Perry campaigns heavy handed. The pyramid scheme where you earn money for signing up people. The TABC head guy is sending out campaign letters and without even skipping a beat Perry has no problems with it.
Words cannot say how far out of touch Perry has become, perhaps his bubble is just too protective. All I can say is nothing I have seen in this election will move me to vote for him.
So as Terri Hall said Prop #11 does not keep people like Perry from taking land for whatever use they want for it. This video is revealing because at the end he speaks of water in San Antonio. The water he may be referring to is our private water in my county. On land that the state doesn’t own, but several private land owners have spent a lot of money developing into perfect grazing and farm land. San Antonio is the one growing, let them figure it out. Our tax base will not be helped if we are robbed of potential profit in a county where the unemployment rate is over 10%. That is not protecting Texans, that is robbing Texans.
I highly doubt it. Matter of fact I think like many others Perry has made other plans of how to do TTC. Remember he only won with 39% the last race, during that one he wouldn’t back down. He then just last year made sure Ted Houghton stay on board of TxDOT.
There are ways to make Texans think TTC is dead but not be dead. I think he is doing sections at a time, so that all of Texas cannot band together. Remember I 69 is being done by Cintra Zachry, as well as completed toll roads built by Cintra Zachry.
I like many others will not believe TTC is dead until Perry is no longer our Governor and TxDOT is gutted and filleted. Cronyism is alive and well in Texas and especially in TxDOT. Now I am sure I will be painted as a moderate or an extremist who just cannot trust reality. But remember how many times I have been told it is dead only to find Rick Perry found a way to revive it.
He is a conniving man at best, at worst I cannot say what I think of him.
He is not who he seems to be, considering how many times he has said he is pro eminent domain, until it means he wants to use it. I don’t trust him any farther than I can throw him.
Here is a clip that explains the continuing questions about TTC.
When I first read about this I was sure my brain was not reading it correctly. Texas Doctors have been arrested and convicted of sexual misconduct but still practice in Texas.
Matter of fact we are so lax on those practicing medicine with convictions many doctors who cannot practice in other states are coming here. Why you ask?
Easy the Texas Medical Board does not revoke their licenses. Nationwide Doctors have 10% of the licenses taken away, but in Texas it is only 5%.
It is a travesty, it is a tragic reality of a Governor that is more excited about winning an election that actually governing the State he has been a Governor of.
The legislature has tried since 1990 to get a handle on this Board, without an ability to do so. As with many situations, the board is Governor Appointed. It has a small budget according to those on it, and they are “not in business to revoke licenses”.
Perry has replaced four of the Forensic Board, but this board is fit as a fiddle to him as well as TxDOT. Perry’s lack of leadership is hurting Texans, literally. Why would any parent want to take their kid to a pediatrician that has been convicted of trading sex for prescriptions?
Look I am not perfect, I am no brain scientist but I do think Democrat or Republican we want Doctors convicted of Sexual Misconduct to be unable to practice in Texas. For me it is a grievous misuse of power and authority. If Perry can’t clean it up then get somebody in who will try to do something about it.
The details of the story begin in 2002 that I know of, but they continue today. They will get worse because as we all know unless the truth is told, Perry is not going to fix it or even care to discuss it.
Dallas Morning News has detailed report HERE.
When Perry began getting endorsements I thought nothing of it. Then once the Texas Home Schooling Coalition chimed in I noticed. For a few reasons in particular I knew Debra Medina was a home schooling mom, and I also knew many homeschooling moms were totally against the HPV mandate Perry had signed as a executive order. That being said Tim Lambert said in his blog that the members voted to endorse Perry, members of his PAC not just any Texas homeschoolers. Then Cathie Adams endorsed Perry while I know Cathie fought the TTC as an eminent domain issue.
