Why is it that today all the liberals were exicted about Rick Perry joining the race?

14 Comments

1. Summertime says:

   August 17, 2011 at 6:07 am

   Im not.
2. MMM-hole says:

   August 17, 2011 at 6:32 am

   Didn’t you hear? Liberals are “afraid” of Rick Perry. Wait! They’re “afraid” of Michelle! No! They’re “afraid” of Sarah! Who will they be “afraid” of tomorrow?
3. No religion in this pub says:

   August 17, 2011 at 7:09 am

   Liberals would love for Rick Perry or Bachman to be the nominee, because neither one of them can beat Obama in 2012.

   Obama takes Perry by an overwhelming 10%
   General Election: Perry vs. Obama
   http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_perry_vs_obama-2701.html

   Obama takes Romney by 3%
   General Election: Romney vs. Obama
   http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

   Obama takes Bachmann by over 11%
   General Election: Bachmann vs. Obama
   http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_bachmann_vs_obama-1941.html

   Ron Paul, came within 1% of Obama in a General Election vote, he is the only viable Candidate that can beat Obama.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmt378So1A4
4. Namaste says:

   August 17, 2011 at 7:49 am

   Is that what’s being said on Fox today?

   Because Rick Perry is an a$$hole and I don’t know ANY Liberal who wants him for any public office!

   The man hasn’t even read the First Amendment!!!

   The last thing we need is another Texas cowboy in the White House….
5. Billy the Kid says:

   August 17, 2011 at 8:02 am

   Because Rick allowed a very large muslim compound in Texas.
   Because Rick opposed Arizona enforcing the immigration law.
   Just to name a few of his leftest perk agendas.
6. cat lover says:

   August 17, 2011 at 8:48 am

   You apparently have been spending too much time listening to talking heads, spouting off on opinions to fill the airtime. Things are way to early for liberals to get worked up about anything the Republicans are doing. Even Republicans don’t know.

   Rick Perry believes that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court decision validating the Constitutionality of Social Security was wrongly decided. He thinks Texas should be able to opt out of Social Security, and he believes that everything from federal public school programs to clean air laws are unconstitutional.

   That should be an interesting sell to Senior Citizens, who do vote in large numbers.
7. My bad. says:

   August 17, 2011 at 9:11 am

   I am happy because I believe his leading prayer concerts will hurt him enough with independents to cost him the election .
8. Panthera says:

   August 17, 2011 at 9:12 am

   Perry for President
9. tmpsmx4uti says:

   August 17, 2011 at 9:18 am

   I think a more appropriate word instead of “excited” would be “anxious” or “afraid.” They (liberals) deep down must KNOW that the gig is up. And the Perry announcement just makes them “crazy!”
10. sparkylump says:

    August 17, 2011 at 9:31 am

    Texans are sad to see him go! He is our longest serving Governor EVER! Since he has taken office, our economy is doing so much better than ALL the blue states! We have no state income tax, cost of living is EXTREMELY cheap, and he would have the Governor’s job as long as that continues! We’ll be sorry to see him go, he’s obviously the best choice for President, however, I’m sure someone with their head up their butt, will want to see how much more change we can take!? I’m not sure how much those blue states like change, but us Texans sure don’t need any Federal government keeping it’s hands in our pockets! Remember another thing too, it took a Liberal Jimmy Carter to bring a saving Ronald Reagan! If we can survive one more year under His Highness Obuma, Perry will save ya’ll again! I say ya’ll, cause us Texans already have it made!
    AIN’T CHANGE GREAT!!! We were the greatest nation ever, but then some idiots wanted to change that! Perry IS the next President!
11. J J says:

    August 17, 2011 at 9:35 am

    The following are 14 reasons why Rick Perry would be a really, really bad president….

    #1 Rick Perry is a “big government” politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.
    #2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.
    #3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?
    #4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.
    #5 Rick Perry claims that he has a “track record” of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.
    #6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.
    #7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore’s campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.

    #8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.
    #9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year….
    • ?We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.
    • ?We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.
    • ?We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.
    #10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
    #11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.
    #12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.
    #13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.
    #14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with an untested and unproven vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when “apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck’s hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work.”

    Rick Perry has a record that should make all Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents cringe.
12. CARMEN S says:

    August 17, 2011 at 9:45 am

    Perry is the devil in disguise!
13. J-Dogg says:

    August 17, 2011 at 10:36 am

    Rick Perry…Murderer?
14. Stainless Steel Rat says:

    August 17, 2011 at 10:46 am

    I don’t really care who the GOP runs as their candidate. Perry though is so extreme right wing that he is probably unelectable. I did not think anyone could be crazier than Michelle but looks like I was wrong.