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Perry’s First Campaign Ad: ‘Time To Get America Working Again’

As reported Saturday on The Blaze, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is now officially in the 2012 presidential race. The governor also released his first campaign ad with this highly produced piece called “Rick Perry: Time To Get America Working Again.”

Based on what you know about the current GOP candidates, please take our poll.


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  • netmail
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:12pm

    My, my…polling like this on Perry’s first is making us neurotic. Knock it off Blaze…Put some substance out there for us to digest first instead of soliciting uninformed decisions right off the bat. All of this is getting way too emotional for my liking.

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  • Spyder
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:05pm

    14 Reasons why Rick Perry would be a bad choice for president. The Bilderberg-RINO is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and he has some serious teeth.

    http://www.infowars.com/14-reasons-why-rick-perry-would-be-a-really-really-bad-president-2/

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:30pm

      Good article.(14 reasons….) I’ve circulated it around to my distribution list. I hope everyone else will too.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 4:03pm

      Let me preface this with I’m originally from Missouri, have only lived in Texas about 5-1/2 years. You can’t blame the education on him. We’re being over-run with Mexicans who can’t even spell or write in their own language, let alone ours. The schools have to teach to the dumbest kid. My gifted 12 year old is bored out of his skull, but he’s too ADHD to get into the gifted school (he’s top 1% on national test, but gets low everyday scores). I decided I didn’t like Perry when I found out he was FOR the trans-Texas Corridor. I would only vote for Perry if it was a choice between him and Obama, but I would still consider him a hostile.

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    • Chip Handerson
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 6:48pm

      Love the article. I don’t trust Perry, and I am a Texan. He’s just…slick. Just like Romney, just like most of the candidates, I just feel like they are slick.
      Ron Paul is the only guy that I feel is completely sincere, and provides true solutions to our problems.
      Ron Paul 2012

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    • gmoneytx
      Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:06am

      You do realize Alex Jones is a radio talk show host right? His job is to bring to light whatever makes his ratings spike…Like most of what he pointed out as being there is always the side of reason that prevails in the wake of emotional knee jerk reactions.

      You can put this guy in with the likes of Savage, Berry, Beck, Rush, Levine…and on and on…Antone can dig up something on someone and tweak numbers to prove a point.

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    • DonaldH
      Posted on August 16, 2011 at 6:58am

      well, then stick with Obama!!

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  • Flyndad123
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:22pm

    OMG, !! I thought we had intelligent people on this site?!?,.. You people are as dumb as the Obama supporters,.. Rick Perry,. what a JOKE,.. I thought we actually looked at what these people have supported and done rather than what they SAY they WILL do,…Do you people even have a CLUE as to what this idiot has supported ?!?!,.. 1. Forced innoculations, 2. Supported NAFTA super highway 3. Encouraged the SPP 4. Encourages and supports imminent domain. 5.Killed the TSA groping bill that the Texas congress passed by OVERWHELMING majority. 6. Taxes in texas have gone through the roof, particularly on franchise income. 7. AL GORE’S chief of staff ,.. Hello !?!? 8. He opposed Arizona’s SB1070 9.Voted for illegal immigrants to receive IN-STATE tuition at colleges. 10. ohh geeeezeeeee!!! Never mind,.. I thought this site was about principles and values,… you folks are just lost,….

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    • nothingbuthetruth
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Perry is arrogant.. Backmann is a great conservative, but he felt he could do a better job? I dont think so. Sorry Perry, you sound too much like George Bush and you read from cue cards, didnt buy your brand of convseravatism

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    • Valerius Poplicola
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:35pm

      Hi Flyn – thx for the info

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    • flagbearer
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:42pm

      All presidential and congressional candidates should be required to answer the following questions:
      1) Do you or have you ever belonged to the CFA, Bilderberg Group, or Trilateral?
      2) Do you support NAFTA, illegal aliens, and open borders?
      3) Do you support the New World Order, UN Agenda 21, and other globalist views?

