Vote YES on Prop 11 Nov. 3
I support what is best for Texas
Texas Gal

Ditto on both of the above. I agree to disagree with you on KBH…March Primary will be interesting. Take care and God bless Texas!

Clearly, you have issues with Governor Perry. But I don’t see that you are promoting KBH because you feel that she would be better for Texas…you just keep re-hashing your sticking points with RP. That shines of the folks who took to Obama because they didn’t like George Bush. This Texan is not interested in “change” for the sake of bitterness. But thanks for trying.

redwhiteblue on October 31, 2009 at 12:14 AM

In truth, I have issues with both Perry and KBH. I said from the start that I support what is best for Texas and looking at the long term picture, keeping Texas RED would be best achieved with KBH and furthermore, Perry has been in the mansion for 10 years now and that’s long enough.

Y’all turned it into a Perry vs KBH discussion. All I did was set the record straight about KBH.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/perry-reacts-to-cheneys-endorsement-of-his-opponent-id-stick-with-sarah-palin.php

Texas Gal

Clearly, you have issues with Governor Perry. But I don’t see that you are promoting KBH because you feel that she would be better for Texas…you just keep re-hashing your sticking points with RP. That shines of the folks who took to Obama because they didn’t like George Bush. This Texan is not interested in “change” for the sake of bitterness. But thanks for trying.

Perry signed a property tax reform bill just this past summer.

LOL.. what a coincidence … just this past summer ..

after 8 years of promise ..

.. and a very good example of …

“I’ll sign a Bill, and Bill, just so I can sign a Bill, I made a promise to sign a Bill”.

Like I said… so far the little bit of things he’s done have not delivered on what he has promised to do. Texas landowners are sick and tired of being held hostage by the various stupidity of the appraisal district system.

Kay didn’t have Jack Squat to do with the death of the TTC.
Again, the voters of Texas and legislature shut that down, too.

You mean all those voters who turned out for the KBH vs DofTransportation townhall meetings? Yes, their voices were heard loud and clear even without the media coverage. Seems like most of what I remember about the TX Legislature and the TTC was their signing off on a private company to use eminent domain to take land for their project from Texans.

Vote YES on Prop 11 Nov. 3

Deal with that, all of you KBH campaign operatives!
Bwahahahahaha!!!

Perry promised property tax reform and so far the little bit of things he’s done have not delivered on what he has promised to do.

Perry signed a property tax reform bill just this past summer.

Thanks to the work that KBH did by forcing the Dept of Transportation to hold townhall meetings as hear what Texans had to say about it. Including those who would be affected by the alternative route, which they want!
Texas Gal on October 30, 2009 at 7:31 PM

Kay didn’t have Jack Squat to do with the death of the TTC.
Again, the voters of Texas and legislature shut that down, too.

KBH is a RINO Beltway Insider in Washington and a Highland Park society suckup when she’s in Texas (same thing with a Texas accent and Mahnolo Blahnik cowboy boots from Neiman’s).
No thanks!
I’m sticking with Rick “Texas secede” Perry!

Gov Perry requiring all girls to get the HPV vaccine? Pretty police-statish.

Spartacus on October 30, 2009 at 7:59 PM

Perry got slapped down by the legislature about that.
He hasn’t tried anything similar since.

Still doesn’t make Kay Bailout look any better!

Gov Perry requiring all girls to get the HPV vaccine? Pretty police-statish.

Whoopsy!
You have the same 2 talking points that BirdEye did…you must work for the Kay campaign also!

1.) Perry can’t give Texans across the board tax relief because ours are levied locally by the city and county.

2.) The Trans-Texas Corridor project is dead.
It has ceased to be.
It is an ex-project.
Etc, etc., etc.

Kay and her people are going to have to do better than this to whoop Governor Good Hair!
LOL

Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 6:09 PM

Whoopsey!

You clearly don’t know what I’m talking about.

1) Perry promised property tax reform and so far the little bit of things he’s done have not delivered on what he has promised to do.

And 2)The Trans Texas Corridor was switched to an existing route of roadways that will serve the same goals once improved as outlined in the project without using eminent domain to take land from Texas landowners … Thanks to the work that KBH did by forcing the Dept of Transportation to hold townhall meetings as hear what Texans had to say about it. Including those who would be affected by the alternative route, which they want!

Please see #’s 1. & 2. above. See you at the polls!

redwhiteblue on October 30, 2009 at 6:44 PM

Please see 1 and 2 above.

