November 22, 2011

Rick Perry's Jihad Problem

By Robert Spencer
Rick Perry is woefully unfit to be president of the United States, but not because he couldn't remember a key element of his own program during a recent debate, or because he gave a speech while possibly drunk.  Rick Perry is woefully unfit to be president of the United States because he is a tool of Grover Norquist, the man who may be more responsible than anyone else for enabling Muslim Brotherhood access to the highest levels of power in the U.S. While it is hard for any Republican candidate to avoid Norquist altogether, so all-pervasive is his influence and power, Norquist is clearly much closer to Perry than to other candidates.  Perry and Grover Norquist held a joint press conference in March 2011.  Perry appeared at a fundraiser for Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform group.  Also, Norquist actively campaigned for Perry back in 2009.  Their association is longstanding: Perry was investigated by the Texas Ethics Commission in 2004 for allegations that...(Read Full Article)