In 2001 speech, Perry praised Medicaid, urged study on providing health insurance to Mexicans

Stephen C. Webster
The Raw Story
September 1, 2011

Someone warn the tea party: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the Republican Party’s frontrunner for the 2012 presidential nomination, didn’t always believe publicly-run health care programs run contrary to America’s founding document.

In a mostly forgotten 2001 speech, the Texas governor had kind words for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and even promised to study a proposal for “bi-national health insurance” that would cover Mexicans and Americans alike.

That’s a very different tune than what Perry’s campaign has been playing since he announced plans to seek the nation’s presidency. In an interview last month, Perry called the nation’s most beloved social programs — Medicare and Social Security — unconstitutional.

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28 Responses to “In 2001 speech, Perry praised Medicaid, urged study on providing health insurance to Mexicans”

  1. Perry has been all over Mexican TV for months trying to get the vote; I’ve seen it. He has not left one stone unturned. He wants to be El Patron’ or ‘El Jefe’. (Basicallt El Presidente”)

  2. Rick Perry must bow down at the altar of the the Federal Reserve to be elected President and will kiss their ring and follow their marching orders. Ron Paul will not get elected because he has been a real opponent of the Federal Reserve and the FR owns the mainstream media who controls the thought processes of the masses who are too lazy to learn the real truth.
    The FR is not going to let any politician rain on their parade and that includes Ron Paul.

  3. this is all planned by the grove participants…bush,obama,now perry….it is all about globalism.
    the want to make everyone live at the same level such as low class middle class upper class but it is really all the same because we are the workers white collar blue collar doesn’t matter.the point is they want the whole world to be ”liberated” and i can appreciate that but what i cant fthom is an entire world eating and drinking poison and a giant world police and the bible or any morality for that matter is any where in the picture and that is why the globalists just love the hell out of the communist russians and chinese because they set the standard for ”commune” type living where everyone contributes but we all know there is some crazy guru heading up the whole thing for his personal gain.look folks we are heading into a really dark chapter in history that technology cant fix…the only thing we need to do is keep pushing all their buttons and demand the truth and truthful leaders and finally rid the world of these giant megalo corporations that own whole countries and have half the world under complete and utter slavery.

    • sorry i meant without a bible or any morality

      prepare for the shitstorm of angry swarming ants

  4. Look at this guy! He’s another shoe in monster Nwo groomed push button war candidate sure he’s right to eliminate more population of the third world big time! God help us if we have to look this guy in the face for four more years and put up with criticizing him all that time which means he’s one of them! The only consolation is Jesus is coming back to show the world how it should have been done! Man and his rule over man will never work! Even the devil will do a better smarter job sharing the wealth etc! –But He is Satan in the flesh coming soon!

  5. PERRY DO EVERYBODY A GOOD DEED AND LEAVE THE USA YOUR NOT WANTED HERE YOUR A ROTTEN PAID OFF BY MILLIONS SCUM MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Calling him names won’t work! What will work is calling on Jesus to fight the evil this man would do if he’s gotten in! The Words of God say give no place to the enemy to enter in! Resist the devil and he will flee from you! Pray desperately this desperado doesn’t get close to the reigns of power in the US. Or you may be finished for sure, you who still have the balls to live there in Amerimuk!

  6. This is so typical of these LIARS. They LIE so much that they forget their lies and when confronted they SPIN it and then the media WHORES spin it even more in an effort to spin it out of existence.

    • that is precisely right in the correct order

  7. I do not know how this guy is even in the race. he looks fake, sounds fake and his past politcal carrear is totally fake. Americans are seriuosly this gullable?? I guess you have to look like “Hollywood” to make it in this business. I shouldnt say much, my prime minister looks like a
    total b!tch.

  8. Another phoney posing as an outsider:

    Fed Insider/Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Denounces Federal Reserve Audit

    “www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiAkeFJXwUkfeature=channel_video_title”

    – was Chairman of the Kansas City FED

    – had an Enron-esque disaster: “http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/herman-cain-aquila-lawsuit-2012″

    – supported TARP

    – praised Bush for his economic policies

  9. Rumors of Strange Bed Fellows in Texas in 2004

    A Texas RINO Governor named Rick Perry
    Got busted bedding his State Secretary.
    His wife couldn’t handle
    The thought of a scandal
    Like Idaho’s “wide stance” Senator Larry!

    Perry likes to pray, and talk about straight Texas Honor
    But his wife caught him with Secretary of State Geoff Connor.
    His wife felt disgraced
    That she’d been displaced
    ‘Cause Rick spent way more time off her than on her!

    Soon after the sordid tale hit he press
    The Bilderburgers stepped in to suppress
    All these gay Perry rumors
    Which are electoral tumors
    So they brought in “The Rove” for finesse.

    Karl issued an immediate repudiation
    And arranged Goeff Connor’s resignation
    ‘Cause the Bilderburg’s goal
    Of a Perry Presidential role
    Won’t be blocked by Rick’s back door infatuation.

