\r\n \r\n It is unbelievable to me, a fellow Texan, that Perry has won so many elections, even pre-governor. He has an excellent campaign agent. And this is a very Red state. People vote party, not person.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Politics do not solve problems and they never will. Corruption in politics is just one symptom of the broken system we live in. Ron Paul is the only honest candidate IMO. Even if he does get into office and make some of the sensible changes he proposes, it will not fix all of the underlying problems in our society. Although getting rid of the Fed would help quite a bit. I find it incredibly annoying how people get so involved in politics, because it is pointless. There will be no major positive changes no matter who is elected. As for Rick Parry, (that\'s right, Parry with an A), I really hope he does not continue to build steam. Anyone else see G.W. on steroids?\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Too bad Texans weren\'t as discerning when it came to George Bush.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I agree Arrow, but then who was Dubya running against? Maybe choice was thought lesser of 2 evils?
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\r\n \r\n If Gore was president, Cheney would not have been there, nor Rumsford. The twin towers would still stand and 100,000 innocent civilians would be going to work today, and 5,000 mothers here would still have their sons and daughters.... but for sure, we\'d be more pollution and energy controlled.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n So during the Republican debate the other day my husband said that Michelle Bachman called Rick Perry on dirty deeds... his mandated vaccination for the HPV virus in 12 year old girls.. Rick Perry said that he provided an opt out clause thinking this would exonerate him.. Bachman called him on the fact that one of his policical sidekicks was a Merck past CEO.
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\r\n \r\n I believe Perry tried to counter by saying he only received $5,000 in campaign funds from Merck. And if I recall correctly I believe he stated that signing that mandate was a mistake and that he would not support something like that again. Here are 2 short articles on it:
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\r\n \r\n I suspect that the $5000 figure is low. At $100 - $150 per shot being paid for by the government I\'m sure Merck was able to offer him a bit more. The fact that this vaccine was known to produce all sorts of nasty side effect including death, him saying that passing the bill �was a mistake� sounds a bit hollow.
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\n He will allow people to be sexually groped by the TSA even though the state government said no.
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\n He is for selling off Texas highways to foreign countries to run as toll roads .
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\n He apparently has no problem with Mexican troops and drug dealers coming into Texas and killing his constituents. \r\n

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\r\n \r\n Perry issued an "opt out" of that vaccine only after parents across the state rebelled. In the end, the opt out was not enough. The congress rejected the executive order.
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\nSecession is written into the TX state constitution since its inception in the late 1800s. Perry was in the forefront in the movement to make TX a nation once again. It is difficult to see that he wants to get in bed with the Feds.
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\nBachman needs to clean out her own closet.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Actually, Perry did not say that a mandate forcing the guardasill on our teenagers was a mistake...what he said was that using his executive order was a mistake, he should have consulted his congress... he said the only thing he would have done differently was to go thru congress...he did not believe he was wrong for issuing a mandate, just that he used executive order for it.... As for the opt out, most people dont realize that its an opt out, or that it isnt even a mandate anymore...they are being tricked into believing its still on the books and that you could get into big trouble if you dont vaccinate your child...
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\nWould I vote for him....if he gets the republican nomination (which he probably will) yea, only to get obama out of there.... While I like Ron Paul, I wont vote for him, because he doesnt have a chance in snow of winning...and the folks who will vote for him, will end up splitting the vote, allowing obama to get back in... So I will be curious to see what Ron Paul does...If he doesnt get the nomination, will he step down gracefully and back the republican nominee in order to defeat obama, or will he run on the libertarian ticket and split the vote, giving obama the presidency seat again.... How much does Ron Paul really love this country??? time will tell
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\nI personally dont like Michelle Bachman..she just seems stuck on her self..... Im not impressed with Romney and the idea that supposedly the health care bill was fashioned after his... I dont like Newt....and Im not impressed with Perry (pharma ties, the french toll roads, the international highway, the illegal immigrant problems) I do like Howard Cain...alot.. would love to see him get it....but media likes romney and perry, so it will end up being one of them....\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I do not even bother anymore, no matter who gets in, they will be a puppet. And the rest of us will argue with each other non stop based on our beliefs etc\r\n

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\r\n \r\n And supposedly thats why they allow us to vote, so we can argue with ourselves and never realize what really is going on\r\n

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\r\n \r\n You are correct that is precisely what is going on. But that is also why it is imperative that everyone needs to get out and vote but vote for any candidate the MSM is opposed to. Such as Ron Paul.
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\n Not only is the MSM opposed to him, but with his proven record of being a strict constitutionalist they know they will not be able to control him and this scares the hell out of them. Imagine the possibility of having someone in power that has actually read the constitution and understands it. Plus he has shown that he is determined to follow it.
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\n For the MSM and the powers-that-be that control the media this is not only scary but is down right terrifying. Could that have something to do with the fact that they have gone out of their way to avoid talking about him. When he comes in second place in some straw poll we told about the first, third and forth place candidates but not a word about him.
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\r\n \r\n The only candidate that actually makes sense is Ron Paul and the MSM makes fun of him. What gets to me is let us face facts Bush was bad, Obama is much worse, yet each one has a serious following of 30 percent of the population. youtube Peter Schiff he was ron paul\'s eonomic advisor, this guy tells it how it is.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Nicely said Mad Scientist. It would be great to see Ron Paul in office, he would definitely bring positive change.
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\nHowever, Our economic system is broken and it cannot be fixed by politicians. People will only see a need to change when the system completely collapses. It will take either a total collapse or a critical mass movement to bring the change we need.
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\r\n \r\n Thats a mazing!
\nPerhaps all the diligent work of the Tea Party is going to backfire on them!
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