14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President

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14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President

Supporters of Texas Governor Rick Perry are not going to like this article at all. Right now, Republicans all over the United States are touting Rick Perry as the "Republican messiah" that is going to come charging in to save America from the presidency of Barack Obama. Many believe that if Rick Perry enters the race, he will instantly become the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Perry certainly looks the part and he knows how to give a good speech, but when ordinary Americans all over the country take a hard look at his record, they may not like what they see. The truth is that Rick Perry is a big-time globalist, he has raised taxes and fees in Texas numerous times, he has massively increased the size of government spending and government debt in Texas, he has been trying to ram the Trans-Texas Corridor down the throats of the Texas people and he tried to force young women all over Texas to be injected with the Gardasil vaccine. No, Rick Perry is not going to save America. In fact, he would likely be very, very similar to both Bush and Obama in a lot of ways.

Right now, Rick Perry is trying to portray himself as a "good conservative" so that if he enters the race he will be accepted by Christian conservatives. If Rick Perry did win the Republican nomination, he would have a great chance of winning the general election because he would very much be an "establishment" candidate.

But before Republicans get too excited about Rick Perry, there are a whole lot of things that they should know about him.

The following are 14 reasons why Rick Perry would be a really, really bad president....

#1 Rick Perry is a "big government" politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.

#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.

#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?

#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.

#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a "track record" of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.

#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.

#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore's campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.

#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.

#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year....

•  We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.

•  We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.

•  We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.

#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.

#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.

#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.

#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.

#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when "apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck's hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work."

Rick Perry has a record that should make all Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents cringe.

He is not the "conservative Republican" that he is trying to claim that he is. He is simply another in a long line of "RINOs" (Republicans in name only).

If Rick Perry becomes president, he will probably be very similar to George W. Bush. He will explode the size of the U.S. government and U.S. government debt, he will find sneaky ways to raise taxes, he will do nothing about the Federal Reserve or corruption in our financial system and he will push the agenda of the globalists at every turn.

Look, the truth is that another four years of Barack Obama would be a complete and total nightmare.

But so would four years of Rick Perry.

America deserves better than the "lesser of two evils".

Unfortunately, the American people have been dead asleep and have been sending incompetents, con men and charlatans to Washington D.C. for decades.

Hopefully things will be different in 2012.

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#15 His education is as follows:

*a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science.

http://www.rickperry.org/about/

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#15 His education is as follows:

*a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science.

http://www.rickperry.org/about/

He didn't major in Poli Sci and then go to law school. +1 for him.

[luckytxn 2,265]

None of it will matter. Perry will get the nod and run against Obama the Socialist. The only good thing is that he will hopefully not spend as much as Obama the Socialist and the taxes that will be raised will not be too much.

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He didn't major in Poli Sci and then go to law school. +1 for him.

But...

#16 He has been in public office since 1984

Edited August 15, 2011 by Lord Infamous

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But...

#16 He has been in public office since 1984

Yeah, he's an insider. So is Paul though. So is Romney. So is Bachmann. Only Cain isn't.

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None of it will matter. Perry will get the nod and run against Obama the Socialist. The only good thing is that he will hopefully not spend as much as Obama the Socialist and the taxes that will be raised will not be too much.

I look forward to President Obama's second-term, maybe this time he'll remember that he's a Democrat.

But...

#16 He has been in public office since 1984

It's better than in the public urinal..on second thought.

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Yeah, he's an insider. So is Paul though. So is Romney. So is Bachmann. Only Cain isn't.

Romney has over 30 years private sector and 4 years as MA governor

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I look forward to President Obama's second-term, maybe this time he'll remember that he's a Democrat.

Not a chance.

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Middleman be damned, Obama should just channel his inner Johnson and put an end to it. Boehner would sh*t himself as would all the Republicans.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

President Downgrade is a really really really bad president.

I see this what we have to look forward to. Too bad Pres Downgrade can't give us reason to vote FOR him

[dalegg 143]

"In fact, he would likely be very, very similar to both Bush and Obama in a lot of ways."

He definitely reminds me a lot of George Bush. Texas Governor, Evangelical. That will be something the Democrats will attack for sure.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

#1 Rick Perry is a "big government" politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.

In all fairness on this one, look at spending that's been because of Federal laws, look at spending thanks to the lack of action by the Federal government on illegal immigration (we have a HUGE problem here), look at the TRASH we picked up here after Katrina that sucks off our state dollars, rising costs of health care, etc. - Also the Governor is not in charge of spending/budget bills in the state of Texas.

#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.

#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?

on #2 & #3, again Perry can only share a partial blame for some of this, as the Governor is not in charge of state expenditures. He has very little power in these regards.

#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.

The Trans-Texas Corridor is DEAD. It's been dead for a few years now. The "idea" of it was fine, but the imminent domain is what caused the controversy on the idea. Rick may have wanted it/liked it, but it never got anywhere and nor could it.

#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a "track record" of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.

Raising usage fees is NOT the same as raising taxes for on. There is still no state income tax and the state sales tax has remained the same through his term. The petty stuff they are talking about (cigarettes, fireworks, etc) are on novelty items.... The average citizen has not seen a tax increase since he's been Governor.

#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.

Yet people are FLOCKING here.

#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore's campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.

#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.

#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year....

•  We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.

•  We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.

•  We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.

#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.

Was this posted on an Alex Jones website or something?!?!?!

#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.

*yawn* yet they can afford to live comfortabley in this state because the Cost of Living is very very low.

#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.

The last time I checked, the immigration issue is a FEDERAL issue and the Feds get mad when states intervene (see: SB1070)

#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.

#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when "apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck's hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work."

Just a few notes. I can't stand slick Rick for the life of me, but this article is a bit silly on some things.

Whoever wrote it doesn't understand the role of the Governor in the state of Texas and how little power he actually has. The governor in this state is very much a figurehead when he's not signing or vetoing legislation provided to him by the legislature. Nothing more and nothing less. It's why GW Bush was made out to be a "good" Governor. He only did/said things he could do in that role.

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"In fact, he would likely be very, very similar to both Bush and Obama in a lot of ways."

He definitely reminds me a lot of George Bush. Texas Governor, Evangelical. That will be something the Democrats will attack for sure.

That's why Michele will be the one.

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I predicted Romney back in 08/09 for 12...It's very obvious.

It will be two economy titans: Romney / Cain

They will beat Obama by 2 to 4% popular vote