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The GOP Kaleidoscope Goes Into Overdrive
Perry is now the man to beat.
The GOP presidential primary, which I continue to compare to a colorful, shape-shifting kaleidoscope, is now in overdrive, revolving at a blistering speed, with the latest Gallup poll showing Texas governor Rick Perry rocketing past all other Republican contenders.
According to Gallup’s Jeffrey M. Jones, 29 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents nationwide say they are most likely to support Perry, with Mitt Romney next at 17 percent. “Rick Perry has emerged as rank-and-file Republicans’ current favorite for their party’s 2012 presidential nomination,” says Jones.
There is even more good news in this poll for Perry. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) and congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), respectively in third and fourth place in the poll, capture 23 percent of the vote. Throw in Herman Cain’s 4 percent, and you have over a quarter of the GOP primary electorate who, being unlikely to shift to the more moderate Romney, are ripe for the picking by the Perry campaign if it builds momentum.
The Gallup poll was conducted August 17-21 with a random sample of 1,040 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents. Gallup says that the poll has a 95 percent confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percent.
Perry and Romney were essentially tied in late July. Now the race is turned upside down. As expected, conservative Republicans support Perry, “but liberal and moderate Republicans support the two about equally,” says Jones.
In my last article, I speculated that Sarah Palin’s entry into the race might, along with the presence on the ballot of Bachmann and Paul, dilute some of Perry’s support vis-à-vis Romney. When Gallup factored in both Palin and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, each received about 10 percent of the vote. Still, Perry maintained “a significant lead over Romney, 25 percent to 14 percent, on this measure.” There’s nothing like a little hard polling data to kill the fun of free floating political speculation. The numbers, while only a snapshot in time, do not lie — at least when Gallup does the polling.
Writing in the National Journal, respected left-of-center political analyst Ronald Brownstein noted that Sarah Palin’s appeal was generally limited to voters without college degrees. He parses the Gallup data, making all the usual disclaimers about how early it still is in the race, but concludes: “Perry’s ability in this survey to outpoll both Bachmann among the devout and Romney among the well-educated shows the Texas governor’s opportunity to build a broader coalition than either of his principal rivals.” Perry has the “ability to reach across class lines,” unlike Palin, claims Brownstein.
“Perry’s official entry has shaken up the Republican race, making him the new leader for the party’s nomination,” says Gallup’s Jeffrey Jones. “Gallup also finds Perry generating strong positive intensity among Republicans familiar with him, suggesting he has a strong initial base with potential to grow, given his below-average recognition.”
Perry will have to show up and play the game, but his polling numbers are nothing if not astonishing given his short time as a presidential candidate. Moreover, he seems to be bridging the social and economic streams in the Republican base. He recently signed on to the strong pro-life pledge offered by the Susan B. Anthony List, a leading right-to-life organization, to all presidential candidates. Romney did not.
If Perry wins the primary, will he go the distance against President Obama in the general election?
Al Sikes, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, successful businessman and former political compatriot of mine from our Missouri days, believes that Perry, a very strong personality and commanding figure, may benefit from the same phenomenon that Rudy Giuliani did when even liberal New Yorkers voted for him to bring some kind of order to a city financially and socially out of control. Sikes, who lived in New York for many years as president of Hearst Interactive Media, says simply, “New Yorkers were fed up.”
“I do think in perilous times people look for a strong leader and particularly after a weak one,” says Sikes.
It is fair to say that many, if not most, Americans, are fed up with Washington. Perry is betting that they will emulate Davy Crockett who, after his Jacksonian opponents derailed his re-election bid for Congress, exclaimed, “You can go to hell — I’m going to Texas.”
About the Author
G. Tracy Mehan, III served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the administrations of both Presidents Bush. He is a consultant in Arlington, Virginia, and an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law.
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Robbins Mitchell| 8.26.11 @ 6:51AM
Perry is going to to through the GOP primaries like Godzilla walking across Tokyo
Alan Brooks| 8.26.11 @ 8:02AM
You mean he is a hideous, destructive monster? what a terrible thing to say, you guttersnipe!
irish19| 8.26.11 @ 12:35PM
Funny!
idalily| 8.26.11 @ 3:07PM
Anyone who can hideously destroy Progressivism has my vote. I like monsters like that.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:16AM
I'm happy if the Good Texan wins.
lily | 8.27.11 @ 10:52AM
it matters less to me who is in the office than it does that we EXPAND our majority in the house and TAKE BACK THE SENATE (hopefully, filibuster proof).I am a 28 years old doctor, mature and beautiful.and now I am seeking a good man who can give me real love , so i got a username Lindasunny2002 on--a'ge'l'es's'da'te.c óm--.it is the first and best club for y'ounger women and old'er men, or older women and y'ounger men,to int'eract with each other. Maybe you wanna ch'eck 'it out or tell your friends!
Alan Brooks| 8.27.11 @ 7:06PM
Perry might just be the one and he'll botch it up again as has been done for 2 decades.
It makes sense, though, for you to go through the motions.
What else can you do but run someone like Perry? think of it: your choices have narrowed down to Texas candidates who promise "reduced govt." [not];
"to protect America"[not]; "to return to traditional values" [not].
irish19| 8.29.11 @ 12:02PM
And you think Huntsman or Romney would do any of those things?
TrueBlue| 8.29.11 @ 3:49PM
On the other hand, Perry actually does have a record of reduced government, which Bush 2 (not actually a Texan btw) did not.
Jack in Wi.| 8.26.11 @ 11:34AM
Perry is going back to Texas and soon. This country isn't about to vote in another warmongering dimwit from Texas. He as a big foot and he likes to place it firmly in his mouth. I don't think he can put 2 coherent sentences together on the Fed or the economic meltdown this country is experiencing.
The Polls show Ron Paul running the best against Obama. He does far better among Independents, then either Obama or any other candidate. He also does better with Democrats then,any other Republican. The vast majority Americans agree with Ron on ending these insane wars and bringing the troops home. They also agree with him by huge majorities about auditing the Fed, and ending all foreign aid.
Ron has the most by far committed supporters. He does great among young people. He raises a lot of cash to be competive with Willard and Rick. He is far better then either one on the pro-life issue. He is by far the best debator and runs circles around his opponents. Ron Paul has been right for decades. It is time to put him where he belongs. That is 1600 Pennsylvania avenue.
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 12:09PM
"Mitt Romney leads Obama by two percentage points, 48% to 46%, Rick Perry and Obama are tied at 47%, and Obama edges out Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann by two and four points, respectively."
http://www.gallup.com/poll/149.....-Paul.aspx
And lets not miss this part.
" Republicans exhibit a little more variation, giving their strongest support to Perry (92% would vote for him) and Romney (91%), weaker support to Bachmann (86%), and the weakest support to Paul (82%). Independents tilt at least slightly toward voting for Romney, Perry, and Paul against Obama, while tilting slightly toward Obama when he is pitted against Bachmann."
Doctor Right| 8.26.11 @ 12:52PM
They're not going to vote in an isolationist-pacifist dimwit from Texas, either, Jack.
11%. That's Ron Paul's share of the vote, Jack.
Better get out your crying towel.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:17AM
Doctor Right: Remember Jack is a cheesehead, and Clint is a self-fertilizing 302 neuroned roundworm. Have pity on the stupid bastards.
Mary Mayes | 8.26.11 @ 4:23PM
Dream on, Jack.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 4:49PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Choosing between Barack Obama and Ron Paul is like choosing between death by hanging and death by firing squad. Either way, the end result it the same.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 11:46AM
"According to Gallup, either Perry or Paul would finish in a virtual tie with President Barack Obama today on an imaginary presidential ballot, and Paul draws more Democratic and independent support than Perry or Bachmann.
Paul, a Lake Jackson obstetrician, former Libertarian candidate and favorite of some Tea Party groups, has already joked to crowds that Perry's early Texas tough talk "makes me sound like a moderate."
Wharton Republican Debra Medina, a Paul campaigner and 2010 Perry opponent, said the governor's early speeches reminded her of the "blustery day" in a windblown Winnie the Pooh cartoon.
"What Rick Perry says and what he does are completely unrelated," she said by phone from Wharton.
"It's not his rhetoric that gets him in trouble, it's his record. He never does what he says. And when he talks about smaller government and stabilizing the economy -- that's what Ron Paul has talked about all along."
Paul's supporters organized the first Tea ("Taxed Enough Already") Party rallies here in 2009, before Perry campaigners and Republican organizers co-opted the name at Tax Day rallies. Their books even have echoing titles: Fed Up! (Perry) and End the Fed (Paul).
Jerry Polinard, a political science professor at the University of Texas-Pan American, said Paul is "very attractive" to a party shifting rightward."
