Rick Perry: Aggie

[Ex Lurker]

This is what we're up against

[indurancevile]

1. is that perry on the right? he looks like a nazi, jackboots & all. what kind of get up is that?

[Ex Lurker]

2. They're both Perry

Left is his cheerleader (sorry, yell leader) getup. Right is the corps of cadets uniform. A&M is a wannabe west point.

[babylonsister]

5. Sure doesn't look like a West Point uniform, unless years ago

they dressed like that. Looks tres' Nazi-ish to me also.

[hobbit709]

10. They still do.

It's a "tradition" and that is something they are very fond of in Aggieland.
A friend of mine's dad has his senior picture in the exact same uniform from 1946.

[HereSince1628]

11. I bet you'd walk on the grass of Memorial Union , you 2'per

It's the TAMU corps of cadets uniform for seniors. I always thought the spurs were too theatrical by half.

[Recursion]

24. It's modeled on old cavalry uniforms

pre world war 1.

[blogslut]

25. Dude....

Nuh uh.

A&M is the farmer's college. Hence the name "Aggie". Stands for "agricultural" and is the font of about a million Aggie jokes.

[hobbit709]

6. He's a Niedermeyer wannabe.

[Recursion]

22. Texas A&M cadet uniform

The Aggies and the Hokies at Virginia Tech are the two land grants that still have an active Corps of Cadets (Mississippi State did too until recently).

[Syrinx]

3. his name is spelled PARRY

[underpants]

7. :-)

[Syrinx]

8. cArry on, young man!

For Iowa. For America. For yourself.

:)

[timtom]

14. Nope. It's "Perry"

http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

[Ex Lurker]

21. "Parry" is a Stephen Colbert spoof nt

[timtom]

28. Oops. Tee Hee!

Don't watch television.

[Ex Lurker]

4. More Aggie pictures here

This is what Rick's college years were like. It gives an insight on his psyche....
http://www.utexasclan.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=4

[Nickigrace]

13. I think those are all pictures of Longhorns

which is UT not A&M. When I lived in Houston the big question was, "Did you go to UT or A&M" I went to neither (small liberal arts college in Missouri) but apparently this question defined exactly who you where as a human being. If you picked the wrong answer, you were NOT worthy.

[Ex Lurker]

23. it's a UT site, but those are Aggie pictures nt.

[Syrinx]

9. somehow, that I can't quite articulate, just like W

[HereSince1628]

12. That both of them were male cheerleaders says things

about the personality it takes to be a republican governor of Texas.

It also tells me that Perry was into 'humping it' in public. Go gig 'em, Ricky!

[Glimmer of Hope]

15. Neat outfits Ricky!

[Syrinx]

16. he posed in the flag room?

What kind of family has a flag room? Except a fascist family?

[Syrinx]

17. notice as he got older, the books went away

[Syrinx]

18. I feel sorry for that dog

[Ilsa]

27. Don't worry about her or her successors. "Reveille" is the corps mascot

and she is treated like a queen. She is pampered and has an interesting life. There is a fabulous vet school at TAMU so she gets all the healthcare she needs.

[Uben]

19. Aggies don't like Longhorns!

At Texas A&M, you are not even allowed to say UT, they say TU to piss off the Longhorns. They are bitter rivals. Texas A&M is very right wing. My daughter got a psych degree from there 2000-2004. She entered TExas A&M thinking she was a republican, but left a democrat. She is very intelligent, and after the first year of college, she had seen so much right-wing bullshit at the school, she knew she could not identify with them. So, she gravitated towards a small group of dems on campus, very small. She graduated and got the hell outta dodge, went on to get an MBA at North Texas State University. She married a guy who also attended Texas A&M, although he was a couple of years younger. Like her, he left the school apalled at the antics of republicans and joined the air force, served a tour in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. WHen he got out, he got his helicopter license and is currently a helicopter flight instructor, in order to obtain the 1000 hrs required for a commercial license.

At A&M, the jackboots are everywhere. You can usually hear them drilling.

Rick Perry is just like Bush, and maybe that's why the Bushes don't like him.

[Paladin]

29. And Vice Versa.

Take it from someone who knows.

Paladin
U.T. (1972)

[Uben]

39. My daughter was an Aggie 2000-2004

She hated the school! The teachers were terrible and the right-wing schlock made her a permanent democrat! She went on to get her MBA at NTSU.

[Recursion]

20. Hook'em horns! (nt)

[Ilsa]

26. Outside of the military academies, Texas A&M graduates more

Officers into the services than any other university.

They are also really big in agricultural research. One of their professors emeritus, Dr. Norman Borlaug, is credited with saving over a billion lives with his work on drought-resistant seeds.

It's a very conservative campus. And the Corps and ROTC are conservative. But they did elect a conservative Democrat (Chet Edwards) to the US House for a number of years. I guess it's the professors that are the more liberal-minded people there. And they can't stand Perry because Perry's ideals would ruin TAMU as a Tier 1 university.

[TBF]

30. TAMU has a top-10 Veterinary School as well ...

the outfits may look funny, but those will play well all across the south. He's a formidable candidate who must not be underestimated.

[Paladin]

32. It's Tougher To Get Into TAMU Vet School Than Med School.

Has been that way for many years......

[TBF]

33. Yes, that is what they always said at Wisconsin as well

(my alma mater). I believe that is true - Wisconsin and TAMU are both elite Vet schools.

[Paladin]

34. Nebraska Has A Good Vet School, Too, As I Remember. (n/t)

[Ilsa]

36. I have a quirky story about that:

In the 1990's I had a fertility problem. My recently board-certified OBGYN was very enthusiastic on working with me and keeping up his research on the "project." He was doing an intra-uterine insemination for me. I knew he was an Aggie, and had been raised on a working farm and ranch.

In the middle of the procedure, I lifted my head, said, "Hey, Dr. M, did you really want to be a veterinarian?"

He looked over the modesty sheet with a dumbfounded expression and asked, "How did you know?"

I replied, "oh, it just all fits."

[TexasProgresive]

31. I am no fan of Texas A & M or Perry but

A & M was originally a male only and all attendees were required to be in the Corp of Cadets. I think that the change to Co-ed and making the Corp voluntary occurred around the time that Perry was a student. The boots are still worn by Corp members to this day but only by seniors, hence they are called senior boots.

This school is hide bound with traditions upon traditions and the former students are like a cabal-an Aggie applying for a job will get the nod over none Aggies.

An interesting point is that this school was not so conservative in the early 70s but the powers that be mounted a campaign to "save" A&M from the hippies and it worked. Also during this time Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen attended A&M.

[gkhouston]

35. An Aggie. Well, that explains a lot. n/t

[kelly1mm]

37. And this was when he was a Democrat! Ugggg. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

38. Aggies are jokes,

everyone knows that.