, a $185 billion system of super-highways for which the state would have had to acquire as much as a thousand square miles of territory.

To deal with troublesome property owners who didn’t want to sell, Perry persuaded the legislature to pass a new form of eminent domain known as “quick-claim,” in which the state could have seized any land it wanted with just 90 days of notice, then “negotiate” the price later. The super-highway plan died in 2010 only because the federal government showed more concern for the rights of bugs and bunnies than Perry did for the property rights of his constituents, pulling the plug on its chunk of the budget out of environmental concerns.

Read more: Rick Perry — king of corporate welfare - Glenn Garvin - MiamiHerald.com

Deuce said:

There's also that "executed an innocent man and tried to bury it" thing.

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I'm for the death penalty, but that was bullcrap. He could have at least considered the evidence that the fire marshal was most likely wrong and the guy did not kill his children, but rather the fire was an accident. And then trying to cover it up? Completely juvenile and unprofessional.

Looking this up though did give me an explanation on the SVU episode I watched about a year ago though.

roguenuke said:

I'm for the death penalty, but that was bullcrap. He could have at least considered the evidence that the fire marshal was most likely wrong and the guy did not kill his children, but rather the fire was an accident. And then trying to cover it up? Completely juvenile and unprofessional.
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I'd say criminal in its own right.

What if...? said:

But Perry will have to open his mouth eventually, and then it'll be ok again.

Does the name Nehemiah Scudder mean anything to anybody?

"If This Goes On..."

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And we have seen what opening one's mouth has generated for us with the Obama record. Don't know why you would listen to rhetoric and ignore substance but that seems to be what the Obama cult does.

Boo Radley said:

Where he took federal doolars, or that they have a lot of low wages jobs, or that they have really poor health care and such? What do you see as his biggest plus aomng those?

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You obviously don't pay attention to the facts posted, the huge increase in labor force in TX, the massive job creation in TX, and the many options that people in TX have to get healthcare. I asked a question yesterday which no liberal wants to answer. Would you prefer to live in a state that is growing, that supports individual freedoms, that promotes business growth, that offers opportunities for the individual to start a busines and face low taxes or the Govt. mandates and massive nanny state being promoted by liberals? Pretty easy question that liberals like you won't answer.

winston53660 said:

Interesting, so government doesn't create jobs yet Perry as Governor is going to take credit for creating jobs.

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Perry has promoted an atmosphere that creates jobs in TX and is a great ambassador for seeking companies to move to TX. Keep demonizing TX but all that does is destroy your credibility.

Conservative said:

You obviously don't pay attention to the facts posted, the huge increase in labor force in TX, the massive job creation in TX, and the many options that people in TX have to get healthcare. I asked a question yesterday which no liberal wants to answer. Would you prefer to live in a state that is growing, that supports individual freedoms, that promotes business growth, that offers opportunities for the individual to start a busines and face low taxes or the Govt. mandates and massive nanny state being promoted by liberals? Pretty easy question that liberals like you won't answer.

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No, I actually pay attention. Many are low wage jobs. Texas competes for the worst health care in the nation. Perry took federal dollars, and is a huge contributor to corporate welfare. So, he spends, a lot, on those who need it the least.

Boo Radley said:

No, I actually pay attention. Many are low wage jobs. Texas competes for the worst health care in the nation. Perry took federal dollars, and is a huge contributor to corporate welfare. So, he spends, a lot, on those who need it the least.

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Many are low wage jobs? What is low wage to you and how do you know what the cost of living for those individuals and who makes up those individuals with what you call low paying jobs? As posted BLS shows 550,000 Minimum wage and below minimum wage jobs(People working for tips) yet you ignore the labor force of TX which is over 12 million. What is the percentage of minimum wage jobs in TX with that labor force and how does that percentage compare to the national numbers?

Interesting how liberals have no clue as to the cost of living in TX. Someone making minimum wage in TX paying ZERO in State income taxes is doing better off than someone in another state being paid minimum and subject to higher state taxes. Just another sound byte from a liberal who hasn't a clue.

Conservative said:

Many are low wage jobs? What is low wage to you and how do you know what the cost of living for those individuals and who makes up those individuals with what you call low paying jobs? As posted BLS shows 550,000 Minimum wage and below minimum wage jobs(People working for tips) yet you ignore the labor force of TX which is over 12 million. What is the percentage of minimum wage jobs in TX with that labor force and how does that percentage compare to the national numbers?

Interesting how liberals have no clue as to the cost of living in TX. Someone making minimum wage in TX paying ZERO in State income taxes is doing better off than someone in another state being paid minimum and subject to higher state taxes. Just another sound byte from a liberal who hasn't a clue.

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Minimumwage is minimum wage. Not having health insurance is not having health insurance. Spending money, your tax dollars, is spending money, your tax dollars. Are you sure you have a clue?

Conservative said:

Perry has promoted an atmosphere that creates jobs in TX and is a great ambassador for seeking companies to move to TX. Keep demonizing TX but all that does is destroy your credibility.

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I'm not demonizing Texas. Nor am I rooting for a "football team" like you are.

I think Texas can do better in education, health care, poverty and other metrics .

You seem to be content with the status quo merely because the Governor is a Republican.

Conservative said:

You obviously don't pay attention to the facts posted, the huge increase in labor force in TX, the massive job creation in TX, and the many options that people in TX have to get healthcare. I asked a question yesterday which no liberal wants to answer. Would you prefer to live in a state that is growing, that supports individual freedoms, that promotes business growth, that offers opportunities for the individual to start a busines and face low taxes or the Govt. mandates and massive nanny state being promoted by liberals? Pretty easy question that liberals like you won't answer.

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I'd personally prefer someone who isn't out to give their campaign contributors as many jobs and contracts as possible. Someone who isn't going to borrow their way to low taxes and an increase in low paying jobs. Someone who doesn't only support individual freedoms that he agrees with and seeks to deny some of those freedoms to others (SSM) with a constitutional amendment. Someone who doesn't refuse to believe many scientific facts, whether about the environment and how certain corporate actions can negatively affect it or concerning evolution or the fact that one of his citizens was most likely executed in error because a fire marshal was wrong in his assessment of a house fire.

Boo Radley said:

Minimumwage is minimum wage. Not having health insurance is not having health insurance. Spending money, your tax dollars, is spending money, your tax dollars. Are you sure you have a clue?

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Minimum wage jobs in TX according to BLS total 550,000 out of a 12 million labor force. What does BLS say the percentage of minimum wage jobs are in the country? How much do you think a teen should get for their first time job? Who are you or the govt. to tell private business what to pay its workers?

I never paid minimum wage to any of my hourly employees because the market wouldn't bear it. In fact I paid over $10 an hour in some areas just to compete. Do you understand competition and the affects on wages? Further do you understand that some states have a higher minimum wage than the national minimum wage, i.e. California? Doesn't seem that you have a clue.