Rick Perry was asked whether he was too close — and too similar — to the unpopular former President George W. Bush, his predecessor as governor of Texas.
Perry confirmed that he is friends with Bush, and they have stayed in contact with phone calls on such occasions as birthdays. “I highly respect the President and his public service.
“What we have in difference is probably as much as in style as in substance on various issues. For instance, I was very vocal in my disagreement with him on Medicaid [sic] Part D — that the federal government should be involved in that very expensive program. And I was very vocally against No Child Left Behind — it goes back to the federal government has no business educating our children.”