Texas Gal on October 30, 2009 at 5:39 PM

Please see #’s 1. & 2. above. See you at the polls!

I find it hypocritical of Perry to endorse a Conservative Party candidate for a House district in New York when he has yet to deliver on his promise to reduce property taxes for Texas land/home owners, currently 12th out of 50. GOP voters aren’t going to forget that.
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So he might be thinking that riding Palin’s coattails will help him over that hump. But what he just did was remind Republicans in Texas that he is not a fiscal conservative. And that taken with his push towards eminent domain for the Trans Texas Corridor are going to come back to haunt him.

It’s interesting how in the past I’ve had to defend Perry on this very blog site for his actions (or in-actions as it were) on the border to suppress illegal immigration.

Texas Gal on October 30, 2009 at 5:39 PM

Whoopsy!
You have the same 2 talking points that BirdEye did…you must work for the Kay campaign also!

1.) Perry can’t give Texans across the board tax relief because ours are levied locally by the city and county.

2.) The Trans-Texas Corridor project is dead.
It has ceased to be.
It is an ex-project.
Etc, etc., etc.

Kay and her people are going to have to do better than this to whoop Governor Good Hair!
LOL

Hypothesize all you want about Rick Perry’s political future – redwhiteblue on October 30, 2009 at 4:25 PM

I find it hypocritical of Perry to endorse a Conservative Party candidate for a House district in New York when he has yet to deliver on his promise to reduce property taxes for Texas land/home owners, currently 12th out of 50. GOP voters aren’t going to forget that.

So he might be thinking that riding Palin’s coattails will help him over that hump. But what he just did was remind Republicans in Texas that he is not a fiscal conservative. And that taken with his push towards eminent domain for the Trans Texas Corridor are going to come back to haunt him.

It’s interesting how in the past I’ve had to defend Perry on this very blog site for his actions (or in-actions as it were) on the border to suppress illegal immigration.

KBH on the other hand is at the closing stages of her political career.
Texas Gal on October 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM

Whoa! Texas might be a great place to retire…but that shouldn’t equate with a great place for a politician to wind down her career! Hypothesize all you want about Rick Perry’s political future – although I hardly think the rest of America is going to be in the mood for another Texas governor for a while – but I take his current rhetoric seriously that he is looking out for Texas when it comes to the overreaching power grabs by the formerly- Chicago-now-Washington DC-Marxists.

You could just as easily accuse KBH of focusing on her political future as you could Perry.
So, they cancel each other out on that score.
Rick has said that he doesn’t want national office, but wants to serve Texas.
I, for one, believe him.

I think I’d have to be pretty politically illiterate to not recognize that Perry has a bright future ahead of him and see the evidence that he is working those opportunities, while at the same time, not recognize that KBH is moving towards the end of her political career and has decided to come back to Texas with the desire to end that career as the Governor of Texas. So, maybe in your mind they cancel each other out, but not for me.

I have no doubt that Perry wants to serve Texas. But I also believe that he has political interests beyond Texas in his future. As I said, I believe he has served Texas well. I just believe that his decision to run for another term is not in the best interest of Texas.

We could lose another GOP seat that way that was pretty safe with Kay’s b*tt in it.

Yes, I’d like to see her stay in her Senate seat, but that’s not my decision, it’s hers. My personal choice is Michael Williams. Perry would do well to appoint him to replace KBH.

But one thing I do believe, is that time is not on our side. Everyday we turn greater shades of purple.

Perry’s been showing signs that he’s more about his political future than about Texas. I want a Republican Party Governor for Texas that will spend the next four years (hopefully 8 years) focused on Texas, not focused on their political future.

You could just as easily accuse KBH of focusing on her political future as you could Perry.
So, they cancel each other out on that score.
Rick has said that he doesn’t want national office, but wants to serve Texas.
I, for one, believe him.

KBH on the other hand is at the closing stages of her political career. The respect that she earned in Washington, her knowledge and experience in DC will be a plus for Texas.

BULL.
She is a Beltway insider who’s virtually out-of-touch with her home state.
I won’t forgive her for voting for the bailout.

And since I have been actively evolved in State politics for a very long time, my main concern is not so much about the Texas GOP Primary but finding and promoting the right candidate for KBH’s replacement to keep the outgoing Mayor of Houston, Bill White, out of that position. Too bad Perry didn’t consider that as a possibility.

