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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- He's back for the home stretch. And did he mention he's "an outsider"?
After a four-day break for the Christmas holiday, Gov. Rick Perry pushed his credentials as an enemy of Washington Tuesday at the first of at least 19 Iowa campaign events in the sprint toward the Jan. 3 caucuses.
Speaking to a standing-room-only audience at a cafe in Council Bluffs, Perry's remarks were notably more concise and brief than at events before the holiday hiatus that were characterized by lengthy tangents into energy policy and his efforts to create jobs in Texas.
"Ask yourself," he urged the crowd at the Main Street Cafe, "If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? No way."
The governor, who was running behind schedule for his first event of the day, spoke forcefully while glancing often at prepared remarks during his less-than-10-minute speech. He took no questions from voters.
Without directly naming his rivals, Perry took aim at Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney as "Republican insiders" who would maintain the status quo, and he slammed Ron Paul's foreign policy as one that could result in the destruction of the United States.
"You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate," he said. "You don't have to resign yourself to voting for the wasteful Washington spending culture of earmarks and of deficits and this ever-rising debt that we've got. You don't have to vote for a candidate, who would allow Iran to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth and then ultimately America.
"You don't have to stand for that. You don't have to settle for that," he told applauding voters.
Perry is joined Tuesday and Wednesday by controversial Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who endorsed Perry last month and previously campaigned with him in New Hampshire.
Arpaio alluded to recent action taken against him by the Department of Justice, which accused the sheriff of violating the constitutional rights of Latinos in his efforts to curb illegal immigration.
"I had a sneak attack last week by the Obama administration," Arpaio said. "The Justice Department went after me, took away my authority. However we still have state laws, and I know the governor believes in state laws. So we need him in Washington. Please caucus and vote for Gov. Perry on Jan. 3rd."
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Perry has spent over $6m in Iowa, and has little to show for it. Now he wants to tote this racist around to give him credibility???!!!.
These republican candidates are a worthless lot.
Ginger,
It couldn't happen to a nicer group of folks :)
The scary part of this is that one of the worthless lot may actually be the TPGOP candidate!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
What has that man did that is racist? You Democrats have demeaned that word so much to the point where it doesn't mean jack anymore. Everytime someone does something or says something that is not favorable to a Democrat; he/she is racist.
ITM, no it's YOU PEOPLE who have demeaned the word "racist".
Just because you don't agree with the word being used to describe the "whites only" attitude expressed by people like the sheriff doesn't mean that the descriptor is inaccurate.
See, that is the problem with you "righties", you think that free speech, free expression, etc. only applies to the people you approve of and no one else.
By the way, are you a member of the "white only" crowd or do you belong to the group classified as "others", you know those Americans who are not Anglo-Saxon, Caucasian, religiously zealot, and generally dismissive of others outside of their circle?
Well, here's a link to the report from the Justice Department on Sheriff Arpaio...
tucsoncitizen.com/mark-evans/archives/657/dojarpaio-2
Big deal ... it's not like the tax payers having to pay over $4 million for a few vacation days in Hawaii, right?
As opposed to having to pay for a $4 million vacation .... for a guy that cannot create ONE NEW NET JOB after 3 years ... even under his own administration!
Maybe Barry and Michelle will bring back a T-shirt for all of us.
Why would we want to put someone who hates government in charge of the government? He's "an enemy of Washington"? Then why does he want to go there? What is wrong with this picture?
Sayitaint:
I'm an African American that thinks for himself. Thank You. What the hell are you talking about "Whites Only"... The only reason you have a lot of black congressional members in the Democrat party is because the districts are so rigged as to they come out of minority only districts. I live in a district that has been represented by Republicans for the past 30 yrs and it is a mix of ALL races and ethnicities. This district has thrived and the surrounding districts represented by Democrats are still in a state of depression. I wonder why???
Here we have Rick Perry dragging around Sheriff Joe Arpaio with him on the campaign trail...talk about looking down the barrel of a shotgun to see why it misfired!
Sheriff Joe has problems with hair on them, and Perry WANTS to be associated with him?
