2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Checking Obama’s Assertion About Aid to Israel

January 18, 2012 5:30 am by: Emily Donahue

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American aid to Israel is always a hot topic, and President Obama recently brought it back to the front burner with comments about the attitudes of three Republican candidates on his campaign's web page. KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman PolitiFact Texas about the Obama campaign’s assertion that "Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel -- and every other country -- to zero." Obama’s web post goes off the rails, PolitiFact found, in part by ignoring the context of these comments. The difference is between reconsidering each country’s U.S. aid every year by starting at zero versus concluding that every country gets nothing; that is, these Republicans’ zero is a starting point for debate and conversation....
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Anti-Washington Perry Heading to Capitol Hill

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Anti-Washington Perry Heading to Capit...

It could prove an awkward encounter for Gov. Rick Perry as he heads to Washington on Wednesday to appear at a presidential candidate forum and meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill — lawmakers whose work hours and salaries he has proposed slashing. Perry's campaign will hit the city he vows to...
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Perry: Liberals Say “Faith is a Sign of Weakness”

2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry

Perry: Liberals Say “Faith is a ...

By Evan Smith, Texas Tribune In a new ad airing today in Iowa and apparently intended to appeal to conservative evangelicals, Rick Perry talks openly about his faith — and says liberals believe "faith is a sign of weakness."...
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Perry Says America “Snookered” by DC, Wall Street

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Perry Says America “Snookered...

Rick Perry sharpened his populist tirade against Wall Street financiers and Washington politicians Wednesday, saying Americans had been “snookered” by bogus investments and a string of taxpayer-financed bailouts. Wrapping up a two-day swing through first-test New Hampshire with an energetic...
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Perry Gets Endorsement from Arizona Sheriff

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Perry Gets Endorsement from Arizona Sh...

Texas Governor Rick Perry has picked up an endorsement that could give him credibility among hard-line anti-illegal immigration voters. Jay Root is reporting from New Hampshire for KUT’s political reporting partner the Texas Tribune. He was there when Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the tough-minded sheriff...
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Evangelicals Assert Their Role in Primary

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Evangelicals Assert Their Role in Prim...

While national security was the focus of last night’s GOP debate, some voters believe the topic should take a back seat to more spiritual matters. The Iowa caucuses have always been about getting to know presidential candidates. There’s an old saying that voters here can’t really support a...
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GOP Candidates Talk Faith In Iowa

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, Issues, News, Rick Perry

GOP Candidates Talk Faith In Iowa

It was a night of faith and tears for the GOP candidates in Iowa. 6 of the 8 top tier candidates were at a forum hosted by the conservative Christian group The Family Leader in Des Moines. The evening promised to be different from the multiple debates the candidates have attended. With moderators...
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Perry Decries Insider Trading But Critics Call Foul

2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Perry Decries Insider Trading But Crit...

Newly — and fiercely — critical of using public office for personal financial gain, Gov. Rick Perry this week unveiled a campaign ad demanding that lawmakers who use “insider knowledge to profit in the stock market” be jailed, and he rolled out an overhaul plan of the federal government...
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Sunday Roundup December 4, 2011

2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry

Sunday Roundup December 4, 2011

The 100-plus degree days of just a few months ago seem so far away, now that damp, cool weather have drifted into Central Texas. Temperatures will continue to fall into the 40s today, after a strong cold front swung through the area early this morning. Look out for overnight temperatures in the 30s...
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Tribcast: The Rick Perry Campaign Collapse Edition

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Tribcast: The Rick Perry Campaign Coll...

This week on the KUT/ Texas Tribune TribCast, Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Reeve Hamilton, and Ben Philpott talk about the Perry campaign shake-up (or lack thereof), the disappearing incumbents of the Texas House, and the business franchise tax....
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Perry Strategist Slaps Romney in Politico E-book

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Perry Strategist Slaps Romney in Polit...

Rick Perry's chief strateist, Dave Carney, clearly doesn't think much of once (and future?) GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney. In The Right Fights Back, a just-published inside-the-2012-campaign e-book written by Politico's Mike Allen and former Newsweek writer Evan Thomas, Carney lays...
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Perry is No Bush or Clinton

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Perry is No Bush or Clinton

In the array of governors who turned to national politics — a collection that includes four of the last six presidents and a horde of contestants who didn’t make it — Rick Perry looks a lot more like Sarah Palin than like George W. Bush. And not just in his politics. Bush went from...
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The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov. 21, 2011

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Rick Perry

The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov. 21,...

by David Muto The Big Conversation: Rick Perry and Ron Paul were invited to bare their souls on Saturday night. The invitation came during the Thanksgiving Family Forum in Des Moin…...
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Tribcast: Rick Perry Cuts Congress

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Tribcast: Rick Perry Cuts Congress

Texas Governor Rick Perry spent the last week trying to make people forget about his brain freeze when naming three federal agencies he would cut if elected President. That effort included delivering a policy speech where he said he would take a wrecking ball to Washington D.C.'s bureaucracy. On...
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Fact-Checking Perry’s Latest TV Ad

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Fact-Checking Perry’s Latest TV Ad

Rick Perry never forgets he’s running for president based on his record as governor of Texas. Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman talks with KUT’s Emily Donahue about a TV ad Perry is running in the key primary states Iowa and New Hampshire. In the ad, Perry...
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