      Rick Perry is a globalist and the backup candidate in case Mitt Romney doesn’t make it. Michelle Bachman is my choice. I don’t trust Perry or Romney. Why support the same kind of bureaucrat that we have right now in Washington?

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    • Glenn
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:05pm

      You apparently know much more about him than I or most others. This is what I must learn and see if he is for real based on what I have heard from him lately or if he is just “talking the talk” as so many do. Right now Bachmann seems as unwavering in her principles and beliefs as anyone.

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    • Oldtexan in support of Israel
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:20pm

      Every thing you say about Perry is true now would you like a list of the good things he has done? Just saying you have to way both sides and yes he is a globalist but most of that has been good for Texas.But with all of this i still do not know who I would vote for. No need to rush – all I see so far would be 100 fold better than Obama!!!!

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 8:47pm

      Flydad.. there’s more to those stories, you’re just spewing off talking points.
      For example, the innoculation mandate was reversed 2 MONTHS later by his own executive order. So that law didn’t even last, but I bet you didn’t know that!
      And the illegal immigration tuition aid has stipulations, like those college kids MUST work towards becoming legal US citizens.
      Come man.. there’s more to the story!!

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    • malarky
      Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:38pm

      I just want to point out that the TSA bill got dropped because they were threatening no-fly into or out of Texas airports.

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    • malarky
      Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:52pm

      I’d also like to state that my above statement does not mean I support Rick Perry, I just don‘t like to lay blame where it doesn’t belong. Really, what bother‘s me are the borderline secessionist statements he’s made in the past. Great for Texas, but on a national scale that’s a dangerous point of view to have.

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  • Dirty Durden
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:17pm

    Perry=POTUS
    Cain=VP
    Paul= Treasury
    Palin or Bachmann= State Department
    Newt=chief of staff
    Trump=Ambassador to China
    Mitt=?

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  • RA0725
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:14pm

    I like Michelle Bachmann, but Rick Perry has a record that you can’t argue. Tort reform, loser pays, tax reform, job creation, it’s all good. A lot of business has moved out of states like California and New York to set up shop in Texas. This isn’t a recent thing either, its been happening for years.

    Regarding his Democratic roots, my parents voted for JFK and were very conservative. The Democrat Party in not the same one from generations past, it has morphed into a collection of radical elements, card carrying communists, and idealogues who think they are the intellectual elite who deserve to wield power over the masses. They actuallly have the gall to believe they can make socialism work (or they are power hungry despicable liars).

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:36pm

      The economic environment in TX is very impressive but Perry has supported sanctuary policies for illegals, the trans texas corridor NAFTA superhighway that was going to tax americans for the use of roads that already exist, debt, taxes and it is widely rumored he worked behind the scenes to undermine the TX legislatures efforts to push-back against the TSA even though he supported it in public.

      BEWARE!

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  • Barbarian
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:07pm

    Perry entering the race is the best and worst things for the nation and state of Texas, by my estimation. Sure, I believe Perry would be a phenominal Prez (Reagan-esque), his departure from the Texas leadership leaves the door open for that uber-lib, mealy-mouthed, jellyfish spined, Bill White to try to weasel into the Governor’s seat, again. (*Tx Lt Gov Dewhurst is running for Kay Baily Hutchenson’s Senate Seat) I will admit, I was, and am a CAINiac, and with Perry running, I mourn the hit Cain will necessarily take, but I would LOVE to see a ticket with Cain on it, top or bottom, doesn’t entirely matter. I don’t know if the coasts are ready for another Texan in the White House, but I sho’nuff know the entirety of the country needs a conservative there.
    Playing fantasy Prez tix for a moment:
    Perry, Cain, Allen West and Bachman are my draft picks. Pick any two, in any order, and I’m happier than mule eating brairs.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:50pm

      Good points. A Perry/Cain ticket might be a winner. They’re both strong on economy and business building ideas, and both conservatives. I think I like that combo.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:54pm

    Meh, he should have been in Iowa. I think he will be a flash in the pan. JIMHO

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  • bankerpapaw
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:49pm

    We can get America working again if we can get the monkey wrench out of the gears at the White House.