Just pack it in already, Perry.
...and this has what to do with Perry and Arpaio?
[Big deal ... it's not like the tax payers having to pay over $4 million for a few vacation days in Hawaii, right?]
BoB, your idiocy continues, I see...
...here's your sign...
Why do I not believe this?
Rick Perry is a creation of Karl Rove just like GW Bush was. Dumb and Dumber.
Probably a combination of things ..... being new, not being very bright, being a liberal bigot ....
Can somebody help little mickey, I think he was trying to make a coherent statement?
You're so predictable, Bob. You'll defend a Fraud so long as he is on your side of the fence.
It's astonishing that you speak about a lack of intelligence in others when virtually everyone on this site agrees that your deficiency in that area is paramount.
How is he a fraud Jack? What proof do you have?
Jackass in Portsmouth,
ITM doesn't need me to defend him, but my comment stands.
I suggested you didn't know any better because ...
1. you are new here.... if you had been around, you would ITM is no fraud - you would know that ITM is one of the most bluntly honesty guys to ever post here.
2. you are not very bright ..... going out on the limb when you don't know sh!t about the man is not very bright.
3. you are liberal bigot ..... being blind to the possibility of a black man not fitting your liberal stereotype is the very definition.
So you sucked up to stupidity and the tree house gang let you in .... well good for you.
Bob and Paul:
You don't have to argue with that simple jackazz. You guys are wasting time. He is attempting to get some cred with ole' red-bush. He doesn't know he is barking up the wrong tree.
Little punk comes on here for a week and call me a fraud....lol......
Hello, Jerks:
I've been posting for about 3 months, long enough to know both of you are full of s**t.
IMT claims to be this heroic vet. Half a dozen guys on this site who have spent time in the service--including me--don't believe him. The others are always calling bulls**t on him, and so am I.
And Bob, you are just about the last person on this web to be questioning somebody else's intelligence. The only guy dumber than you is BrianB, and that's saying something. (You can't even write, for Chrissakes. " . . . the most bluntly honesty guys. . ." You're dumber than dumb.)
And I'm not a liberal. I'm a socialist. So screw off!
Well there we go fella's.
He says he is a socialist. That explains everything. No wonder your intelligence level is so low.
I don't need to produce my DD214 to please ur simple azz. No one on here can question my patriotism. I bled so jackazzez like you can complain all day on a puter. 24yrs of elite service. thank you.....
3 months of posting ...lol...... try 4 yrs....
Yep ... needs big government to make all his decisions for him and take care of him.
So you can't cut it in the real world, huh?
Life not fair?
And about my intelligence ....
Tell you what big boy, instead of putting up your little bitch snarks all the time, why don't you try to put up something of substance, something you feel strongly about and see how it stands up.
Hey ITM,
Hope someday to get to the middle of Texas, buy you a beer and have a sliced.
Good to see you again and have a great new years.
Yeah, I'm as muchaf socialist as ITM has 24 years of elite service. The last time he and I tangled it was 22 years of elite service. What's it going to be the next time? 26? 28? ITM is a Fraud, pure and simple.
And who gives a rat's ass about how long you've been posting? It hasn't made you any smarter, that's for sure.
And I have put up articles of substance, and you don't have the ba**s to answer them.
Retired after 24yrs, spent 22 in SF. Thank You again jackazz.
BTW: Since you're so infactuated with me, WTF have you done in life besides complain it is all Republican's fault that you're a failure.
So Perry is dragging Sherriff John around with him. Who's next, Captain Kangaroo?
Al,
I keep hearing the theme music to the opening of a looney toons cartoon when reading all this stuff about the GOP field!
"That's all folks!"
Al--please don't disparage Captain Kangaroo--I have happy childhood memories of him, and I doubt he would want to be dragged around by this worthless lot of candidates! They are soooo not even in his league!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
I loved Bunny and Mr. Moose. Mr. Greenjeans was a bit odd though.
I'm sorry--I'm still giddy from hearing the news Ben Nelson is not seeking re-election. He was the bluest of the bluedogs (until Manchin got elected).
