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	<title>Comments on: Rick Perry Resumes Iowa Bus Tour, Hammers GOP Opponents</title>
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		<title>By: Jeff Willis</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/rick-perry-resumes-iowa-bus-tour-hammers-gop-opponents/#comment-13298452</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Willis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rick Perry may be finally getting into the groove, taking off the gloves and &quot;calling a spade a spade.&quot;
In reality, he has a lot to talk about! Mitt Romney presents the &quot;ideal wrapping for the package.&quot; But he has &quot;never found a side of an issue that he didn&#039;t like!&quot; Newt Gingrich is hardly better! In short, in Romney we have a R.I.N.O.. In Gingrich, we have a &quot;new-con.&quot; Romney&#039;s stint as governor was hardly impressive! Gingrich did accomplish a lot as speaker, far more than Romney accomplished as Governor of Massachusetts! But his condemnation of Paul Ryan&#039;s plan showed his true thought process. Ryan&#039;s plan is sound. For Newt to refer to it as &quot;right wing social engineering,&quot; was a slap in all fiscal conservatives&#039; face! 

Rick Perry is the real deal. Especially where &quot;born again Christians&quot; are concerned! In truth, an &quot;LDS&quot; is seen as a &quot;cousin to a devil worshipper&quot; in the &quot;Baptist Bible Belt!&quot;  Gingrich is seen as nothing more than a &quot;denominational opportunist.&quot; Evangelicals throughout the nation can play an activist role. It is doubtful that they will be enthusiastic with either Romney or Gingrich. With Perry, they&#039;ll &quot;knock on doors!&quot;

Ron Paul has some good ideas. Like Rick Perry, Ron Paul is &quot;a constitutionalist.&quot; But Paul will never win the nomination. His supporters can get the next best thing: Rick Perry. Perry and Paul are &quot;10thers.&quot; This is what separates both from the rest of the pack. Huntsman, like Romney, is a R.I.N.O.. Santorum and Bachmann are &quot;neo-cons.&quot; Ron Paul supporters should flock to Rick Perry&#039;s wagon. He&#039;s the nearest, closest thing they&#039;ll get to returning America to constitutional principles.

The key for Perry is to not hold back any punches. All Republicans have played &quot;softball&quot; with Mitt Romney for fear of damaging him for the general election. But who truly wants him? At best, he will be Gerald Ford. At worse, he will be a &quot;new England version&quot; of Bill Clinton! That&#039;s simply not good enough! I was shocked and disappointed to see Nikki Haley endorse him. She obviously will receive something in return, assuming he wins! 

However, if Perry sheds the gloves and goes for the jugular, he can kill Mitt Romney. In short, the south will not elect &quot;an LDS if they truly know what Morman&#039;s believe.&quot; Most actually don&#039;t! That, in itself, is Romney&#039;s saving grace. For now! However, once they learn, they will either stay home or vote for Ron Paul, which would ultimately re-elect Obama. It&#039;s certain that Reince Pribus and the Republican Establishment would cringe with the thought of such a strategy! But, it&#039;s time to shed &quot;the New England yoke.&quot; Eastern electoral votes will not determine the outcome of the election. It&#039;s time these fine folks took a back seat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rick Perry may be finally getting into the groove, taking off the gloves and &#8220;calling a spade a spade.&#8221;<br />
In reality, he has a lot to talk about! Mitt Romney presents the &#8220;ideal wrapping for the package.&#8221; But he has &#8220;never found a side of an issue that he didn&#8217;t like!&#8221; Newt Gingrich is hardly better! In short, in Romney we have a R.I.N.O.. In Gingrich, we have a &#8220;new-con.&#8221; Romney&#8217;s stint as governor was hardly impressive! Gingrich did accomplish a lot as speaker, far more than Romney accomplished as Governor of Massachusetts! But his condemnation of Paul Ryan&#8217;s plan showed his true thought process. Ryan&#8217;s plan is sound. For Newt to refer to it as &#8220;right wing social engineering,&#8221; was a slap in all fiscal conservatives&#8217; face! </p>
<p>Rick Perry is the real deal. Especially where &#8220;born again Christians&#8221; are concerned! In truth, an &#8220;LDS&#8221; is seen as a &#8220;cousin to a devil worshipper&#8221; in the &#8220;Baptist Bible Belt!&#8221;  Gingrich is seen as nothing more than a &#8220;denominational opportunist.&#8221; Evangelicals throughout the nation can play an activist role. It is doubtful that they will be enthusiastic with either Romney or Gingrich. With Perry, they&#8217;ll &#8220;knock on doors!&#8221;</p>
<p>Ron Paul has some good ideas. Like Rick Perry, Ron Paul is &#8220;a constitutionalist.&#8221; But Paul will never win the nomination. His supporters can get the next best thing: Rick Perry. Perry and Paul are &#8220;10thers.&#8221; This is what separates both from the rest of the pack. Huntsman, like Romney, is a R.I.N.O.. Santorum and Bachmann are &#8220;neo-cons.&#8221; Ron Paul supporters should flock to Rick Perry&#8217;s wagon. He&#8217;s the nearest, closest thing they&#8217;ll get to returning America to constitutional principles.</p>
<p>The key for Perry is to not hold back any punches. All Republicans have played &#8220;softball&#8221; with Mitt Romney for fear of damaging him for the general election. But who truly wants him? At best, he will be Gerald Ford. At worse, he will be a &#8220;new England version&#8221; of Bill Clinton! That&#8217;s simply not good enough! I was shocked and disappointed to see Nikki Haley endorse him. She obviously will receive something in return, assuming he wins! </p>
<p>However, if Perry sheds the gloves and goes for the jugular, he can kill Mitt Romney. In short, the south will not elect &#8220;an LDS if they truly know what Morman&#8217;s believe.&#8221; Most actually don&#8217;t! That, in itself, is Romney&#8217;s saving grace. For now! However, once they learn, they will either stay home or vote for Ron Paul, which would ultimately re-elect Obama. It&#8217;s certain that Reince Pribus and the Republican Establishment would cringe with the thought of such a strategy! But, it&#8217;s time to shed &#8220;the New England yoke.&#8221; Eastern electoral votes will not determine the outcome of the election. It&#8217;s time these fine folks took a back seat.</p>
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		<title>By: Recon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Recon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, Tyrone?
 &quot;when you realize this guy covered up his executing an innocent man by firing the head of the Texas Forensic Science Commission in 2010&quot;