Texas Gal on October 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM

Of course, Perry’s considered it as a possibility!
There are several fine Republicans he can appoint, too, if Kay Bailout would just step down from the Senate.
(Michael Williams and Phyllis Schlafly come to mind…)
The problem isn’t who Perry will appoint, it’s Kay creating a vacancy for no reason.
Whomever Rick appoints will have to run for re-election and win.
We could lose another GOP seat that way that was pretty safe with Kay’s b*tt in it.

Miss_Anthrope on October 30, 2009 at 11:29 AM

Sweetie, I appreciate your interest in my political savvy. I believe I said “but I am fully aware of KBH voting record as well as Perry’s record as Governor for the last 10 years. I don’t have big issues with either one of them.”

I support both Perry as Governor of Texas and KBH as the senior Senator for Texas. I think they have both done an excellent job for Texas.

What I prefer is what is best for Texas and the long view of keeping Texas RED. In my opinion, that means a GOP candidate that is not Rick Perry and I have several reasons for believing that.

Bless your heart, I’m sure you didn’t mean to insult me with your insinuation that I am in the same mold as a mindless Obama voter, so I’ll just let that slide. But I have to wonder why you would in almost the next breath state that Perry’s endorsement of Hoffman would be a plus for your support of Perry over KBH. Doesn’t that have an Obamabot ring to it?

And why’s Perry endorsing Hoffman? What does the Governor of Texas gain by endorsing a Conservative Party candidate for a House District in New York? Like I said, lately, Perry’s been showing signs that he’s more about his political future than about Texas. I want a Republican Party Governor for Texas that will spend the next four years (hopefully 8 years) focused on Texas, not focused on their political future.

Personally, I hoped to see Perry move on into a national role, I think he has a great future in politics but he needs to let go of the Governor’s Office for the sake of Texas. KBH on the other hand is at the closing stages of her political career. The respect that she earned in Washington, her knowledge and experience in DC will be a plus for Texas.

And since I have been actively evolved in State politics for a very long time, my main concern is not so much about the Texas GOP Primary but finding and promoting the right candidate for KBH’s replacement to keep the outgoing Mayor of Houston, Bill White, out of that position. Too bad Perry didn’t consider that as a possibility.

Exactly.

You want Texas to stay Texas, vote Perry.

You want Texas to be like DC wants Texas to be, vote KBH.

I moved from DC to Texas and I’m voting Perry. KBH can have DC.

Texas Gal on October 29, 2009 at 3:41 PM

Hon, I don’t have an issue with what you say, but are you sure you just want to elect someone (KBH) because Perry’s been in office for 10 years? Is that the only reason you’re considering KBH, or do you actually prefer her record?

When you comment in that fashion, you sound an awful like so many of the Obama voters from last year…”we just need a change.”

That may not be your intent, but as a fellow Texan who’s temporarily displaced, I have to “hope” that Texans will actually vote for the right candidate for them based on their record, and not just because of who’s been an incumbent.

Hope you get what you ask for, and that you really prefer her record over his. The fact Perry’s endorsed Hoffman is a big plus to me…Perry may not have the exact record I would hope for, but I certainly prefer it to hers, as she’s much more of a DIABLO in my book.

Just checkin’ to make sure you’ve really thought this through, ’cause your comments to me don’t bear that out yet. (NOTE: Haven’t read everything you’ve posted, just what I responded to and your reply to me, and those don’t sound as thoughtful as you may be on this issue.)

Kay is pro 4 year term limits.
BirdEye on October 29, 2009 at 3:56 PM

Hutchison in 1994
I firmly believe in term limitations and I plan to adhere to that.
Hutchison in 2005
Let me say it, I think term limits are a bad idea. I see term limit as depriving us of experienced leaders.

You know, experience leaders like Lindsey Graham, McCain, KBH.
Yes Sir! The real conservative members of the GOP.

Bull-Shit! The only thing ‘Kay is pro’ is her political lying ass.

Looks like Kay will have to dance with Dede.

If I’m right that most voters left in Team Dede’s camp are centrist or even slightly liberal and now have to decide between Hoffman and the Democrat, this could backfire big time.

Allahpundit’s ‘analysis’, as usual, about as useful as a pile of crap, fretting over whether listing Dede’s policy positions will drive ‘centrist-liberal’ voters away. Man, grow a pair.