Rick Perry the Liberal?

Rick Perry pulled out a trick from the progressive or liberal camp at the Thursday debate, attempting to paint his opponents as heartless when pressured concerning his dismal record on immigration.

Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich all took Perry to account over his allowing illegal aliens to tap into in-state tuition benefits.

Concerning opposing the practice, Perry said of his opponents, "I Don't Think You Have a Heart." Talk about a bleeding liberal, which it appears many of Perry's policies have been over the years in political office.

Perry noted, "If you say that we should not educate children who come into our state for no other reason than that they've been brought their through no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart," adding, "We need to be educating these children because they will become a drag on our society. I think that's what Texans wanted to do. Out of 181 members of the Texas legislature when this issue came up [there were] only four dissenting votes. This was a state issue. Texas voted on it. And I still support it today."

There are of course a number of issues withing these comments raised by Perry, including state's rights. But the question is whether Federal tax dollars are used to pay for the in-state tuition for illegals or not.

More importantly, and to the point I wanted to comment on, the Bible doesn't condone the bleeding heart, emotional responses asserted by liberals like Perry.

It talks directly and practically to issues like these, and says with food and clothing we should be content. That includes not only concerning ourselves, but also concerning charities or the government, as we shouldn't be giving beyond those parameters, neither are we required to.

Not that the government should be involved with charity or handouts. But I just include the government because that's the misguided reality at this time.

That's not to say an individual or charity can't give beyond these necessities, just that there is absolutely no imperative from God to, and many times it does more harm than good.

The more Perry talks, the more he in fact does appear to be a big-government man intent on continuing on the misguided policies of this administration if he is voted into office.

What about cutting spending and the size of government don't most of the Republican candidates get? Perry obviously doesn't get it. Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann seem to be the only two that really do within the field.

Ron Paul Battles Perry in Texas Showdown

The sparks were flying during the Wednesday presidential debate between Rep. Ron Paul and Rick Perry, as the two battle head to head over who is best suited to lead the country.

Even when the cameras weren't rolling the atmosphere was tense, as Paul has aggressively pursued Perry concerning his credentials as a real conservative.

Paul has pointed out Perry's written support of Hillary Clinton and her attempt to impose Hillarycare on the United States when her husband was president. Paul responded to the apparent hypocrisy of Perry in his criticism of Romney's health care law he signed in Massachusetts.

Also during the commercial breaks of the debate, ads also pointing out Perry's support for Al Gore when he ran for president in the 1980s were run by Paul's campaign.

The point is, just because Perry showed up at some prayer gathering doesn't mean it's not all opportunism and show. can the leopard change his spots. Maybe. But this has happened over much of Perry's political career, and must be carefully evaluated.

As for Ron Paul, he has been consistent throughout his political career, and we know exactly where he stands on the issues that are important to us all.

Ron Paul handily won a poll after the debate. Here are the results of 147,750 votes cast:

Ron Paul 51.5% (76,019 votes)
Mitt Romney 16.7% (24,726 votes)
Rick Perry 13.9% (20,536 votes)
Jon Huntsman 6.9% (10,141 votes)
Newt Gingrich 4.6% (6,842 votes)
Herman Cain 3.3% (4,883 votes)
Michele Bachmann 2.1% (3,099 votes)
Rick Santorum (1,504 votes)