Maricopa County (AZ) sheriff endorses Perry
Joe Arpaio, who likes to describe himself as “America’s toughest sheriff,” will endorse Rick Perry for president and will campaign with Perry. But Perry’s statements on the controversial Arizona immigration law may not find favor with Arpaio. Perry has been quoted by local TV stations in Houston (Channel 26) and San Antonio (Channel 4) making critical comments about the Arizona law. The statements are made by the reporters, citing previous remarks by Perry.
“The governor has said all along that what’s right for Arizona is not necessarily right for Texas. It would take law officers away from their legal duties.” (Channel 26)
“A law like that would not be good for Texas.” (Channel 4)
* He will veto any Arizona-style immigration bill that crosses his desk as governor (Channel 26)
Admonkey says:
Gingrich gets the endorsement of New Hampshire Union Leader and Romney dives deep into Cuban Florida with endorsements from Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Perry gets a County Sheriff who dyes underwear pink.
His campaign is shrinking by the minute.
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Tellnitlikeitis Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Desperate people often do desperate things.
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Anonymous says:
Heard somewhere that Perry was campaigning with Hazzard County Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane, too, but I doubt Roscoe would want to be associated with such a desparately hopeless campaign.
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Another Wilco Voter says:
The NH Journal has an interesting take on Arpaio’s Perry endorsement comparing Arpaio to Bull Connor, http://nhjournal.com/2011/11/28/oops-perry-campaigns-with-sheriff-arpaio-modern-day-bull-connor/. If you aren’t old enough to remember who Bull Connor was, the paper has conveniently linked to a YouTube video.
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Bodhisattva Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Ouch.
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Governor Toolshed says:
Who’s next to endorse Perry? Steven Seagal? Lou Ferrigno?
To me, this indicates Perry is lathered in a full-blown flop sweat.
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Anonymous says:
Who is Buford Pusser endorsing?
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Anonymous Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 11:32 am
I’m sure there will be plenty of photos and lots of film to memorialize this. While they are in the Northeast, I think it would be appropriate for the two of them to hold the doors open at the Supreme Court Building for Abbott and his newly hired attorneys as they try to keep the Hispanics down.
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Emptyk says:
Shark Jump!
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Bodhisattva Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Yes!
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Mollie says:
Who’s his next endorsement, Ariel Sharon?
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anita says:
This is just sad. Michele Bachman has become more relevant than Rick Perry. Pathetic.
Folks at the RNC can’t be happy. Herman Cain is imploding, caught in a lie about an extramarital affair. So much for ‘family values’. Newt Gingrich is surging, and he has huge negatives along with more baggage then a trans-Atlantic jetliner. Romney’s stuck, and his moderate, pragmatic approach seems likely to spur a third-party run from the right. Perry is pandering to the person most vilified by American Hispanics.
What does this party stand for?
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Anonymous Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
All they have to stand for is any thing other than Obama and that’s a great start. Generic Republican Candidate polls neck and neck with Obama. Incredible
The Republicans aren’t in great shape, but atleast they’re not the DNC right now.
Gingrich has high negatives, but they’re not as high as they used to be. If he continues to perform like he has in debates those negatives will continue to diminish.
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Governor Toolshed Reply:
November 30th, 2011 at 9:22 am
When will Generic Republican announce that he/she is running?
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Robert Morrow Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
What does the GOP stand for? Getting its ass kicked in fall 2012.
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Businessman Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
What does the party stand for? Anything you can get away with!
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Boone Reply:
December 1st, 2011 at 10:27 am
Oil,Drug and Insurrance money.
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Areyoufrigginkiddingme? says:
Maybe he can get Sheriff Buford T. Justice to endorse him, too. Along with Snuffy Smith and Daffy Duck. Those would all go right along with the entire Perry campaign. Run, Rick, Run…HA HA HA You are a joke…
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Robert Morrow says:
Just for fun, I might endorse Rick Perry. Make a couple of You Tube videos saying that I thought Ron Paul was the real deal, but now I am inspired by Perry and the pink underwear man.
At this point nothing real matters for the Perry campaign.
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Crazy Uncle says:
A positive point on a Perry is that he has presented the best energy plan and the best tax plan. He probably has the best take on immigration also. Hopefully these positions will influence the Republican nominee.
Perry should point out that the Texas border with Mexico is a RIVER. It’s called the Rio Grande. You can’t build a fence in the middle of a river.
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Anonymous says:
Yawn…..RP is so yesterday
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Governor Toolshed Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
there’s only one RP, Robert Plant, and he is a bad-MOFO…
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Tom Barry says:
Perry managed to get the minimum voting age wrong, for his latest display of ignorance. And, here’s why he skips editorial board interviews:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/69327.html
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Anonymous says:
Perry is on the way up..with his poll numbers slowly ticking up I see him in the upper tier by the end of December. If he takes a chunk of the south and grabs delegates from the other early states I forsee him pulling it off.
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retrocon says:
Sheriff Joe liked the way Gov. Perry kept saying “boots on the ground”.