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  • bestartist
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:48pm

    Yes, I do think Perry can win.
    We need a candidate who can WIN.
    Obama MUST NOT win another four years in the White House.
    I do not believe that America is ready at this time for a female president- that sucks but it’s true, and I do believe America wants someone with experience and understanding on some level of the military, not a putz who goes around the globe apologizing and looking like Urkle when he salutes.
    Perry has created a lot of jobs in Texas and is NOT a stupid Marxist, does not have associates who are nutjob terrorists and is the longest running Governer and so obviously has executive experience.
    I have spent a lot of years in the advertising business and I have to say that Perry LOOKS like the President already, more than Obama does.
    Obama looks like a fool, Perry is handsome, looks decisive and strong and like he would make people feel safe and looks how “America is supposed to look”….that may sound shallow but it is simply true….I think people are over the “exoticism” of Obama, they just want to come home.

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    • Roberto G. Vasquez
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:08pm

      I’m from Texas and knlow Rick Perry. He is exactly what America needs right now. I like Bachmann and Santorum but don‘t think they can defeat Obama’s hate-mongering fraudulent-voting machine. Rick Perry can.

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  • BobParker2003
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:32pm

    This has to be the best candidate right now for President, in my mind. As good as Herman Cain is Rick Perry is better because he has government experience. As good as Michelle Bachmann is Rick Perry has decision making experience. We need a President that has a true belief in God, a trust in American family values, a understanding of the Constitution, a knowledge of what American exceptional-ism is, and is not afraid to remember history, the good and the bad. This man could well be the next Ronald Reagan but even better.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 9:00pm

      Completely agree with your points.
      People think about this: You think Obama is un-experienced? So is Michele Bachman. Perry has been an executive (governor) of one of the biggest states in the US for 10 years! He has the experience that Cain and Bachman do not have.
      And there is a lot of hogwash about his record going on. There is FAR more depth to each of those talking points that people keep reeling off. Bottomline, Perry would be good for the country. Certainly a MAJOR LEAGUE upgrade to what we have now—and he can BEAT Obama.

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  • tifosa
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:30pm

    Dismantling this guy is going to be too easy, and has already begun. He wanted to secede before he groveled for a $6B stimulus check. That said, RUN, RICK, RUN!! :^P

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  • BOMUSTGO
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:29pm

    My slogan would have been, “Time to throw the Commie BUMS out!”

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  • JJW
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:27pm

    I will vote for Perry if he is nominated. I would like to see Rubio, West, Cain, Bachman and any of the other canidates that are running for VP. Rubio, West and Cain would help hold down the stupid race card the neo nazi left keeps throwing out. No! They are so out of it they would still try the race card. They are just that stupid.

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:22pm

    I need Sarah Palin to be added to the vote survey then i can vote

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:21pm

    Another stupidly worded poll, Blaze! You ask if he CAN win the presidency, then all of your alternative answers reflect whether we WANT him to win or would prefer another.

    Can I have YOUR job? Because it doesn’t look like much work is required.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:22pm

      Nor much intelligence…

      Yet we still frequent the site…

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:29pm

      Beggars can’t be choosers. But that doesn‘t mean we can’t be whiners. :-)

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:45pm

      Kind of like that gimmick… “Are you a Libertarian Quiz” lol. But no matter how you answer…. you come out as a Libertarian.

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    • Firebrand
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 4:01pm

      @isles
      Touche. Touche.

