Senior leads student effort for Rick Perry 2012
Posted by: John Flanagan in News, Vox Populi, tags: 2012 Elections, Rick Perry, U.S. politics
With the Texas Governor set to announce a presidential bid on Saturday, over a month of social media politicking by Students for Rick Perry - co-chaired by College senior Joe Knowles - will begin to pay off.
Launched in mid-June, the group has 25 active state and D.C. subsidiaries. And as Chairman Justin Till - a 2010 graduate of Texas’ Angelo State University – pointed out, Students for Rick Perry has more Facebook fans than similar pages for any of the other Republican frontrunners.
“Tough times call for proven leaders,” Knowles wrote in a June 20 press release. “It is time for a candidate that students from all across this country can support who will lead us to strong economic growth and job creation. I am confident that Governor Perry will be that candidate.”
The group recently released a video touting Perry’s fiscal conservatism and Texas’ relative economic success coming out of the recent recession. The Students4Perry YouTube account also points to a 30,000-strong prayer rally where Perry showcased his evangelical bona fides on Saturday.
h/t The Daily Caller
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Wow, 730 likes instead of 83 and 34. I guess young people really are fired up about this Republican field!
By Mr. Till’s Logic, Lady Gaga is the GOP’s best chance in 2012.
Joe Knowles is a junior, not a senior.
@ Correction: As I understand it, he’s graduating a year early.
The mere existence of a group that calls itself “Students for Rick Perry” is laughable. The man is one of the greatest threats to sensible education policy in this country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-perry-wages-an-assault-on-the-ivory-tower/2011/07/26/gIQAyfrvsI_story.html?hpid=z3
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/20/texas-evolution-education-schools_n_905020.html