Rick Perry Can Come Back, Experts Say.

[CT9]

who knew he'd get killed in the debates? how the hell did he become governor with debating skills like that?

The voting population in Tex-A$$ is notoriously intellectually incurious. I was listening to a specialist commenting about the amazingly un-agressive media in that state. They don't have news, they have sports news. The typical news that's reported there is on the sensational side, car chases, missing young blondes, a black crime, state/county events. It goes on and on, etc., etc. Political news, however...not-so-much.

I'm quite sure any HONEST Texan would concur.

I just moved here from NY, you are dead on, you are leaving out the mexicans though... its all mexican and black crime.

 

[CT9]

Its not his job to put them out? Most people would say yes. I guess in GOP land, the governor gets a pass on not putting out a fire....strange world you live in.

It seemed to be important enough for him to duck the debate--thus politicizing it in the first place. We now see why. He vomited on himself as I recall Brit Hume saying.

Get some rest; you need it.

Funny I don't see people criticizing Arizona's and Cali's Governor during wild fires.

I'm not a Perry fan, but you are going over board on that one.

They are not making it an issue by saying it was so important, they pulled out of one debate....only to attend another debate 72 hours later when there was more cameras there.

They've been going since January according to the Sate of Texas Governor's website.

Probably making too much of it; you're right. I apologize. The Presidency is certainly one job where there won't be anything coming across his desk as complex as fire and what to do to it.

wow you are an asshole

Do you also know that Texas is in the midst of its worst drought in 25 years?

Surely somebody would have used it on him in the campaign however, they have better political sense than you. Which is quite unbelievable considering Bachmann is in the race.

I'm not a Perry supporter say what you want, but you can only do so much as a governor about forest fires...

BTW it hasn't been 1 continuous fire they go out and other ones start. Seriously, you sound like you are crazy. Perry isn't going to win, I don't want him to win, but what you are saying is entirely irrelevant. This is why you have fire departments and whatnot, I doubt any governor has experience in strategically fighting a forest fire. What a **** I mean are you for real?

 

[JWBooth]

Big whoop.

 

[candycorn]

Funny I don't see people criticizing Arizona's and Cali's Governor during wild fires.

I'm not a Perry fan, but you are going over board on that one.

They are not making it an issue by saying it was so important, they pulled out of one debate....only to attend another debate 72 hours later when there was more cameras there.

They've been going since January according to the Sate of Texas Governor's website.

Probably making too much of it; you're right. I apologize. The Presidency is certainly one job where there won't be anything coming across his desk as complex as fire and what to do to it.

wow you are an asshole

Why thank you.

Do you also know that Texas is in the midst of its worst drought in 25 years?

Surely somebody would have used it on him in the campaign however, they have better political sense than you. Which is quite unbelievable considering Bachmann is in the race.

Look at the facts, please. He said he had to get back to Texas and left a debate that was happening, I think, in Georgia. Then, 72 hours later, the fires--during the worst drought in 25 years according to some sources--were apparently subsided enough to allow him to go to California for a debate at the RRPL. He politicized it. Not me. And now we know why; he "threw up on himself" at one debate and has been nothing but lack luster at all of them.

I'm not a Perry supporter say what you want, but you can only do so much as a governor about forest fires...

The facts show he did quite a bit; cutting funding as to where local FD's are now buying things and the actual fire fighters are paying for things out of their own pockets.

BTW it hasn't been 1 continuous fire they go out and other ones start. Seriously, you sound like you are crazy. Perry isn't going to win, I don't want him to win, but what you are saying is entirely irrelevant. This is why you have fire departments and whatnot, I doubt any governor has experience in strategically fighting a forest fire. What a **** I mean are you for real?

Hey it's not easy to put out wildfires. Never said it was. But gee the Presidency isn't exactly easy either. Theres much more complex and baffling issues out there on how to counter fire.

We've done a very good job making Perry out to be just another Politician. He's done the rest with his record. LOL

 

[Sarah G]

who knew he'd get killed in the debates? how the hell did he become governor with debating skills like that?

In Texas, he was Lt. Governor and when Bush left, he ascended to the Governor slot. If it were John Doe who was Lt. Governor, John Doe would still be governor.

There was a very good reason he had to rush back to Texas and avoid the first debate as it turns out; it had nothing to do with wildfires (still burning by the way).

John Doe? Sorry, only 2 governors in the history of Texas have been elected governor more than once. George W. Bush and Rick Perry. Perry is a well-liked man in his home state, and so was President Bush.

Texans know who's naughty and nice, and we love really nice men and women who respect God and other people.