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Anonymous says:
I agree Rick is improving. Until he came to understand that the name of his hunting lease is somewhat of a negative, he would have probably identified his constituency as “free, white and 21.” Now he seems content with merely those who are 21. Still divisive, but getting better.
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Anonymous says:
Sheriff tells folks in New Hampshire that he doesn’t know Perry well — only met last night. Quite the endorsement!?
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Anonymous says:
Who cares what Rick Perry does – he is so past tense.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
It is amazing that James R. “Rick” Perry today forgot that the voting age in the United States was lowered in the year 1971 from 21 down to 18. It was accomplished via federal constitutional amendment and Rick Perry claims to be such a fan of the U.S. Constitution!
It should also be remembered that the 26th Amendment was an example of the federal government in one fell-swoop over-turning varied state laws which differed from state to state back in those days as to the voting age.
While not totally certain of the Governor’s year of birth, it might be correct to say that the 26th Amendment allowed none other than James R. “Rick” Perry himself to vote at an age younger than 21. Did he miss that opportunity in the 1972 elections?
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jpt51 says:
Rick’s latest flubs regarding the voting age and the 2012 election date mix-ups show our governor is unqualified to hold any office. The man behind the curtain has been revealed.
Don’t you know the Koch brothers are wringing their hands about their terrible investment?
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Just so I understand the liberal psyche……. Guv Perry is yesterday’s news but liberals keep obsessing over him?
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Boone Reply:
December 1st, 2011 at 10:31 am
Making fun of,not obsessing JBB. Not just liberals, but clear thinking folks recognize the joke and are having fun with it. Our state has the image of bumpkins and gun-totin’ rednecks due to the w’s and Ricks. So everyone in-state sorta piles on too. A reaction formation?
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Robert Morrow says:
Manchester Union Leader smacks Rick Perry:
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111129/LOCALVOICES03/111129910
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is campaigning in New Hampshire today, which gives cause for some reflections on his candidacy.
When Perry was considering whether to enter the race, I hoped he would. I thought the race could benefit from a strong, conservative (not to mention Southern) voice. Perry has an impressive record in Texas, and even if a lot of the job-creation numbers can be attributed to him simply not screwing up policies he inherited, that’s still a credit to him.
He entered the race in third place, rose fairly quickly to 2nd, then shot to first by mid-August. A lot of conservatives had a generally favorable view of him, and there was hope that he would be a white knight in a western saddle. Then, the debates happened.
He did more than misspeak. He did more than recklessly attack his own base and generally act like the class bully assigned to spend study hall with the chess club. He did more than forget his talking points and display an uncomfortable lack of knowledge of important topics. He simply suffocated.
With one disastrous performance after another, he proved that he did not belong on the stage. Perry and his defenders dismiss this as inconsequential. Debates are nothing but fancy talk, and it’s on-the-job performance that matters, they say. In truth, debates are on-the-job performance for presidential candidates. They help reveal whether candidates can think on their feet; whether they have general, working knowledge of the affairs of state; and whether they have less tangible “leadership” qualities so many voters look for.
Perry can work a room beautifully, and he has good instincts on federalism and the proper size and scope of the federal government. His line about making Washington less consequential in Americans’ lives was simple and beautiful. But he has shown in the last five months that he is woefully unprepared to run for president. That’s not just my assessment, but the assessment of most Republican and Republican-leaning voters. He’s dropped 20 points in the national polls in two months. He’s at 2 percent in the latest New Hampshire poll and 4 percent in the latest South Carolina poll.
In my estimation, that drop is because Republican voters have concluded (at least for now) that as good a conservative as he might be, he just can’t perform at the national level. Had he entered the race much earlier and had time to better prepare, maybe things would be different now. But he didn’t, and Republican voters nationwide saw Rick Perry Raw. Unfortunately for Perry, it wasn’t as good as advertised.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
My great fear is:
(1) that James R. “Rick” Perry will recant any promise that he might have made not to seek another term as Governor in 2014; (2) that when seeking re-election in 2014 only extremely weak opponents (yes, it is possible for someone to actually be weaker than Perry himself) come forward to challenge him on both the R side and the D side; and (3) by “dumb luck” (as the old expression goes) Perry–yet again–slithers back into office for another undeserved term of four years only because nobody ran a strong campaign against him.
In 2010, I had high hopes for Kay Bailey Hutchison and I was stunned when she walked into the road, laid down, and passively allowed the proverbial bus to run over her.
Yes, Texas needs term limits to save the electorate from these types of sad and default scenarios.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
November 30th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
The voters ARE term limits. Look how they are handling Perry in the presidential race.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 30th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Morrow, I think Distinguished Gentleman is bitter and needs to move to California.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 30th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Perry is NOT running again for governor in 2014, and he’s promised Greg Abbott the Mansion is his for the taking.
I also think Anita Perry is sick and tired of Austin anyway.
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A. Palmer says:
The two biggest wingnuts in the far-right lunaverse get together at last. Awesome.
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