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Rick Perry Busy Grasping at Straws

Posted: 11/18/11 08:20 AM ET

Governor Perry has been extremely busy trying to regain traction for his campaign that his own ineptness has derailed. His recent flurry of activity does indeed bolster his assertion that he is not nearly as smart as our current president. Point scored, governor.

After Rep. Steny Hoyer criticized Perry's plan for a part-time Congress, the gorvenor thought the logical thing to do would be to challenge House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi to a debate on his plan to revamp Congress.

Sure, his Republican base hates the once highly effective, but former, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi almost as much as President Obama, but why would he choose to debate someone he is not running against? Perhaps because he has been so ineffective debating the candidates he is running against.

Really the logical person to debate would be current the Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner. The part-time Congress plan might give Speaker Boehner reason to pause, though since he has only managed to muster a 12% favorability rating with the current Congressional schedule, he should probably be thinking about working a little harder.

Unfortunately for Mr. Perry and late night talk show hosts, Minority Leader Pelosi has declined the Perry campaign's generous offer. In fact, after Perry served up this softball to Pelosi, one wonders if she may be thinking about a career in late night television after she retires from politics. When you hear the response from the former Speaker it is obvious that she hit this particular soft ball out of the park.

The now fearless debater has also been busy running advertisements. His most recent ad uses an out of context quote from President Obama to suggest that President Obama thinks that Americans are lazy. The well coiffed and indignant Perry then calls the President "pathetic" for making such a statement.

It would not be hard to put the actual statement in context and doing so would reveal that Rick Perry had so distorted the president's intentions that in addition to being a cowboy we can now very appropriately call him a liar. He did not stretch the truth this time; he was guilty of perpetrating a "monstrous lie." Yet another "pathetic" attempt for Rick Perry to gain some momentum with the conservative base.

Governor Perry does not stop there. During a Wednesday interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Perry played to his party's disdain for candidates who possess the ability to make an intellectual argument, by stating that Obama's "smartest man in the room" mentality is hurting the country.

Do not worry sir, most of America right now questions whether you possess even a modicum of intelligence and it would be difficult to mistake you as the smartest man in the room, unless perhaps you were giving a presentation to a 4th grade classroom.

Yes Governor Perry, in a perfect world our next president should be decided by determining which candidate looks best in a cowboy hat, but when your party favors giving handouts to the most profitable corporations in America while vehemently fighting to make sure as many people as possible go without health care, we are undoubtedly living in a world that is far from perfect.

 
 
 

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Governor Perry has been extremely busy trying to regain traction for his campaign that his own ineptness has derailed. His recent flurry of activity does indeed bolster his assertion that he is not n...
Governor Perry has been extremely busy trying to regain traction for his campaign that his own ineptness has derailed. His recent flurry of activity does indeed bolster his assertion that he is not n...
 
 
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Vapula
Failure is not an option
01:29 AM on 12/12/2011
I employ people but I would never ever give Perry a job unless I wanted to destroy my business. So unless you want to destroy America steer clear of Perry.
09:32 PM on 11/19/2011
Perry allows his Texas State Parks and Wildlife employees to shoot wild donkeys and leave them to die in pain. Burrogate ... what a great election issue.

http://www.suite101.com/news/burrogate-2007--2011-saving-wild-burros-in-big-bend-a396992
05:53 PM on 11/19/2011
What's pathetic is that the King of Crony Capitalism is falsely portraying himself as "pure". His history:

His "legal" activity and track record :

Two prominent Perry donors (Adams and Schwitzer) were able to win a controversial permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality last year, over the objections of Montgomery County officials and the recommendations of two administrative law judges. Local officials say the permit will allow disposal of wastes that could contaminate water in the greater Houston area.

Adams- $290,183 to Perry’s campaigns from 2001- 2011. Switzer = 10,312 to Perry’s gubernatorial campaign in, raised $57,000 for Perry’s 2010 re-election and,hosted a fundraiser for Perry’s presidential campaign that took in $273,500.

Texas Enterprise Fund ( better known as the Perry slush fund) tipped the scales of capitalism to favor his donors. Over 50% of those companies rewarded with multimillion dollar incentives were major contributors, donated some $7 million to the governors’ campaign coffers. Since he personally doesn't award the funds he honestly claims he has nothing to do with who gets the incentives.