Karl Jay| 8.27.11 @ 9:31AM
Rick Perry wins elections...period. Perfect: No. Willing and able to chew up Obama: Yes. Authentic American, aggie family and small town background, real Aggie, AF pilot, relentless campaigner and listens rather than talks, but when he talks there will be no confusion on where he stands. Understands real economics better than most Governors, and has a record to prove it. As President with a friendly Congress could actually dismantle parts of the Leviathan. And can he deal with an establishment arrayed against him...ask Kay Bailey Hutchison and Bill White. In fact, he absolutely crushed them both...which was a good thing.
Re: Ron Paul...it would be interesting to have him head up The Federal Reserve System.
Michael Handley| 8.27.11 @ 10:56PM
When Congressman Paul said he thought that we shouldn't do anything if Iran got a nuke, I thought he was kidding. Apparently not... there is no way he could get my vote now. Everyone I have talked to feels the same way.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 7:08AM
The Texas Tea Party & The New Hampshire Tea Party are after Perry for:
Rick Perry & TARP, The Trans Texas Corridor, Toll Roads, Business Margin Tax, HPV Vaccine Mandate....
Alan Brooks| 8.26.11 @ 8:04AM
As long as you never become president, Clint; then we would have to detonate all the nukes in the world's stockpiles to put humanity out of its misery.
W| 8.26.11 @ 10:52AM
Alan, I am not always clear what you mean. Do you like Perry? I know about the Bush family, so skip the Bush story. Who do you like here for Reps?
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 12:10PM
He doesn't. He will give you any # of excuses, say they are all weak. GOP fails again and he will vote for Obama (again)
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 11:08AM
ObamaBoy Troll Brooks comes to American Spectator Craving Negative Attention, since he can't get any attention elsewhere.
Go feed the squirrels in the park,Brooks.
Ma & Pa Kettle| 8.26.11 @ 1:09PM
Pot- Meet Kettle.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 2:43PM
Ma,The Big Yellow Bus Calls The Lemon Pie Yellow.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 6:39PM
Go clean your room Clint, the adults are trying to have a conversation.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 6:49AM
We Hear You're The Chairman of The Bores.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:27AM
Yes, Clint, and the key word is "man." Obviously, you daddy the Great Santini didn't make you into one.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 6:37PM
The Tea Party is only "after" Perry for president. You and the rest of the Ron Paul nut brigade are not part of the Tea Party. You only claim it to try and boost your internal polling data for that wing nut Ron Paul.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 6:52AM
The Chairman of The Bores Is Scared Of The Tea Party.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is here.
Rise Up In Rebellion.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:19AM
Look: it's Clint the Jihadist!
Walter | 8.26.11 @ 7:12AM
I am a college grad and work with many others who would gladly pull the lever for Ms Palin. If she runs and when she participates in the debates it will be good for the republican party and the country. Misjudge not, we are not sitting this one out. Any candidate excluding Huntsman will ride a wave of support on election day.
irish19| 8.26.11 @ 12:39PM
Agreed. I am also a college grad (B. S. & M. S.) who would gladly pull the lever for Sarah. I will support the Republican, although I will wash my hands afterwards if I have to vote for Paul or another RINO. Will the Paulistas make the same choice? Clint, Jack, Sean, Bueller?
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 1:42PM
I will not pull the lever for another liberal republican.
We can survive Obama, we cannot survive those ignorant enough to vote for him or another nut like Ron Paul. I fear that unless we see dramatic changes, only possible with a conservative candidate, we will see the end of America in our time. Some will cling to the belief this is overly dramatic, but if you look cumulatively at how far this outlaw regime has pushed us toward the brink, you have to ask how much more will it take? Even those who know we're on the edge of the precipice may be very surprised when the edge collapses under the weight of this nanny state leviathan.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 6:57AM
You're an argument against yourself, Chairman of The Bores.
We Tea Party Patriots & Dr. Ron Paul have led the way, opposing ," this nanny state leviathan."
You're scared of The Tea Party.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:19AM
Look, it's Clint the Jihadist Joyride!
bluecollarbytes| 8.26.11 @ 9:41PM
I'm just in a 'victimized class' but my vote will be Republican as always. But this time I expect to be energized by Obama's demise and a more conservative nominee than we've had since Reagan.
I would like Palin to enter the race, but she might face the 'Fred Thompson Effect'- waiting to long
Chef Schnauzer| 8.26.11 @ 7:22AM
Another phony conservative from Texas..... what these frauds like Perry and Bush do as lie about being conservative to get elected and then go all populist. Get your money out of the counry and move to central america.... see you there! Who gets elected dosen't matter anymore anyway.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.26.11 @ 8:22AM
Chef,
I believe this bears re-posting with bitch-budgets like you.
""More Thoughts on Rick Perry
As with most men with convictions and passion…and a long public record, Rick Perry is going to be hammered from every direction.
He is going to be hammered by arch conservatives for being too ‘reasonable’ and practicing the politics of the possible. (Ronald Reagan’s phrase)
The communists, (pardon the shorthand), are lining up a whole host of lies and half truths. Many of their arrows can already be seen and heard on youtube.
The Libertarians and fellow anarchists are going to hammer him for offering to help our little girls avoid ovarian cancer, or because he encourages free trade, or because he thought it would be a good idea to build a freeway for ‘thru’ traffic for our trade with our southern neighbors. Trade in both directions I might add.
Mexico is probably Texas’ largest trading partner. Combine that with a large (legal), Hispanic population, it would be absolutely insane for a Texas Governor to posture and brag about immigration reform. Have no doubts though; the Texas Rangers and Texas Guard troops are staying quite busy. Long term, until the US Congress outlaws “anchor babies”, any immigration debate is worthless.
Purple Lips| 8.26.11 @ 9:03AM
Yes, Texas and Mexico do brisk trade in burritos, AK-47s, and smack.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 12:25PM
Ken is just another liberal .
You forgot how Mexicans like to take advantage of free trade as in free emergency room care, welfare, and food stamps. El Rancho super market is usually crowded. The other day their food card reader was out. No one was in the store.
Oldefarte| 8.26.11 @ 11:35AM
Careful Ken, you don't want the verbage/space POLICE coming after you!!!
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 12:27PM
You need to get over that my friend, some of us love your impassioned tirade's.
Oldefarte| 8.26.11 @ 1:24PM
Just funnin' ya!!!
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:12AM
OK, let's try another article link on the HPV vaccine---the Ozzie one didn't connect:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21072282.
This will connect to the PUBMED citation which will connect to the free links if all goes right.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:13AM
OK. Go to PubMed site, put in HPV vaccine, and watch the citations pop up. A lot of them are free.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 12:28PM
Conservatives don't use "for the children" arguments numbskull. Those are liberal Democrat argument. Perry is a Democrat so that why you liberals use that argument. Conservatives don't believe in nanny state government.
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 2:02PM
Sean,
You must be new here or you would realize Ken is no liberal. He was being sarcastic. And if you think Perry is still a Democrat because he once was then I guess you include Regan in that remark. Obviously you support Ron Paul but at least stick to the fact. Perry is a Republican even if you don't agree with him.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 3:03PM
Oh, Perry did switch to Republican after being Al Gore's campaign manager, but that was pure opportunism. Reagan was a Conservative and Perry is still a liberal Democrat.
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 4:32PM
You mean like Ron Paul switched to Republican from Libertarian as pure optimism?
Following your logic Ron Paul is not a Republican either.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:14AM
Paul isn't. He's a Libertarian masquerading as a Republican.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 3:26PM
" Perry supported Lance Armstrong’s 3 billion dollar Texas taxpayer funded medical research center. That’s like ObamaCare. That’s not free market.
Perry, secured a 300 million dollar business handout slush fund for him and just the two leaders of the legislature to dole out to whomever he felt like being friendly to. That’s corporate welfare, a recipe for corruption, and as bad as the TARP bailouts that caused the Tea Parties to explode all across America. In fact, he gave 20 million dollars to Countrywide Financial which later went bankrupt.
He supported a new state business tax. He set up toll road tax collection booths all over Texas highways. The Austin Tea Party and the Austin Toll Party booed Perry on the steps of the state Capitol for that.
Rick Perry, signed an executive order mandating young Texas schoolgirls to get the HPV vaccine, while his former chief of staff was a lobbyist for Merck. Perry's judgment was so bad the Texas legislature revolted against him and overturned his decision."
canuckistani| 8.26.11 @ 9:34PM
It will be box office gold if Perry gets the nom. He has so many deal breakers under his faux populist veneer, the airwaves will be choked with ads lampooning his deceit.
BHO will be left as the only alternative. Sad.
