Here's Why I Like Perry

He doesn't back down when confronted with a position which people think he shouldn't hold.  He calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme and even the people who agree with him that it is a Ponzi scheme say that Perry shouldn't say that because he won't get elected.  What does Perry do?  Reiterates that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme!  Amen.

Confronted by the Tea Partiers about his laissez-faire approach to illegal immigration, and again he doesn't tell them what they want to hear:  that he made a mistake, that illegal immigrants are everything that's wrong with this country, that a fence will solve all our problems.  Nope.  He talks about the American Dream and how it doesn't matter where you came from, but where you are going.  I'd prefer if he included some talk about assimilation and embracing the common culture that makes one an American as well, but still, Perry's not just going to tell you what you want to hear.

It's almost as if he believes what he's saying.  It's almost as if he's letting the voters know where he stands and allowing them to make up their minds on the merits of his ideas rather than trying to bamboozle them into thinking that he agrees with them on every single thing they believe.  News flash:  no two people on this earth will agree about everything.  An election is about deciding whose larger view you agree with (or can stomach).  So, if your main issue is building a fence and shipping all the illegal immigrants back to where they came from, don't vote for Rick Perry.