Perry Bad for Palin

When I heard some of the speech Governor Palin gave at the Tea Party Convention in Tenn, I wanted to jump up and cheer as well. She clearly has a grasp of the situation America faces and she appears to be the only presidential candidate who does, besides Ron Paul.

If she decides to run against Obama in 2012, she can win with a landslide IF she has a equally strong and respected running mate. There is a rumor that Rick Perry, currently trying to hang on to his Texas Governor's seat, is seen as a possible running mate.

During his previous campaign, Perry made many promises, as do all candidates running for office, but it was less than two weeks after he hoodwinked Texans into electing him that the promises began failing apart. Many people started to wonder if they should have recorded the promises to play back for him. It was like he suddenly had political amnesia.

Promises to secure the border and build a 700 mile fence that he had criticized Washington, DC for failing to fund, suddenly didn't seem like a viable solution any longer.

A candidate who wants LESS government like Sarah Palin has nothing in common with someone who likes more government when it suits their purposes (read: $$$$) such as Rick Perry. Texans have not forgotten his Nazi-style attempt at forcing young girls to have the STD Vaccine, regardless of what their parents wanted and regardless of what the voters wanted. Due to MERCK, the pharmaceutical company, getting lambasted as a result of Perry's obstinate refusal to back off the mandate, they asked him to stop.

AUSTIN, Texas - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

By employing an executive order, Perry sidestepped opposition in the Legislature from conservatives and parents’ rights groups who fear such a requirement would condone premarital sex and interfere with the way Texans raise their children.

Beginning in September 2008, girls entering the sixth grade — meaning, generally, girls ages 11 and 12 — will have to receive Gardasil, Merck & Co.’s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV. -- Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls, MSNBC Feb 3, 2007

Is this what Sarah Palin wants in a running mate? Is this the type of heavy-handed, elitist-minded VP Americans want? Someone who thinks they know better than the parents?

I have no idea who she'll pick if she decides to run but if she picks Perry, he will definitely hurt her chances with Texans.