I always thought GB was such a nice man, seriously. Rick Perry is George Bush on steroids though. I just think he's crazy with those Texan and GB mannerisms.

Psychotic crazy, not funny crazy.

 

[bodecea]

In Texas, he was Lt. Governor and when Bush left, he ascended to the Governor slot. If it were John Doe who was Lt. Governor, John Doe would still be governor.

There was a very good reason he had to rush back to Texas and avoid the first debate as it turns out; it had nothing to do with wildfires (still burning by the way).

John Doe? Sorry, only 2 governors in the history of Texas have been elected governor more than once. George W. Bush and Rick Perry. Perry is a well-liked man in his home state, and so was President Bush.

Texans know who's naughty and nice, and we love really nice men and women who respect God and other people.

Bill Clements was elected twice; as was John Connally, as was Dolph Briscoe.

Someone doesn't seem to know his TX history very well, does he?

 

[freedombecki]

John Doe? Sorry, only 2 governors in the history of Texas have been elected governor more than once. George W. Bush and Rick Perry. Perry is a well-liked man in his home state, and so was President Bush.

Texans know who's naughty and nice, and we love really nice men and women who respect God and other people.

Bill Clements was elected twice; as was John Connally, as was Dolph Briscoe.

You're right. I've been a real Rip Van Winkle for some time now. Family moved in 1965, I came back in 2009 to retire near brothers and sisters. Thank you for checking, candycorn and bodecea. A whole lifetime of history has happened in the 44 years I lived in other states. FWIW, thanks for the correction.

 

[JoeB131]

[I believe Tipsy meant that among Perry's excuses, are that:
1. He's tired
2. He's a Christian (and therefore unfairly attacked).

Not SURE but that's the impression I get...

As stated, my reasons are different. The immigration issue will hurt him unless he pulls a "W" and says "what I meant by that is exactly the opposite of what I meant by that."
Big government in Texas will hurt him. Deficit / Spending will hurt him. All that will be bad with his base.
Highest number of uninsured
Highest minimum wage jobs
Coming across as really stupid in the debates
Love of death penalty and certain the government never makes mistakes
Love of Big Government intereference in social issues
Will hurt him with Independents, Moderates, Reagan Dems etc.... the people he needs to win in 2012

I think what Perry SHOULD have said about immigration is, "Well, first, I am required by federal mandate to educate the children of illegals, as are all other states. The extention of tuition was part of that effort. If we want these kids to stay in school, don't get into trouble, don't join gangs, then we have to offer them incentives."

I think anyone who cares about the Death Penalty are the kind of people who aren't going to really vote Republican, anyway.

A lot of the other figures are inaccurate, and he needs to address those.

 

[freedombecki]

Rick Perry is done. He could never hold his own in a debate with obama. He doesn't think fast enough to counter obama's lies. Then too, he's started making excuses for his poor performance. He's tired, it's because he's Christian. This is too close to obama making excuses for all his failures. I started out being strong for Perry. He is not worth it.

When thinking fast enough to counter Obama's lies becomes a condition for electing a President, it's obvious to me that voters may be demanding a computer that never forgets, can spew out fingerprints faster than Aphis, which takes several hours per while it goes through millions of fingerprints to get the villain.

The trouble is the law. The law allows convicted criminals to run for public office nowadays.

The law also says many things about which the current administration has offered no proofs of anything, and it is out to cover its tracks by concealing by its own declared laws Obama's presidential records, etc., which is a direct contradiction to his promise of "transparency."

What a laugh. You think Obama is going to stop lying for the next person who runs up against him, and they're not going to catch on either quickly enough to bat back at Obama's latest wandering from the truth.

All someone has to do is intimate that he isn't being upfront, and he goes into his "you're a racist" schtick, and every skin darker than food color goes along with him.

Indiana just announced it has an entire district of lying democrats who perpetuated a hoax on local voters by handing the election to democrats across the board in their district.

The lies, hoaxes, and crimes are so thick everywhere, there isn't a fair vote to be had on either side of the Mississippi.

It's time to do something about crime at the cheater voting areas. That seems to be anywhere there's a damn community organizer making certain that no Republican gets elected by screwing the voting numbers to make Democrats win not by popular election, but by cheating, cheating, cheating, and more cheating, and charging the time spent by Democrats cheating to taxpayers who also have to foot the bill for their votes being stolen.

The crimes are way over mind-boggling wherever there is a precinct they can think a way into stealing away from the Republicans in a manner that is so unfair that like ramming airliners full of private citizens in a building, nobody could possibly have visualized it before it happened.

That's the way this world is right now. And it's time to up the ante on penalties for those who cheat at the polls.