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Title: Rick Perry will decide on a White House run in 30 days, telling South Carolinians that 'it's not that difficult' to secure the US-Mexico border and the White House battle is really about the Supreme Court
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... ttle-really-Supreme-Court.html
Published: May 9, 2015
Author: David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor
Post Date: 2015-05-09 10:19:53 by cranky
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Views: 5682
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Former Texas Governor Rick Perry isn't ready to launch his second presidential campaign, but a final decision will come within a month, he told a standing-room-only crowd crammed into Dickey’s Barbecue Pit near Greenville, S.C. 'I am a prospective candidate,' he said. 'I'm not going to announce that I'm running tonight. I'm going to make an announcement in the next 30 days.' In a freewheeling interview with a local radio host, Perry explained that the nation's recent fascination with social issues like gay marriage and religious freedom will ultimately be resolved in the U.S. Supreme Court. That, he said, puts added emphasis on the 2016 presidential race. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS Former Texas governor Rick Perry spoke on May 8, 2015 at Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Taylors, S.C. in advance of the South Carolina Freedom Summit in Greenville Christian radio host Josh Kimbrell (left) engaged Perry in an unscripted Q&A on Friday as 150 BBQ-scarfing South Carolinians applauded Liberals in Washington, Perry said, are 'starting to use the judiciary to get things done that they cannot get done through the legislative process. This starts making our Supreme Court even more important.' The next president, he warned a lip-smacking, lemonade-drinking crowd of 150, 'could choose as many as three, maybe even four members of the Supreme Court.' 'This could be about individuals who have an impact on you, your children and even your grandchildren.' Legal intervention in the same-sex marriage debate is intensely unpopular in South Carolina, a conservative stronghold in America's deep south. Perry limited his anti-Washington firepower to taking shots at President Barack Obama, and a fwe bank-shots against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. The president, he said, has failed because he lacked executive experience until he had to learn it 'on the job.' In a plug for his own 14 years in the Texas governor's mansion, he painted a picture of a fire-tested leader who could move into the White House without any management training. 'Executive leadership is only acquired by doing,' Perry said. 'Nobody gave me a manual when the space shuttle disintegrated over east Texas, and said, "Here you go governor, here's how you deal with this." Nobody gave me a manual when literally tens of thousands or people were fleeing Hurricane Katrina from over in Louisiana, into my home state.' 'Nobody gave me a manual when tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors and other individuals were showing up on our border last year,' he continued. 'And nobody gave me a how-to book when ebola showed up in the United States.' Voters hunger for 'competence' in the White House, Perry charged, 'and to understand that there's somebody in the White House who actually knows how to deal with these challenges.' He underscored America's high-stakes battle over immigration as the sharpest contrast between the Obama administration and a hypothetical Perry presidency. Dickey's is a roadside institution in South Carolina's 'upstate' region, but it's a chain based in Texas – the state Perry led as governor for a record 14 years The president, he said, has been slow to lock down America's southern border because he has been reluctant to see firsthand the 'flood' of humanity pouring in from Mexico. The result, Perry declared, is a population that's unwilling to hear solutions until the spigot its turned off. 'I am adamant about this,' he boomed. 'The American people do not trust Washington to deal with immigration reform until the border is secured.' 'I'm telling you, we're wasting our time to have all of these high-level debates about "Here's what I would do about immigration reform" or "I would do this," or "I would do that." The American people will turn you off – take the key out of the ignition – until the borders are secure. And I know how to do this.' 'The border of the United States and Mexico can be really secure,' he pledged. 'It's not that difficult. We know if can happen, and it will happen when we have a Republican governor in the White House.' Perry attracted a crush of supporters one day before the South Carolina Freedom Summit, where he and nearly a dozen other high profile conservative politicians will rally right-wingers in the Palmetto State. His audience was twice the size of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee's who spoke hours earlier at a formal hotel event just a few miles away. Huck's pressed suit contrasted with Perry's open-necked, no-tie garb. PRESSING THE FLESH: Perry stuck around after his presentation to greet voters and pose for selfies He hinted that Huckabee's Ozarks and his own Lone Star State need different things from government, a point of view that requires the dismantling of much of what makes Washington, D.C. tick. 