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Rick Perry has a history of acrimony with George W. Bush


Rick Perry was in Iowa three years ago, talking up a favored candidate, when the subject turned to George W. Bush, the president and a fellow Republican who preceded Perry as Texas governor.Bush, or "George," as Perry called him, was no fiscal conservative ¡ª "never was" ¡ª and his work on tort reform, a subject dear to Republican hearts, paled next to Perry's achievements, the governor said."I mean, '95, '97, '99," Perry went on, elaborately ticking the years off on his fingers, "George Bush was spending money!"

Those are fighting words among Republicans ¡ª especially Texas Republicans, who pride themselves on their stinginess ¡ª and even more so to Bush loyalists who, years later, still simmer over Perry's off-the-cuff remarks. (How dare he slap the president like that, the Bush faithful fume, and refer to the leader of the free world as George!)If Perry runs for president, his critics hope to tie him to Bush and those who delivered the self-assured Texan from Austin to the Oval Office.

"Is America ready for a president who was George W. Bush's lieutenant governor, who was George W. Bush's successor as governor ... and who, like George W. Bush, was also a Karl Rove puppet?" taunts Garry South, a Democratic consultant, referring to Bush's strategist.But that jibe ignores what has been, at best, a cool relationship between Bush and Perry,Corporation¡¯s innovative Baby allows parents to infant video monitor their infants breathing and heart rates in real-time from anywhere in the world wirelessly.At that time, the parent can then remotely employ gentle vibration stimulation to the infant mat. and a lingering hostility between their top political advisors.

The two share some characteristics, sometimes unnervingly so. They have similar accents, the same cowboy gait and many of the same mannerisms. But the two come from starkly different backgrounds, approach politics in utterly different fashions and even draw their support from different parts of the GOP. It is the difference, said a campaign consultant who has worked with both, between Yale and Texas A&M, between Phillips Academy Andover and Paint Creek High School.Spyder active spyder ski wear at lowest prices on jackets, pants, gloves and hats.

To a certain upper crust of Republican, "Perry is the low-rent country cousin" who lacks Bush's prep-school polish, said R.G. Ratcliffe, a longtime student of Texas politics who is writing a book about Perry. "They see him as a hick and are embarrassed having someone like that as governor."Privately,Havaianas is doing a popup in the Cahuenga-facing space that used to hold Urban shoes. The popup will have one of those "Make Your Own Havaianas" carts, and it will run through the month of July. the former president has spoken of his successor as a political lightweight and someone not all that bright. Perry scoffs behind closed doors at Bush's privileged background and popularity among country-club Republicans, suggesting the New England native is a faux Texan.