August 16, 2011 - 9:28 pm
With Perry Derangement Syndrome (PDS) growing as fast as his poll numbers, Pesky Truth, a suburban Dallas blog, has taken the trouble of examining the seventeen most common attacks on the Texas governor. Of course, that’s as of this writing. Expect 17 more by morning. And if Perry’s poll numbers continue to grow, make that 1700.
Will this be the most vicious presidential election of American history? I think we can bank on it.
As a supplement to the Pesky Truth link above, Allahpundit today linked to the following info defending Texas economic data from leftist attacks: http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1590. I think both links provide powerful support to the Perry campaign.
Stop shilling for Ricky Perry. No one is dumb enough to vote for this dominionist. Pick someone else like rand paul to support. Hell even allen west is better than rick gopgoodoldboy perry.
Stormtruther.
“Dominionist”? Huh? Roger L. Simon can be for any candidate he wants. The fact that he posted this post does not make him a “shill.” It makes him a journalist who is seeking to elucidate this topic and educate his readers. Apparently, that isn’t possible with you.
I read the link and it is an exemplary example of the finest journalism there is: the author pored through thousands of pages of data on Rick Perry and has distilled it brilliantly. Of course, you have to have an open mind even to read it, so that excludes you.
Mr. Simon: many thanks for a terrific link. Very helpful, especially in arguments with the many ignoramuses out here in the country.
“Will this be the most vicious presidential election of American history? I think we can bank on it.”
This reminds me of the way the judges on American Idol always say “this is the best season ever”. It’s not, really. It’s just another season. This election is not really any different. It’s just another election.
The only reason it seems like it’s the “worst/best/most vicious” ever is because it’s the one at the forefront of our minds right now.
There is a lot of data out there waiting to be reported. Data on records and facts that might actually sway people’s opinions. It would really be nice if the media would quit focusing on the “inside baseball” aspects of campaigning and really start focusing on reporting information that will be helpful to the people who want to make an informed choice.
When you opine this is just another “presidential election” season … you aren’t giving sufficient credit to the Administration’s Alinsky/Axelrod scorched earth practices that have demonized Palin and Bush and Obama’s Illinois opposition. “Chicago Wayers,” can’t rest if their opposition is still breathing.
From Chicago and all too familiar ….
Roger Simon – Thanks much for the link. Very interesting.
Proxywar: My problem with Ron Paul is his foreign policy. In any event, run him and get four more years of O. Sometimes half a loaf is better than no loaf.
Way to go, Jack! My problem with Ron Paul is his foreign policy, too. He doesn’t have one. He’d like the year to be 1895 again and have America the Isolationist stick its collective head in the sand. Not gonna happen.
If the GOP wants to reelect 0 then let the GOP ticket be Palin/Paul, you get to pick the order.
Mr. Simon, the best argument I found was the one I’ll paste below. I guess the main reason I like it the most is that it is the argument I’ve been making myself. The very idea that part of “jobs creation” is to create $179,000-a-year jobs, as Obama has done throughout the federal government is, in a word, nuts. Of course many new jobs will be minimum wage jobs. That’s how people enter the work-force. And then they work their way up. This is what, before Obama, used to be known as “the American way.” Many people here in Texas, myself included, work two minimum wage jobs in two 8-hour shifts. I do them at two hospitals. But I’m grateful for every dollar I earn and those dollars go much further in Texas than in many higher COL states. So even if you don’t have time to read every word in the article Mr. Simon links to, read this part, because truer words were never written. The first part (after the number 5) is the complaint. Under that is the author’s sensible reply:
5. The jobs created in Texas have all been low paying jobs. Texas’ average wage is much lower than the national average.
That statement would imply that Texans are working for minimum wage and must be living at poverty levels compared to other states.
Here’s a thought … isn’t a low paying job in Texas better than being jobless in another state?
Sonia Martinez, El Paso:
The following link debunks the low-job creation meme about Perry and Texas:
http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1590
I should note, it’s a bit of tough slog to get through the article because the author went to the raw data at the Bureau of Labor Statistics site. Nonetheless, it is well worth the effort.
Many thanks, Jack! Will read it with great interest, even if it’s a tough slog. It’s an important issue and I want to be as knowledgeable as possible about it. Much appreciate the link.
Looks like Perry is becoming the male version of the Sarah Palin pinata.
But this is a different time. It’s gonna backfire.
Thank you for the link — it was a good answer to my concern about the issue of Perry and Islamists. I still want to hear more about it — especially from Perry himself.
I think the 17 reasons post is a good one.
But on the one I know most about–Perry and illegal immigration, though the author admits to being “troubled” by Perry’s immigration legislation stances, it is actually worse than he acknowledges.
Very few people know, though it is the subject of current litigation, that the Texas “Dream” Act is worse than that of any other state in the country. Texas doesn’t just allow in-state tuition to illegal aliens that it denies to Americans. Texas pays Ca$h grant$–what it calls “Texas Grants” of up to $20,000 per illegal alien ($5,000 per year).
The Texas legislation was signed by Perry in 2007, and vigorously defended in 2007, 2009 and 2011 against Republicans seeking repeal or modification. No other Republican has signed legislation this radical. Only ex-Clintonista Bill Richardson has signed anything equivalent.
On this issue, Rick Perry is FAR–VERY far–outside the American mainstream. Not even John McCain is this far left on subsidies to illegal aliens.
Oh, and one other thing–the Texas legislation Perry signed is in violation of two separate federal laws, both of them passed by the Republican Congress in the reform summer of 1996, and signed by Clinton.
One of those laws was sponsored by a Republican Congressman from Texas, noted immigration hawk Lamar Smith.
Typo–Perry signed the Texas legislation in 2001. In the summer, Perry crowed about the legislation and its benefits to illegal aliens. You can read his speech on the subject here: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/
Perry: “We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, ‘we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.’ And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate. Those young minds are a part of a new generation of leaders, the doors of higher education must be open to them. The message is simple: educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.”