Rick Perry Discusses the 10th Amendment and Health Care with Mark Davis of WBAP

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Perry raises possibility of states' rights showdown with White House over healthcare
BY DAVE MONTGOMERY

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the presidents healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas.

Interviewed by conservative talk show host Mark Davis of Dallas WBAP/820 AM, Perry said his first hope is that Congress will defeat the plan, which both Perry and Davis described as "Obama Care." But should it pass, Perry predicted that Texas and a "number" of states might resist the federal health mandate.

"I think youll hear states and governors standing up and saying 'no to this type of encroachment on the states with their healthcare," Perry said. "So my hope is that we never have to have that stand-up. But Im certainly willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats."

Perry, the states longest-serving governor, has made defiance of Washington a hallmark of his state administration as well as his emerging re-election campaign against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the 2010 Republican primary. Earlier this year, Perry refused $555 million in federal unemployment stimulus money, saying it would subject Texas to long-term costs after the federal dollars ended.

Interviewed after returning from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, Perry spoke out against President Barack Obamas healthcare package less than 24 hours after the president used a prime-time news conference Wednesday night to try to sell the massive legislative package to Congress and the public.

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[LovelySouthStar]

@libralady1010 He DOES look like a doofus! He and that jug earred imbecile in the White House are close to being twins!

[libralady1010]

Not to mention Bill White looks and acts like a doofus! And THAT comment was in the HOUSTON Chronicle on Sunday-9/26/2010 by a DEMOCRAT!

[bluecowboy27]

Rick Perry supported Al Gore's 1988 campaign for president when Perry was a Democrat , why would anyone think he is any different now? He's just another Godless liberal.

[ReduceGHGs]

@festeringmelon Too silly for me.

Read about the Anthropocene Epoch for starters. Let me know what you think.

Otherwise, I haven't the time or space to teach you here.

bye

[festeringmelon]

@ReduceGHGs LOL. Of course you favor oppression. You share in your ideological history people who have murdered millions of people. You would use the barrel of a gun to ram your worldview down everyone's throat. Would you unban the incandescent bulb? No you wouldn't.

[ReduceGHGs]

@festeringmelon .

I was just trying to help you gather more information. If one doesn't understand an issue how can they have an intelligent opinion?

I advocate sustainable living and cultures for the sake of long-term prosperity not oppression, silly. Our habitat is the only one we have. Without a healthy habitat civilizations fail, people suffer. Thinking about the ramifications of our actions is only rational. For example... We know that smoking jepordizes our health therefore, what?

[festeringmelon]

@ReduceGHGs Yes. You are silly and uninformed. Why do you like oppressing your fellow man?

[ReduceGHGs]

@festeringmelon .

Silly AND uninformed?

Do some reading. It very likely that you've never read a book about how we humans affect the biosphere. Is it wise to from opinions about something without know anything about it?

Google this and get a feel for the big picture. It's an interesting subject.

The Anthropocene Epoch