Perry pledges to ‘uproot, tear down and rebuild’ Washington

“Bettendorf, Iowa (CNN) - Casting Washington as a latter-day Roman Empire, bloated and "mired in ruin," Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveiled a drastic plan to overhaul the federal government Tuesday in a policy speech in Iowa…”

  Yes the same Rick Perry that has talked about taking Texas out of the United States and returning all power to the states.  The same Rick Perry that seems to have not heard about the war between the states and how it ended…Yes that Rick Perry…
  Now he wants to uproot Washington,  he wants to tear down Washington and then “rebuild” it.
 

  When I say he wants to rebuild Washington he as President of the United States wants to tear down all three branches of the United States!
  Much of what he says he would do is not legal.
  He wants to install term limits on “unelected activist judges.”  So he wants judges appointed by the President of the United States and they would serve knowing that if they made any rulings that were not popular would be removed from office.  That is just what our founding fathers did not want.  They wanted judges that would not have to be doing what was popular and did not want them fearing for their jobs.  They wanted judges that would try and do what they felt was correct.   Rick Perry he will change one of the basic things that is great about the United States.
 
  Rick Perry wants to make Congress a “part-time Congress.”  He wants to make Congress powerless and not able to take actions or respond to things that need to be looked into or worked on.  He also wants to cut legislative salaries which I also do not think is legal.  If the President of the United States can cut the salaries of judges and Congress then he can control them.  I think our system is setup to prevent any branch of the government from doing that to the other branches of the government.

  Now he can remember the three departments that he wants to do away with;  The Department of Commerce, The Department of Education and the Department of Energy. 
  Plus he wants to freeze all federal regulations and “audit” them even going back to past regulations.  So he would make it so that the FCC, FAA, EPA and every other department and agency of the federal government would not work.  
  Rick Perry does not think we need anyone to protect our air, water or food.  He does not think that we need any rules.  It will be every man, woman and child for themselves. 
 
  Of course Rick Perry is not going to be President of the United States.  Thank God for that.

Comments

[Dick]

I didn't think the worst thing about Perry's debate performance was the long memory lapse but the idea that he wanted to do away with the departments that deal with energy, education and trade. Seems we need all three and that the government will always have a role to play in those areas.

It's just a right wing applause line to say you'll start doing away with cabinet posts and other government functions. None of them will do any such thing and they know it -- that'll be sort of fun if the Republicans do get control of all three branches - watching them back peddle on a whole lot of their campaign talk. Anyway, Perry is down in single digits - Cain is headed there, looks now like Gingrich and Romney. I'm rootin' for Gingrich - but then I'll be voting Democratic and hope the Reps choose one of the least liked politicians in the country. One of the smartest also but fortunately one who'll shoot himself in the foot about once a month.