Can we have at least one serious (aka winnable) candidate that doesn't possess the standard GOP melange of incompetence and porky nepotism?
irish19| 8.29.11 @ 11:08PM
So pick one. Which Republican candidate meets your high standards? Alan can feel free to chime in on this as well as he seems to have the same set of issues.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:22AM
Cervical cancer, Ken. The vaccine helps prevent cervical CA because warts are associated with an increase in Cervical CA. Scientific illiterates like Clint don't get that, gentlemen like you do. My baby girl is gonna get the injection as soon as she's old enough, especially with Jihad/child rape supporters like Jack and Clint walking around.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 1:45PM
Oh, I think you gave us all some excellent advise. Unfortunately for us, you and the other liberal vermin you represent fail to follow your own advice.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.26.11 @ 7:25AM
The most recent Pew Poll found among 41% of Republicans there is absolutely no chance they’d vote for Palin. In the general public the number who who say they will not consider voting for Palin is 67%. While the Pew Poll seems to have a strong Democrat cast these numbers do not bode well for a Palin Presidential run.
It could be the "cat and mouse" game she has played with Republican primary voters has soured many on her candidacy. As for the negatvies in the general public that's been true for some time.
irish19| 8.26.11 @ 12:45PM
"It could be the "cat and mouse" game she has played with Republican primary voters has soured many on her candidacy."
I have seen this point made elsewhere. It does have some validity IMHO.
However, should Sarah run and get the nomination, she would mop the floor with zero in debates.
RCV| 8.28.11 @ 2:26PM
She would make an utter fool of herself.
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 3:57PM
Nope.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 7:28AM
Uh Oh !
Little Micky RINO is badmouthing Our Tea Party Co-Favorite Sarah Palin again.
Alan Brooks| 8.26.11 @ 8:05AM
Palin IS awful pretty-- and you are pretty awful yourself.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 8:12AM
Thank You, ObamaBoy.
Alan Brooks| 8.26.11 @ 8:18AM
All guys secretly like Palin, unless they are 100 percent gay.
Doctor Right| 8.26.11 @ 9:44AM
That explains your man-crush on Obama, doesn't it?
Michael Tomlinson| 8.26.11 @ 9:48AM
Doctor you know his man crush is on the "Wild Shrimp Cowboy" Ron Paul.
Have you noticed all GOP women our generally hot?
W| 8.26.11 @ 11:00AM
Michael,
I agree, most of the GOP women are hot, and most of the Dem women are not, except for Jennifer Grantholm, the Michigan gov who was born in Canada, and the New York senator.
Also the conservative women commentators are hot: Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Monica Crowley, Michelle Malkin, Kate Obershaein, etc. And they usually seem happy and smile, unlike the snarling Jenanine Garofolo and Barabar Boxer and Barbara Mikulski.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 12:33PM
Michael, I would ask that you and the others not talk about women on this site. It confuses and frustrates Clint. The only women he has access to are on the computer.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 2:50PM
That's how I met & porked your old lady.
She said you're A Real Bore.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 8:25PM
Clint, The only reason you comment in the thoughtless and rude manner you do is because you have never been called on to back it up. To sum up, you are simply a coward. You are trying to be a bully from behind a computer and that’s why people in the real world view you as a comedic looser. You lack even a modicum of social responsibility; have no manners, common decency or the ability to interact with adults.
I suppose we have your nebbish parents to thank for that and this is why you’re left with such a feeling of inadequacy in your currently pathetic life. Even monkeys can throw their poo. Grow up, take responsibility for yourself and learn what it's like to be a man. PS: In the real world it would be your worthless excuse for a Dad I would have this conversation with. The only reason I and a half dozen others on this site even bother directing any verbiage toward you is that it is amusing.
Oh and Ron Paul is a nut.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 7:05AM
You & Your Girlfriend Perry are All Hat & No Cattle, Chairman of The Bores.
CONCORD, N.H. – In spite of his thundering speeches against big government, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a troubled relationship with the tea party, a rift increasingly obvious as he gets closer to a presidential bid.
Tea party groups from New Hampshire to Texas are collaborating to criticize Perry's record on immigration, public health and spending and his former affiliation with the Democratic Party."
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:26AM
On a different note---where is a good wild boar hunting area in the US?
I learn so much from various people on this site, like Stuart, for example.
irish19| 8.29.11 @ 12:07PM
I think I read somewhere that some areas of Pennsylvania have populations of actual wild boars. If you are content to settle for feral hogs, you can go pretty much anywhere. The problem is so great in some areas that I understand states have put bounties on the critters.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:24AM
Your dad, the war hero, would be proud of this comment how, exactly, Clint? And pork with what microscopic instrument?
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:23AM
Yes, they are.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.26.11 @ 9:47AM
Definitely Alan.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 10:56AM
First, Little Micky RINO badmouths Our Tea Party Co-Favorite Sarah Palin. Now Little Micky RINO pals around with ObamaBoy Brooks.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 6:48PM
Clint, when you claim Tea Party affiliation and then you personally use that nut, Ron Paul and Sarah Palin's name together in the same sentence it makes the baby Jesus cry.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 7:11AM
"Tea party activists are divided roughly into two camps, according to a POLITICO/TargetPoint poll: one that’s libertarian-minded and largely indifferent to hot-button values issues and another that’s culturally conservative and equally concerned about social and fiscal issues.
The survey, an exit poll conducted Thursday by Edison Research at the massive Tax Day protest on the National Mall, found that the attendees were largely hostile to President Barack Obama and the national Democratic Party — three-quarters believe the president “is pursuing a socialist agenda.”
Yet they aren’t enamored of the Republican Party as an alternative. Overall, three out of four tea party attendees said they were “scared about the direction” of the country and “want to send a message to both political parties.”
Palin, who topped the list with 15 percent, speaks for the 43 percent of those polled expressing the distinctly conservative view that government does too much, while also saying that it needs to promote traditional values.
Paul’s thinking is reflected by an almost identical 42 percent who said government does too much but should not try to promote any particular set of values — the hallmarks of libertarians. He came in second to Palin with 12 percent.
When asked to choose from a list of candidates for president in 2012, Palin and Paul also finished one-two — with Palin at 15 percent and Paul at 14 percent. "
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:26AM
Boar Hunter---we uns like you!
Don't like Clint or Jack. Smell like rotting cheese.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 12:29PM
Ron Paul is a nut.
irish19| 8.26.11 @ 12:46PM
Thanks for sharing. We'd never have guessed.
Ma & Pa Kettle| 8.26.11 @ 1:14PM
He's a man of few words, but let's give credit where it is due, shall we then?
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 2:47PM
Uh Oh !
The RINO-CINO Apologist Flunkies & Their Groupie Woo Girls Are In The Building.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 7:12AM
You're Scared of The Tea Party.
Tim| 8.27.11 @ 2:04PM
You are a coward who is afraid of the truth.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:25AM
No. I belong to the Tea Party. Ron Paul, however, is a gutless, spread- his-ass-cheeks- for- Jihadists, pot-smoking supporting dumbass terrorist cocksucking clown.
And those are his good traits.
martin j smith| 8.26.11 @ 7:54AM
Here is something that annoys me. I saw on the WSJ on line an opinion by Peggy Noonan essentially saying that Rick Perry scares her because he has a "big mouth" . Now I wonder who Peggy Noonan voted for in 08 ? And I wonder if Perry is the nominee and he runs against Obama--who will get her vote ? Or, will she vote for Donald trump ? What troubles me about many of the WSJ set, the Fox News set among others --well lets ay the Wall Street and Banker sets--is this: WOULD THEY RATHER HAVE OBAMA AND MAKE DEALS WITH HIM AND JUST GET RID OF THE TEA PARTY and any other TRUE OPPOSITION ? This more than annoys me it makes me really pissed !!!!!!!!!!! And thus I do not trust either the WSJ or FOX much now.--Not that I have ever really.
Purple Lips| 8.26.11 @ 9:08AM
Perry obviously is going after the Southern Evangelical, Gun Rights, Law and Order, Hillbilly vote. He figures he will never get the Urban Metrosexual Voter no matter how bad things get.
Perry, like another Chicken-Fried politician, Boy Clinton, came from an authentic rual dirt poor background. Being loud and obnoxious is in thier DNA.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.26.11 @ 9:52AM
But it will be so sweet when Perry kicks Obama's ass back into the closet with Eric Holder and out of the White House.
W| 8.26.11 @ 11:01AM
Purple, you convinced me to vote for Perry.
Oldefarte| 8.26.11 @ 11:24AM
Look, there has to be those who work, earn income and pay taxes n order to fund the government ["..Perry obviously is going after the Southern Evangelical, Gun Rights, Law and Order, Hillbilly vote.."], so that the government can provide welfare to those who do not do so ["..He figures he will never get the Urban Metrosexual Voter no matter how bad things get.."]!!!!!!!
