The Houston Chronicle reported Saturday that Gov. Rick Perry appeared at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth to promote his 2010 gubernatorial campaign’s sponsorship of a car in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Race.
While there, Perry offered up a few choice words for President Obama.
“The message there was, ‘You’re from Texas. We don’t care about you,’” Perry said in reference to a recent address by Obama, in which he discussed adding jobs at the Kennedy Space Center but failed to mention Texas.
“I tell people this president has put a target on Texas’ back. Whether it’s programs that he’s talked about from the standpoint of making Texas an example, if you will. And I don’t appreciate it,” Perry said. “If Washington wants to get it right, come down to Texas, and we’ll show you. It’s pretty simple, actually. Don’t spend all the money.”
Since he was at a NASCAR event, the crowd most likely ate up his words and was happy to hear a well-known politician criticize Obama.
Even Bill White, Perry’s opponent and Houston’s former mayor, was displeased with Obama’s decision to temporarily cancel manned space flight. However, he chose to address the issue without making a scene. He, too, is hoping Obama will reconsider. In a letter last month, White told Obama it was “a step in the wrong direction.”
White, however, doesn’t seem too worried about the matter.
“High-paying, quality jobs should and will stay in Texas because of the revised plans for the Orion capsule and the International Space Station,” White said.
Perhaps Obama is trying to make an example of Texas. Our state did, after all, say it will fight the health care law tooth and nail, and we are living in an influential, conservative state.
While we’re happy to see a conservative speak his mind, it’s a shame that it had to be at a NASCAR event, pandering to conservative voters. There’s a way to go about disagreeing with the president while still showing him respect. We think White is doing a good job at that, which is one of the reasons we endorsed him to be the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
It’s called politics. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Kindly please shut your grotty trap Daily Cougar if you don’t like a taste of your own medicine. You clearly established that you’re of a democratic agenda. If thats how Perry wants to campaign like that then let him do as he will, he wasn’t in the wrong in pandering to the people in attendance and there was nothing underhanded about it, I wouldn’t see you criticizing White if he was pandering to a bunch of liberal-minded quasi-journalists for their votes so once again please shut your grotty traps if you’re going to be calling the kettle black.
It’s pretty obvious to most people that we the republicans who want to secede and start over with pretty ricky as our leader are truly idiotic unmitigated fools, but ah we can usually sit on the porch at night, look at Russia and throw down a beer or two and discuss our next tea party gathering and how many wolves we killed last night, and then we can give ole girl sarah a hollah, you know she sometimes don’t call us back since she’s become a millionaire and they’re giving her hell over her speaking engagement in California. Now, we don’t discuss things that are relevant too much. We didn’t discuss them when georgia bush was in office and destroying the economy and the reputation of the United States,when he and dickie involved us in two wars, committed crimes,let our goof ole boys and girls get richer, watched people die in New Orleans and Mississippi and of course we all remember when the dickie shot his friend while legally unlicensed. Now we are just truly hoping that the tea party groupies will follow when we form the new Texas, some of us don’t fully comprehend what the movement is all about, we just know we want to take a stand against Obama and the democrats. With pretty ricky, big hair sarah,lying o’reilly,hannity and limbaugh, we will blindly follow there directives without questioning, because, we just know they will look out for us. .With all these great leaders with there new educational standards and patriots guarding the border we will be fine, we just need to find a place that will let us have land for our new state.
I don’t understand the Daily Cougar Editorial Staff’s beef with NASCAR fans. Oh, they must all be high-falootin’, hillbillies who don’t have any sort of place in America. (sarcasm, of course)
Yet, nothing was said about Obama when he openly mocked Tea Party supporters and said “They should be saying Thank You”. He basically referred to them as buffoons and idiots, while Perry only attacked the obvious politics involved in the NASA situation.
Obama is too smug and arrogant and lowered his socialist position to a personal level attack. Shame on whoever wrote this for supporting this.
I sent Obama with his arrogant and smug socialist self a thank you on behalf of all the Texas tea party supporters ,nascar fans and high falooting hillbies.
America is now a better place now that you have. ;]
It’s typically expected for Liberals to continuously refer to the past. George Bush is ALWAYS a favorite. Support for the wars was unanimous, based on the “intelligence” they had at the time. And the American public was screaming for someone’s head on a platter.
