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My response to Kevin West's, "Governor Ricky Perry: only representing himself"

In this opinion column, Kevin West creates an argument that Governor Rick Perry is spending his time as governor readying his image for the upcoming presidential election instead of worrying about the issues effecting Texas. West adds that that Governor Perry only "represents himself" and shouldn't be regarded as a public servant. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, is Kevin West talking about the same governor that has been considered one of the most powerful Texas governors to ever hold office? West sarcastically claims that Americans might as well vote for a "bag of hair on a stick" than Gov. Ricky Perry, however, Texas has one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the nation while under Perry's command, it has been for years, and that is something our current president cannot say. If West is telling me that a bag of hair on a stick can accomplish this much as governor of the second largest state in the U.S., then the stick and bag of hair sounds like a great candidate for the president of the United States. Governor Rick Perry has served the longest among all Texas governors in the history of the state and according to the Dallas Morning News is the only President to appoint at least one person to every state office. Governor Ricky Perry has been nothing but a public servant to our great state and continues to do so this very day.