Rick Perry shrugged off his fellow southern state governor, South Carolina’s Nikki Haley, deciding to back rival Mitt Romney, in an interview with CNN’s John King.
“That’s one vote, I’ll be real honest with you, I’ve got a medal of honor recipient Jim Livingston, who endorsed me on the deck of the Yorktown last week, and you know, no offense but I like those guys that have that type of long-time record of endorsements,” said Perry, according to POLITICO’s Emily Schultheis. “I greatly respect Gov. Haley, but if I had to pick between the two, love having those veterans stand up and say this is the guy, this is the man for the job.”
Perry also again dinged Ron Paul for suggesting that there is no real evidence Iran is moving to acquire nukes, saying, “There should be no space between the United States and Israel, and I was just really taken aback by Ron Paul’s almost nonchalant statement about, you know, let the mullahs go, there’s not any evidence that they’re getting a bomb. That’s certainly not my information, I’m relying on some pretty wise and plugged-in people – I talk to John Bolton on a regular basis and the ambassador is greatly concerned about Iran.”
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Wild Thing’s comment………..
Rick Perry did a lot to help her get elected and this is how she returns his support. The Tea party movement also did a lot to help her get elected and again this is how she appreciates that support she got that helped push her into a win.
I love Perry’s statement about this. Fantastic!
Both Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh talked about what she did on their shows on Friday.
If she was smart, she wouldn’t have backed anyone and waited till the candidate was chosen. Unfortunately, she’s doing what the RNC wants done.
Ditto Bob!