I consider them both sold out. It is something that not sit well with me, but you decide what you believe and you either stick it out or not. I am not changing who I am. Rick Perry is the first governor to do a business tax in Texas, the first to use eminent domain for a toll road while selling the profits for fifty years to a foreign company. He is also the first to sign an order to mandate 11 yr old females in Texas being vaccinated with a vaccine that proved not to be the safest for a STD.
Yes, I am pro-life, but I consider pro-life a life long journey. If you are not protecting those Texans already here to spout to me you protect the unborn. There are many examples of Perry not protecting those lives already here. I am not a one issue Republican, I believe in many issues.
Agriculture is King in our house, it is at the core of everything we do. We buy our clothes around what will work at the farm, sunscreen, hats, boots, trucks you name it they all have to be ag proof. Rick Perry sold the agriculture community out when he started TTC, not to mention having a vegetarian at the head of his beef area in Agriculture. Hubby has been a member of Farm Bureau for decades, Perry didn’t think it was nothing when he had their endorsement as Ag commissioner. Perry had promised to protect eminent domain over and over only to try to erode property rights. Now Perry’s campaign is calling Farm Bureau only an “insurance company”.
The Farm Bureau pac is AGFUND, that is who endorsed Hutchison. Simple reason, they know Perry is not for eminent domain, and without it no land owner can trust Perry.
Just as all homeschoolers will not support Perry, not all Farm Bureau members will support Hutchinson. Many Farm Bureau members live in towns, and don’t own land. Trust me the men that own hundreds or thousands of acres Perry is not at the top of the ticket. It is about land, not insurance.
How you react to endorsements is telling. Kay and Debra rarely even mention the endorsements they don’t have. They just keep campaigning. I tend to respect those that think the issues at the heart of the endorsement is more important than a stamp on a candidate.
Link about Endorsement HERE.
That is the number of Texans that will lose unemployment benefits by the middle of October. 12,000 are still trying to find work in Texas, otherwise they would not be on unemployment. There are many more companies in Texas that hunkered down, but soon they will have to bite the bullet and lay off more workers.
By the end of the year 55,000 will hit the end of benefits. In Texas you can talk to all the rubber chicken dinners you want to, wear fancy tailored suits but if you don’t actually do something about Texans losing jobs you are worthless to this Texan.
What irks me is how many times Perry has toured the world while Texans are struggling to keep what jobs they have. If he spent a fraction of time on jobs in Texas vs building his resume I would feel differently. Remember the unemployed vote heavily.
This quote of Texas being recession proof haunts me, where is this guy living? Oh yeah in a house our taxes pay for!
Did I mention I am supporting Kay Bailey Hutchison? Well now you know why!
This post I never hoped to post. It was a post I had hoping Perry would allow something to be looked out, fixed and allow the horrific truths to come out or not.
If only that had happened, if only Perry had done what he has done in countless of other situations, reappoint the existing people and let it go. God knows Perry has done it many times with people that should be fired.
What am I talking about? A man was executed by the state of Texas, but forensic evidence says it may or may not have been a mistake. The New York Times has covered it, every major paper has covered it. Until Perry made the replacement of the people that had started the investigation and found some problems in it, I had hoped one time Perry would ignore the “heavy handed politics” and let something work through the system.
I don’t know the specifics, or let me say I am not going to look into them. Frankly right now all I can do is bring it up and pray. I don’t know enough to rattle off anything other than look at this.
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Here is the Wall Street Journal article Look HERE.
I do feel like Bradley was put between a rock and hard place, I don’t know him at all but I would hope he would look into this. But Bradley took the appointment knowing the pressure of this execution.
That and the fact many very conservative people have valid reasons for not supporting Perry. I consider myself very hard on crime, but I also strongly believe in the appeal system when it works.
I have in great detail talked about grassroots. There is a reason why they are important, they are not paid. They do it because deep down they believe in a candidate. Personally I think grassroots keeps candidates close to the voter, you tend to hear what a regular voter says if you know they don’t have to help you.