Perhaps you didn&#039;t know the executive and judicial branches operate independently? Or that Perry didn&#039;t fire Bassett - his term had expired Sept 1? Or that at *most*, the TX Governor can offer only one TEMPORARY 30 day stay of execution? Or that Perry rejected the the Hurst report just as the US Supreme Court, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had? Or that Willingham’s conviction was reviewed and upheld by multiple levels of state and federal courts, including nine federal courts – four times by the U.S. Supreme Court alone – over the course of more than a decade? If you didn&#039;t know all that and more, well...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Tyrone?<br />
 &#8220;when you realize this guy covered up his executing an innocent man by firing the head of the Texas Forensic Science Commission in 2010&#8243;</p>
<p>Perhaps you didn&#8217;t know the executive and judicial branches operate independently? Or that Perry didn&#8217;t fire Bassett &#8211; his term had expired Sept 1? Or that at *most*, the TX Governor can offer only one TEMPORARY 30 day stay of execution? Or that Perry rejected the the Hurst report just as the US Supreme Court, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had? Or that Willingham’s conviction was reviewed and upheld by multiple levels of state and federal courts, including nine federal courts – four times by the U.S. Supreme Court alone – over the course of more than a decade? If you didn&#8217;t know all that and more, well&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: George</title>
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		<dc:creator>George</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is Perry on meds? He seems mentally unstable to me. I don&#039;t know who comes across as more crazy, Perry or Bachmann? They&#039;re both creepy in a Jim Jones way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is Perry on meds? He seems mentally unstable to me. I don&#8217;t know who comes across as more crazy, Perry or Bachmann? They&#8217;re both creepy in a Jim Jones way.</p>
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		<title>By: JOE PTAK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JOE PTAK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RALPH F. that person that you speak of has been running for six years, and can only garner support from establisment RINO&#039;S...while 75% of conservatives prefer other candidates,  The country needs a REAL LEADER that folks can rely on where he stands and what his core beliefs are...not change them in order to pander for votes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RALPH F. that person that you speak of has been running for six years, and can only garner support from establisment RINO&#8217;S&#8230;while 75% of conservatives prefer other candidates,  The country needs a REAL LEADER that folks can rely on where he stands and what his core beliefs are&#8230;not change them in order to pander for votes.</p>
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		<title>By: JOE PTAK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JOE PTAK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>GO PERRY GO!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GO PERRY GO!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Perry...for second place</title>
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		<dc:creator>Perry...for second place</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rick is a likeable guy. He has perfected his folksy public persona, but I&#039;m forgetting something about Rick...I think it was important.

I&#039;ll be happy if Perry comes in second behind the person I&#039;m supporting.

I&#039;ll give you an hint who that is: 

This person is experienced, proven, managerial, competent, accomplished, and organized.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rick is a likeable guy. He has perfected his folksy public persona, but I&#8217;m forgetting something about Rick&#8230;I think it was important.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be happy if Perry comes in second behind the person I&#8217;m supporting.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll give you an hint who that is: </p>
<p>This person is experienced, proven, managerial, competent, accomplished, and organized.</p>
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		<title>By: RalphF</title>
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		<dc:creator>RalphF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How any of the GOP clowns get any traction is a mystery...but I do like to think of them as being in a GOP clown car riding up and down the highways of America...as they drive into each city, they honk the horn on their clown car and yell out &quot;...we&#039;re here...we&#039;ve come to save America...&quot; Way too funny...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How any of the GOP clowns get any traction is a mystery&#8230;but I do like to think of them as being in a GOP clown car riding up and down the highways of America&#8230;as they drive into each city, they honk the horn on their clown car and yell out &#8220;&#8230;we&#8217;re here&#8230;we&#8217;ve come to save America&#8230;&#8221; Way too funny&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Tyrone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tyrone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How this clown gets any traction is beyond me. And when you realize this guy covered up his executing an innocent man by firing the head of the Texas Forensic Science Commission in 2010 when he got wind they were releasing a report saying exactly that, well...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How this clown gets any traction is beyond me. And when you realize this guy covered up his executing an innocent man by firing the head of the Texas Forensic Science Commission in 2010 when he got wind they were releasing a report saying exactly that, well&#8230;</p>
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