Mike from Texas wrote:C'mon Chas. This is a very important issue. If you have information, please share it with us. I certainly don't have the connections you do so I have to put faith in what I am being told by the candidate unless I can be shown otherwise OR they have a proven track record of not doing what they say.Charles L. Cotton wrote:I never should have posted that comment. I retract it.Rex B wrote:Charles, I think we would all like to hear you elaborate on that.Charles L. Cotton wrote:
You have no idea how inaccurate this statement is.
Chas.
Charles L. Cotton wrote:My ill-advised comment was not based upon any hard evidence and I should have kept it to myself. There is no hidden meaning or hint and Medina supporters should not be deterred for fear that she does not support the Second Amendment. I will say this much, Rick Perry has a proven track record of supporting gun owners and this is why a TSRA/NRA grade based upon an elected official's record is more reliable that a candidates questionnaire alone. Talk is cheap, performance counts.
Chas.
Fair enough, I appreciate the clarification (made while I was typing up my previous reply). I can certainly agree with the "Talk is cheap, performance counts" part, but in my view, that is ALL that Perry is... cheap talk =\ He has a good grade with the NRA, which I can appreciate. My qualms are not mainly with is stance on 2nd amendment issues. My problem is with his fiscal irresponsibility. Deficits and public debt are among my primary issues in both national and state politics. Perry has almost tripled the public debt of the state of Texas during his decade tenure and the surplus that his commercials are praising are due only to accepting federal stimulus money, not because of any responsible policies of his own. In my opinion that is a failure and is unacceptable in a Governor. Does it make him the "worst ever"? No, but it certainly does not warrant him yet another 4 years to tack onto his decade of service.
Medina is all talk at this point for the simple reason that she is not a career politician. Since I like her words better than Perry's at this point, and his actions are outright fabrications in terms of fiscal issues, while she's a blank slate. I'm willing to give her a term in office and see what she's able to do.