Butch | 8.26.11 @ 1:22PM
Not Clinton. His stepdad was the Hot Springs Buick dealer.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 2:33PM
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 1:10AM
Southern Evangelical, Gun Rights, Law and Order---I can see that, Big E. Hillbilly? Naw. The inbred redneck group on this site is pretty much cornered by Clint, as he self-fertilizes as a C. Elegans.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 6:53PM
How nice to hear someone who embraces their hate of God, guns and the law. In addition to the other favorite issues you embrace, I thought being loud and obnoxious was only in the DNA of those with purple lips.
MacDaddy| 8.26.11 @ 9:39AM
Any one who voted for Obama...ya know, Mr. "Boot on their neck....looking to see who's a$$ to kick....bring a knife to a gunfight....I won." and says they won't vote for Perry because he said "We'd treat 'em (Bernanke) different down in Texas!" .....go look in the mirror and see a hipocrite...
Redstateboy| 8.26.11 @ 8:23AM
Yo Brooks!! Say Ba-bye to Das Messiah.. the Obamanation, the Domestic Terrorist you love and adore oh so well.. if it's a Perry/Cain, or Perry/Bachmann or a Perry-anyone.. regardless; your pathetic Affirmative-action incompetent is "Shovel Ready"
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 11:18AM
Redstateboy,
Der Messiah. Masculine, you know ;)
Der, die or das.... Adios! About the only thing that can save him now is a Ron Paul third-party run.
irish19| 8.26.11 @ 12:49PM
"Masculine, you know"
You sure about that?
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 1:24PM
irish19,
Good question, but...
I was referring to the grammar, not the school boy.
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 12:27AM
Entschuldigen sie mich, bitte. Meine Deutschesprache is schrechlich.
John Navratil| 8.28.11 @ 10:11AM
Nicht so schlimm!
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 4:01PM
Danke shcoen, mein Herr.
beebop| 8.27.11 @ 5:43PM
Perry/Rubio
DaveS| 8.28.11 @ 11:23AM
Perry/Ghengis Khan would also work. But I do like the Rubio suggestion. Hell, you could ask Hair Club Biden onto Perry's ticket.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 8:31AM
Democrat Perry has been hyped up by the media. We have yet to see him in one of these question and answer sessions known as debates yet.
W. T. Foxtrot| 8.26.11 @ 9:29AM
We HAVE seen Ron Paul debate. That's why Paul is now cruising in 4th place with 11% of the vote.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 12:32PM
He is currently in third from the latest poll. With in the margin or error for second place.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 12:35PM
Ron Paul is a nut.
Dick Nome| 8.26.11 @ 1:00PM
.. a nut with a following of kooks who are dangerous crackpots.
Ma & Pa Kettle| 8.26.11 @ 1:15PM
And they love smoking it, too.
Both crack and pot.
Redstateboy| 8.26.11 @ 3:31PM
Ron Paul would make a great Treasury secretary.... in a PERRY administration.
Tim| 8.27.11 @ 2:06PM
Maybe he could roll his joints out of dollar bills.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 2:51PM
And You're The Chairman Of The Bores.
Purple Lips| 8.26.11 @ 4:02PM
So, we got Hillbilly Perry vs The Insane Ron Paul. On the other hand, there are everyone's favorite MILFs Sarah Palin and Mizzz Bachman. Man, the GOP is sooooooooo screwed
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 4:36PM
Any of them would be better than, Barrack, I inherieted this mess, we didn't spend enough, we had a unfortunate turn of events, the jobs weren't as shovel ready as we thought, I meant 50 states, yes I know how to pronounce corpsmen, It's all George Bush's fault Obama.
Butch| 8.26.11 @ 5:45PM
They would all be warm, breathing, and running against Obama. Qualifications enough for tens of millions, including me.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:28AM
What's wrong with MILFs?
DaveS| 8.28.11 @ 11:25AM
You sound worried, actually.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 4:48PM
To liberals like Boar Hunter voting for the least amount of spending and government= nutty.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 6:55PM
?
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 7:13AM
The Chairman of The Bores is Scared of The Tea Party.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:31AM
No---he's annoyed with pissheads. Like you, Clint. What will you do when Paul is beaten like the craven cowardly mangy Gulf Coast dog that he is, and sent back to Flea Central. Will you cry and cry and cry? Or will it your writings be rolled up into your capacious rectum, next to the dilator you constantly wear to prepare yourself for your Jihadist Johns?
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 1:07AM
Liberals? Like Boar Hunter? Uh huh. Sean---MJ will be legal if the Paul law passes. Not before.
gearjammer| 8.26.11 @ 8:41AM
Perry has already challenged two sared cows-global warming and soc security. He really has to have his facts in order-100 per cent in order. I actually believe he needs a science guy on his staff who is visible and can communicate.
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 11:21AM
gearjammer,
It couldn't hurt, but would it help? The true-believers won't hear it and the thinkers won't need it.
beebop| 8.27.11 @ 5:46PM
Sorry ... for someone who can barely articulate what the rest of us recognize as cogent, recognizable thought, I think Rick is doing just fine without you ... jowo.
Pecos Pete| 8.26.11 @ 9:14AM
Purple Lips and Alan Brooks,,, now all we need is Purple Guy to brighten our day.
Redstateboy| 8.26.11 @ 9:24AM
don't forget RCV Pete.. then you'd have all the Liber-ul fruits and nuts.
Steve A| 8.26.11 @ 10:59AM
I believe RCV may be beginning to have second thoughts on the wisdom of Obamanomics. He may be liberal, but he is a thinker.
irish19| 8.26.11 @ 12:50PM
True. And, he is coherent.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:33AM
I disagree with RCV a lot, but the man is a Gentleman, and he knows his field. I like him quite a bit.
But not as much as the man who single-handedly redeems the Irish from their PM.
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 4:03PM
You'll turn what's left of my hair.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 12:36PM
I could add a few names to that list.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 9:19AM
This Article Is Total Fiction Cooked-Up By The Israel-Firster Neocon Chickenhawk Lobby And Their Bibi-Loving Amen Corner In The ZOG Controlled-Congress.
Ron Paul Won The DuBuque Young Americans For Liberty, Freedom, Liberty, Bow-Tie Pasta, Liberty, And Jew-Baiting Straw Poll!
Obama-Boy Perry Didn't Even Show Up. Perry Is An Israel-Firster Neocon RINO-CINO. He Would Lose Texas To Obama.
Ron Paul Has 89% Of The Vote, And 100% Of Independents.
Ron Paul Is Cooler Than Justin Bieber.
The Tea Party Rebellion Masturbates.
Carpe I'm Gay.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 10:58AM
That's The Firste Poseur Punk Poster Today, Dr.Reich & Co.
You're Scared.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 11:03AM
Smoke This Israel Firster RINO-CINO's.
" Rasmussen Has Ron Paul Running Closest With Obama
Erik Hayden Aug 24, 2011:
Who does the president fare worst against in a head-to-head matchup? On Wednesday, Rasmussen released its latest nationwide early campaign survey. And right now, Barack Obama does well against Mitt Romney (46 to 38 percent) and narrowly leads Perry (43 to 40 percent) and Michele Bachmann (43 to 39 percent).
Which means, if you combine these results with the Rasmussen poll released Tuesday, the GOP candidate doing the best against the president is....Ron Paul? Yesterday's head-to-head poll showed the libertarian trailing the president 39 to 38 percent, by presumably the same methodology."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.
Rise Up In Rebellion.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 12:52PM
The only Tea Party you are part of is one with cheshire cats and people with strange hats.
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 2:06PM
He does kind of remind me of the Mad Hatter.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 2:53PM
The RINO-CINO Apologist Flunkies are Scared of The Tea Party.
Boo !
Doctor Right| 8.26.11 @ 12:58PM
You're not in the Tea Party, Clint.
Neither is Ron Paul. Never was.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 2:54PM
Asked & Answered Nazi Social Propaganda Girl.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 6:56PM
Ron Paul is a nut.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:17AM
It must be difficult to wear the anal dilator all the time Clint, to prepare for your Jihadist Johns. Is that what accounts for your nasty temper?
Ma & Pa Kettle| 8.26.11 @ 1:20PM
And he always types using Capital Capital Capital Capital Capital Capital Capital words. So utterly monotonous.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 2:59PM
Smoke This RINO-CINO Apologist Flunkies
"Obama 39%, Paul 38%
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The president and the maverick are running almost dead even in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup.
Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul earns 38% of the vote to President Obama’s 39% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters. Fourteen percent (14%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) remain undecided. "
The Tea Party Rebellion Is here.
Rise Up In Rebellion.
Tim| 8.27.11 @ 2:07PM
Don't Bogart that joint, cowardly Clint on the keyboard.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 2:38PM
Clint's lost it so bad he's now responding to his own posts. Next thing you know, he'll make up some insulting name for himself.
