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NOTE: I do not endorse Perry or any other candidate, this is merely a post about him.
Four years after we bid farewell to our last President who was a Governor of Texas, another one has just thrown his hat in the ring. Rick Perry is going all in on a bid for the White House.
Here's a few facts you should know about him:
- He's a fundamentalist Christian who recently organized a prayer rally at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston called "The Response" in which 20 000 people came out to pray for America. The event had an interesting group of participants and sponsors, including the American Family Association (a Christian organization identified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law center due to their views on gays)
- Often takes credit for improving the Texas economy and building the state into a model of how a state should be properly governed.
- HOWEVER, Texas currently ranks #1 in the following categories: Percentage of residents without any health insurance, accidental deaths in the workplace and minimum wage workers.
- He has been active with Tea Party groups in the past and even suggested at an event held by one of them that Texas could potentially secede from the Union due to frustration with Federal policies. Here's more:
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!"
An animated Perry told the crowd at Austin City Hall -- one of three tea parties he was attending across the state -- that officials in Washington have abandoned the country's founding principles of limited government. He said the federal government is strangling Americans with taxation, spending and debt.
Perry repeated his running theme that Texas' economy is in relatively good shape compared with other states and with the "federal budget mess." Many in the crowd held signs deriding President Barack Obama and the $786 billion federal economic stimulus package.
Perry called his supporters patriots. Later, answering news reporters' questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.
- It should also be noted the rate of unemployment in Texas is about on par with other states who were not severely impacted by the economic downturn (like New York for example)
- Only yesterday, he made a thinly veiled threat at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, suggesting Bernanke would be guilty of treason if he were to print more money any time soon. Here's the quote:
“If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treasonous in my opinion.”
I should also mention that after concerns were raised about that comment, neither Perry nor his Campaign offered an apology. The only response from his campaign stated the comment was due to Perry's frustrations with Federal economic policy.
The other thing should know about Rick Perry: He's actually polling pretty well. Currently, he's the number two choice behind Mitt Romney and ahead of Michelle Bachmann. There's definitely a possibility of him getting the Republican nomination.
I won't be able to vote in the next election (not a citizen yet) but if I could I'm really not sure who I'd choose.
Four years after we bid farewell to our last President who was a Governor of Texas, another one has just thrown his hat in the ring. Rick Perry is going all in on a bid for the White House.
Here's a few facts you should know about him:
- He's a fundamentalist Christian who recently organized a prayer rally at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston called "The Response" in which 20 000 people came out to pray for America. The event had an interesting group of participants and sponsors, including the American Family Association (a Christian organization identified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law center due to their views on gays)
- Often takes credit for improving the Texas economy and building the state into a model of how a state should be properly governed.
- HOWEVER, Texas currently ranks #1 in the following categories: Percentage of residents without any health insurance, accidental deaths in the workplace and minimum wage workers.
- He has been active with Tea Party groups in the past and even suggested at an event held by one of them that Texas could potentially secede from the Union due to frustration with Federal policies. Here's more:
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!"
An animated Perry told the crowd at Austin City Hall -- one of three tea parties he was attending across the state -- that officials in Washington have abandoned the country's founding principles of limited government. He said the federal government is strangling Americans with taxation, spending and debt.
Perry repeated his running theme that Texas' economy is in relatively good shape compared with other states and with the "federal budget mess." Many in the crowd held signs deriding President Barack Obama and the $786 billion federal economic stimulus package.
Perry called his supporters patriots. Later, answering news reporters' questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.
- It should also be noted the rate of unemployment in Texas is about on par with other states who were not severely impacted by the economic downturn (like New York for example)
- Only yesterday, he made a thinly veiled threat at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, suggesting Bernanke would be guilty of treason if he were to print more money any time soon. Here's the quote:
“If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treasonous in my opinion.”
I should also mention that after concerns were raised about that comment, neither Perry nor his Campaign offered an apology. The only response from his campaign stated the comment was due to Perry's frustrations with Federal economic policy.
The other thing should know about Rick Perry: He's actually polling pretty well. Currently, he's the number two choice behind Mitt Romney and ahead of Michelle Bachmann. There's definitely a possibility of him getting the Republican nomination.
I won't be able to vote in the next election (not a citizen yet) but if I could I'm really not sure who I'd choose.
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