PERRY WAS AL GORE's TX CAMPAIGN MANAGER IN 1988. Voila! His candidacy is officially dead.

[elehhhhna]

Truefact, look it up. This will set the reeps offlike a rocket from hell's heinie. They hate Al b/c he uses lots "big werds". Thankyou, Al, for the karmic favors you bestow upon us.

Let the games begin!

[emulatorloo]

1. He can lie his way out of it. Teabags don't have a real firm grasp on facts anyway.

They just generate their own " reality". They love revisionist history.

[Mz Pip]

2. THere's nothing the right loves more

than a reformed Democrat. Just ask Reagan.

[TexasProgresive]

3. Aren't you a little quick declaring the undead-dead?

It won't matter what he did in 1988. If he is the man the powers want he will be nominated.

[ashling]

7. So Perry is a zombie, too?

Brains, Braaaains

[TexasProgresive]

11. Well he doesn't have any brains of his own and is mean as a stepped on

black mamba.

[ashling]

12. I hope that was not

a racist remark. LOL

[TexasProgresive]

17. Not hardly-Mambas come in two colors - green and black

Both are deadly but the black is worse. I'm glad you asked because I did searches for images of both and as you can see the green's mouth is blue as Barbara Kingsolver wrote in The Poisonwood Diary- a great read by the way. It will give you an understanding of how the western world kept Africa in chaos

[ChandlerJr]

Ronald Reagan supported and voted for FDR 3 times

Wingers love a reformed Democrat.

[bluestateguy]

4. I don't see how that does him any damage

St. Ronald the Perfect campaigned for FDR and Truman.

Perry's big mouth is a bigger liability to him.

[AndyTiedye]

5. WHAT HAPPENED to Perry?

When did the Pod People get him?

[TNLib]

18. I believe it was Rove

at least I heard that recently on some news program.

[KoKo]

22. What are you talking about? You think Rick Perry is a Pod Person? ROFL!

He's a Texas GOOD OLD BOY who will take SS/Medicare/Medicade and Trash it all as he embraces Grover Norquist! He would Fuck Grover if he could get into his pants.

Wake Up . Texas Politicians are all in the Bush Mode and funded by the same people these days. They are WAY GONE from Lyndon Johnson's Time. These are the NEW "Good Old Boys...Corporate!"

Remember that. :-(

[AndyTiedye]

23. Trying to Reconcile That With Him Supporting Gore, Environmentalism and All

It does not compute!

Something terrible must have happened.

[JI7]

6. Bachmann campaigned for Jimmy Carter in 76 , doesn't mean much

[spanone]

8. k&r...they are hypocrites and liars...

[cali]

9. not even close. they're already making up excuses for him over in freeperville.

such as:

Al Gore was a conservative dem then.

Even Reagan used to be a democrat.

etc.

[RamboLiberal]

10. Nah he saw the LIGHT!

Saint Ronnie Reagan was also a Dem. And a union head!

[0rganism]

13. naw, they'll hail his current Dem trashing as "testimony of a convert"

From what I've seen at DU, we're far too eager to dismiss this man offhandedly, neglecting the real credible danger he poses to Obama's re-election.

The sooner we all move through the denial and bargaining stages to acceptance and preparation, the happier I'll be.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. Not really.

Ronald Reagan was a Democrat long before he was a conservative champion. I'm sure the nutters will forgive Perry's sin.

[dgibby]

15. He'll just say he's born again, or that he was

an undercover Republican doing missionary work.

[Canuckistanian]

16. They'll call it a "youthful indiscretion"

And say that now that he's seen the light (or is the source of that light), he'll be forgiven.

[MilesColtrane]

19. I don't think that matters much to voters.

Perry has now been a Republican longer than Ronald Reagan was when he got elected president.

[madinmaryland]

20. Un-recced, for irrational exuberance. It was 23 years ago, ffs.

The fucking teabaggers probably didn't even vote in the 1988 election.

[KoKo]

21. Well...he apparantly was a Democrat before he turned Repug..and why the Bushies Hate him and

articles out there say there was a Feud between Rove and the Bushies because of something Perry did to them.

Whatever...Bushies, Perry and Texas Dems or Repugs are FILTH...and whatever we Dems can do to Expose them and Defeat them...then it's the better for us.

Just saying!