You automatically infer that we loony Tea Party supporters weren’t at all critic of the previous White Administration, and paint us with one broad brush as old-time Republicans who love to keep status quo.
I just want to know what is to be acheived in accusing ALL of us of ignoring the past, because it sure as hell doesn’t validate what is currently happening.
georgia bush is responsible for the mess America is in today. By intelligence I gather you mean the weapons of mass destruction that still have not been located. Bush lied and Americans lost there lives. American people lost there lives on American soil in one of the worst disasters in American history and look at the response of the bush administration. History speaks for itself. I could be wrong but I don’t recall any tea parties in Houston during the White administration.When you have to clean up the mess of a previous administration, you must deal with that along with present issues, that is what the hell is going on. I can’t speak for anyone else but in my conversations with tea party members, there information on issues were coming from people like perry, bachman .palin, faux fox news and there commentators and they were recipients of so called socialist programs. As far as being loony,status quo republicans,I beg to differ, I think you are very dangerous people and the repertoire that you espouse will only lead to disaster in some shape or form.
^Wow that was a load of crap wasn’t it pot? Do you just pull all that out of your ass or does it just drop out naturally?
FYI learn to form a coherent and factual argument before you even open your grotty trap.
1. Bush is just as much responsible for 9/11 as Washington is. That being said how can you possibly blame such a thing as being his fault? They didn’t target us because he was president, they targeted us because they were radicals who hate us. The only way that argument could make any sense is if you’re one of those wack-job conspiracy theorists who think the government was behind it (in which case case closed, then again perhaps I am giving you too much of the benefit of the doubt.)
2. Even if Bush did lie (I could care less about the war being a college student, what happened happened) the war in the middle east was inevitable. As long as there are those radical muslims in power they will always be hating and going after anyone who is not like them. Would you have rather they goaded the country with even more attacks before we finally went to war with them? As I said the war was inevitable, if it didn’t happen then whos to say it wouldn’t have happened now or sometime further down the line?
3. Not all of us are republicans, I myself am a moderate because I simply can not tolerate the hypocritical and down right appalling mudslinging liberals like you are doing, its sickening and makes me ashamed to even think to ally myself with the term liberal. If that weren’t enough the AP makes things even worse, I could care less about what policies are enforced and promoted, but when you throw fairness out of the window (they should be down right ashamed for the coverage during the election, they don’t even deserve the right to call themselves journalists) then why bother? At least the republicans play fairer despite such unfair and unethical treatment from their own country.
sarah,,rush………is it really you? You said ” I could care less about the war being a college student”. That statement in itself speaks volumes about you. Perhaps you have not seen the results or after effects of the college students who sacrificed in those wars. You remind me of the guy in the commercial with his head stuck up his ass. To all veterans I apologize and thank you for your sacrifices. For you I say a prayer.
Like I said, I’m a college student. I didn’t want a war, I didn’t want to prostitute myself and involve myself with a war just to pay off my tuition and I wasn’t going to let the draft screw me over, yeah I think it would speak volumes about me as a college student since as a student I would therefore be ineligible to be drafted into a war I do not want to be apart of. I do think though that the war was inevitable no matter who cast the first stone. As far as I am concerned though yeah I could care less as to what those idiots decided to do and care even more less if they died as that was not my personal choice in the first place. Odds are they were a waste of space in society anyways so good riddance, you did your job well you fool, ta ta, good bye. Is it ungrateful? Yeah? Do I give a damn? Nope, thats just who I am and you can step off that high horse you twat.
And if you don’t like how I think then to hell what you think, who are you to judge me? As far as I see it you’re no better than me. However that being said once again who the hell are you to judge me or anyone as you are a total idiot at putting together a legitimate argument in the first place. Actually know what you’re talking about before you run your grotty trap making assumptions. And unfortunately once again its people like you who give liberals a bad name. If you want to judge someone take a look in the mirror, I’ve come to terms with myself, maybe you should come to terms with your fixation with being a lemming (then again that may be too hard of a task for poor you.)