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 3:02PM
Gutless Joisey Boy Dr.Reich & His Cowardly Israel Firster Girlfriends Poseur Punk Post Under My Name.
But You Already Knew That RINO-CINO Flunky Asshat.
You RINO-CINO's Are Scared Of The Tea Party.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 3:40PM
"Gutless Joisey Boy Dr.Reich & His Cowardly Israel Firster Girlfriends Poseur Punk Post Under My Name."
Yeah. Right. Its not that you're a freakin' nut getting so angry that your replying to your own posts before the next insane thought enters your seriously screwed up brain. Its a conspiracy of other people posting under your name and writing in your same, juvenile style. Right.
Now go you put your tin foil hat back on. Those of us in the conspiracy can read your scrambled thoughts when you're not wearing it.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 11:40AM
What's Da Matta Toughie Punk, Gotta Hide Behind Another Poseur Punk Post?
Hmmmm Asshat ?
Tim| 8.27.11 @ 2:10PM
Case in point, little boy bully Clint. Adult cowardly bullies are so passe. Go back to your school yard, the kindergartners are waiting for you on the monkey bars.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:52AM
Yeah, but it's indistinguishable from your real posts in content and style.
Let's look at this: "Gutless Joisey Boy" --semantic content---insult. Argumentative content---none.
"And his Cowardly Israel Firster Girlfriends Poseur Punk Post Under My Name."---semantic content: crude insult. Argumentative content: none. Originality: zero (I, for example, call you a 302 neuroned self fertilizing roundwork. Look up C. Elegans and you will find that it is, indeed a 302 neuroned self fertilizing nematode. Go to PubMed and will find the genetic research files are literally crawling with work on C. Elegans---it is a sophisticated insult on a number of levels; for example, C. Elegans is one of the simplest brained multicellular creatures).
Inshort, you either cut and paste or you simplistically insult people. You also simplistically insult your allies.
You are, in short, (quite distinguished from your equally repulsive politics), a compleat asshole. And therefore, only a Hitler apologist, like Jack, supports you.
By the way, "compleat" was correctly spelled. And you are that.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 1:06AM
"roundworm." "In short." Sorry.
irish19| 8.29.11 @ 5:48PM
Aren't roundworms the parasitic little bastards that cause jock itch?
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:34AM
Carpe Phallus.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:06AM
The HPV vaccine protects against the cause of 70% of all cases of cervical CA, incidentally. Here's an Australian Journal article on it:
http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200703/200703may.pdf.
It would help if people would use science to guide a scientific decision. There are a lot of vaccines mandated. One could argue that, given the nature of the disease, this one shouldn't be mandated (can't get venereal warts from sitting in a classroom with a kid who has them), but my kid is still getting her vaccine next year, probably.
irish19| 8.29.11 @ 5:50PM
I think it is the mandate part that makes people upset with Perry. However, he did back down on it once he saw how unpopular it was.
POST American| 8.26.11 @ 9:37AM
------Riki ---Tiki
------------------Tavistock --TRRRRicky
-----------------------------PAIR ---HE
Folks, with 'Agenda 21' calling for the UN to be
officially brought in as 'world authority' by the
end of 2012 ----and with RED China and its
Bush Sr created 30 MILLION male surplus
---------UH, this could very well be the last properly American presidential election we ever have.
Perry's already demonstrated which side he's on
--as recently as a month or so ago when he
came in to uphold the TSA's right to grope
and bully innocent citizens in Texas.
The deadly forced garadsil shots,
the Bilderberg attendance, the infra-structure sellout, the 'Banker bailout' ripoff, NAFTA/GATT
and the NAFTA super highway are matters of
open record.
----In a word ---TRAITOR.
W. T. Foxtrot| 8.26.11 @ 9:42AM
And like Paul, you are -in a word - nuts.
MacDaddy| 8.26.11 @ 9:43AM
And another thing....it matters less to me who is in the office than it does that we EXPAND our majority in the house and TAKE BACK THE SENATE (hopefully, filibuster proof). A non-tea party republican in the white house can ONLY sign legislation sent by a TEA-Party driven congress....and whoever we elect to the White House will sign the things the Tea-driven congress will send him....
Michael Tomlinson| 8.26.11 @ 9:55AM
We need 60 seats in the Senate without that Democrats will try to stop everything that will get America back on track (i.e., repealing and reversing the Obama agenda).
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 10:48AM
Michael Tomlinson,
Time was the filibuster meant stopping all other business. A change to Senate rules (not easy - normally takes 67 votes) to restore this instead of business as usual everywhere else would fix this. The alternative is the "nuclear option" where a simple majority can prevail.
irish19| 8.26.11 @ 12:53PM
I'll take gridlock over more spending.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 1:11PM
We need more than full seats. We need people whose hearts are full with a fighting spirit. We need people who will stand up for conservative values. What good are 60 more John Boehners?
With more of these looser's in leadership, we have as much chance seeing a conservative agenda drive out the liberals as Ron Paul's love child Clint does in getting that nut elected president.
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 12:30AM
"What good are 60 more John Boehners?"
Well said.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 11:09AM
The only problem with your theory is that even if "we" get 60 seats in the Senate, we really won't have 60 seats in the Senate. The Dems will easily peel off a few (and with 60 seats, it only takes 1) moderate Republicans to stop anything we want to do (such as repeal Obamacare). As you know, the Senate is rife with Republicans who would side with the Dems in a heartbeat in such a situation. This will be the case regardless of who sits in the White House, BUT - if the person in the White House is a strong conservative who is LEADING instead of just waiting to see what the legislative branch does, then the equation changes somewhat.
So yes, it matters a great deal who is in the White House. If you want the Obama agenda repealed, you 're going to need a strong, conservative President. If you just want the Obama agenda tinkered with a little and watered down some so it takes a little longer for it to destroy the Country, then it doesn't matter.
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 4:01PM
The Big E,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it Susan Collins who voted to advance Obamacare on a procedural vote. It seems I remember her being the reason it wasn't killed in the Senate. Do I remember correctly?
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 4:52PM
You do.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 3:59AM
Yeah. It was Collins and Snowe, Collins and Snowe.
By the way, I voted against Franken and Dayton in my state. I'm looking forward to voting against Klobuchar, too. She's another arrogant Libtard.
POST American| 8.26.11 @ 10:08AM
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others who've already watched the
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John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 10:43AM
I am convinced that Perry is for lower taxes and less spending. What I need to know is if he is for smaller government. Reagan went in wanting to abolish the Dept. of Education. He was, of course, thwarted by the Democrat House and Senate.
We may have a reasonable second-place position to the one held by the Democrats in 2008 when they held a majority everywhere and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. It is most unlikely that the Republicans can get 60 in the Senate this time.
Assuming (hoping, praying) Obama is asked to take himself out in the dustbin he has filled, the Republican party and the conservatives within it will be at their greatest strength in at least sixty years if not a century.
The Democrats used their opportunity to cram through Obamacare. Conservatives should use this opportunity to dismantle as much of this as possible.
Where does Perry stand on eliminating government agencies and departments? If the weed isn't pulled up with the roots, it regrows. His statements say he would like the Feds out of education. If so, will he seek to dismantle this department? He talks a good energy game and dismisses global warming. Will he exhort the Congress to get rid of the Dept. of Energy? When I talk of eliminating agencies or whole departments, I get the "It'll never happen" response. If not, then when? If never, we can look forward to the inevitable decline.
As I've said before, I was distressed by Perry's 'Gardasil' executive order as it was more the action of a king than a servant of the people. So what I need to know is...
Is Perry a Big Government Conservative or a Small Government Conservative?
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.26.11 @ 1:56PM
John,
I'm quoting Rick Perry here..."I will demand the repeal of "Obama-care"...immediately!"
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 2:36PM
Ken,
I heard him say that. It's the political blood of the Republican campaign. I'm for it and have no doubt that he will do it. To the extent that he is against the establishment of yet more agencies, I am pleased; that should be the minimum from anyone calling himself conservative.
I am hoping that he is for more than a return to the status quo ante with its rampant RINOs and is for a reduction in government overall. Hence my question. Will he promise what is needed for election or is he a small government Republican in the Reagan tradition? I hope to be convinced that he is the latter.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 3:08PM
Perry is for bigger government. He will feed you some talk but in the end he is another Bush. In Texas we always have to fight against him and he backstabs conservatives every chance he can get working behind the scenes. Check out the whole TSA thing, Guardasil, TransTexas corridor, Bildeberg meetings, turning our roads into tollways owned by foreign corporations. The list goes on.
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 3:37PM
"Bildeberg meetings"
I knew it. A Ron Paul conspiracy theorist.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 3:44PM
Whenever someone cites an association with the Bilderberg Group as a reason to distrust, well, anyone, I always know that at that point I have encountered a seriously paranoid mind.
