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In response to "Rick Perry leads the GOP field in another new poll -- (link)" by moles

I still go back to the fact that he's juts a fresh name right now, he hasn't been vetted by the public yet.

Posted by ty97 Aug 25 '11, 09:04

He may very well win, but this lead bump isn't real until he's been tested.

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I think in a crowd of crazy - he seems - " less crazy". - Epiphany Aug 25, 09:06 35
- Uh... no. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 09:11
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  - I know he's crazy - but does the rest of the world see him as crazy - - Epiphany Aug 25, 09:16 1
    - They don't know him yet. The problem is that he put his madness into writing. -- nm - David Aug 25, 09:17
- No, he really doesn't. -- nm - David Aug 25, 09:09 5
  - Right. It's basically Bachmann With a Dick. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 25, 09:12 1
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  - W 2: This time he's rootin'-tootinier! -- nm - Reagen Aug 25, 09:11 2
    - How would SNL even handle this? Can they caricature a caricature? - Don Homer Aug 25, 09:13 1
      - I think they would have to play him up as sane and competent, with everyone around him appearing insane or deficient. - Beryllium Aug 25, 09:15
- when a governor who has publicly argued for the secession of his state is considered "less crazy" - znufrii Aug 25, 09:07 23
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    - He did win a 3rd term as Governor in 2010. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 09:14 4
      - ....in Texas -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 09:18 2
        
        "Texans don't like him." -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 09:18 1
        
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      - By less rates than other GOP candidates by a noticeable amount - Will Hunting Aug 25, 09:16
    - there's a great editorial on the patronage mill he's cerated in Texas to reward his political supporters, too. -- nm - znufrii Aug 25, 09:14 1
      - (in the NYTimes, of course) -- nm - znufrii Aug 25, 09:14
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    - Let's paint him with that brush, anyway. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 25, 09:23
    - not really saying the same thing, but okay. -- nm - znufrii Aug 25, 09:17 2
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        arguning for the validity of an outcome is different than adcovating for it. - znufrii Aug 25, 09:24
    - Repeat it often enough...! -- nm - Stephen Aug 25, 09:14 8
      - You get actual veterans of wars being thought of as lesser warriors than those who begged out of fighting. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 09:17 5
        
        Huh? -- nm - Stephen Aug 25, 09:23 2
        
        "They did it to Kerry, so it's okay if we do it to others." - Dr.Johnny Vermin Aug 25, 09:27 1
        
        And it would have worked too if it weren't for those meddling (Internet) kids! -- nm - Dan Rather Aug 25, 09:35
        
        No one here would *ever* have jumped on that bandwagon. -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 09:19 1
        
        What, the "Begged out of fighting" part? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 09:20
      - This will be mentioned at least another 20 times in ST in the next year. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 09:15 1
        
        fiscal or calendar? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 25, 09:15
    - I'd rank it more as 'nebulous' but it's a losing point and people need to drop it -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 09:11
- a governor of Texas as president? That'll never work. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 09:07
Was he ever gov while you lived in TX? -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 09:06 1
- For 7 or 8 years, yes -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 09:07

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I still go back to the fact that he's juts a fresh name right now, he hasn't been vetted by the public yet.

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