Rick Perry thinks you’ll fall for his latest cock and bull story. He’d have you believe that he ‘confronted’ President Obama over what he calls out-of-control Washington spending.

Well, he didn’t. Quite the opposite, in fact.

In April of 2009, Perry – with finger wagging and fist pumping –shouted into a microphone at a Tea Party that Washington is:

“spend[ing] not only our tax dollars, but the dollars of our children’s future…assuming that our kids are ever going to get the chance to make those dollars.”

Truth is, Rick Perry wants to have it both ways1. He brags about balancing the state budget. He talks tough about rejecting federal dollars from President Barack Obama’s stimulus act.

What Perry’s hiding from you is that he requested a whopping $12 billion in federal stimulus money2.

Just two short months before his Tea Party appearance – in February, 2009 – Perry sent a personally signed letter to President Obama. In Perry’s letter he begged for his share of billions from the federal government to close his big, fat, gaping wound of a budget shortfall

In just two months, Perry went from begging for billions from President Obama…to hinting at seceding from the union. Wherever you choose to hang your hat, there’s only one word for that: Hypocrisy.

Perry’s cowardly refusal both to face Texans in a public debate and to acknowledge his record-high, $21 billion budget deficit is just plain shameful. He may think he can hide his disastrous record on managing the budget, but Back to Basics will continue to expose his hypocrisy.

You can learn more about Perry’s $21 billion budget shortfall and disastrous record at www.PerryIsACoward.com.

1. “Stimulus funds make Perry’s pitch easier.” Austin American Statesman, Sept. 27, 2010.
2. “Perry says he’ll take stimulus aid.” Houston Chronicle, Feb. 18, 2009.
3. “Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union.” Huffington Post, April 15, 2009