Perry was toast as soon as he defended his idiotic action of signing legislation that gives preferential treatment to ILLEGAL ALIENS over Americans; ever since that day, his campaign theme was "Dead Man Walking."
Guess what: the "anybody but obama" idea is just as damaging as Obama. The idea that some would hold their noses and vote for someone who they didn't like is appalling.
I think it's appalling that a nation that gave us men like Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt as POTUS (when we were much smaller!) can't muster anything better than the current crop today. In fact, ever since I've been voting, I've only cast a positive ballot ONE time for POTUS, and that was for Reagan's first term. Every other time -
every other time - I voted
against someone rather than
for someone.
I don't like it - I don't like it one bit. But when the only alternatives are bad, you unhappily choose the one that's less bad.
Pay taxes - bad. Go to jail - worse. I hate my pocket being picked for things that don't benefit me, even indirectly . . . but Club Fed as an alternative? Uh uh.
Romney/Gingrich/Whoever - not so good. Obama - horribly worse. BHO may be the first POTUS that actually
doesn't like America, it's traditions, or its institutions.
If you can realistically suggest a GOOD alternative to holding my nose and voting for someone other than Obama, please do so.
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