I admit I don’t know you very well but I wanted to give you a gift for the summer. I purchased a ticket for you, didn’t know your real name so I told them you would be unique looking, you gotta admit the head up the ass look is different. I really wanted you to feel comfortable so I have you flying first class to Arizona one way, the limo is even volunteering to take you to the airport for free. And to make for your reading pleasure make sure that you put FrumForum on your reading list. A safe and happy journey my friend.
Oh please, you’re only just proving my point lemming. Keep on drinking that kool-aid and running towards the edge of that cliff. You’re not as much doing a disservice to liberals as you are the human race.
And don’t even get me started on Arizona mate, the whole backlash, bitching, and moaning from the liberals has been totally hilarious and shows just how awful they really are. The bill is totally legit and Obama is only going to make himself look more the fool he is if he continues to protest it (as President you’d think he would be more familiar with the Constitution he is to defend and represent in the first place.)
Enough with the “HE DID IT” argument. It’s about damn time that Obama and his administration and his Liberal flock take responsibility for turning around the economy and quit referring to Bush. YES, we all know that certain decisions and policies may have contributed to the problem; the same can be said of the Clinton Administration who wanted to make it too gosh-darn easy for people to have the “American Dream” of owning a home, without paying attention to whether they could afford it in the long run, or even what type of loan they were getting into.
It wasn’t a SINGLE person responsible for what is happening, but Wall Street’s GREED and RECKLESSNESS. However, the actions taken by the current administration are only ACCELERATING us faster toward a negative future.
Banks will continue to satisfy their greed because they’ll always think to themselves “We’re too big to fail. The Gov’t will always be there to help us out”
Well, let’s see Taxes are exactly the same as when georgia bush was in office. Bush entered the presidency with 128 billion dollars of surplus left by the Clinton administration, he left office wiht a deficit of 407 billion dollars, two wars, inadequate funding for no child left behind and I could definitely go on. He also declared he would be a different type of conservative, that was interesting to warch. Between georgia and pretty ricky the borders have never been secured, as everyone knows and look at the funds that were spent in Texas alone for the fence and non working equipment. Lobbyist, republican congressional representatives and cronies have a great deal to do with what has transpired on wall street. Let’s see if they will try to filibuster or will mac try to tone it down and try to compromise. To the individuals who disagree with the Arizona fiasco I encourage you to register family,friends and foe to vote. When you go to the polls don’t go alone, take at least 10 other people with you. Boycott Arizona.
Why exactly do you want to boycott Arizona now? Honestly give me a legit positive reason as to why you the bill is a bad thing? Theres nothing wrong with it, yes it may open up more cases of racial profiling but even then if you carry your state id or driver’s license on you in your wallet or purse then it’s just a quick matter of running your info through the computer and a thanks for cooperating (then again the officer would only be asking you to cooperate only because they had probable cause.) People who are legal citizens would have no reason to worry or complain if they have nothing to hide, simple as that. And please don’t say its unconstitutional because its not. It does not violate illegal immigrants’ civil rights because they have no civil rights in this country, they are illegal.
it’s a huge violation of search and seizure protections and basic civil rights but hey who cares it’s just a few mexicans.
It’s not a violation of any rights whatsoever. The officer would have to have probable cause to question someone in the first place. Legal citizens and immigrants would have nothing to hide and would have nothing to worry about (seriously you get asked for your ID and Driver’s License all the time for various things, even here at UH we’re always asked for our Student IDs.)
As I said before I’ll say it again: IT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS IN THE FIRST PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY’RE ILLEGAL. End of discussion.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO LOOK HISPANIC (AND THEREFORE ILLEGAL OMG!!!!) ARE GOING TO BE ACCOSTED AND ASKED FOR THEIR PAPERS. WITH THIS NEW BILL, HAVING BROWN SKIN IS PROBABLE CAUSE.
the whole point of this sweeping new bill is to make the requirements for p.c. more and more vague, granting the police more and more power. you don’t care about this because you, personally, are in no danger of being accosted by the police. i’d make fun of you right about now but i can’t because the website admins keep deleting my posts because i’m too mean 🙁
Zed, it’s funny how they are so apt to attack the state’s new law while they seem to ignore the FEDERAL law that pretty much says the same thing. Why? Because they know it will be enforced at the state level.
