By Douglas V. Gibbs
Rick Perry made a recent visit to New Hampshire, and hecklers were present too. One called him George Bush on Steroids, and said he is appealing to the Tea Party.
My, my, how little the Left understands about the Tea Party.
First, let us establish that the Tea Party is not a political party, but a movement - better described as a frame of mind.
Second, Perry is not appealing to the Tea Party. He tries to sound conservative, and in line with the Constitution, but Perry's record hardly supports his claims.
The Tea Party likes Rick Perry about as much as they like Mitt Romney. . . They don't.
Nonetheless, Perry's entrance into the presidential race is welcomed because he changes the dynamics, challenges the other candidates, and brings a level of debate that will reveal all of the pluses and flaws of the various candidates.
Rick Perry is experiencing the joys of a presidential campaign, but in New Hampshire he was faced with a bunch of northeastern liberals that heckled him. The Washington Post proudly reported the protest against Perry, giddy as a child in a candy store, hoping to characterize Perry as just another one of those dangerous conservative nuts.
In trying to establish himself as a staunch conservative to the national electorate, Perry has made reference to the U.S. Constitution on a number of occasions. In response to Perry's claims that he adheres to the Constitution, the hecklers in New Hampshire asked Perry if he believes Social Security is unconstitutional.
As far as the liberal left is concerned, such a question is a way to pin down a Republican as either someone who wants to take away the blessed rail of Social Security (thus, jeopardizing the older vote), or as a hypocrite. It's seen as a win-win for the Left.
The response from the governor of Texas was a tight smile, and no words.
Truth be told, Social Security is indeed unconstitutional, and needs to be done away with, but that in no way means that anyone who views the program as being unconstitutional wants to eliminate it immediately. It is understood that people have spent their whole lives paying into the black hole of Social Security, and they have lived their lives planning on receiving their money from the program. Therefore, the government ponzi scheme, as unconstitutional as the program is, must be reformed incrementally, with the goal of eventually phasing it out of existence, but in such a way that those who feel they were promised a government retirement still receives what they are due.
The big question is really on how to reform the program. The common strategy being floated around is to slowly privatize the program, dislodging the government's tentacles from Social Security little by little until by the next generation or two the program is no longer a federal parasite on the taxpayers.
Rick Perry, a conservative wanna-be, doesn't fully understand this, but I give him an "A" for effort in regards to his confrontation with the rabid New Hampshire hecklers.
Now, if Perry can just reassess his policy of bending over backwards for Islamism (an enemy that has sworn to our destruction), his belief that we should have open borders (a nation without borders is not a nation at all - which threatens the sovereignty of our nation, and invites into our land people sworn to destroy our system as founded), and his moderate fiscal ideas (Texas jobs were created thanks to the conservative legislators, not Perry's not-quite-conservative prowess), he may have a little hope of winning over true conservatives, and the Tea Party. . . but don't hold your breath.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Rick Perry charms his way through New Hampshire, despite some protesters - Washington Post
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