I hope Rick Perry Makes Presidential Run

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I wouldn't say this if I thought there was a snowball's chance in hell he would get elected. But he was by far the funniest part of a presidential race in 2012. I know it's a blow to the Texas mystique when Perry goes outside our borders and then does something embarrassing, like open his mouth and start talking. But Shakespeare knew something when he put comic relief in his tragedies and nobody is more unintentionally funny than our current governor. As Ted Baxter proved, idiocy and inflated ego are one hilarious combination.
 
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Rick Fairy is certainly a colorful figure. I'll give him that. He's also a terrific ******** artist. He can dupe idiotic Republican primary voters into thinking he's a big populist conservative and tough on illegal immigration. With his record, that should be hard to do, but he has done it repeatedly.
 
Yet he is 1,000% better than who we got as President right now. Perry would be a major upgrade. Well actually anybody would be a major up grade. Obama is the worst president by far. Not even close. COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT!
 
Even lowly Carter would be a major improvement over Obozo.
 
So you want Perry to run so he will humiliate himself. That is a real gem: how about he runs, gives a decent account of himself, loses and retires to some non electoral form of making money and doing public service?

I don't like his politics but he has, overall, a real good mind for how the wind is blowing, I have a friend who used to hunt with him a lot, my friend doesn't share Perry's politics. He says Perry is a weathervane and says and does whatever is most advantageous to his career. Sort of the way a farmer decides what to plant in a pasture based on its history and the likelihood of one crop being more successful this year than some other. Perry makes calculated decisions.

He is from a rural area, went to A&M and then the Air Force before returning home and going into politics, where he started as a conservative democrat, saw the writing on the wall a lot better than some of his contemporaries and has done well at his chosen craft.

Now his string is about out. He is clearly casting around for what to do next. He will make another run at the presidency most likely in order to overcome the humbling last time-----as he says, he ran against the weakest republican field in history and got creamed because of his own mistakes.

I hope he does reasonably well, moves to California after it is over, grows as a man and contributes to the nation in the future. He is a bright guy, is cunning as a coyote and with a little personal growth, which could come easy in California, could both make some money and do some good for the country.

But haters gotta hate and hoping somebody gets humiliated some more is more to their taste.

Lincoln talked about malice towards none. Some should try it.
 
As others have stated "C" student Perry would be a HUGE upgrade to Obummer, however I do not want him to run. First off he cannot win - you can argue he can, but he would not and two, I do not want The Great State of Texas to be embarrassed by him or any more of his gaffes.
 
huis: thoughtful reply. I think I should pray to align my feelings about Rick Perry with my better self. I resolve to communicate on ideas that are more uplifting and positive.

As far as hoping Perry humiliates himself, my hopes or not he faces a challenge that looks insurmountable. Sounding smart on TV is skill of central importance and the Republicans have a couple dozen plausible candidates who can do that much better than Perry. I think the gaffes are inevitable and everybody will be on the lookout for them.
 
the aggie goofball has never lost an election in Texas starting as a conservative democrat state rep, then conservative republican ag commisioner, Lt. Gov, three elections as governor without a close race.

Are we to believe that those few Texans who bother to vote are also, in the main, aggie goofballs, or does Perry represent something that is a majority opinion in our state?
I note that since he democratic party purified itself of conservatives it has not been able to win a single statewide contest and seen its century long dominance of the legislature evaporate.

There is a set of lessons in there and I see no sign of anybody picking up on them. Instead, the dems await the predicted Brown Tide of demographic reform.

Perry is a weathervane and he saw how the wind was blowing and took advantage of it. A little bit of effort and standoffishness from the national party and democrats in Texas might not find themselves in the current situation.
 
Candidates for President that can't govern, but that run a slick campaign and stay even slicker while in office and .. hell, I won't even begin to list what follows.

Candidate seen as the OP says, has a much harder chance to win -- here he sits with possibly the most economically viable state in the country, and vibrant cities like Houston, San Antonio, Austin. All for the 12 years he's been in office.

What does that say about the election process? It's designed to elect those who are good at getting elected. Not necessarily capable of worthwhile governing.

The President of the US should do nothing after getting elected. Be quiet. Say little. STOP campaigning. Insist on not over-reaching power. Protect the office above all. Protect balance of power in the government. Execute faithfully laws passed by the Legislature. Let representation across the country move forward with legislation that makes sense -- ie., don't try to shove things down people's throats.

I could go on.

The problem with the Presidency is not Perry being there. The country has so distorted that office and turned into a Billion Dollar Game Show Prize with the Mantle of King or Queen, that it's become an absurd aspect of the American way of life.

I'd like to go a week and actually forget there is a President. I'll be happy Jan 20, 2017, to never hear from this President again. If Hillary gets elected, I could end up losing 16 years of my life.

If there is to be a downfall to the Empire, it may just be from that office, because we made it into something it was never meant to be.

With Perry, the country could become like Texas. But he may not be presentable enough to even get deep into the primaries. But Hillary, like Wendy, are the kinds that appeal to mass social media
 
Isn't the Governor's office fairly impotent in Texas? I've read the way the office is structured that it's one of the most powerless Governors in the country. True or false?
 
the Texas constitution envisions a weak governor but its creators did not foresee a governor in office for more than two terms of two years each. Perry's lengthy tenure has allowed him to appoint every single member of every single state commission and he has appointed many of the judicial officers and has used his veto power very effectively,

Lots of stuff he doesn't want doesn't get passed because the legislature bows to his veto threat, which they know he will exercise.

He has been the most powerful governor at least since Connally, who governed by calling up his ex clients, who owned the state, and telling them what to tell their legislators. And Connally overwhelmingly made smart, longterm decisions for the benefit of the state. His education reforms are what separate Texas from Mississippi.
 
there are lots of judicial vacancies. I saw a stat on the number of appellate judges who got there by appointments on vacancies and it was very large.

And he appoints the entire board of regents of every university in the state. Which is very nice in terms of people sucking up to him so he can appoint them to the board of their favorite university.

Ask Bill Powers how that works,
 
re bor, yes, but how many governors get to appoint every bor member for every university for 14 years straight?

as for elections for appointed judges, please take into consideration that the 95% of the voters who are not lawyers have no idea who they are voting for and the lawyers are not far behind. /And if you are a republican judge appointee the only way you lose is if you have a hispanic last name and draw a primary opponent,

So Perry has effectively appointed a large majority of the appellate judges in Texas,.

All I was trying to do is point out how the constitutionally weak governor system has been circumvented by this politically adept "aggie goofball."
 
No question Perry is enormously powerful as governor. He uses line item veto a lot and isn't hesitant to veto bills. He not only appoints a lot of folks, he and his staff work to keep them in line.

It was kinda funny to watch Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and its operation. Initially it ran like every other state agency, about 95 percent of effort spent on doing its job and about 5 percent on looking after Rick Perry's long list of friends. The the media started paying attention, all hell broke loose and suddenly there is a lot of pressure to treat people fairly, even if they didn't contribute to Perry's campaigns. Would it be that all state agencies were so independent.
 
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