Rick Perry... be afraid, be VERY afraid.

[GSLevel9]

Watch the video! The Pubs are gonna' love this guy...

http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/06/18/perry_left_never_going_to_like_us_so_lets_stop_trying_to_curry_favor_with_them.html

Perry is throwing red meat in a "Practice-Stump-Speech"... imagine this guy as your President.

Fair warning... fix the fucking economy because THIS is what's coming!!!

BTW... watch the hand gestures and oratory style... it's Hitler-esque

[Arkana]

1. He talked openly about secession

and if you don't think his opponents will use that against him you're crazy.

[tomm2thumbs]

23. why does he hate America?

[Maccagirl]

2. I can't bear to spend one minute watching him

But I can imagine the gist is that we can pray away all the problems-and God is punishing us for having that Muslim atheist mixed-race guy in the WH.

[AzDar]

3. I think the memory of the *other* brain-dead, asswipe of a Texas Governor

and the monumental damage he inflicted on the country may still be too fresh in the minds of our citizens for this to be workable. Give it 8 years, though..

[GSLevel9]

6. well in 2004 that artificial Texan swagger

seemed to work for 51% of the population...

Don't discount the general public...

[gateley]

10. Don't give too much credit to the general public. nt

[AzDar]

18. Well, I count myself amongst those who don't believe he *was* re-elected by the People in 2004

:hi:

[DrDan]

4. they already do - his name was brought up on C-SPAN this morning

responding to the question, who will you vote for next Presidential election.

They are complely buying the story of economic recovery in Texas.

[shraby]

5. Started to watch, but cannot and will not listen to the

garbage he's spewing from his "mouth".

[DBoon]

7. Texas prison labor puts manufacturer out of business

http://tylerpaper.com/article/20080824/OPINION0301/808240310

The Jacksonville Republican has taken on a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison labor program, which he says has already driven a Lufkin manufacturer out of business, and is now threatening others.

"Prison work programs can be a good thing, but not when they cost the jobs of law-abiding men and women," says Nichols.

"No Texan should lose his livelihood to businesses unfairly subsidized by prison labor."

Part of the Texas "miracle"

[global1]

8. He Has Reaganesque Features........

I saw a clip of him on one of the cable news shows the other day and he kinda resembles a young Ronald Reagan. Scary!!!!

[earthside]

9. Creepy ... Bush clone.

Yuck ... I can't stand this guy.

That being said, however, I am not so sanguine about Pres. Obama's reelection effort as many are here at DU.

I handicap the 2012 presidential race as close ... and with a Repuglican nominee like Perry there is the chance that Obama will not get reelected.

Especially if the economy is down and average Americans are casting about for some dramatic change because of their fiscal frustration. Frankly, I think that the voter in 2012 may be irrational, easily swayed by appeals to fear and nationalism, the kind of rhetoric a guy like Perry is going to be very good at.

What I want and what I can see happening are two different things -- and Democrats, liberals and progressive better not be too confident that Obama is a shoe-in because they think the Repuglican candidates are too crazy.

[Honeycombe8]

14. Funny thing is....I don't think the Bush regime supports his bid for President.

I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because he's a tea partier, and Bush and Rove and Bush regime are traditional GOP uber-conservatives but not tea partiers. Rove hates Palin, for instance, and thinks she's a dunce.

[Sienna86]

11. Narcissist - he dyes his hair

I've worked with this type before. No use for people...other than their "yes men".

[Turbineguy]

12. His speech would have sounded better

in its original language.

[Ikonoklast]

32. You gotta admit

"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!" does sound kinda catchy.


Perry should go with it.

[onenote]

13. visiting with some repub relatives this weekend

A couple expressed support for Perry. Others shot them down (and these are repubs speaking) that Perry's albatross is that he will be tied to GWBush as another "Texas governor" and the general public doesn't have any desire for another round of that.

[Windy]

15. He's the Glenn Beck candidate. He will have fervent followers...also lotsof money behind him

He's one that I worry about, however, I don't think any of them have a chance in hell of beating Obama in a debate. Problem is, a lot of people don't watch the debates and vote based on soundbites.

[awoke_in_2003]

22. Kerry soundly thumped W...

in his debates- debates don't matter, sound bytes do. You think a country that is inhabited by people who can only understand concepts that can fit on a bumper sticker actually care about the debates?

[DCBob]

16. This guy hasnt passed the national vetting process..

I suspect there is lots juicy stuff there. Also, most of America wont respond to his "red meat".. thats just for the RWingnuts to enjoy.

[Andy823]

17. Excellent point!

He is not all he "claims" to be, and when the facts come out he won't look so hot to most republicans. As you said the right wing nut jobs will love him, but that won't get him the nomination!

[Thrill]

19. You never hear any of these clowns

Talk about what they would do different that Pres Obama. And when they are forced to do so it always boils down to more tax cuts for the rich

[Imajika]

20. Perry is almost certainly going to run...

As another poster mentioned though, he has not been vetted yet.

He's such a sort of natural choice for the GOP to run that I am suspicious the reason he has stayed out so far is because he's got a closet full of skeletons.

If he can make it through more intense media scrutiny though, I do think he could win the nomination and be a tough opponent.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

21. Wife Anita allegedly found him in bed with the male Secretary of State.

and it was hushed up.

[tomm2thumbs]

24. maybe they were going over some briefs

[JoePhilly]

25. "Govonor Perry, as president, would you support Texas seceding from the Union?"

Ask him this every day.

[GSLevel9]

27. he would offer some pablum laden answer whenever asked...

"I'd support the right for any state to do whatever is necessary when the Federal Gov't is corrupt, intrusive and intent on destroying the American dream."

^^^ The secession quote thing is easy for him to weasel his way out of...

[JoePhilly]

28. Keep pushing ... does he love America, or something else?

[GSLevel9]

29. I don't know... do I look like his mother? lol... nt

[Avalux]

26. He has destroyed Texas, and is much worse than Bush.

Of course the full ramifications won't be felt until years from now when the enture state is a toxic wasteland.

He is a disgusting man and oh so smooth. His past may keep him out of the running for prez though. Too much in the closet.

[Vicar In A Tutu]

30. I've read more than once, and I would tend to agree that...

..if the skeletons are going to be that easy to dig up, why has no-one in Texas succeeded in doing so? I understand that the Obama campaign would be able to unearth pretty much whatever the fuck it wants to (and subsequently rub it in his ridiculous face), but surely the suspicion has to be that there exists only unsubstantiated rumour and hearsay at this point.

[Avalux]

31. Because Texas is corrupt. If you don't live here, you wouldn't understand.

It may be only rumors with no substance, but from what I've heard, I doubt it. Within the borders of Texas, Perry has been safe. Out in the real world, we'll see.