As I write these words, the Governor of my state, Rick Perry, has been a declared candidate for a little more than a few days. The pundits have been following him all around Iowa and have been speculating on the effect that his candidacy will have on Romney, Bachmann, Paul and perhaps others. And yet--although he has been in the race for just a few days, Rick Perry has already become the front runner.
I cannot be more emphatic on this point:
The GOP race for the nomination is over.
I am from Texas. My state has suffered greatly under Rick Perry. He is a bigger liar than Richard Nixon and probably just as crooked. He is to the right of George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Barry Goldwater.
We need to prepare now--not in a few months--but right now.
Because the President will soon endure a contest that he has never faced in his entire political career--no previous opponent has ever had the capacity to stoop as low as Rick Perry will stoop.
I am a Texas Democrat and I beg you folks--please--the absolute worst thing in the world that we can do is to make fun of Perry--assume he will get defeated in the Republican primary--or that the media will expose him and his lies for us and that the President will skate to a second term.
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