Excellent and long post by garnet92 at Pesky Truth about Texas Governor Rick Perry -- seventeen things that his critics are saying with full unvarnished explanations:
Seventeen (17) things that critics are saying about Rick PerryThe comments are worth reading as a lot of people offer amplifications and additional materials. garnet92 also wrote this on August 5th:
Over the past couple of months Rick Perry has been considering a run for POTUS. As of Thursday, August 11, it looks like the decision has been made and he�s in.
Since he�s been Governor of Texas for over ten years, folks from the other �56 states� are asking Texans what kind of governor he�s been and what we think. I decided that what I �think� isn�t good enough � I could be wrong. So, I decided to do some research on Perry�s record and form a more accurate, fact-based opinion on his qualifications instead of relying on my general perceptions.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I voted for Perry in each of the three gubernatorial elections since 2002 and I am a conservative and a registered Republican. It was easy for me to vote for Perry since the alternative(s) were either uber-RINOs in the primaries or liberal Democrats in the general elections. Under the circumstances, my choice was always easy.
While researching Perry�s pros and cons, I�ve read every article and blog post that I could find � over several weeks. Many of those posts had 2-300 comments associated with them � I read them all.
After reading literally thousands of comments, it�s become apparent that there are quite a lot of anti-Perry activists out there throwing all sorts of disparaging rhetorical crap against the wall in hopes that some will stick and they can influence someone, anyone, to become anti-Perry too. The unfortunate thing is that most of their negative statements are either completely false, at worst, or misleading, at best. They�re simply parroting something they saw on another hater�s blog. Yet they maintain that they are the knowledgeable ones and those supporting Perry are ignorant clods who can�t walk and chew gum at the same time � �ignorant� is an adjective that they like to use a lot.
It�s ludicrous to think that some asinine statement like �Gardasil, Perry blew it � �nuff said,� deserves any consideration. No, it�s not ��nuff said,� there is usually more to know about an issue before a reasonable person can make an intelligent decision. For that reason, I have attempted to present some additional facts that have not been widely publicized just to educate those who have not been privy to Texas politics until now.
In that spirit, I do realize that anyone who reads this summary has a right to be skeptical of my facts. I therefore invite those who might dispute my findings to challenge them by verifying what I�ve presented here. And cross-check via reliable sources rather than relying on a single posting by some anonymous blogger � some spout �facts� which have no basis in the truth. I will identify the source of my data and in many cases, I�ll provide a link to the source so you can see for yourself � the real facts.
And finally, remember that any politician in office for ten years will have his/her critics and will have stepped on some toes during their term(s).
Want to know more about Rick Perry?Again, very well researched and again, read the comments.
Although President Obama has constantly lamented the sorry shape that George W. Bush left the country in, isn�t it interesting that Rick Perry followed that same �incompetent� George Bush as Governor of Texas with no major problems. Could it be that the horrendous problems that have confused and confounded the clueless Barack Obama weren�t really leftovers from previous President Bush after all, but of Obama�s own making?