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  • ollie42
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:16pm

    Does anyone remember that Reagan was a Democrat who saw the light? He was also president of the actor’s union. Although Perry is not my first choice I would not have to hold my nose to vote for him.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:23pm

      I have my doubts about him, but they aren’t firm doubts. I need to see more, but I really like what I’m seeing now.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:55pm

      The only thing I worry about is his dealings with the Bilderbergs.. can anyone at this site answer that.. I am no longer worried about his switching parties..but dealing with the Bilderbergs does.. I don’t want another yes man in the WH.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 9:09pm

      There is A TON of misinformation being circulated… even right her on the Blaze.
      Perry has a better record than people are giving him credit for. There are a lot of talking points about how bad he is or what things he did wrong, but many of those talking points go deeper than just the headline people are posting. It makes me sick how fast people are ready to throw this guy away when he is probably one of the best candidates out there (in terms of chances of winning and in terms of experience).

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  • Milo Gold
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:12pm

    Feels,looks and sounds too much like George W’s 3rd term for me. If you want a Texan in the white house vote for Ron Paul.

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    • Weiners Wiener
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:54pm

      You Ron Paul supporters are a joke! You are second only to Obama supporters when it comes to cheesy canned lines and talking points. “Feels too muck like Bush 3…” What?? It‘s like you people don’t even think anymore. You just repeat things you hear at Paul rallies or see on the web. If you knew your own head from your ***, you‘d know Bush can’t stand Perry, and is hurting Perry’s fundraising in the Lone Star state. You‘d also know that Ron Paul doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in Texas of winning the nomination, much less the general election. When it comes to foreign policy and national security, the guy is more to the left than Obama! And that will never fly. The majority of people in the US openly celebrated the killing of bin Laden. What makes you think they’d now want to vote for a guy who just said in the debate we should let Iran have nuclear weapons? You’re as nuts as Ron Paul, and you‘re going to help Obama’s re-election bid by wasting your vote on Paul. That makes YOU part of the problem. You are no better than an Obama supporter.

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    • Valerius Poplicola
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:23pm

      The leader of Iran thinks he can hasten the arrival of the 12th Imam by destroying Israel…Iran calls the United States the big Satan…Iran has given more aid, people, money, resources to defeating the United States in Iraq and Afghanastan than any other people in that region…Ron Paul thinks Iran is a nice country and should have nuclear weapons…I’m sorry but that is just crazy. Ron Paul is super weak on defense. In the times that we live in, no thanks. If I wanted a President that sold out our national security, all I need to do is vote for Obama, he is doing a fine job already, we don’t need another angle on it. Ron Paul is like a cult leader, his supporters are more like club members than support for a reasonable candidate. It is almost as if they are pushing for him because they like the challange.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:58pm

      George W and Rick P are nothing alike and don’t even like each other very much. I agree they both have Texas accents … but don’t hold that against him.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 9:10pm

      THANK YOU WEINER!!
      Man this Perry bashing is getting old really fast. People are just rehasing the one liners.

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  • Mercy2011
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:10pm

    Reminds me some of Reagan….smart, strong, kind,…hope he asks Alan West or Marco Rubio to be his VP!!!

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    • The All Powerful Tea Bag
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:22pm

      Yes, Perry/Rubio ticket would be most ideal but Rubio’s not interested …yet???

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    • Quagaar Warrior
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:29pm

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      I’d vote for him even if he chose, “Carrot Top”, as his VP. Any & everything is better than what’s in the White House right now.
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  • Rogue
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:06pm

    “Conservative to the Core”…. did they actually say that? LOL! Good thing he didn‘t let Al Gore in on that little peice of info when he was Al’s campaign manager. When he came out publicly against global warming, it was all a show – trying to distance himself from his past boss.

    If he gets the nomination, I’ll vote for him, but I’ll be supporting other candidates until then. He’s a big spending RINO, and I believe only about 1/4 of what comes out of his mouth at this point.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:28pm

      Just to be fair, when Al was running for president in 1988, which is when Perry supported him, Gore was one of the most conservative democrats running. He was pro-life, at least that was how he presented himself. If he LATER evolved or simply revealed himself that doesn‘t cloude Perry’s earlier support.

