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Jim Hightower, Truthout: 'Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and get your ticket to see 'Rick the Wonder Worker!' Texas Gov. Rick Perry is less than revered back home, where he is widely ridiculed as Gov. Good Hair. So he's now on the road with a traveling medicine show, billing himself as the 'Texas Miracle Man.' From New York to New Orleans, he s been wowing the Republican hard core by telling astounding tales of his job-creating prowess in our state, suggesting he can do for America what he s done for Texas. Such GOP sparklies as Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich are hailing the economic wunderkind, and his roadshow spiel has prompted some party stalwarts to tout him for the presidency, hoping he can do for America what he has done for Texas.... Perry-jobs are really 'jobettes,' offering low pay, no benefits and no upward mobility.'

http://www.truth-out.org/perry-peddling-texas-snake-oil/1308761729



Perry s Prayer-Palooza

Jim Hightower, OtherWords: 'When Texas became a republic in 1836, its constitution banned 'ministers of the gospel' from holding any political office. Our problem these days, however, isn t ministers in office, but politicians posing as ministers, seizing the pulpit to preach and proselytize. To see such Elmer Gantryism in action, look no further than the showboating Texas governor, Rick 'The Pious' Perry.'

http://www.truth-out.org/perrys-prayer-palooza/1309183578



'Governor Supercuts' for President?

Jim Hightower, Truthout: 'GOP-land is all a twitter, now that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced that he is ready to ascend to the White House. Perry is an exuberant corporate Republican, unabashedly hugging any big business lobbyist bearing a campaign check and a wish list. Although he dresses alluringly for the right-wing extremists, the corporate powers are his true love - and vice versa.'

http://www.truth-out.org/governor-supercuts-president/1313601078



Perry Reveals Plan for Total US Anarchy

Brad Johnson, ThinkProgress: 'Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) issued the first policy position of his presidential campaign by asking the White House to issue a 'moratorium on regulations across this country'. Perry s 'moratorium on regulations' would mean a literal end to the rules of law in the United States. At least it would also mean that all of President George W. Bush s midnight regulations favoring polluters and industry abuses would also be lifted.'

http://www.truth-out.org/perry-reveals-plan-total-us-anarchy/1313590579



The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas

Robert Scheer, Truthout: 'It is unfathomable that yet another Texas blowhard governor has emerged as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. The persistent appeal of the mythology of Texas as a model for the nation defies the lessons of logic and experience, and yet here we are with Rick Perry, a George W. Bush look-alike, as a prime contender to once again run our nation into the ground.'

http://www.truth-out.org/biggest-little-hypocrite-texas/1313604529

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Rick Perry, 'hawk internationalist'

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

08/11/11

Another clueless Texas Governor surrounded by the same Praetorian Guard of conniving neocons who led us down the road to imperial overstretch and fiscal ruin last time around - isn?t that just what the GOP needs right now?

http://bit.ly/plWCQP



Rick Perry s neocon friends

The Nation
by Robert Dreyfuss

08/15/11

No one seriously believes that Republicans will nominate the wild-eyed, certifiable Michele Bachmann for president, and Romney the Robot isn t setting Tea Party hearts aflutter. So it looks like Rick Perry, the Bible-thumping, secessionist hawk - who?s already assembling a team of neoconservative advisers - will get the nod to challenge President Obama in 2012. Were Perry to win, his victory - especially if the GOP, as seems likely, conquers the Senate - will speed the United States down the merry path to oblivion at least a couple of decades before the rise of China and India do anyway...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/162782/rick-perrys-neocon-friends


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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What America Needs Most: Rick Perry Promises Universal Hair Care

By Andy Borowitz

Would Establish Cabinet-level 'Hair Club for America'
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28856.htm



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