The bluedogs need to go!! That's been a large part of the problem for Democrats. DINOs, who needs 'em?
Fancy That. Hadn't heard that bit of news; good! Even if democrats don't pick up Nelson's seat, which is highly unlikely, it is no loss since he voted with the GOPTP most of the time anyway or at least held the democrats hostage for corn husker deals.
With all these Democratic Congress people "not seeking re-election", are we running good progressive Democrats to replace them? With the Repubs only needing 4 seats to take over the Senate, we'd better be finding good people to replace the ones retiring.
Sneak attack? Dude, they've only been investigating you since 2008. I forget...who was President then?
Guess Arpaio doesn't read the mail from the DOJ - or newspapers.
Is Perry looking for credibility by toting around the guy who also fails to investigate sexual assault against children while he's busy targeting Hispanics? Guess we know what, by association, Perry's priorities are.
Joan,
Does Gov. Perry really have any priorities?
Phine--it's all about lining his own pockets at the expense of others!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Well, nurse, I guess he does have a priority then - getting rich like the others! Wonder how his book sales are doing?
"The governor, who was running behind schedule for his first event of the day, spoke forcefully while glancing often at prepared remarks during his less-than-10-minute speech. He took no questions from voters."
Took no questions? Why not? So he was running a little late. He could have answered one or two quickly and moved on. Unfortunately lil' Ricky is afraid of the questions one might ask so no one was allowed to ask any.
He will be an also ran before long and then he will fade back into the polluted air of Texas where he should have been all along.
Poor Texas. For such a big state, you would think they could find a better governor!
They had a chance with Kay Bailey Hutchison, but they went with stupid.
Yet, Texas once had a great strong woman governor - Ann Richards. I loved her keynote address at the 1988 Democratic Convention - "Poor George"
But you saw what happened. They replaced her with George W. Bush. If they would do something like that, they probably deserve what they got.
What "Scary Perry" does not seem to comprehend is that he is poltically done, and has no clue of what 99% of economically struggling Americans are going through. His cultural intolerance, religious intlolerance, social intolerance, and his economic intolerance of others. "Scary Perry" has no problem spewing his economic themes of greed, and the economic destruction of all safety nets. This is a Confederate States Of American Poltician that has no idea of the US Constitution, the US Bill Of Rights, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "Scary Perry" socially believes in Southern Society values in or around 1855. This very "Scary" Confederate States Of American Politician wants to poltically dismantle the Federal Government on all levels. Well if the Confederates could not destroy the Union by starting an illega Civill War in 1861. Old "Scary Perry" will try to do it politically in 2012. His one of many problems is that he is just dumb on the issues, dangerous on Foreign Policy, and intolerant on all other issues. Everyone wave "Goodbye" to "Scary Perry!"
You know, one could make a great song for Spongebob titled "Goodbye, Scary Perry"
On one hand, the GOP candidates rant that President Obama has no experience and on the other hand, they dismiss his successes which are many as irrelevant. The Perry comments about being an "insider"are the latest GOP version of saying one thing and then implying the opposite.
As for Sheriff Joe, go back to Texas. There was a lengthy article about his failure to investigate child abuse in the paper this weekend. The article said Arpaio's supporters didn't have a problem with his prejudiced policies toward miniorities but they didn't like his ignoring child abuse at all. Perhaps if Sheriff Joe had been doing his job instead of chasing miniorities, the DOJ would not have conducted a "sneak attack" which was hardly a surprise since old Joe had been warned, he refused to cooperate, and the investigation had been on-going for sometime.
Guess old Sheriff Joe thought if he ignored them (DOJ) they would just go away. Maybe he can say "oops" like his buddy Ricky!
Perry's in Iowa's own prejudiced legislator's, GOP Rep Steve King, neck of the woods so Sheriff Joe might be more tolerated but not if they heard about the child abuse Arpaio ignored.
I find it hard to believe that Perry is still campaigning
Perry will never be President.
Is the good sheriff no longer in office? If he is still in office, does he get paid by the people he is supposed to be serving while galavanting around with Ricky?