'I'm straight-up forceful about my position on these issues,' he said, citing healthcare, education and transportation infrastructure. 'There is not a one-size-fits-all solution. We need to leave these to the states.' 'There are a host of these issues,' Perry said. 'You can not make one-size fits-all decisions and regulations for folks in Rhode Island, and think for the folks in New Mexico it's going to work. You just can't.' 'The federal government is supposed to do a few things and do those few things really well. ... Stand up a strong military ... That's a constitutional requirement. We're supposed to have a federal government that secures our border!' 'How 'bout if we have a government in Washington that just did those two things?' Perry was a top-tier candidate in 2012 until his 'Oops!' moment in a debate, when he couldn't remember one of his own policy positions. He now also faces a criminal indictment in Texas over tenuous claims that he abused his power. So far six Republicans and two Democrats have entered the race, with another half-dozen or more hopefuls expected to join them in the coming months. More than two dozen people from America's two major political parties are considered potential presidential candidates in the 2016 election. Eight – including two women, an African-American and two Latinos – have formally entered the race. A long list of others are biding their time and assessing their chances. REPUBLICANS IN THE RACE Ben Carson Retired Physician Age: 63 Religion: Seventh-day Adventist Base: Evangelicals Résumé: Famous pediatric neurosurgeon, youngest person to head a major Johns Hopkins Hospital division. Created a charity that awards scholarships to children of good character. Education: B.A. Yale University. M.D. University of Michigan Medical School. Family: Married to Candy Carson (1975), with three adult sons. The Carsons live in Maryland with Ben's elderly mother Sonya, who was a seminal influence on his life and development. Claim to fame: Carson hit America's political radar during a 2013 National Prayer Breakfast speech where he railed against political correctness and condemned Obamacare – with President Obama sitting just a few feet away. Achilles heel: Carson is inflexibly conservative, opposing gay marriage and once saying gay attachments formed in prison provided evidence that sexual orientation is a choice. Carly Fiorina Former CEO Age: 60 Religion: Episcopalian Base: Conservatives Résumé: Former CEO of Hewett-Packard, former group president of Lucent Technologies, onetime US Senate candidate in California Education: B.A. Stanford University. UCLA School of Law (did not finish). M.B.A. University of Maryland. M.Sci. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Family: Married to Frank Fiorina (1985), with two adult step-daughters. Divorced from Todd Bartlem (1977-1984). Claim to fame: Fiorina was the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company, something that could provide key ammunition against the Democratic Partys' drive to make Hillary Clinton the first female president. Achilles heel: Fiorina's unceremonious firing by HP's board has led to questions about her management and leadership styles. And her only political experience has been a failed Senate bid in 2010 against Barbara Boxer. Mike Huckabee Former Arkansas governor Age: 59 Religion: Southern Baptist Base: Evangelicals Résumé: Former governor and lieutenant governor of Arkansas, former Fox News Channel host, ordained minister, author Education: B.A. Ouachita Baptist University. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (did not finish). Family: Married to Janet Huckabee (1974), with three adult children. Mrs. Huckabee is a survivor of spinal cancer. Claim to fame: 'Huck' is a political veteran and has run for president before, winning the Iowa Caucuses in 2008 and finishing second for the GOP nomination behind John McCain. He's known as an affable Christian and built a huge following on his weekend television program. Achilles heel: Huckabee may have a problem with female voters. He complained in 2014 about Obamacare's contraception coverage, saying Democrats want women to 'believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar.' And in 2015 he earned scorn for hawking herbal supplements in infomercials as a diabetes cure. Ted Cruz Texas senator Age: 44 Religion: Southern Baptist Base: Tea partiers Résumé:US senator, Texas solicitor general, US Supreme Court clerk, associate deputy attorney general under George W. Bush Education: B.A. Princeton University. J.D. Harvard Law School. Family: Married to Heidi Nelson Cruz (2001), with two young daughters. His father is a preacher and he has two half-sisters. One of them, Miriam Cruz, died in 2010 from a fatal combination of prescription drugs while awaiting trial for retail theft and receiving stolen property. Claim to fame: Cruz spoke on the Senate floor for 21 hours in September 2013 to protest a Obamacare funding in a federal budget bill. Achilles heel: Cruz's father Rafael, a Texas preacher, is a tea party firebrand who has said gay marriage is a government conspiracy and called President Barack Obama a Marxist who should 'go back to Kenya.' Rand Paul Kentucky senator Age: 52 Religion: Presbyterian Base: Libertarians Résumé: US senator, board-certified ophthalmologist, congressional