Rick Perry: South Carolina Is The Next Stop

Rick Perry's campaign attempted to downplay his poor showing in New Hampshire, writing in a Tuesday evening statement that, effectively, he hadn't been trying to win the state anyway.

"Tonight's results in New Hampshire show the race for 'conservative alternative' to Mitt Romney remains wide open," Perry said in the statement. "I skipped New Hampshire and aimed my campaign right at conservative South Carolina, where we've been campaigning hard and receiving an enthusiastic welcome."

In fact, Perry spent a good amount of time in the state over the past few months, only bowing out there and heading to South Carolina over the past week.

He made a particularly memorable speech in the state in October, when he hugged a jug of maple syrup and some questioned whether he was drunk. In a November New Hampshire appearance, meanwhile, Perry mistakenly said that the national voting age is 21.

The statement continues:

I believe being the only non-establishment outsider in the race, the proven fiscal and social conservative and proven job creator will win the day in South Carolina.

South Carolina is the next stop. I have a head start here, and it's friendly territory for a Texas governor and veteran with solid outsider credentials, the nation's best record of job creation, and solid fiscal, social and Tea Party conservatism.

Perry received less than 1 percent of the vote.

Comments

[jshackstone]

10:50 PM on 01/13/2012

Rick Perry is the man if Ron Paul can't get the job done. Futher e-mail are going to TX GOV.

[jshackstone]

09:46 AM on 01/14/2012

If Ron Paul is not doing his job I will no longer contact that Applewhite lookin Roody poo candy XXX, I bring it boots to XXX, Do you smell what the rock is cookin? Up in your Satan XXX.

[jshackstone]

10:50 AM on 01/14/2012

GOV Rick Perry & the STATE of TEXAS VS US Bank. I want my MONEY!
Ron Paul you need to do you job, you are getting paid to be the Congress Man of the STATE of TX. I will weed out ALL non-hackers, you are all equally worthless!

[AZHusker]

01:32 PM on 01/11/2012

I guess Rick Perry is really one of the 1%. That's his vote total so far.

[94613]

07:51 AM on 01/11/2012

Did you noticed the colored strings on his raised index finger ? So many things to remember... Next Stop, The Pit Stop, Oil and Lube for the Rube from Texas. Wind E'm up and send E'm home.

[TXconfidnz]

07:37 AM on 01/11/2012

Any takers on a wager that Perry will NOT address THESE issues upon his shameful return to Texas?

The state of the state of Texas:

Near the bottom:
— Tax expenditures per capita (47th)
— Percent of population 25 and older with a high school diploma (50th)
— Percent of poor people covered by Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of population with employer-based health insurance (48th)
— Per capita spending on mental health (50th)
— Per capita spending on Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of non-elderly women with health insurance (50th)
— Percent of women receiving prenatal care in first trimester (50th)
— Average credit score (49th)
— Workers' compensation coverage (50th)P

Near the top:
— Number of executions (1st)
— Public school enrollment (2nd)
— Percent of uninsured children (1st)
— Percent of children living in poverty (4th)
— Percent of population uninsured (1st)
— Percent of population living below poverty (4th)
— Percent of population with food insecurity (2nd)
— Overall birth rate (2nd)
— Amount of carbon dioxide emissions (1st)
— Amount of toxic chemicals released into water (1st)
— Amount of hazardous waste generated (1st)

http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/509/texasonthebrink.pdf

[ChumpChicken]

07:53 AM on 01/11/2012

What?! You mean Perry isn't going to win?

[TXconfidnz]

07:57 AM on 01/11/2012

I think he still has a 1 in 10 million shot....

[94613]

07:56 AM on 01/11/2012

I fully believe the decisiveness and depth of knowledge evinced by Candidate Perry on Debates and Appearances holds good upon his return to Austin. Governor Perry will address these concerns and more. Have faith in Rik&Travis.

[TXconfidnz]

07:58 AM on 01/11/2012

That's great stuff!

[TXconfidnz]

07:26 AM on 01/11/2012

On back to Texas, Perry, even though we don't want you back!

[susimar]

07:23 AM on 01/11/2012

Ok...now I KNOW he's afraid to come back to Texas and answer to his spending OUR tax money for his campaign. Pathetic and extremely sad.

[94613]

08:00 AM on 01/11/2012

Almost all his campaign $ comes from 50-60 Texas People/ Groups. How many of those got $$$ From the Special Governor Controlled Business Incubator Fund ? U Polish My Stirrup, I'll Lube UrZ.

[FaceReality2]

06:51 AM on 01/11/2012

Perry expects to zoom to victory with his re-invade Iraq plan.

[stephan67]

06:32 AM on 01/11/2012

Perry,just forget the campaign,you are defeated.. Get your kicks on the Route 66. Amarillo,Texas is waiting for you.

[stephan67]

06:17 AM on 01/11/2012

Perry is a real 1%er. He always gets the 1% of the votes.

[susimar]

07:23 AM on 01/11/2012

lol

[Shawna Poechhacker]

05:54 AM on 01/11/2012

Less than 1% and he still thinks he has a shot? I guess we should expect this as we all know he isn't the best with numbers! That and he's probably drunk the most of the time...

[Rimser]

05:50 AM on 01/11/2012

Somebody get the hook ... he's done.

[big tom]

05:05 AM on 01/11/2012

poor little man... the ride is over.. .07 percent ? wow educated people have your number..

[Col Hogan]

04:54 AM on 01/11/2012

Next Stop, South Carolina.
It's a good spot to stop and 'have a splash' on the way back to Texas.

[diamonds61]

03:52 AM on 01/11/2012

Every single taxpayer in Texas is paying for Perry's monthly rental bill of $10,000 and for his security detail )totalling over $400,000 in November); Perry needs to stop spending our money and realize that he has lost this campaign. He is getting paid $150,000 a year but he is not working full time at this job. He suggested that members of Congress only work part-time and should be paid part-time wages. If that is the case, Perry should only be paid $25,000 for the last 6 months. If Perry cannot manage to live on his $92,000 annual pension and his trust fund, he needs to find a 2nd job and put his wife and son (who quit his job) back to work. With all the minimum wage jobs here in Texas, many of us hold down at least 2 jobs to support our families. If this solution is good enough for us, it should be good enough for the Perrys. After all their poop stinks just like everyone else's.

[Don Clanton]

03:50 AM on 01/11/2012

What more do we need to convince him that he's just plain dumb and we don't want his sorry a' s anywhere near washington?

[Newsmonger]

07:36 AM on 01/11/2012

I thought you said...'He is Palin dumb' which would also be correct.