TEXAS GOVERNOR RAMPS UP PRESIDENTIAL SPECULATION
By FITSNEWS || Texas Governor Rick Perry stopped short of announcing his 2016 presidential candidacy during a Veterans Day swing through early-voting South Carolina – but he did promise Palmetto State residents they would be seeing more of him in the months to come.
“I’ve got about sixty more days of being the governor of the state of Texas and then I’m going to do something different,” Perry told attendees at a luncheon sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. “You’ll see me again.”
Really? South Carolina saw plenty of Perry during the last presidential primary – and like the rest of the country, didn’t like what it saw.
After being anointed as the GOP frontrunner upon his entry into the 2012 race, Perry abandoned his White House bid prior to the “First in the South” presidential primary election – endorsing the candidacy of liberal “Republican” Newt Gingrich.
What’s different about Perry this go-round?
Well, he’s made headlines for his “tough guy” approach to dealing with the issue of illegal immigration (which we suspect South Carolina voters will like) – but he’s also been at the heart of a major scandal associated with his rampant crony capitalism (which we suspect they won’t like).
Perry isn’t the only Texan eyeing the GOP presidential nomination. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz – who was in South Carolina last month – is also likely to jump into the fray.
Who else is running (or thinking about it)?
Dozens of people. The names most prominently mentioned include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (the GOP establishment frontrunners), U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, Cruz, Marco Rubio (favorites of the limited government wing of the party), former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (the top choices of social conservative “Republicans”).
Other would-be candidates include Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
Oh, and let’s not forget South Carolina’s own Lindsey Graham and his “white men in male only clubs” candidacy.
RAPID REACTION
@fitsnews And he will see SC, cause he has such nice new glasses.
— Inez Russell Gomez (@inezrussell) November 12, 2014
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38 comments
This is a good thing. SC voters may start getting the “treatment” from all of the political “visiting firemen”, the advance men of both parties “running up the flag to see who salutes”, “noodle throwers” hoping something will stick … “finger stickers” wanting to know which way the political winds are blowing …
The majority of the new-comer poli-wogs don’t have a clue as to what voters really want. The Earth has moved, republicrats are back, demicans are looking to get back on track …
YOU can now make a difference … You can influence the world! No kidding, SC voters are going to be who matters in 2016 and beyond.
It used to be Indiana, then it was California, and New Hampshire until just recently. South Carolina is solidly red state, but even the “demo blues” will be listened to. …
“SC voters are going to be who matters in 2016 and beyond”? What kind of glue are you huffing? Please. LoL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWZ-e3T1gVI
LOL … Yeah, right! Pick one and it’s gone, too!
(I’m not suggesting one vote for that drugged-up bozo … I am suggesting you listen to what he has to say … and listen to all of the rest of these traveling salesmen, the make an intelligent, serious and thoughtful exclamation for the pollsters …)
Isn’t it still legal to sell snake oil in Texas?
LOL … It is if you are the snake.
Good Liz can try that instead of vaccine.
RICK PERRY TO SC: “YOU’LL SEE ME AGAIN”
Thanks for the warning.
Rick Perry for President – you choose his new
theme song from Buddy Holly
1) That’ll Be The Day
2) Maybe Baby
3) Rave On
4) Think It Over
5) It’s So Easy
6) Real Wild Child
He stole the glasses from Barry Goldwater. —– That’s about all he got. LOL When our country needs a Ronald Reagan we get this ???? So far Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee are the only ones that stir any interest from me. Looks like it will be a loooooong season.
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‘He stole the glasses from Barry Goldwater’
— shoulda’ stolen Buddy Holly’s
He is simply not bright enough to be President. Perhaps, cunning enough to dupe Texans, but not bright enough to dupe Americans.
If Nikki can dupe you rubes again, then Rick would be like a God to the unwashed masses of South Carolina.
Can’t argue with that!!!!!
Most of the masses in South Carolina are NOT “unwashed”. You made the simple mistake of typing “un” instead of “brain’ in front of “washed”
By inferring they have brains, you’re giving too much credit. If one had a brain, then one would leave the house and not re-elect one of the worst governors the state has ever known.
