More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Peter Robinson ·
Aug 15, 2011 at 3:26pm
Very few politicians can think on their feet, let alone display unpremeditated wit. Evidently, the governor of Texas is one of the few.
Posted not long ago on the website of the Wall Street Journal:
As Mr. Perry walked along the midway at the Iowa State Fair, a reporter asked if he had any reaction to a Monday comment by Mr. Romney, who was in New Hampshire touring a small manufacturer: “I think understanding how the economy works by having worked in the real economy is finally essential for the White House, and I hope people recognize that,” Mr. Romney told reporters.... Mr. Romney was an executive at Bain Capital before running Massachusetts.
Mr. Perry responded: “Texas is the real economy.”
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Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
I'm really anxious to see these two gentlemen interact in debate.
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Me too. Now, if only we can figure out how to get you a spot on the panel that asks the questions....
May '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Cute comeback, but I doubt you'll find a majority of the country that sees Texas that way. Among activists, perhaps. The two men were not disagreeing with each other, of course.
I'm also looking forward to getting an oil boom in every state!
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Duane Oyen: Cute comeback, but I doubt you'll find a majority of the country that sees Texas that way. Among activists, perhaps. The two men were not disagreeing with each other, of course.
I'm also looking forward to getting an oil boom in every state! · Aug 15 at 3:42pm
Ah, I catch your general drift, Duane--and I hereby appoint you Ricochet's "Official Skeptic of the Rick Perry Campaign." Keep the rest of us honest, would you?
Oct '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Duane Oyen: Cute comeback, but I doubt you'll find a majority of the country that sees Texas that way. Among activists, perhaps. The two men were not disagreeing with each other, of course.
I'm also looking forward to getting an oil boom in every state! · Aug 15 at 3:42pm
Rick Perry is right, of course. And as we say here in the Lone Star State, it ain't braggin' if it's true!
Aug '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Texas does indeed have a relatively strong economy but the real question is whether or not Perry had anything to do with it. I believe Texas was a low tax state before he took office, if Mr Perry's accomplishments consist of not screwing it up, that doesn't show me a whole lot...
Jun '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Not screwing things up is a lot harder than it looks like. Remember, Perry has 49 other states that are trying to get a piece of the Texas pie. And some are Red States, that actually know how to accomplish it.
Oct '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
I beg to differ; that would show me everything. Shortly before leaving office in 1929, Calvin Coolidge said "Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business."
Mister, we could use a man like Calvin Coolidge again.
Oct '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Not screwing it up is everything.
Dec '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Good line, but this issue will be reformatted by the media.
There are several questions about the Texas' jobs story and, from what I have seen, they are no big deal. However, they are being lept upon by the media.
Here's one example, addressing the basic premise of job growth in TX. This is one of my local papers, the St. Petersburg Times, attacking the numbers themselves and claimng only "half true". That will be the message that goes out to the American public.
The other meme I am seeing is that, even if TX has had greater job growth, it has mostly been in the public sector, which conservatives should not be happy with. I'm hearing/reading this all over but cannot easily find any factual basis. Here, for example, when you actually read the numbers, you may notice that even though they are bending over backwards to slant the story, you can still see that of roughly 1 million new jobs created, 300,000 were in the public sector.
In the media, it will not matter; most of the job creation will be portrayed as being in the public sector, as that's the party line.
Aug '11
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
I'm no student of Texas government, but I lived there for long enough to take the state-required courses on its constitution. It's a lesson in limited government. The legislature meets biannually, and the governor is very weak compared to other states. The major executive powers boil down to some appointments and the veto, but those powers are minor considering the institutional throttle on legislation. Hell, governors don't even appoint judges. They're elected.
I interned for a Texas state legislator the year they were in session but back in the district office. I was there more than my boss, and the only work I ever did was to post signs and (illegally) yank the signs of Democratic candidates from yards. My boss and I threw them in his truck and then threw them in a dumpster behind a Presbyterian Church. To end the evening, we had steaks. Talk about a lesson in doing nothing to screw things up.
Edited on Aug 15, 2011 at 4:57pmJul '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
I was watching Fox News with Chris Wallace tonight. Karen Tumulty of the WashPost said Perry awaits vetting by the national media. I'm accustomed to the blind partisanship of the left-wing media, the fact-twisting necessary to advance the JournoList agendas, the deliberate lies when all else fails. But even I am staggered now and then by the monstrous hypocrisy of the MSM. A third-rate academic with a shadowy background and suspicious friends was elected in large part because he was not vetted. Never mind. Big-city newspapers and the alphabet networks are outfitting crews with pith helmets and anti-malarial pills for anthropological expeditions into Flyover Country to interview its primitive peoples and explain their strange customs, one of which is electing conservative Republicans. I think we can rest confident they will return winded and sun-burnt with the conclusion Perry doesn't have what it takes. Obama meanwhile will remain unvetted even at this late date and those calling for this basic chore of journalism to be accomplished will be scorned as birthers. Or maybe the Alinsky School will come up with something new.
Aug '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Severely Ltd.
Not screwing it up is everything. · Aug 15 at 4:12pm
The problem is our federal government is massively screwed up and needs to be fixed, which primarily entails cutting the budget and slowing or stopping the growth.
Does Mr Perry have the skills and temperament to do this? That is the question which must be answered based on his record and if his record consists of staying the course then we don't know the answer...
Oct '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Perry also referred to his work in farming and said something to the effect of "just because I didn't at Bain capital, doesn't mean I didn't work in the real economy."
Nicely done.
Dec '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Severely Ltd.
Not screwing it up is everything. · Aug 15 at 4:12pm
And loser pays stands right next to everything.
May '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Duane Oyen:
I'm also looking forward to getting an oil boom in every state! · Aug 15 at 3:42pm
No reason why a great many states couldn't get an oil or gas boom if a President Perry (or Romney or whoever) would make exploiting our resources a priority. I know Kasich would happily execute the mother-of-all slant drills and tap some of that oil that sits under California (or Minnesota).
May '11
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Western Chauvinist
Severely Ltd.
Not screwing it up is everything. · Aug 15 at 4:12pm
And loser pays stands right next to everything. · Aug 15 at 5:57pm
I have been surprised that his initiative to pass loser pay reform has not been mentioned much here or by the MSM. I can promise you the trial lawyers have been paying attention and it will generate the emptying of some very deep pockets. For me, watching trial lawyers hyperventilate is right next to everything.
Dec '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Oil isn't a dominant business in Texas, as a matter of fact, you have to look really hard to find anything related to the oil industry. DFW (Dallas and Ft Worth) is widely known as the Techno-Plex and Austin as "Silicon Hills".
May '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Excuse me, but I thought that as a libertarian you would want exactly that. Do you want Perry to do more for you? My favorite line from his announcement speech was where he said he'd try to make Washington as inconsequential to people's everyday lives as possible.
(Now the long knives should really be out for him in the establishment and the ruling class-- unless, of course, he's really just another minion of theirs and it's all for show.)
Sep '10
Re: More Evidence that Rick Perry is Very Good at What He Does
Post of the Week right here Editors!