Thread: Perry to skip DeMint forum

Perry to skip DeMint forum
By: CNN Political Producer Shawna Shepherd
September 5th, 2011
10:21 AM ET

(CNN) - Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry will not attend the Palmetto Freedom Forum of GOP candidates Monday night, sponsored by Sen. Jim DeMint, and will instead return to Texas to deal with the wildfires in the state, DeMint and the Perry campaign told CNN.

The South Carolina senator's office said they learned of Perry's plans not to attend the Columbia, South Carolina event Monday morning.

"The Governor is in close contact with emergency operations officials regarding fires in Texas, including calls with his emergency management chief this morning," Perry's campaign communications secretary Ray Sullivan told CNN. "Governor Perry is cancelling the remainder of his South Carolina schedule today (including DeMint Fourm) and his California schedule tomorrow in order to return to Texas ASAP."

Six declared presidential candidates, including Perry were scheduled to participate in the Forum, led by DeMint, a leading voice in the tea party movement.

Perry will now fly back to Texas after participating in a town hall in Conway, South Carolina Monday morning. He has also canceled a trip to California Tuesday, according to Mark Miner, national press secretary for the campaign.

– CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... int-forum/

Do not support Perry. He wants amnesty for illegal aliens and Perry does not want to build the fence to stop illegal immigration. Perry is like McCain, George W. Bush and Obama. They all support amnesty for illegal aliens. So, no to Perry.

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You know, it's one thing to be critical of a candidate and it's another thing to be over the top and unreasonably rabid. That hurts your credibility and people quit listening. Pick your battles wisely.

FYI

Texas is on fire, literally! We have critical drought conditions and wildfires in the big thicket, near the Davy Crockett National Forest so what is wrong with Perry coming home to take care of the affairs of this state, which he is responsible for as governor? At least he didn't go on vacation like Obama or ignore it like Bush and he's putting the state ahead of campaign politics.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-249258-perry.html

If you don't think that's more important than a debate, then I don't know what else to say.

Davy Crockett National Forest "...contains more than 160,000 acres of East Texas woodlands", with dense forest of pines that are almost 200 feet tall.

http://www.stateparks.com/davy_crockett.html

Update: People are turning out their livestock because they can't transport them out of the way fast enough.

Dixie