Rick Perry is currently running for the Republican Presidential nomination. He started off looking really good and he showed much promise, but recently it is looking like he is losing steam. With his personality and lack of presentation skills, it looks like his goal of becoming our next president is diminishing fast.
For the most part, he has done a good job as governor of Texas. His state was the only one that was creating jobs when no one else was. He has been active in creating an atmosphere where businesses wants to set up shop and employ people when nobody else is. These where the main things that people were impressed by and a few years back, that would have been enough, but people are starting to wake up and pay attention. People are expecting more.
It has become apparent that he has issues with deportation and securing the Texas border. What is not clear is whether it is an attempt to get Hispanic voters or just another person trying to get cheap labor for the businesses he is attracting to Texas. Regardless of which way it appears, even though he is a state governor, he is a typical career politician seeking power and lifetime perks.
In regards to his views, policies, and talking points on the campaign trail, I must be honest, it does not matter what he says, when his lips move, all I seem to hear is, “I am a career politician who knows how to charm voters”. I for one, am sick of career politicians, that is how this country has slowly destroyed itself. This has become more apparent to people beside myself, as Mr. Perry’s poll numbers and nominee position has started tumbling downwards.
Another issue that has hurt him, is the recent debates over the name of the hunting campgrounds that Mr Perry and his family has leased for many years. First off, the name on that rock was a term used for decades to name such large rocks. Does this make it right? Absolutely not. However, it should be noted, that it was not him or his family that named it personally. Now he states that sometime after they began leasing the property, not sure when they corrected it, they painted over it and turned the rock over. Well, personally I feel that if it had really offended them, to begin with, then they would have made it part of the lease negotiations to have the owner take care of it before they leased it. This has become something that the other side and the media has blown out of proportion, when there are much bigger issues at stake.