Rick Perry’s “way” of doing what he calls rewarding grassroots by actual cash should be illegal. The fact that it isn’t is a reflection not on the election laws, but on some that want to do whatever they can to win.
There is a “paid grassroots” person cashing a check for $3,500. I guess Rick and her sleep fine at night.
Forever many grassroots people have been invited to inagurations, photo opps and the like. But Perry is the first candidate ever to pay people. I don’t really see a difference between that and ACORN registering voters to vote for Obama while working for ACORN. The more numbers they registered the more money they got.
The fine details are HERE.
I have been told by many pro-life conservatives that no matter what Perry is their guy. While I am pro-life I am looking at two things in a Governor. Some sort of moral compass, and an ability to lead. Perry fails that test in my mind. Michael Williams would be closer to defending the constitution in DC than as RR commissioner. He is more like me on issues than Kay. Kay has had to play DC politics in order to get money for Texas, and Perry cashed those checks without a problem till this campaign. In the big picture Kay is much better for Texas, and Michael would be a fantastic Senator.
Yep still behind Kay and Michael. My gut told me a long time ago, that Texas would be better off with Perry in College Station or DC to chase his dream.
The Texas unemployment is at 8%. 62,000 jobs were lost in August alone. There are huge numbers of unemployed whose benefits run out the end of September. I happen to know quite a few, who despite their best efforts cannot find a full time job. They have find small part time work, but full time nothing is available in our area. We are the highest unemployment rate in 22 years.
If you don’t know this fact, you are not living in the Texas I know. Here is the TWF press release. Look HERE.
There are gifts, and then there are Neiman Marcus gifts. This tape is a Neiman Marcus Gift.
Perry is completely out of touch with actual Texans. The Texans that built Texas know how bad it is. There are no rubber chicken dinners that cost $150 a plate for these people. Many are on food stamps, or looking at Medicaid for insurance.
To think Perry is able to solve a problem he laughs at while running for Governor is beyond a campaign gaffe. This is a Perry character problem, he is arrogant. His arrogance will not create Texan wealth.
No this isn’t about Pro life or Pro Choice. This is about Choice. I live in a very yellow dog Democrat county. As a Precinct Election Judge I have heard for years that there is no choice in office. When you have one Candidate on the ticket it is really hard to vote against them. You can not vote, but voting against them is hard.
That has been one of my biggest concerns about anointing Rick Perry as the Republican choice in Governor before the Primary. It is hard to have nobody you want to vote for, since I have spent the last decade doing it locally.You want your vote to count.
Having a Governor Dog Fight is good for Texas, if handled correctly. We get to decide whom we like most. Then the best candidate goes against a Democrat candidate in the general election. Many Republicans that are rural grassroot supporters feel like Perry left us behind a long time ago with TTC. Many homeschool parents, and many conservative parents feel with the attempted HPV mandate was one of the worst things you could do as a Governor. Those concerns are real, and relevant. If Rick Perry thinks they aren’t, he is wrong.
Do I wish Kay was pro-life, you will never know how much. But I do know one thing the Senate is the worst place to keep a pro choice person, she is better off in Texas than in the Senate. My deepest concern about this race is Perry is willing to keep the Senate place pro-choice, when he has Michael Williams that is pro-life he could place in the next day if he chose to.
Perry seems unwilling to do the best for Texas in my opinion. Whether it is TTC, eminent domain, HPV mandates, appointments to Universities or the WashingtonKay website. His only focus is winning for Governor.
I am not surprised he has lost confidence with Republicans, he backtracked on secession right after speaking. Many conservative working women are backing Kay, they see her as woman that wants to make Texas better.
The poll saying they are neck in neck, is good news, because no one can rest until the primary is over. Real issues are out there, real differences, real party platform planks needs to be mulled over.
My hope is the real debates, the real issues can come out. The name calling can stop and the actual race can begin. I will be forever grateful to two women Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina, for making this Governor race a real race. It gives me hope that change even in Texas is possible.
