Politics

Ron Paul and Rick Perry Shoot it Out in Texas Showdown

By: Kevin Derby | Posted: September 8, 2011 12:31 PM

Around the State

Gary Bauer, Rep. Ron Paul and Texas Gov. Rick Perry

Texas is known for its fierce rivalries -- LBJ and Coke Stephenson; John Connally and Ralph Yarborough; Texas and Texas A&M. Add to the list the increasingly ferocious battle between two Texans seeking the Republican presidential nomination -- Gov. Rick Perry and Congressman Ron Paul.

When two candidates from the same state seek their party’s presidential nomination, their contest often turns acrimonious, such as earlier this year when two Republican candidates from Minnesota -- U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- ripped into each other.

Perry entered the race on Aug. 13 -- the same day Paul finished with a strong second-place showing in the Iowa Republican straw poll in Ames. Since then, the two sides have shown no hesitation in launching attacks on each other.

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Disenchanted

11:49AM SEP 9TH 2011

"Like the Perry team, Bauer cited Paul’s letter of resignation from the Republican Party in which the congressman attacked “unprecedented deficits, massive monetary inflation, indiscriminate military spending, an irrational and unconstitutional foreign policy, zooming foreign aid, the exaltation of international banking, and the attack on our personal liberties and privacy” under the Reagan administration."

So back in 1987, Ron Paul was the only Republican or Democrat who realized HOW the federal government's overreaching path would affect our economy and sovereignty in 2011??? And, this is a BAD THING???? What if the people had listened to Ron Paul then - would we be in debt by $15 TRILLION??? Would we owe our souls and our future generations' souls to China?

If anything, that letter that Ron Paul wrote to explain WHY he was leaving the Republican party back in 1987 should show us WHO cares about the freedom and liberty of the American PEOPLE - even BEFORE it was popular for the pols to appease the masses with their suddenly-found patriotism. He could have been just like the career politicians we keep reelecting who practice corporate cronyism - from both sides of the aisle.

After reading Ron Paul's 1987 ENTIRE letter, I have decided his visions, integrity and record dictate that only a fool would NOT choose Ron Paul to lead our nation - especially if you have children, grandchildren, or want a family in the future. Why should we leave our future generations with NO HOPE of bettering themselves and not having their God-given rights? Are we THAT selfish????

John

1:27PM SEP 8TH 2011

What ought to be discussed here is Perry physically threatening Paul during the commercial break--to the point that both Paul's bodyguard and John Huntsman had to intervene.

A heated philosophical discussion is one thing, but Perry is such an ignorant baboon that he would beat up, or at least threaten to beat up, an old man. If someone laid a hand on my grandfather, they would find themselves flattened, and I think most men in America feel the same way. But we're going to consider this piece of filth qualified to lead the country?

Ray

1:23PM SEP 8TH 2011

Perry looks and acts like GWB. The same mannerisms to the point that it's eerie. Taking points right out of Ron Paul's platform, Social security, the federal reserve and getting troops out of Afghanistan. actually all of them are doing it now. I think I will stick with the original. Ron Paul 2012!

Julian Alien

1:13PM SEP 8TH 2011

Ron Paul was right to stop supporting Reagan after he broke his campaign vows for smaller government and no borrowing.Heck everyone knows Perry is a snake with boots anyway,just ask a Texan!