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 3:57PM
The Big E,
Agreed.
Purple Lips| 8.26.11 @ 4:05PM
I took my daughter to a Biderberg Workshop once. We had a real good time. I didn't know Perry hung-out there too. I didn't know he had kids.
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 5:56PM
Purple Lips,
I had to grin!
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 3:42PM
Sean,
I've lived in Texas for almost forty years now. I'm aware of what you are saying. It's interesting that Perry has been governor for ten years and my Dad who lives in Louisiana is only hearing about him since the advent of the Tea Party. I share your concerns.
That said, and appealing to the Buckley rule, it seems that Perry may well be the least dangerous, electable candidate. Bachmann is probably less dangerous and perhaps electable. Santorum is my current favorite, but I can't hold out much hope for him to defeat Obama. Cain is in the same boat.
Now is the time for letting Perry know what is important to us and to get his position out front and center so that, even if we have to vote with reservations, neither we nor anyone else is surprised by what we elect.
I'll still take any one of the bunch (except Paul or, perhaps, Huntsman) over Obama and perfection doesn't appear to be running. And, we cannot afford a third-party run.
John Navratil| 8.26.11 @ 3:50PM
...
Actually, I'll take anyone of the bunch over Obama.
Sean| 8.26.11 @ 4:58PM
I am going for Paul because I know he won't sell out. He will also veto unconstitutional spending. The biggest criticism of Paul is people think he won't defend our country. I find that not true since he voted to go into Afghanistan. He is not afraid to go to war if needed and authorized by Congress.
Also most of his neocon critics are the same people that are for open borders. How exactly is that securing our countries defense when you allow an invasion?
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 7:00PM
No kidding? Your for Ron Paul. I used to be for Ron Paul, until I found out he was a nut.
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 12:33AM
From what I've heard, Perry will listen and can be convinced to back down when he is wrong, e.g. the Gardasil issue.
Nite| 8.26.11 @ 10:20PM
Ah, another liberal spouting the same talking points as those showing up on other conservative sites. Perry can beat Obama and his teleprompter. I am from TX, so I am very familiar with Governor Perry and will support him again in this election.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:35AM
I'm sorry---what part of protecting teenage girls from rapists giving them Cervical CA is a problem?
Chris Ruetenik| 8.26.11 @ 10:55AM
those of you folks who don't have the guts to stand behind your words, and do so by posting with your real name, are just keyboard, anonymous warriors....
Go Perry !
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 1:24PM
But I really am a Boar Hunter. Lol, I understand your feelings on this. I for one would love to meet Clint and a few of the other rude and obnoxious "keyboard warriors" in person. It is unlikely they have met many, if any real men in their lives including their fathers. These cowards are never called on to back up their rude words and outrageous conduct. I for example, would love to engage them in debate. I am mature enough to know that I might not win the debate, but I would debate them vigorously.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.26.11 @ 2:03PM
Chris,
I appreciate your thought about screen names, but I am simply too well known with some 11 million listings on my real name.
I will probably throw away two or three million sales of my new book by using a "screen name" instead of my real name.
That's OK. I can afford it from my former books.
You can buy it at amazon.com's kindle store now and put it on your home computer for a mere $7.95 "America Alone Said No"
...or you can go to my blogsite and buy it and get a full refund guarantee of satisfaction.
www.txbooks.blogspot.com
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 7:03PM
Ken; Thank you for that info, I will look for and happily purchase one of your books. I like the title. If it's good I may buy more.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:39AM
Oh, Boar, it is quite good. If you like it, I would suggest following up with "Caliphate" by my friend Tom Kratman, and/or, "The Rings of Allah" series by Lee Boyland (Lee was a nuclear weapons designer, so his data is quite accurate). G-d Bless, and welcome aboard.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 4:22AM
Gosh, I had to look up the Builderburg society.
I just don't think they are as competent as everyone thinks they are. Sorry. If it's Jimmy Carter's Sec of State as a typical member, Ron Paul should be thrilled anyway.
Solo| 8.28.11 @ 8:03AM
LOL!
Yeah...the Bilderbergs aren't much of a "secret society" if their meetings and participants are public knowledge, huh?
Frankly....they suck at the whole "secret society" thingy.
Now..."The Shriners"! There's a creepy bunch if there ever was one. They're probably aliens, too.
irish19| 8.29.11 @ 11:12PM
But I wants me one of their hats. And a smoking jacket.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:37AM
And I'm well known under my real name, professionally. I bought your book for Kindle, Ken.
Clint| 8.27.11 @ 7:18AM
Put Up or Shut Up, Chairman of The Bores.
I'm A Member Of The Valley Forge Patriots.
Our Meetings Are Publicized.
Come & Get Me, Keyboard Mouth Fighter.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:38AM
I thought you were Clint Air, in Apple Valley, CA. Hard to tell what you are, other than an asshat.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 3:55AM
Clint,
do you EVER run out of people to piss off?
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 4:09PM
I did check it out. While my finances make it unlikely I'll ever be able to attend a meeting, there is contact information for all of the officers. I bet they'd be just thrilled to know what a celebrity they have in their midst.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:41AM
Of course, Boar, other than Jack or Clint I'm quite polite and gentle to people. Besides, I like Perry.
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 2:08PM
But, I really was a drunken sailor.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 2:43PM
I've been called the Big E for many, many years because I'm big (6'4" 325 lbs), and both my first and last names start with the letter E. If someone actually called me by my name I'd probably look around and wonder who they're talking to.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 3:56AM
Erudite also comes to mind, Big E. (See, like I said, I'm fairly nice unless I'm dealing with" he who must be laughed at.")
I do like your posts.
Butch| 8.26.11 @ 5:52PM
Butch is the name everyone who knows me well calls me. Nickname given to me by my Mom right after birth to distinguish me from my father. I am a junior.
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 12:36AM
"distinguish me from my father."
This fairly cries out for something snarky, but it's getting late.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 3:54AM
Besides, ya might end up liking the guy.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:43AM
In addition, some of my friends on this blog either know my real name or will be one of these days.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:54AM
Oh, and Chris, under my real name I do donate to the GOP. But I understand your concerns. I just have a bit to lose.
POST American| 8.26.11 @ 11:01AM
No longer Rockefeller/CFR biz nihilism as usual.
No longer a pass for the front ops of Bilderberg.
------------------TRUTH IS RISING--------------------
------------------------REALLY----------------------------
-------------------------TRULY----------------------------
-------------------------FINALLY-------------------------
--------------------------AMEN----------------------------
martin j smith| 8.26.11 @ 11:16AM
I am certain that all or most of you are aware of the following but I will say it anyway: Watch for the push for Romney &/or Huntsman. You know from where it is originating right ? Anyway I just saying this: Who is MORE LIKELY to make the correct moves to get our economy going: Perry,Bachman or Palin or Huntsman and Romney. Who is more likely to take on Obama in debates and on the campaign ? Perry,Bachman or Palin or Romney or Huntsman ? Who is more likely to connect with the average American voter: Perr,Bachman and Palin or Romney and Huntsman ?
somnolence| 8.26.11 @ 11:26AM
I'm afraid that many of us on Facebook, including myself, who are SO SURE Palin is going to run, are simply deluding ourselves, and have been all along. If she makes this so-called major announcement within the next week or few weeks, I wouldn't be surprised to hear her endorse Michele Bachmann all out for the history making candidate the GOP can have in 2012.
The Big E| 8.26.11 @ 2:51PM
I've never been convinced that Palin was going to run, and I think Rick Perry's successful entry into the field pretty much insures she won't. If she enters now, she risks splitting the conservatives in such a manner that it would open up a road for Romney to win, and I don't think she wants that.
I'm not saying Perry is a shoo-in, but right now he is the strongest conservative candidate (no disrespect to Bachmann, but he's got executive experience in a large state that she simply can't match).
I also don't see Palin endorsing someone simply because their candidacy would be "historic." Recent precedent on historic candidacies isn't very good - at least not when it comes to producing a good President - and Palin strikes me as being too practical to endorse someone simply because of their gender. I'm not saying she won't endorse Bachmann, but I am saying that if she does, it will be because she sincerely thinks Bachmann is the best candidate, not because Bachmann candidacy would be historic.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:56AM
I'd be happy with either Perry or Bachmann.
If the ultra strong borders people push hard enough, Perry will bend. He won't be Governor of Texas anymore, and I suspect his Hispanic support in the General Elections will be smaller than Os.
