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| Texas Gov. Perry jumps into 2012 Republican race |
| 2011-08-14 |
| Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined the 2012 GOP race for president Saturday with an announcement sure to reverberate halfway across the country as his rivals competed in Iowa for the support of party activists. "I full well believe I'm going to win," Perry told South Carolina voters on a conference call about an hour before he planned to kick off the campaign with a speech in Charleston. In a posting on his new campaign website explaining why he wanted to take on President Barack B.O.Obama, Perry contended that "America's place in the world is in peril, not only because of disastrous economic policies, but from the incoherent muddle known as our foreign policy." Americans, he said, "will not sit back and accept our current misery." He said "a great country requires a better direction" and "a renewed nation requires a new president." He said people object to an administration "that sees its role as spending our children's inheritance on failed economic theories that have given us record debt and left far too many unemployed, threatening not only our economy, but our security. Our reliance on foreign creditors and sources of energy not only compromises our national illusory sovereignty, but jeopardizes our national future." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 JEB! Bush the younger Younger? ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-08-14 23:50 |
| #9 JEB! In 2016 you will |
| Posted by: S 2011-08-14 17:53 |
| #8 Pretty good ad by the gov. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2011-08-14 16:50 |
| #7 Perry is the longest continuously serving current U.S. governor. Texans like him. His speech in SC was good. Former AF pilot. Conservative values. A lot to like about him. He will be demonized by the left but then what's new--any R would? It's in the Alinsky playbook. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-08-14 16:14 |
| #6 What R can run for the presidency without getting dumped on by the other side? Hell, I'd be worried if they didn't. Perry is the real deal. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2011-08-14 14:55 |
| #5 Bush 2.0 > Carter 2.0 |
| Posted by: CincinnatusChili 2011-08-14 14:20 |
| #4 To sophisticated for them Glen. They'll just cry the "Bush 2.0" cry all the way to the Whitehouse. |
| Posted by: Charles 2011-08-14 14:19 |
| #3 Opposition campaign points: 1) Texas created jobs, but Perry wasn't the reason; 2) And there were not enough jobs created - Texas unemployment is still 8%; 3) The jobs that were created are 'bad' jobs, with low pay and benefits (not at all like DC & NY & CA government jobs.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-08-14 13:20 |
| #2 Don't mess with Texas! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-08-14 12:27 |
| #1 I'm pulling for Perry. That many Texans can't be wrong. Besides, neither the foreign out-sourcing of the economy or the presidency appear to work very well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-08-14 11:49 |