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    • Dudley Do-Right
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:42pm

      Agreed, I don’t think his support for Gore should be used against him. I’m leaning towards Perry right now but I would vote for Sarah or Paul Ryan if they were to enter the race. I like West too!

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:42pm

      Not to mention…Why is it people have so much trouble with the concept of someone CHANGING THEIR MIND? Can people not grow? Can ideals not change? I get more conservative as I get older, and I sure did a complete 180* when I was saved at age 35. I went through a real libertarian stage for the last few years but am now outgrowing that and moving back towards Christian fundamentalism. I am not 100% right in all my views, take amnesty for instance, I could live with it as long as the borders were sealed. But I am non-compromising on other issues such as pro-life. Why can people not change their stance as they acquire new information? Not to mention that situations change and evolve also.

      Now, I agree that the usual politician flip-flops depending on what people want to hear, Romney did quite a bit of this during the last debate. But we do need to allow people to sincerely change their positions.

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    • terrenceor
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:05pm

      This was 1988 after 8 Years of Reagan and he still supported a Democrat. He became a Republican like all the other Southern Democrats who wanted to keep getting elected. We are loaded with them here in GA. Not completely on board the smaller Gov’t thing. More like following the voters.

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  • notavictim
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:04pm

    You got that right–anybody!

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  • boston-rightwinger
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:03pm

    Everyone on that list is better than obama. Perry sounded a bit like Reagan during his speech in S. Carolina yesterday. I now believe that America does have a future.

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  • RebelBroker
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 12:56pm

    Frankly, Perry is the most compelling candidate out there. When you look at it from the standpoint of accomplishments, he definitely has a strong appeal.

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    • Valerius Poplicola
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 2:40pm

      I agree he is most compelling, and probably competent. But I am concerned about his history on immigration. He is like George Bush on this subject. But the swift reaction from the Obama team to Perry’s speech yesterday before Perry even finished his anouncement speech shows Obama is threatened by him. I like that.

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  • Wishkah
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 12:56pm

    would love to see him pick either Bachmann or Cain as VP

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    • The All Powerful Tea Bag
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Thats exactly how this will play out. Perry is the best chance we have against OB. He will pick Bck or cain as vp ….he has to.

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    • stage9
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:06pm

      You nailed it!

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:34pm

      If Perry wins the nomination AS a solid conservative he won’t need to pick anyone more conservative as VP. He will pick someone more moderate to balance out the ticket. that’s how it works. HE will be the conservative leader on the ticket. He might pick Guliani. they’re friends. And I would be OK with that. The VP spot, after all, isn’t worth a bucket of warm spit, as Adams remarked.

      But hey, he could pick Ron Paul, to shake things up. that’s a different kind of “balancing” but wouldn’t that be wild.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:42pm

      Actually, if I were him I wouldn’t choose anyone who had gone through the meat grinder of the Primaries, no one running now.

      I’d pick Marco Rubio if I wanted to lock up the base tighter than a Swiss vault, or Condi Rice if I wanted to expand it.

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  • mrsmileyface
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 12:53pm

    I hope Perry dosnt make any stupid campaign mistakes. Let us Pray. Also im still waiting on Christie to jump in. I mean 200mil in a war chest for Christie is pretty tempting at least to me.

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    • texasred
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 8:56pm

      The only problem with that, is that Chris Christie is not a conservative. He does not support 2nd Amendment rights, just appointed a Muslim to a Court of Appeals in N. J., and is not running.

      Also, there is no way in hell he could win the South.
      Just saying.

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  • chickenfried
    Posted on August 14, 2011 at 12:52pm

    Remember everybody….anybody is a better choice than Obama.

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    • the58thstate
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:00pm

      i would like to see a perry/bachmann ticket just to see where our country really stands. not to mention it will drive the media nuts. great ad btw.

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:02pm

      Anybody!

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:55pm

      Mateytwo Barreett

      Anybody but Obama, yes!

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