Why is Rick Perry running for president of a country he wants to secede from?

14 Comments

1. Barney Frank's pet Gerbil says:

   November 27, 2011 at 11:52 am

   He wants the country to succeed, not secede
2. Tommy says:

   November 27, 2011 at 12:12 pm

   Perry is going to get bashed worse than Sarah basically because he is a devout Christian. The Liberals are so phoney they are pathetic
3. Teufel says:

   November 27, 2011 at 12:58 pm

   So he can wreck it like bush did, then go back to texas and secede. Im ashamed he’s my governor.
4. Brutus says:

   November 27, 2011 at 1:17 pm

   Why is Perry suddenly considered a front runner? He brings no thoughts to the table just the same ancient Washington policies.
5. Lib Smasher says:

   November 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm

   Rick Perry never said that. Try getting your facts staright next time
6. Marcus Quintilius Varus says:

   November 27, 2011 at 3:09 pm

   Nah…he’s wanting to save the nation from the radical Marxist revolutionists so that its worth while for Texas to remain in the union….
7. Marxists are Retards says:

   November 27, 2011 at 3:54 pm

   He doesn’t want to secede from it, he wants to save the country! That guy got 1/2 the total jobs in America this past two years in his STATE! 1/2 the jobs made were in TEXAS- the other half were in DC under Obama- hiring govt we DON’T NEED!~
8. jeremy says:

   November 27, 2011 at 4:11 pm

   I’ve gone round and round with this one before. While I do not support his bid for president, I will defend the truth. He never wished for secession. That is spin at its worst.
9. robert says:

   November 27, 2011 at 4:21 pm

   its like if your friend was driving you towards a brick wall, you say let me drive or I’m jumping out
10. THE RED NECK says:

    November 27, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    I see your point. Do you see the man. Perry will remove the traitors in Washington.
11. ronnie says:

    November 27, 2011 at 4:33 pm

    He never said he wanted Texas to secede. But I guess if you keep repeating a lie enough, people will start to believe it.
12. August For President says:

    November 27, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    Well,at least that way we know the President wouldn’t come in and start murdering the citizens of the state for opposing a tyrannical govt,as happened the last time Free People tried to assert their right to be out from under the thumb of this monstrosity.

    August
13. iris054 says:

    November 27, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Brilliant question!

    Secessionist Texas Governor Rick Perry has stood against hardworking Texans from his initial arrival in the Governor’s Office. Texans HATE him! From the murder of an innocent man, to extremely high homeowner and health care insurance rates; skyrocketing college tuition and forcing eminent domain to grab Texans’ land, puts Perry as the worst Republican to lead Texas in recent history.

    Texans pay the highest homeowner insurance rates in the nation, an average annual premium of $1,409 per year, and nearly twice the national average of $804. (Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

    Perry permitted the industry to double overnight the premiums paid by Texas homeowners and refused to rein in exorbitant rates from his largest campaign contributors. (Source: Mcblogger.com)

    A February 2009 survey showed that 85% of Texans supported regulation of the insurance industry – yet Rick Perry and Texas Republicans fought insurance reform efforts during the 2009 legislative session. (Source: Hill Research Consultants)

    The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs – run by Perry’s hand-picked political appointees – has still, four years after Hurricane Rita, only distributed one-third of the reimbursements that Texas homeowners along the coast are due. (Source: Houston Chronicle)
    March 2009 Rick Perry rejected $555 million in federal stimulus money that would have expanded unemployment benefits for Texans during Bush’s financial collapse.

    Perry had to reverse this choice and question the federal government for a $170 million loan with interest, so that benefits could get paid. (Source: Reckon Progress) In 2003 Perry also questioned for this loan only one other time, in 2003.

    Perry did not want to provide help to 45,000 out-of-work Texans including part-time employees like single mothers, college students and senior citizens. It would have avoided the unemployment insurance tax hike for all Texas businesses. Perry already increased taxes on businesses in February 2009 when he replaced the Franchise tax with the Margin tax, the first corporate income tax in the history of Texas. The Margin Tax IS an income tax on corporations. (Source: OpEdNews-John-Basel)
    Texans’ utility rates skyrocketed 64% between 1999 and 2007, families in Houston and Dallas pay the highest utility rates in the entire nation. (Source: Associated Press, Dallas Morning News)

    •Utility deregulation has given rise to prepaid electric providers. These providers are sometimes run by convicted criminals who market to “poor, sick, and disabled” Texans and charge consumers rates up to 50% higher than average. (Source: Dallas Morning News) Texas Democratic Party

    •Some Texans on fixed incomes are forced to choose between paying their electric bill and buying groceries. Meanwhile, money in the System Benefit Fund – which was made to help low-income families pay their utility bills – continues to be diverted away from its intended purpose. Since 2002, more than half of all the money collected for the System Benefit Fund has been spent on things other than reducing utility rates. (Source: Dallas Morning News)

    Rick Perry’s campaign contributions: (Source: Project Vote Smart)

    •2000 – $4,056,424
    •2002 – $20,674,811
    •2004 -$10,299,759
    •2006- $20,199,539
    •2008 – $10,147,128

    Significant financial support came from Finance, Insurance & Real Estate, Energy & Natural Resources (Huge Oil), Lawyers & Lobbyists, Health and Transportation.

    More here: http://www.americaforpurchase.com/republicans/governor-rick-perry-must-go/

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14. robadawb says:

    November 27, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    His secession quote was an empty threat to publicly bash Obama’s fiscal policies in front of the tea party. It’s typical political fodder that is designed to rally the base. It will probably back fire on him during the debates when he will be questioned (I hope) to clarify his position on seceded from the US.

    “We’ve got a fantastic union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that.”