The Truth About Rick Perry

The Truth about Rick Perry, The Texan Flimflam man

American Thinker
June 18, 2011
Rick Perry, as was Bush before him and Romney is today, is a slick, chameleon politician who changes his colors for the times. Rick Perry is a former Democrat, Al Gore's state chairman in 1988, a big government type who used an executive order to try to force Texas children entering 6th grade to be injected with Gardasil, a drug to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Mandated -- sound conservative to you?



Rick Perry supports open borders with Mexico and protects illegal immigrants. As Governor, Perry supported and signed the Texas Dream Act. Opposed by Republicans, the bill provided state funding for illegal immigrants to attend state colleges. As Perry has been quoted, “The message is simple. Educacion es el futuro, y si se puede."
Rick Perry is against any kind of border fence or wall along the Mexican border. Consistently citing barriers with Mexico as counter productive to economic growth, he calls the idea of a border fence, “cost prohibitive”.

Pharmaceutical companies love Rick Perry. Not only did mega-pharma company Merck hire his chief of staff as a lobbyist, but Governor Perry also issued an Executive Order that made vaccines against the human papilloma virus mandatory for sixth grade girls in Texas. By a crazy coincidence, the vaccine Perry forced upon Texas’ daughters just happens to be manufactured by Merck. Governor Perry has since flip-flopped on the issue and now says he regrets that decision.

Eminent Domain is a phrase Governor Perry appears to like. One of the main criticisms against him is his $175 million dollar idea for a Texas Trans-Corridor. Often called a NAFTA superhighway, the project was cancelled due to protests from Texas citizens who called it a blatant land grab. 6,000 miles of Texas highway, plus all the land needed to accommodate railroads, power lines and other necessary infrastructure.

The Texas Emerging Technology Fund is another issue being used this week to attack Rick Perry. Created in 2005 by Governor Perry, the program gave millions in taxpayer money to help new technology start-ups in Texas. But as this week’s Wall Street Journal revealed, much of that money ended up going to Perry’s political campaign contributors.

Rick Perry endorsed Al Gore for President in 1988. For a Republican candidate for President, that’s not a plus. (Remember this is right after 8 years of Reagan)

Last but not least, Rick Perry used to be a Democrat. Yes, as the Al Gore endorsement might suggest, Rick Perry is a former registered Democrat. Adding to his list of flip-flops, Perry switched parties in 1989.

Karl Rove recruited opportunistic Perry to switch parties so Perry could win Agricultural Commissioner as a Republican in 1990. Rick Perry is a Trojan Horse for statism cloaked in Tea Party rhetoric and Christian Bible talk buzzwords.