George W. Bush on steroids. Take all the bad things about Bush and amplify by 10 and you have Rick Perry.
Utters "
Amurica!" and "
Freedum!" in every sentence instead of every other sentence.
Even more
hawkish - carries a gun with him at all times, and is known to use it on small animals that get too close.
Greater religious fanaticism - In April of 2011, as governor of Texas, held an "official" prayer rally for rain in his drought-stricken state. Let's see how that worked out for him: in April only 60% of Texas was under severe drought according to the
UNL drought monitor. As of
September 20, 99% of the state is under severe drought with 85% under exceptional drought. In other words, a true Texas miracle. Also believes creationism should be taught in public schools.
Instead of just privatizing social security, wants to completely
abolish it, so grandma is just supposed to starve I guess.
Even greater hypocrisy - as governor of Texas, threatened to secede from the U.S. over the passage of the stimulus act. He then took $17.4 billion in funds made available by the stimulus act to help plug his state's
ballooning budget deficit and create most of the jobs he brags about creating. Yet, he declined $500 million in funds to help educate youth in Texas.
Even less qualified - graduated from Texas A&M with a 2.22 GPA, earning a C in U.S. history and a D in economics. Interestingly he got an A in world military systems. Better watch your ass Iran.
If
you thought Bush was a good president, or you are a
masochist, vote Rick Perry. For the other 80% of us, there is
sanity.