Rick+Perry

Rick Perry = =



Cheyenne-

 * ===He is 61 ===
 * ===Home town- Paint Creek, Texas ===
 * ===Profession- Governor of Texas ===
 * ====**His bio- Rick Perry is Texas’s longest-serving governor, having succeeded George W. Bush in 2000 & Winning the re-election twice. His Campaign pitch is rooted in an equal measure of inspiring economic growth including his record of jobs in Texas. Mr. Perry became an instant top-tier candidate.** ====

Some Questions-


 *  If you become President what is your biggest key issue?
 *  If you were to drop out of the presidential run, who would you back up for the next Republican canidate?
 *  Who do you feel is your biggest competition?

Cameron- He served in the United States Air Force  He has a wife named Anita Thigpen and has two kids named Griffin and Sydney  Born: March 4, 1950
 * Three little known facts:

His political party is Republican
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<span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">“I skipped New Hampshire and aimed my campaign right at conservative South Carolina, where we’ve been campaigning hard and receiving an enthusiastic welcome.” - Rick Perry
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 * <span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">His five key issues are:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Social Security- <span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: medium;">he has said he does not want to change Social Security for current recipients or for those near retirement age, but believes there is need for an overhaul. While he has not specified an alternative, he says reforms worth considering include allowing younger workers to decide how to invest their own Social Security dollars, a phased-in higher retirement age, testing potential recipients to make sure they are in need of benefits, and letting state employees opt out.

<span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Immigration- <span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: medium;">he pushed for increased state funds to fight border crime; he also signed a controversial law allowing some children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Perry says the U.S. must secure its border before lawmakers can address national

<span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Health Care- <span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: medium;">he has criticized the Medicare prescription-drug benefit added under George W. Bush, saying it’s an expensive program and the federal government should not be involved, he says he would not try to repeal it. Perry believes the best way to pay for uninsured Americans is to improve the economy so more people have jobs and can get employer-covered care.

<span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Education- <span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: medium;">he has supported modest teacher pay increases, incentive pay for teachers, and private-school vouchers for students in low-performing public schools. Perry says that the U.S. Department of Education should be a repository of best practices from the states and that federal aid to states should come with fewer strings attached.

<span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Foreign Policy- <span style="color: #8e09e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: medium;">he has said that keeping a large force of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was not in American or Afghan interests, but he has given no exit timeline. He has condemned Obama’s Middle East policy as “misguided and dangerous” and says as president, he’d offer strong support to Israel, consider withholding aid from Palestinian authorities if they persist in seeking U.N. recognition, and impose stricter sanctions on Iran to stop a nuclear buildup.

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<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Philosophy of Government-

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"> Many people think Perry is trying to control American's lives, and dictate everything they do. “It’s not really the nanny state. It’s the daddy-knows-best state. Rick Perry’s vision of states’ rights is that it’s his right to say how everyone in the state will live." - Jason Stanford, Democratic consultant who is seeking to unseat Perry, and is co-writing a book about him.

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<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"> RedState Inc. supports Rick Perry, while many other Americans feel he would not be able to compete with Obama in the November 2012 Presidential Elections.

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<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"> "America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people." - Rick Perry

<span class="body" style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech." - Rick Perry

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">"As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility." - Rick Perry

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<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">37% Romney <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">14% Santorum <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">14% Gringrich <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">12% Paul <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">5% Perry <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">2% Huntsman