As he edges closer and closer to calling for outright secession of Texas, Governor rick perry just won the vote of every Conservative in Texas for re-election. Meanwhile, Kay Bailey Hutchinson (his presumed opponent for the Governorship in 2012) can’t make up her mind on her health care stance.
Hey, Kay — don’t feel blue: It’s time for Nancy Pelosi to Retire, too!
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states’ rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president’s healthcare plan, which he said would be “disastrous” for Texas.
Interviewed by conservative talk show host Mark Davis of Dallas’ WBAP radio, Perry said his first hope is that Congress will defeat the plan, which both Perry and Davis described as “Obama Care.” But he predicted that Texas and a number of states might take steps to resist the new federal health mandates if they pass Congress.
“I think you’ll hear states and governors standing up and saying no to this type of encroachment on the states with their healthcare,” Perry said. “So my hope is that we never have to have that stand up. But I’m certainly willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats.”
Which means other Governors are already talking about this if Perry is mentioning it. Why do I see Sarah Palin’s and Mitch Daniels’ faces hovering above that crowd?
Perry, the state’s longest-serving governor, has made defiance of Washington a hallmark of his state administration as well as his emerging re-election campaign against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the 2010 Republican primary. Earlier this year, Perry refused $555 million in federal unemployment stimulus money, saying it would subject Texas to long-term costs long after the federal dollars ended.
“It really is a state issue and if there was ever an argument for the 10th Amendment and for letting the states find a solution to their problems, this may be at the top of the class,” said the Republican governor. “A government-run healthcare system is financially unstable. It’s not the solution.”
Perry heartily backed an unsuccessful resolution in this year’s legislative session that would have affirmed the state’s belief that it has sovereignty under the 10th Amendment over all powers not otherwise granted to the federal government. In expressing “unwavering support” for the 10th Amendment resolution by State Rep. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, Perry said that “federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state.”
Texas has a higher percentage of uninsured people than any other state, with one out of every four Texans lacking health insurance. Dunkelburg, whose organization supports policies to help low- and modest-income Texans, said the House version of the bill would create a “predictable and comprehensive benefits package” for thousands of struggling middle-income Texans.
Oddly enough, we have a huge percentage of illegals flooding our Emergency rooms s well- the largest number of any state. S’pose there’s a connection there?
Perry said the healthcare plan was another example of the “massive takeover of the private sector economy” by the Obama administration. “I hope our leaders will look for solutions that don’t dig our country further into debt,” he said. “You look at all this debt load that we’re carrying right now and it’s a scary situation from my perspective.”
Perry called on Texans in the House and Senate to oppose the plan. “I can’t imagine that anyone from Texas who cares about this state would vote for Obama Care, I don’t care whether you’re Democrat or Republican,” he said.
And then the direct Zing at Hutchinson, whose office told me this week she is “still considering her position” on Obamacare:
Of those Texans who might consider supporting the plan, he said: “This may sound a little bit harsh, but they might ought to consider representing some other state because they’re sure not representing Texas.”
Good point, governor. Don’t worry – the Tea Parties are planning on cleaning the house in 2010.
~Johnny~
I have a blog where I expound on my desire for Kay Bailey Hutchison to stay in the senate and not run against our great governor Rick Perry. Got any advice for getting it off the ground? I don’t seem to have very many visitors like you seem to. My blogsite is called http://poorkay.wordpress.com. I welcome your advice for boosting my hits. Kay Bailey needs to read what I have written and fight Obama, not Rick Perry. I have told her this twice in person but she has not listened.
well, he did turn down the $555 million stimulas,but had to take a federal loan for $643 million to cover the unemployed because of computer mess up that would had cause the umemployed not to recieve benefits for 4 months. AND why? because Mr RICK, i want to secede from the UNITED STATES PERRY didn’t have a backup plan. Also, our longest running GOV. PERRY Of the state of texas hasn’t stop illegal immigration, helped uninsured TEXANS.I Wonder why?
Now, If MR i wanna secede from the united states PERRY, were a seperate country,where we he had got the $643 MILLION from? Borrowed it from a foreign country called the UNITED STATES? This man is too air headed.
{{Yet he can, inded, make up his mind; unlike Kay bailey “Hasn’t-made-up-her-mind-yer” Hutchinson.}}
What exactly has he made up his mind about? That he doesn’t want to help the uninsured people of texas? Cause he sure doesn’t have a plan of his own. Besides handling the unemployment problem he had Texas Workforce Commission Chairman Tom Pauken to do the job of helping the unemployment mishap. Which was the $643 million borrowed from the federal government. AND i quote from PERRY HIMSELF:Gov. Rick Perry said that his office, after learning of the problems this week, directed the commission to “find a solution to provide Texans with timely benefits.”
And he said he’s pleased with the outcome ” Why didn’t he handle this himself? Was he afraid it would show he had to borrow the money and didn’t want the voters to see what an idiot he is? That was a, ” I’m not going to accept a stimulas from the federal government,BUT,I had to get Tom Pauken to do it” I’m not a fan of Rick Perry or Kay Bailey Hutchinson.They’re both just politicians full of hot air that just want to win a vote. I’ll not vote for either one.
{{Statements like that are how Barack Obama won the Presidency. That makes *YOU* part of the problem.}}
I noticed you don’t have any post but mine and one more on this blog. I’m not wasting any more of my time on you or rick perry either.
((That’s because you’re an imbecile. You don’t know the difference between a Comment and a Post, you can’t spell, you don’t know what to capitalize, you have nothing positive to say, and if you don’t get your way you stomp off and pout — which you’ve done twice now.)
Grow up and get off my blog, you hateful thing. Us Reagan Democrats have a country to save, and holding your hand through the process is something I don’t have time for.)