For Perry, Life Was Broadened and Narrowed by the Military

Gerald · 11-26-11, 09:49 AM

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COLLEGE STATION, Tex. — Rick Perry arrived on the campus of Texas A&M University in the tumultuous fall of 1968, cut his hair short, regulation military style, and donned a uniform. College students across America were rising up against the Vietnam War, but Mr. Perry, a member of the Corps of Cadets here, would not be among them. “There will be no Columbia, no Berkeley here,” the university president, Earl Rudder, declared that fall. When a small band of antiwar protesters took to the steps of the Memorial Student Center, a building dedicated to “Aggies who gave their lives for our country,” young Mr. Perry was incensed.“I don’t want to use the word ‘long-haired hippie types,’ ” said John Sharp, a Perry classmate and chancellor of the Texas A&M University system, “but a person who did not look like they fit into A&M said some kind of Jane Fonda-type stuff, and I remember Perry got up in his face pretty quick over that. He took exception to it, shouted the guy down.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/us...e.html?_r=1&hp

Note: November 25, 2011

Gerald · 11-26-11, 02:45 PM

vienna · 11-26-11, 06:06 PM

Kinda brings to mind that other great Texas Governor/Warrior:

"Mission Accomplished!..."

August · 11-26-11, 06:32 PM

This future president flew 53 combat missions.

frau kaleun · 11-26-11, 06:41 PM

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“but a person who did not look like they fit into A&M said some kind of Jane Fonda-type stuff, and I remember Perry got up in his face pretty quick over that. He took exception to it, shouted the guy down.”

"He really told that kid off," Sharp continued. "I remember he yelled at him to cut his hair, and to get a job, and.... well, I think he was gonna yell a third thing but it looked kinda like he forgot what it was."

mookiemookie · 11-26-11, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

"He really told that kid off," Sharp continued. "I remember he yelled at him to cut his hair, and to get a job, and.... well, I think he was gonna yell a third thing but it looked kinda like he forgot what it was."

Platapus · 11-26-11, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

"He really told that kid off," Sharp continued. "I remember he yelled at him to cut his hair, and to get a job, and.... well, I think he was gonna yell a third thing but it looked kinda like he forgot what it was."

you are so bad.

Ducimus · 11-27-11, 08:13 AM

Glossing over the article, sounds like Perry flew on a C5 or C141 around CONUS for a couple of years.

Gerald · 11-27-11, 12:01 PM

Lockheed,,,right!?

Platapus · 11-27-11, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Glossing over the article, sounds like Perry flew on a C5 or C141 around CONUS for a couple of years.

C-130 actually.

Gerald · 11-27-11, 12:29 PM

August · 11-27-11, 12:42 PM

That makes him little more than a glorified bus driver.

TLAM Strike · 11-27-11, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by August

That makes him little more than a glorified bus driver.

I'm guess you flapped your arms really hard to fly in to battle...

nikimcbee · 11-27-11, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by August

That makes him little more than a glorified bus driver.

So you must have been the kid at the back of the bus, the bus-driver always had to watch.

August · 11-27-11, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I'm guess you flapped your arms really hard to fly in to battle...

True but when the shooing starts we get dropped off and they turn around and go back home to Alice.

11-26-11, 02:45 PM	#2
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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This future president flew 53 combat missions. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That makes him little more than a glorified bus driver. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-26-11, 06:06 PM	#3
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Kinda brings to mind that other great Texas Governor/Warrior: "Mission Accomplished!..."

11-27-11, 08:13 AM	#8
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Glossing over the article, sounds like Perry flew on a C5 or C141 around CONUS for a couple of years.