campaign manager for his father Ron Paul Education: Baylor University (did not finish). M.D. Duke University School of Medicine. Family: Married to Kelley Ashby (1990), with three sons. His father is a former Texas congressman who ran for president three times but never got close to grabbing the brass ring. Claim to fame: Paul embraces positions that are at odds with most in the GOP, including anti-interventionist foreign policy, criminal drug sentencing reform for African-Americans and limits on government electronic surveillance. Achilles heel: Paul's politics are aligned with those of his father, whom mainstream GOPers saw as kooky. Both Pauls have advocated for a brand of libertarianism that forces government to stop domestic surveillance programs and limits foreign interventions. Marco Rubio Florida senator Age: 43 Religion: Roman Catholic Base: Conservatives Résumé: US senator, speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, city commissioner of West Miami Education: B.A. University of Florida. J.D. University of Miami School of Law. Family: Married to Jeanette Dousdebes (1998), with two sons and two daughters. Jeanette is a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader who posed for the squad’s first swimsuit calendar. Claim to fame: Rubio's personal story as the son of Cuban emigres is a powerful narrative, and helped him win his Senate seat in 2010 against a well-funded governor whom he initially trailed by 20 points. Achilles heel: Rubio was part of a bipartisan 'gang of eight' senators who crafted an Obama-approved immigration reform bill in 2013 which never became law – a move that angered conservative Republicans. And he was criticized in 2011 for publicly telling a version of his parents' flight from Cuba that turned out to appear embellished. DEMOCRATS IN THE RACE Hillary Clinton Former sec. of state Age: 67 Religion: United Methodist Base: Liberals Résumé: Secretary of state, US senator, US first lady, Arkansas first lady, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville law faculty Education: B.A. Wellesley College. J.D. Yale Law School. Family: Clinton's husband Bill was the 42nd President of the United States. Their daughter Chelsea is marreid to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, whose mother was a one-term Pennsylvania congresswoman in the 1990s. Claim to fame: Clinton was the first US first lady with a postgraduate degree and presaged Obamacare with a failed attempt at health care reform in the 1990s. Achilles heel: A long series of financial and ethical scandals has dogged Clinton, including recent allegations that her husband and their family foundation benefited financially from decisions she made as secretary of state. And her performance surrounding the 2012 terror attack on a State Department facility in Benghazi, Libya, has been catnip for conservative Republicans. Bernie Sanders* Vermont senator Age: 73 Religion: Judaism Base: Far-left progressives Résumé: US senator, US congressman, mayor of Burlington, Vermont Education: B.A. University of Chicago. Family: Sanders is married to Jane O’Meara Sanders (1988), a former president of Burlington College. They have one child and three more from Mrs. Sanders' previous marriage. His brother Larry is a Green Party politician in the UK and formerly served on the Oxfordshire County Council. Claim to fame: Sanders is an unusually blunt, and unapologetic pol, happily promoting progressivism without hedging. He is also the longest-serving 'independent' member of Congress – neither Democrat nor Republican. Achilles heel: Sanders describes himself as a 'democratic socialist.' At a time of huge GOP electoral gains, his far-left ideas don't poll well. He favors open borders, single-payer universal health insurance, and greater government control over media ownership. * Sanders will run as a Democrat but has no party affiliation in the Senate. 
THE 2016 FIELD: WHO'S IN AND WHO'S THINKING IT OVER
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Perry and Huckabee -- two GOPe fraudsters paid to help dilute support for Cruz.
Don't know about Perry but if true then they are but two of many.
Perry -- he's the guy who called out conservatives as "insensitive" or some nonsense like that for opposing financing FREE education and stuff for illegals.
Oh, yeah. Free tuition for illegal invaders.
Yup. He also pushed hard for the illegal invasion and amnesty just like the Arbusto family.
Damn, Perry eats wood.
No. He apparently *gives* you...wood. He -- like you -- are termites of the Constitution, liberty, and the truth.
Needs to have the truth posted about him Why aren't you capable of doing that Where did Perry provide "free tuition" for illegals?
#22. To: Gatlin (#20)
I know senility's kicked in a bit, but you see what you want to see. (see upthread for context of posts, Mr. GOTCHA!) Lol
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#2. To: Liberator (#1)
two GOPe fraudsters
#3. To: cranky (#2)
#5. To: Liberator (#3)
he's the guy who called out conservatives as "insensitive" or some nonsense like that for opposing financing FREE education and stuff for illegals.
#8. To: cranky (#5)
Free tuition for illegal invaders.
#12. To: Liberator (#8)
Perry is a termite.
Mesquite, no doubt ...
#17. To: Gatlin (#12)
Damn, Perry eats wood.
#20. To: Liberator (#17)
He --
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