tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post5815092558077240211..comments2024-03-28T00:49:30.768-06:00Comments on Pondering Penguin: Perry Adviser Continues Nasty Campaign SpeechKaren Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692791436106987353noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-60774957912768832002009-06-04T15:44:56.355-06:002009-06-04T15:44:56.355-06:00With or without a primary campaign, comparing inde...With or without a primary campaign, comparing independent voters to johns is nasty and disgusting.<br /><br />As for your anonymous boasting of Perry's conservatism, well...<br /><br />Rick Perry wasted millions of Texan taxpayer money and 10 Special Sessions of our Legislature on an unnecessary, overly partisan, immoral, and illegal mid-census Redistricting plan that was obviously designed to reduce the amount of accountability our state politicians are held to. Quite a big bit of spending there. Oh - and during the debate he was more than happy to declare that all who disagree with him should just leave the state.<br /><br />Rick Perry justified a bunch of pet projects called toll roads - that cost several million dollars at least and also happen to have very little traffic. Again - big spending galore for narrow interests.<br /><br />Perry's latest display of conservatism involved a mandatory HPV vaccine for all young girls in Texas. Oh and by the way, the vaccine itself had only been on the market for a year at the time and was developed by the producers of Vioxx - who just so happened to be huge contributors to the re-election campaign through which Perry lost the popular vote by 20 points.<br /><br />Perry's only conservative to people who don't pay attention.John Reddingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-1625705235489375812009-05-21T16:55:46.048-06:002009-05-21T16:55:46.048-06:00Perry's consultant was obviously talking about our...Perry's consultant was obviously talking about our party, and he is totally right. KBH injected herself into the scenario unnecessarily with this silly letter her supporters sent out. She must be insecure about this, because she totally is playing up little miss victim.<br /><br />Think about it. Do you think the GOP lost power because people got sick of conservatism? Because they hated low taxes and limited government? Because they suddenly stopped being pro-life? NO! They got pissed off that the party was becoming corrupt and full of big-spenders. Our party has been whoring itself out to lobbyists and so-called moderates for far too long. Our party couldn't even do anything of substance on abortion. We need to stand for something.<br /><br />If you are a moderate who wants the Republican Party to swing toward the Democrats, fine, but if you are someone who wants the party to get back to its conservative roots, KBH is a disaster waiting to happen. Just look at her history. It is terrible. She is a true RINO.<br /><br />Rick Perry is rejecting stimulus money with strings attached. I have never heard him claim that he was rejecting all of it. More than that, earmarks are fundamentally different from normal budgetary dollars in that they are inserted secretly and don't get a vote. Earmarks are associated much more strongly with corruption and repaying small groups of people for their support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-5200910654336160632009-05-21T07:34:15.575-06:002009-05-21T07:34:15.575-06:00Anon:
I have little respect for commenters who don...Anon:<br />I have little respect for commenters who don't identify themselves as they leave negative comments. Grow a spine.<br /><br />Who else would the Perry adviser be aiming the nasty remark at? Just a general comment? Sure.<br /><br />Queen of earmarks? How honest has Perry been about the amount of stimulus money he accepted for the state while charading at events that he's refusing federal spending money?Karen Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692791436106987353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14598933.post-37723921059480480282009-05-21T06:25:27.418-06:002009-05-21T06:25:27.418-06:00KBH was not even mentioned by Rick Perry's strateg...KBH was not even mentioned by Rick Perry's strategist.<br /><br />This is such a trumped up deal by KBH's team and the mainstream media to cause conflict within the GOP.<br /><br />What the strategist said was completely true. RINOs who put in record amounts of earmarks are why the party lost power in 2006. KBH, for the record, is the queen of earmarks in Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com