The Federal Govt is nothing but a paperweight in these issues. And like you said, legal immigrants, residents, and citizens have nothing to worry about. Besides, I’m pretty sure that society’s quickness to resort to legal action (lawsuits) against profiling will help keep the officers in line.
If you honestly believe that then you really are an idiot and deserve to have your posts deleted because they pretty much lower a person’s IQ just from reading that crap.
why so angry, friend zed?
was i wrong about you being a bootlicking sheltered white boy or the part where arizona police have legal justification to racially profile american citizens who look hispanic? (answer: neither!)
but whatever, you’re basically incredibly stupid and/or ignorant and just looking for an excuse to justify your grotesque politics. there’s really no more to it than that.
Really now? Do you have to take classes to be that stupid or were you just born that way like the rest of the lefties?
I really cannot wrap my mind around how you idiots somehow came to validate the notion that all of a sudden with the passing of this bill that all the cops would suddenly turn racist. Did you take a show of hands in advance or a census? Really now how do you find out such groundbreaking information? Clearly your powers of deduction would be more well put to use on other things besides acting the fool in public. Oh wait…
I really don’t know which is more laughable: your crazy ideas or the fact you’re serious.
Please stop trying while you’re not ahead. If you can even find a single shred of LEGITIMATE proof that all of a sudden the cops of Arizona will turn racist and harass every Mexican/Hispanic person in Arizona within sight once the bill is passed then I have a bridge in New York I’d just love to sell to you.
durr i don’t know i guess basic deductive reasoning and logic. you are honestly dumb enough to be a christian.
you are a soft middle-class white person trying to drive poor minorities from your stolen country, lmfao what a spoiled little pig you are.
look, will you just tell me why exactly you object to the presence of “illegal” immigrants (and don’t punk out and say BECAUSE THEY’RE ILLEGAL) ? they put more into society than they receive, their wage-slavery makes our decadent lifestyle possible, they don’t significantly raise crime rates. i am curious to see if you actually answer this question or you just break one of your wicked sick burns.
1. They put more into society than they receive? Hardly, what they do take ends up taking away from actual citizens who aren’t illegal. The money they do receive hardly benefits our country since they pretty much send a good chunk of that money to Mexico and spend the rest on rent and material goods (which odds are nowadays if its not a processed food its not made here and thus most of that money goes back to once again another country. Let alone the fact they don’t pay taxes either and well…)
2. Its contradictory to try and preach to someone wanting to get rid of illegal immigrants that their cheap labor makes our lifestyle possible.
3. Actually that is quite the opposite, their inclusion into our society has contributed to crime rates. Just because it hasn’t seen a significant spike doesn’t mean there has been no involvement whatsoever by them. In fact you could say if anything they contributed towards building up our current crime rates. Want proof go ask Los Angeles and Chicago about their gang problems or Arizona since the basis of their bill is because a farmer was shot and killed by 2 illegal immigrants or just ask here in Houston which is rife with people trafficking and prostitution of illegal Mexican women. It’s nothing new.
If you want further proof this is a good idea just go ask Obama back when he was campaigning, he in fact supported illegal immigrants going through the proper channels to get in legally. In which case this bill would be an ideal solution since it gets them out of Arizona. If they want back in so badly then they will work hard as usual and make sure to get a visa legitimately to become a legal citizen of this country.
first, glad to see you didn’t contest any of my assertions about you being a petit-bourgeois pig!
but anyway, sounds like you should be angry at shady employers who hire and exploit illegal immigrants instead of desperate people trying to feed their families!
so basically, you’re unwilling to argue this fact because it makes you uncomfortable, got it.
yeah everyone knows about chicago’s issues with illegal immigrants.. what? did you just pick two cities that sounded scary and hope that was enough? hahaha what a moron.
as for LA, yes i am sure that gang violence is solely due to illegal immigration and not any other socioeconomic circumstance. they’re all just plain BAD PPL
prostitution and exploitation of illegal immigrants certainly is a very serious issue. which is why i advocate for more legal protection for our slave labor class.
but oh no you cited obama’s campaign promises, my one weakness nooooooooo
^I rest my case. You hardly know what you’re arguing about let alone know how to properly argue. Typical lefty.
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