To be fair, a lot of voters DID not vote for Queen Namrata.
You gotta play the cards you are delt.
Do you live there still? That’s way worse than being brainwashed. That’s just being a fool.
No, it’s called utilizing the state’s resources to my advantage in a semi-resistance warfare kind of way.
i’ve got property in two other states so I am fortunate/blessed to have alternatives and am planning on exercising my options at a later date.
The dumbasses of SC would be attractive to this barely competent con artist.
He’ll be the right man for most of SC’s voters.
Everybody here likes to post how stupid the voters are, specifically SC voters. Those attitudes are the very reason the Democrats were so miserably defeated.
I regret that, because I wish the voters had viable choices. Lacking such, the only option is Republicans.
This is one of the more pathetic excuses by a Republican for voting Republican that I’ve seen.
“Viable choices?”
You vote for Graham,Haley, McMaster et al becuse you are a Right Wing Republican,not for lack of something called”viable choices.”
It’s amusing how some of you Republicans,rightfully embarrassed by the clowns your party runs for office, justify your vote for them with this kind of silliness.
In other words,the Democrats made me do it!
I am a “Right Wing Republican” because I’m smart.
Exactly.The voters appeared to be very smart last Tuesday.
Yep, they are so smart that the Republicans elected Newt as their presidential candidate in the SC presidential primary of 2012.
if I’m not mistaken, SC was the only state to do so I. If memory serves correct, Newt did not even carry his home state of Georgia.
Actions speak much louder than words there “Thumper”
Must be that “too small to be a nation;too big to be an insane asylum” saying ringing true once more
Every passing day makes me glad that I am an Independent!!!
Anyone in politics with your attitude is guaranteed to fail, period. The Democrats proved that in 2014.
Did Newt win the fucking Republican primary or not???
Rationalize all you want. The fact is Newt won the SC Republican presidential primary and that is a reflection of the party you claim to be so proud of.
I don’t recall mentioning the Democrats one damn time.
Sadly,blind committment to ANY political party is the REAL guarantee to fail.
That’s why I am a PROUD Independent but from what I can see down the road the Republicans may legislate me registering some sort of affiliation before I am allowed to vote.
And mark my words it will be the hard right that legislates that type of requirement.
Is that you, Jonathan Gruber?
Again, did Newt win the SC Republican presidential primary or not???
And yes, you might say that a lot of voters are stupid as Gruber stated (much to his regret) and as an independent I say that blind allegiance to any political party is pretty stupid. That’s evident by your refusal to answer a simple question that you know the answer to but can’t face the reality in front of your face.
To ask that question assumes I am stupid or in denial. Perhaps you are being argumentative. You and I both know Newt won with 40.4% of the vote.
l do not claim to be proud of the Republican party. I am proud of our political system. It is a system that relies on the voters that commenters here love to ridicule.
The Constitution has been in operation for 225 years. The state constitutions are patterned on it. The state governments subject to it. It’s success is indisputable. It’s success rivals all that has come before.
The assumption of voter stupidity suggest there is some system based on elites would give superior results. Common sense would indicate that experts can manage economy better than each individual making his own desicions on career. Yet experience has proven the superiority of the free market.
Rick Perry is gay,a bottom and has a small penis.
Rick Perry is gay,a bottom and has a small penis.
Ooops . . . wonder if he could find South Carolina on a map?
He’s got glasses. That makes him appear smart after the whole “eeewps. I forgot the last one” Republican debate.
“The first day I’m President I’ll get rid of three federal departments. Congress, the Supreme Court, and, uh, wait a minute, uh, well I can’t remember it but…… oh yeah, the White House. I”ll get rid of the White House.”
Rick Perry – “Why you should vote for me over Jeb Bush, I’m against amnesty and my wife isn’t Mexican. How can you trust Bush when he goes to bed every night next to a Mexican woman.? How much power does she have over him? So vote for me, Rick Perry. I’ll go down to the border with a machine gun and Sean Hannity and clean things up. And I’ll come home and sleep next to my American wife.”
“You’ll see me again.” Is that a threat?
Did you know monkeys can wear glasses too?