Slick Rick is hoping America will believe his smoke and mirrors ads and red meat speeches. He can honestly answer has never been a lobbyist and done anything illegal. If MSM doesn't find a way to question him he will ride into the WH just as he has stayed as gov for ten years.

http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/11/perrys-outrage-at-congress-rings-hollow/
02:42 PM on 11/19/2011
Perry will rise in the polls. It's a given.
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groland
socially left, fiscally right
01:02 PM on 11/18/2011
Not only is Rick Perry not as smart as the current president, he is not as smart as the past President. He is the natural result of the devolution of the Republican party.
12:58 PM on 11/18/2011
Slick Rick swaggers on stage thinking that his state bully pulpit will take him all the way to the WH. Most of us know that he has stayed in office because "that person would not speak for attribution because he feared fallout from the governor, whose current term doesn't end until 2014." That's right America elect Slick Rick and we will have a bully as leader who will ensure we are once again the laughing stock of the world.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/17/2507254/is-rick-perrys-rough-ride-embarrassing.html#ixzz1eAuibeds

So his ads are full of misleading red mear statements and he thinks America will be bamboozled like we in Texas have been. His campaign and "unaffliated" SUPERPACS believe they can buy off and bully any competitor. Rather than focusing on his gaffes why not look at how his ideas at mimicking what he has done in Texas where he has consildated power and influence, so that even Republicans are afraid to challenge any idea his cronies, donors, and corporate contributors propose to Slick Rick
11:23 AM on 11/18/2011
A good article but on behalf of fourth-graders everywhere, I must protest.
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PublicCitizen21044
The truth will set you free!
10:04 AM on 11/18/2011
Do not worry sir, most of America right now questions whether you possess even a modicum of intelligence and it would be difficult to mistake you as the smartest man in the room, unless perhaps you were giving a presentation to a 4th grade classroom.

Yes Governor Perry, in a perfect world our next president should be decided by determining which candidate looks best in a cowboy hat, but when your party favors giving handouts to the most profitable corporations in America while vehemently fighting to make sure as many people as possible go without health care, we are undoubtedly living in a world that is far from perfect.

Ditto!!!!!!
10:00 AM on 11/18/2011
Governor Perry will make a comeback. He has military, governing and legislative experience and he's conservative. I trust him more than any other candidate to make good Supreme Court selections. He's not shy when it comes to vetoing, something our last Republican President didn't do enough. I think he'll deliver on creating an environment for domestic energy which will not only be good for all types of unemployed workers but will move us away from dependence on foreign oil. I believe he is the best candidate who can accomplish that. I do believe he will downsize the federal government before his budget requests are presented to Congress taking Congress out of the equation. He may need them to get rid of 3 departments but he can still make the government smaller. Too many voters pick their candidates based on what they say and don't look at their experience at actually getting big jobs done and their record of problem solving. In the almost 3 years since he's been in office, I have never seen President Obama debate. Why are we picking a President based on a skill only required of a candidate?
The msm knows that Perry is the biggest threat to their messiah. Sadly enough FNC has joined the rest of the leftists in ridiculing Perry. But Perry is a fighter and will win the nomination.
11:23 AM on 11/18/2011
What color is the sky in your world?
01:04 PM on 11/18/2011
Perry will pander and say anything to anyone to get votes. That's why he'll back tuition for kids of immigrants without papers and at the same time pander to radical right secessionists who want to leave America.
09:09 AM on 11/18/2011
ooops I had a Perry moment. Guess he thinks all of America will fall for his "snake oil". His Texas Miracle( that he has remained Gov for 10 years) is based on slick ads, that no one dares to question, swift boating the competition, appointments to influential positions for his cronies, and up till now a devote commitment to not debate or allow editorial boards to question his positions.

Ammmmerica RP is China's gift to this country. VOTE
09:04 AM on 11/18/2011
This guy is trying to use his Texas Miracle strategy(its a miracle that he has been governor for ten years) of slick ads, and swift boat cronies to demolish his competng to us w
10:02 AM on 11/18/2011
there is a reason why people love to stay in TX and moving to the state. TX with 25 millions population is 13th biggest economy in the world... a credit due to Gov. Perry and his strong leadership, which we lack in the WH.
12:26 PM on 12/07/2011
Are you a paid member of Perry's campaign staff or are you allowed internet use at the mental health facility in which you are housed?