Sunday, August 14, 2011

Shaking up the race

Governor Rick Perry of Texas is now officially a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and I have to admit, I am wowed by one of his introductory comments, cited here by John Podhoretz.
“I will work every day to make Washington, DC as inconsquential in your life as I can,” says Rick Perry as he announces for president. Well, there it is. The 2012 race in a nutshell—”America is not broken. Washington D.C. is broken,” as Perry said, in contrast to Barack Obama’s continuing insistence that government must somehow lead the way out of the economic doldrums with infrastructure banks and payroll tax cuts and extending unemployment insurance. If the dividing line between Republicans and Democrats is that Democrats want, in some sense, to direct America from Washington, Republicans believe the United States should not be directed, and should instead be managed as close to the citizenry as possible.
I'm also impressed by his views on climate change.
“...all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight.”
Listen to those liberal heads exploding! Sounds like a herd of elephants stampeding over an acre of bubble-wrap.

7 comments:

RebeccaH said...

It's going to get ugly from here on out. Or, I should say, uglier. Perry not only talks the talk, he's walked the walk. I just hope he's got an iron-clad skin.

wv: dissisal - what Obama and the Dems have been doing to us for three years.

Yojimbo said...

Sounds really good. One-third of all the jobs created in the "recovery" come from Texas. But-but-but, wait until people start looking below the surface on his immigration stance.

Major rant begins about now!
STILL WAITING FOR SOME CANDIDATE TO TALK ABOUT ROLLING BACK THE NEW AGENCIES AND REGULATORY MILLS THAT HAVE BEEN SPAWNED UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION! IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING WE HAVE TO DELETE THESE AGENCIES AND THEIR REGULATORY SPRAWL.

Perry should be in a good position to do this because ther EPA has a bullseye planted squarely on Texas consumers. He should be able to use this idiocy as a major launching pad.

Rant addendum.
STILL WAITING FOR A MAJOR CANDIDATE TO PLEDGE THE END OF BASELINE BUDGETING.

I don't think the people are really aware of baseline budgeting and what it entails. I can't believe the average voter would be in favor of this practice. This would be a great linchpin issue to carry during the campaign.

We now return you to your regular programs.

RebeccaH said...

Yojimbo, I know Perry has his faults, but I also believe he's a politician who's capable of changing direction when he sees which way the electorate is blowing... something Obama is totally incapable of doing.

richard mcenroe said...

Of course he's only a D student.

Perry talks great. And a Calcutta alley dog would make a better President than Obama.

But I'm concerned about quite a few of Perry's actions and statements on immigration. Combined with his defense of his Gardasil program, he seems to have a 'feel good' impulse that is an intelligent and dangerous substiture for intelligent compassion.

rinardman said...

I'll just wait until the MSM gives their fair and unbiased analyses of Rick Perry's credentials, before I decide if he would be an improvement over President Obama.

I trust them, and everything they say is the truth.

I also think the moon is made of gouda cheese....on a giant cracker.

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Paco said...

YoJ: You're right about that, bro. Regulation, at all levels of government, is out of hand. From Obamacare to environmental restrictions to taxi cab medallions to freakin' lemonade stands, it's all taking a toll.

richard mcenroe said...

correction: That should have read "emotional but dangerous" not "intelligent but dangerous."

My bad.