    When Perry prays, he’s only playin’ you for a fool
    For he only practices the top half of the Golden Rule.
    He now awaits his chance
    To “widen out” his stance
    And as President, offer to push in America’s stool!
    _____________________________________________

    Charles Ulysses Feney

  10. Perry was for Mexicans before he was against them!

  11. Social Security isn’t unConstitutional.
    The forced participation is.

  12. Today, for the first time, I heard Rick Perrry’s voice because I searched for any video of a speech.

    I instantly cringed.

    Here’s my take:

    Moves like a Bush,
    sounds like a Bush,
    tries to act all Texas-zy like a Bush,
    does not seem so bright like the younger Bush,
    repeats himself like a Bush,
    insults my intelligence like a Bush,
    pretends to give a shit about Citizens like a Bush,
    fails to hide his latent contempt and likely ulterior motives like a Bush,
    is likely to cheat in an election like a Bush,
    and is apparently oblivious to his inability to make any sense like a Bush.

    Not to worry, If Rick read this he probably feel honored right now, to be like a Bush.

  13. It is really frightening to see how quickly the Christian talk radio hosts and the mainstream Republicans jumped to support Perry without knowing his background. This is the same problem that got us Obama when others did the same.

    People are judging candidates for President based on superficial hype like giving him credit for things he doesn’t deserve in the Texas economy, jobs, etc. and not considering his support for the NWO agenda and his attendance at the 2007 Bilderbergers. There was no attempt at first vetting the guy, just blindly getting on the bandwagon. Just when was it that people lost their ability to reason or investigate before plunging in to support a candidate? Ron Paul, in his interview with Ron Paul said the same thing, that he cannot understand why people don’t read or do a little checking up on the facts.

    I do hope that Ron Paul is going to hit Perry hard on all the NWO agenda stuff and have his come-backs ready for Perry’s come-backs at the debate. This should convince people of who to vote for but we dealing with an almost childish mentality apparently in the American voter. They are pretty easy to fool, so we’ll see.

  14. F**k perry, he is a piece of shit.

    And Mexico sucks. Check the latest news about the kind of people many mexicans are. This article taken from a liberal leftists pro illegal alien propaganda rag.

    The driver of an SUV carrying more than 25 suspected illegal immigrants escaped after an attempted traffic stop Wednesday, Pinal County Sheriff’s officials said.

    Deputies tried to stop of a Chevrolet Suburban traveling north on Sunland Gin Road for a traffic violation. The SUV sped up to 85 mph while being tracked from the air.

    The driver stopped near a river bottom, and more than 25 passengers fled.

    Border Patrol responded to help search for the suspects, which is continuing.

    “This was just one of three pursuits in the past 24-hours involving my deputies, chasing suspects involved with drug and human smuggling,” said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in a statement. “These pursuits put the lives of our deputies and Pinal County citizens in grave danger.”

  15. Every article that comes out about the truth on Rick Perry I have been emailing to everyone I know.

    • The NWO gives people the “option” of “voting”. Then sits back and watches the fun while the people try to figure out which is the lesser of two evils, both being presented by the globalist scum. No thanks. I’m not going to waste my time any more.

  16. He (Rick Perry) should call on someone closer to home as wellbecause God is not listening; Perry is using the ignorance of religious peoples to get him a possible White House bid. People who use God to their advantage do not have the people’s best interest at heart. Spiritual men are that way all the time, not just around election time . . .

    • Beware of persons who use religion to promote their agenda!

    • I disagree with your last comment. Ron Paul is a “spiritual” man, yet he is not propagating mistruths. I am a Christian myself don’t feel that I would attempt financial and ego-gains at the expenses of God. HE knows each of our minds. Let him be the judge, not that I like Rick Perry. I agree he is as phony as a $2 bill. But, the masses will discover this. The RINOS’ will, too, soon…

      • A $2 bill actually exists. Where have you been for the last 20 years? I agree with you, though. Anyone who uses people for financial gain hiding behind a pulpit will be one of those to whom Jesus says “depart from me, for I never knew you.” They better enjoy their little slice of heaven while they can, because that’s all they’ll ever get.

  17. PERVERD PERRY MR. BACHMANN’S CALLING YOU FOR A QUICKIE.

  18. Rick Perry: 2012 Karma Chameleon.

  19. He’s also riding the ‘Global Warming is a Scam’ bandwagon now, the way Newt it calling to audit the Fed. They will slut themselves however needed to get some votes. On and off the theatre stage. My husband was trying to defend him for calling out global warming, I said if we don’t stop talking about it, I might file…..

    • thats one way to win . . . what so you do when he calls the bluff.

      • it was just snarky humor, he’s secure……point being I’m over defending or commending the puppets. Period. They never mean what they say, ever. Perry and Global Warming Scam, please……if Ken Doll gets elected, he’ll implement the carbon tax just calling it something else. Way too much money to be made by his handlers still.

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