So, we now have yet another Texas governor contending for the presidency. Great, as if Bush and Johnson didn't do enough damage to the country! Iglesias extracts Perry's nuttier designs on the country here, with a ten point countdown. Among his nuttier ideas is declaring that Social Security, banking regulation, and consumer protection are all unconstitutional. Add to this, his flirtation with neo-confederacy ideas and his extreme, xian fundamentalism, and I really wonder if he has much of a chance beyond the Tea Party and evangelical fringe. Still, in this economic climate, it seems that the electorate is capable of anything, and the worst are full of passionate intensity.
And, as to his position on gay rights...well, I guess only Attila the Hun is further afield. Check this piece out where Perry defends criminalizing gay sex and the Texas law struck down by the Supreme Court. It's interesting what Perry sees as unconstitutional.
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