Oldefarte| 8.26.11 @ 11:41AM
Perry is becoming more credible everyday. His governorship-administrative experience, lawsuit-abuse reform, pugnacious personality etc are advantages. His only disadvantage perhaps is his connection politically to Muslim organizations [while hopefully will be explained by his staff to some of our satisfactions]. Paul and Romney both appear timid/politically correct in their political attacks upon the president and Democrats' radicalisms, plus Paul and his supporters seem to be trojun-horseed inside the Republican Party for political advantage purposes. It's again early, and the games have only begun
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:57AM
Yes, Perry is also very Pro-Israel, although the best one on that is Bachmann, who has actually worked on a Kibbutz.
So, I'm a Bachmann supporter, but I'm OK with Perry.
POST American| 8.26.11 @ 11:51AM
"There WILL BE a one world government
by 2020."
-RAY KURZWEIL
Foundation set up author/ Globalist/ EUGENIST
Putting aside the private life, such as it is, AND
the Logan Act violating Bilderberg attendance,
and the 'Banker Bailout' ---and NAFTA/GATT
collusions against American interests ---AND
the deadly FORCED gardasil injections-----
AND the rather lame attempt to co-opt
American outrage by posing as Ron Paul----
---Just weeks ago, Perry threw in with the
Globalist police state grid by siding with the
ILLEGAL and unthinkable TSA molestation
and harassment of the innocent people of Texas.
This is unprecedented and unspeakable.
---WHAT IN HELL MORE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?
Southern_Comment| 8.26.11 @ 3:30PM
Even if we gave you an actual name, what good does that do? To you, who don't know me personally, my name or this name equate to the same, not like you are going to put a face to a name nor remember that face if you saw it. So who cares what the screen name is and care more about what's being said and the general consensus (at least that's why I read the blogs).
Southern_Comment| 8.26.11 @ 3:31PM
sorry this post was supposed to go up higher.
Steve A| 8.26.11 @ 1:23PM
What we need to know is how long you have been off your medication.
Oldefarte| 8.26.11 @ 1:28PM
Well, Perry just probably secured at least one vote [MINE] FOR him as president.....it was just reported that he's agreed to sign a pledge supporting an constitutional amendment in defining marriage between one man and one woman. It's about time someone had to guts to stand up against this homosexual immoral garbage!!!!!!!!
Margie| 8.26.11 @ 1:37PM
Keep spreading the news, Oldefarte!
It makes my heart glad.
It needs to be done~ and there is nothing wrong with going through the proper process to do it.
I hope he will keep his word. If he does, he will be remembered for being a man after God's own heart.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 1:58PM
As always we can depend on Margie for kind and encouraging words. She and the other God fearing women of our country are playing a powerful role in the attempt to pull America back from the brink. It is unfortunate more young men and women were not under the tutelage of her and those like her. They might have learned a thing or two about polite and mannerly discourse.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.26.11 @ 2:36PM
AMEN, Boarhunter. Margie is a blessing.
Not only that...she has the sword of the scriptures in a fast-draw holster. (smile)
Oldefarte| 8.26.11 @ 3:36PM
Amen II to that! If it's one thing I have learned here is that you don't debate Margie concerning the biblical passages/matters [as the old saying goes, I MAY BE STUPID....BUT I AIN'T NO FOOL]!!!!
Margie| 8.27.11 @ 12:23AM
You guys,
Nobody knows more than me how undeserved your amazingly kind words are.
Pretty humbling. Please pray for me that I could really be like you say.
Thank you!
Oldefarte| 8.27.11 @ 1:24PM
Nope, as they say in legal courts of law, it's simply THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.....!!!!
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 12:58AM
Hey, Margie, you know how I feel about you and Victor from Day 1. ;0 You are, as Ken would know, a "sheyna punim."
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 1:04AM
By the way, OF, thank you for your beautiful posts. They make my day frequently.
somnolence| 8.26.11 @ 2:59PM
He hasn't debated against the other candidates yet. He may get his ass handed back to him, for all we know. I really don't see him as the standout in a future debate like I see Bachmann.
DaveS| 8.26.11 @ 3:29PM
Michelle should drop her numerous information-givers. They have screwed her up and are making her mechanical as a defense against the faux pas.
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 12:38AM
I have heard this before. IMHO, this is what killed Palin and by extension McCain's campaign.
DaveS| 8.26.11 @ 3:28PM
There is little to distinguish Perry policy from the policies of many of the other candidates. So, what sparks the public interest in him? It's easy: he acts like an adult. Unafraid. Unapologetic. Gee - sounds like Reagan.
Drunken Sailor| 8.26.11 @ 3:42PM
EXACTLY!!
It is the same reason people like Palin, liked Trump, loved Regan. He is not afraid to stand firm and make the Dems play defense.
Butch| 8.26.11 @ 5:56PM
That's a big part of it. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who is intimidated by left-wing media.
somnolence| 8.26.11 @ 6:00PM
I'm not about to get enthusiastic or charitable toward anyone's campaign except Palin, Bachmann, or Cain if they were to be the nominee. Other than that, I'll let you know that I voted on Election Day 2012 for the GOP candidate, which will not be Ron Paul(and if it is, no, I won't vote, period). So you see that my enthusiasm will more than likely be mechanical, much as it was in 2008. The 3 I previously mentioned are also the only ones I would send at least $100 to.
Boar Hunter| 8.26.11 @ 8:10PM
I agree with your sentiment, I will not vote Romney or Paul (The nut), period. If Palin enters, I think a lot of good people will open their hearts and their wallets.
Obviously, none of us knows what her final decision will be, but it seems to me there is even a large portion of the mainstream press that seems to be reconsidering their view of her. Of course we wont hear that on the nightly news, but watch video of her when she's walking amongst them. Their body language tells me they can't help but have admiration for her. They know best the effort brought to bear against her. How can you not admire the courage of such a person?
As far as her electability, I think they are telegraphing exactly who they're most afraid of. How many millions of dollars have they devoted to investigating her, filing frivolous law suits and all the rest? If "Palin can't win" why bother? You don't see the libs expending any effort on Ron Paul, do you? They know he is an unelectable nut.
As far as those identified as moderates and independents, I find that they generally (not always) position themselves as such, so they can appear thoughtful when questioned. The trick is to garner enough momentum and support for Palin so they can brag to everyone how they were part of this historic election and thrown out that worthless miscreant Obama. As long as we have collectively chosen her as the representative of our conservative values, Palin could easily prevail. I consider Perry a conservative politician, but I would vote for him. I consider Palin a conservative leader and I will follow her.
aware| 8.27.11 @ 12:47PM
The left isn't "expending any effort on Ron Paul..." for the simple reason that it is the Statists on the "right"(again I say....HA) who's job is to remove any serious threat to TPTB from their ranks. And that certainly is what is happening even as we speak.
And before you come back with that great neo con intellectual argument you use so often, I don't happen to be a "Paulbot" because "elections" have now become farce that in no way threatens to derail this out of control train before the brick wall moment.
You slobbering over the "candidates" you mention is like 'rasslin' fans fighting over whether Ric Flair or Lex Lugar is the "baddest rassler" without understanding the whole event is staged and they go out together for drinks and strippers afterward, with your money in their pockets.
"Conservatives" such as this have run things before, both Houses and Presidency. I'd just like you to name 1 government department that was abolished or even cut when they did. Show me in the places they run any spending reductions or reductions in the private wealth they confiscate. Did government get smaller or bigger under their watch?
But we are supposed to believe them this time?
Oldefarte| 8.27.11 @ 4:51PM
Following are the establishment dates of US Governmental Departments/president/party. I would argue that the non-essential/excessive departments would be Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, HHS, HUD, Transportation, Energy, Education, Justice and EPA [mostly established by DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTS]:
State 1789 Washington No Party
Treasury 1789 " "
Justice 1789 " "
Defense* 1789 " "
Interior 1849 Polk Democrat
Agriculture 1889 Cleveland "
Commerce 1913 Taft Republican
Labor 1913 " "
HHS 1953 Truman Democrat
HUD 1965 Johnson "
Transportation 1966 " "
Energy 1967 " "
Education 1979 Carter "
Veterans Affairs 1987 Reagan Republican
EPA 1990 Bush "
Homeland Security 2002 Bush "
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 1:03AM
Polk was ONE HELLUVA President. Ag was torn out of Interior, incidentally. Myself, I'd cut back to the ones we had in 1849, and leave it there. Interior as the last. Yeah, I'm aware Defense was initially War.
aware| 8.28.11 @ 11:36AM
Must be typo cause you impress me as informed.
Energy August 8,1977....Carter
EPA was a Nixon monster from 1970, who also gave us the racial spoils system known as "affirmative action", which led to the current sock puppet in chief.
I'm willing to bet none would be abolished under any of the establishment Republican contenders. The interesting thing about all you have mentioned is this: the things these government mechanisms were created to address all, without exception, got infinitely worse, more expensive, and intractable afterwards. One could even say permanent.
