The Rick Perry, Crash and Burn thread.

[Alferd_Packer]

a few more "Ooops" moments:

“When you see his appointment of two, from my perspective, inarguably activist judges whether it was …” Perry said in the Des Moines Register editorial board meeting, pausing for six seconds. “Not Montemayor …”

“Sotomayor,” a member of the editorial board interrupted.

“Sotomayor, Sotomayor,” Perry said. “And Kagan are both activist judges.”

followed by thid bit of Constitutional briliance:

“For Washington to tell a local school district that you cannot have a prayer and a time of prayer in that school is, I think, offensive to most Americans. I trust the people of the states to make those decisions. I trust those independent school districts to make those decisions better than eight unelected, and frankly, unaccountable judges,” Perry said

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...y-misstates-number-of-supreme-court-justices/

Darn those unelected judges.

 

[Alferd_Packer]

one more

“No greater example of it than this administration sending millions of dollars into the solar industry, and we lost that money,” Perry began. “I want to say it was over $500 million that went to the country Solynda.”

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/12/12/387200/rick-perry-thinks-solynda-is-a-country/

If he gets elected, I'm moving to Solynda.

 

[Regnad Kcin]

It's one thing for any ol' boob to run for president, but things like this make one wonder if many of their campaign staff might just be made up of lighter intellects as well.

 

[Tricky]

It's one thing for any ol' boob to run for president, but things like this make one wonder if many of their campaign staff might just be made up of lighter intellects as well.

I think they're setting him up so they can make money after the election selling humorous books.

 

[Morrigan]

I think they're setting him up so they can make money after the election selling humorous books.

That would explain a lot.

 

[Crossbow]

Wow!

And I thought that the past two Texans to become President were total morons.

Perry might be just bad enough to make both of them look better by comparison.

 

[NWO Sentryman]

Rick Perry is doomed. He's more hated than Rebecca ******* Black at this point.

 

[Ladewig]

So the school prayer comment: does he know its unconstitutional and says it anyway to attract a particular voting segment or does he really not know it is unconstitutional?

 

[Ladewig]

As for his chances, the British bookmakers are placing him between 20:1 and 33:1.

 

[Alferd_Packer]

desperately trying to backpeddle, Perry goes off the cliff of stupidity.

PERRY: “No, here’s what I see happening with the First Amendment. And this goes back to 1962 and that case where you can’t have an organized prayer to an almighty God as I believe the way it was. I’m not a lawyer and I haven’t studied these cases in depth. But the idea that the court is telling us whether or not we can have prayer in school is really a bit offensive to me. That should be a decision at the local level. It’s one of the reasons I’ve called for doing away with the federal government.

http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/10/rick-perry-campaign-clarifies-supreme-court-count/

Then

Question : Just to clarify. When you talk about day of prayer or prayer in schools are you talking Christian prayer or non-denominational prayer?

PERRY: “What I’m saying is it’s not the government’s business to be telling folks that at the state level. Obviously if a school is a Jewish school in Dallas, Texas, that private school should be able to do that.”

Question: They can. The issue is public schools.

PERRY: “Well then the independent school boards that oversee those should make those decisions, not government. Again, I mean, the idea that we have to be so politically correct that there’s one family that says, ‘Listen, I don’t want my child,’ then that child ought to have the freedom — can sit over there and play Tic Tac Toe or what have you. But the issue is that for Washington to tell a local school district that you cannot have a prayer and a time of prayer in that school, I think, is offensive to most Americans. I trust the people of the states to make those decisions, I trust those independent school districts to make those decisions better than eight unelected and, frankly, unaccountable judges. And it’s one of the reasons that I’ve called for the end of lifetime appointments to federal judgeships. I would go to some set term.”

How did this guy manage to get elected Governor?

 

[BenBurch]

...

How did this guy manage to get elected Governor?

Good old boys.

 

[Travis]

I think in Texas you get the job just by looking the part.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

At least Gov. Goodhair is no Clayton Williams.

 

[Upchurch]

I think in Texas you get the job just by looking the part.

...and Bush?

 

[David Swidler]

...and Bush?

Different part.

 

[Upchurch]

When you're in the hole, double down.

 

[Alferd_Packer]

When you're in the hole, double down.

did you catch this quote?

“I am truly offended that the American public would be hoodwinked by stories that do not scientifically hold up,”

{insert exploding irony meter emoticon}

 

[Skepticemea]

As for his chances, the British bookmakers are placing him between 20:1 and 33:1.

Dang, we has some mean ol' bookies over here.

 

[Alferd_Packer]

In addition to the recent revelations that Perry is double dipping his retirement funds, (the same practice that he recently signed a law preventing teachers from doing), Politifact gave him a "Pants-on-fire" rating for statements he made in regards to a loan program he oversaw in the 90's.

http://www.politifact.com/texas/sta...erry-says-loan-program-he-oversaw-wasnt-bail/

 

[RandFan]

PERRY:"I trust the people of the states to make those decisions, I trust those independent school districts to make those decisions better than eight unelected and, frankly, unaccountable judges."

Eight? I don't think so.