Oldefarte| 8.29.11 @ 11:19AM
I stand corrected, but my point still holds [they were mostly created by Democrats]. True no Republican eliminated same, but like with everything else in government, to eliminate anything once established is extremely difficult and practically requires an ACT OF THE ALMIGHTY [why this WELFARECARE that Democrat Obama etc has established will be difficult to dismantle, since its already in force and never should have been allowed to become law, but oh no, we had to elect Barry didn't we?]. The point I'm making is that taxpayer-voters should not allow Democrats to become elected, since their basic agenda is to establish governmental WELFARE. If we allow them to become elected, then the growth of government is a natural consequence and is almost impossible to stop afterwards. The solution is to instead vote for Republicans who are unsaintly but still are semi-rational non-welfare providing politicians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aware| 8.27.11 @ 12:53PM
somnolence.....why volunteer to send money now? When they are running things they will claw a lot more than that out of you.
Occam's Tool| 8.28.11 @ 1:01AM
Somnolence, Boar Hunter---it's good to hear from you guys and realize I'm not alone.
And Margie, you are simply superb. Are you prepared for the Hurricane--are you within path? I hope you are and are not in path. G-d Bless.
Oldefarte| 8.28.11 @ 9:44AM
Yeah, hopefully none of you are in the path of Irene, but if so just hunker down. Think it will be mostly water/property damage [and up in the northeast with the dense/extensive property, it could be substantial].Have heard initial estimates of $10 bil, which is 1/10 of that of Katrina's. Oh well, stay safe if involved!!!!
Clint| 8.26.11 @ 8:35PM
"Rasmussen Has Ron Paul Running Closest With Obama
Erik Hayden Aug 24, 2011:
Who does the president fare worst against in a head-to-head matchup? On Wednesday, Rasmussen released its latest nationwide early campaign survey. And right now, Barack Obama does well against Mitt Romney (46 to 38 percent) and narrowly leads Perry (43 to 40 percent) and Michele Bachmann (43 to 39 percent).
Which means, if you combine these results with the Rasmussen poll released Tuesday, the GOP candidate doing the best against the president is....Ron Paul? Yesterday's head-to-head poll showed the libertarian trailing the president 39 to 38 percent, by presumably the same methodology."
The Ruling Elite RINO-CINO's & Their Flunkie Apologists Are Scared of Dr.Ron Paul.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.
Rise Up In Rebellion.
Solo| 8.28.11 @ 8:27AM
According to an Al Jazeerah poll, Ron Paul gets 98% of the Jihadist vote. 12% say he qualifies for 72 virgins.
So...he's got that going for him.
;)
http://www.thereligionofpeace......olence.htm
POST American| 8.27.11 @ 3:19AM
--------------------BOTTOM LINE----------------------
Forget 'Tea Parties' ----go for a Freeman Party ---Constitution Party
---American Republic party ---Liberty Party.
REFUSE to fall for the cheezy Rock--F--L--O
/Murdoch set ups.
STOP giving place to the 'program' ---hurl your TVs.
----------------------------WE ALREADY HAVE.
Aril| 8.27.11 @ 2:39PM
Anyone who can hideously destroy Progressivism has my vote. I like monsters like that.
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ranh| 8.27.11 @ 2:40PM
It's about time someone had to guts to stand up against this homosexual immoral garbage!
http://www.topbrandsbags.com
http://www.honey-gifts.com
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 4:13PM
And buying sunglasses, a new bag, honey, and a hat will achieve all of that. Just click on the links and see.!
irish19| 8.28.11 @ 4:14PM
Btw, the link for honey gifts in the homosexuality/immorality post is troubling-and kinky.
Helen Delarue| 8.28.11 @ 4:47PM
As a native Texan...probably older than most of you on here...been watching this mess unfold since the Vietnam era...also active in local and state politics...Rick Perry attended the Bilderberger conference in 2007, should be a red flag to all Americans...reported in Dallas Morning News, sold our roads to foreign investors, facilitated the biggest buyout ever of TxU Texas utilities and if ya don't know what a smart meter is better find out...have one on my home, one will be comingto your home in the future, ERCOT is petitioning congress to be able to control temps in our HOMES, it's blocked right now but I guarantee some politician will sellout to the highest bidding lobbyist, Perry hosted the banking corporations in Austin several weeks ago, if he couldn't be bought they wouldn't give him the time of day...mandated the Gardasil vaccine for young girls in Texas after receiving a $6000 donation from Merck and stipulating one of his aides oversee it, see his lavish rental on youtube soaking us Texans to the tune or around $10,000 a month, doesn't look CONSERVATIVE to me...the only reason he mentioned the Federal Reserve is because Ron Paul has been cautioning people about it for years, he was parroting Ron Paul...Paul has the guts to address the generalcounsel of the Fed, asking them why 88% of the stimulus money went to foreign banks instead of the citizens it was SUPPOSED to help, they answered they LOANED it because the foreign banks wanted to come over here and do business and if ya believe that I got some oceanfront property in Arizona....AGAIN, PUBLIC INFO, folks, on C-Span...don't even ask the teachers in Texas about Perry, they hate his guts...better yet, DO ask them.
Go to the congressional record or opencongress and look up H.R. 645, then look up H.R. 2163. H.R. 645 chilled me to the bone...know where I heard about these bills? Speeches on youtube by Ron Paul. MSM certainly didn't address them...point I'm making is MSM has been electing our leaders for a long time now...they are in the pockets of their sponsors and do what they are told which is to promote the candidate who will cater to the agendas of the globalists...has anyone EVER wondered WHY MSM ignore Ron Paul and make fun of him "saying" he isn't electable. It's because he has been consistent through the years, people SAY they want smaller government, SAY they want lower taxes, SAY they want the senseless wars to end, yet they keep listening to the mainstream media and letting them elect our leaders...they keep doing the same ol same ol and expecting different results...when I do my research and find out Ron Paul has NEVER voted to raise taxes, NEVER voted to go to war, returns a portion of his congressional budget to the Treasury every year, DECLINED the lucrative pension congress voted for themselves, lobbyists don't evenbother going to his office,they already know the answer, see that the Taxpayer's Union has nominated him to be one of the most fiscally conservative in congress when it comes to spending, well....I amgoing to vote for him in the primary, if he doesn't get on the ticket, no harm done, all the others are the same as Obama. What I have reiterated is public info, check it out for yourself....That bill H.R. 645 was signed into law Nov. 1990 by George Bush, no I didn't vote for him, already knew what he was about...
I have voted for Democrats and Republicans but not BEFORE I checked their records for myself.
It is the media's JOB to keep citizens arguing over Democrat and Republican issues, with the end result being no resolution, thus ensuring the status quo in Washington.
BackToBasics| 8.28.11 @ 9:57PM
I don't agree that other than ROn Paul, all others are the same as Obam. But I do agree with your warnings about Perry. I'm voiced my support here for either Bachman or Cain in the primaries and have warned that Perry is only a little to the right of GW Bush. I think he will disappoint those who believe he is a true conservative. Yet, out of necessity, if neither Bachman nor Cain gets nominated and Perry does, I will vote for him in 2012 but it will not be an enthusiastic vote. But at this point, a tactical retreat, voting-wise, meaning third party, is not something we can afford in 2012.
Helen Delarue| 8.28.11 @ 4:53PM
Mainstream media and our Texas congressmen ARE SCARED TO DEATH that the American people just MIGHT be WAKING UP.....
DaveS| 8.28.11 @ 6:25PM
We can count on your vote, Helen, for whatever Republican is nominated - even Ghengis Khan.
autoenthusiest| 8.28.11 @ 9:11PM
With the decade anniversary of 9/11 coming up, what I want to know is if Perry will release the picture of "dead" Bin Laden.
anthropology 101| 8.29.11 @ 2:24PM
Here is a real "vote getter" for Perry.
He can run on the claim that none of his relatives are illegal immigrants on welfare roles - - as Auntie Zeituni Onyango, still living in the Boston public housing still on welfare.
Recently, the lost Uncle "Omar" has been found, drunk driving in Framinghm, Mass. Omar, aka Obama Onyango slipped through our marvelous Immigration net years go, never to be found until he hit a cop car while driving drunk.
Lucky for him, though, he is in Massachusetts, governed by another black Democrat, Deval Patrick. He'll skate free, just you watch.
While Mr. Onyango has enough money to get drunk, apparently he has a problem with scraping his rent together. His landlord attempted to evict him for non-payment of rent.
If he doesn't want them in the house, couldn't our compassionate president erect a tent city in some obscure spot on the White House grounds, so the entire tribe of Obamas can come out of hiding?
At least Jimmeh Cahtah's white trash brother was born here. As was Roger Clinton, Bill's little bro.