‘Hot Gas’: Perry Flubs Name of Popular Conservative Blog ‘Hot Air’ During CNN Interview
- Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:46am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Conservatives are probably familiar with the name of the Michelle Malkin-started blog Hot Air. It’s a regular in the conservative blogosphere, and it’s likely that the GOP presidential candidates are aware of it, too. We at least know Rick Perry is. Sort of.
During an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday, Perry was quick to tout the results of a new poll on the site that places him second. There’s just one problem: he got the name wrong. Instead of calling it “Hot Air,“ he referred to it as ”Hot Gas.” He also mistakenly told Blizter the poll was Iowa-based.
Mediaite reacts:
For those of you completely unfamiliar with the world of conservative blogs, this would be the equivalent of a Democratic candidate blanking on the name of a site like Media Matters, or MoveOn.org. For those who don’t know anything about blogs…well, go ahead and vote for Perry, I guess. He was referring to a Hot Air reader poll, which, I’m guessing, he won’t do nearly as well in next time they do one.
So does Hot Gas Hot Air:
My memory’s hazy but, as I recall, “Hot Gas” was one of the three finalists when we sat down to name the site in early 2006. Michelle had the trump card so we ended up where we ended up, but I’ve always wondered what might have been if my personal preference had won out. Imagine it: “Gassy Air.” Five years later, Perry would have turned that into “Gassy Gas” in today’s interview, which would have been a clip for the ages. Ah well.
This is, without question, the greatest HA near-name-check of all time. And yes, for the record, Perry is indeed in second place in the new Hot Gas reader survey.
Here’s how it went down on CNN:
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Comments (49)
Ezekiel Wheeler
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 1:20amThat “flub” was probably intentional. I hope he’s the next prez. First of all he’d save the country, but more importantly it would just piss off all those jerks that ~frankly~ need a good smackdown!
Report Post »WalterMitty
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 5:02pmPerry continues to be a distraction. He should get out of the race and get behind another candidate already.
Report Post »chitown
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 6:00pmI’m not a fan of Perry but this continued reporting of his minor misspeaks is becoming boring and shows us how petty the Blaze has become.
Report Post »WisdomZurs
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 4:28pmIf this is the best they can do to take Perry down, then he’s a pretty good candidate. Perry has spent more time WORKING at the job he was elected to do than spend his time on T.V or radio giving interviews. It shows in his success of job creation in TX. He hasn’t spent the past 4 years campaigning or a paid contributor for FOX news.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 4:05pmBFD- the Turd doesn’t know how many states there are, where he‘s at or who’s doing what to whom without his teleprompter- then promptly gets it wrong. So what’s the big deal here? Slow news day or something?
Report Post »geonj
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 3:24pmwho cares?
Report Post »BenInNY
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 2:17pmRemember back in the day when the people who commented on this site had a sense of humor? For God’s sake…
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 1:46amSpeaking of humor — remember the title of the “bad lipreading” piece for Perry? It was “Save One for the Gas Jets” Coincidence? I think not.
Report Post »Simonne
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 12:19pmI still like Perry but he’s not president material.
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 12:10pmWell, in TX plain speaking I think he confused the saying of someone being “full of hot air” with something else.
O=D-Lei-duh for Hawaii
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 11:53amWhichever GOP candidate gets the nomination needs to make Rick Perry the VP so Perry can replace Joe Biden’s constant gaffes! lol!
Report Post »JesusFreak95
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 1:31pmI think it’s funny.
Report Post »tbacct
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 11:18amSince Glenn hired Betsy Morgan (former Huffington Post chief), “news” articles of this sort abound. OF COURSE she’s going to highlight any and all flubs conservative candidates make while on the campaign trail. I don’t care if Perry thinks we have 57 states (uhhh, wait…Obama’s already covered that), he is still worlds better than Obama and doesn’t want to destroy our country from within like our current administration is hell-bent on doing.
If this sort of nit-picking garbage continues, I won’t bother reading “The Blaze” any longer…I’ll just turn to the “National Enquirer” or, better yet, the “Huffington Post” if I want to read smears.
Glenn, take back your “news” website!
Report Post »Platonician
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 12:21pmYou are absolutely right! Liberals like those kind of infiltration tactics. I’ve also noticed that The Blaze is losing its coherence and message. Glenn stop hiring liberals in sheep clothes.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 4:31pmWhat they said ^^^^
Report Post »The Blaze is ablaze with nonsense and fluff-po pieces that aren’t quality enough to make the Midnight Enquirer. Am seriously considering not wasting more time reading here, or listening to Glenn, for that matter.
But then I’d miss making all these snide comments.
Shux- the lesser of two evils… wut ta do? Wut ta do?
Sharon Rose
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 11:03am“57” states????
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 4:33pmYes, Sharon- didn’t you get the memo? The Turd sent it out after the election.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:13amI have some problems with Perry but this is not one of them.
Report Post »mils
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:20amwow, big story…you guys must be hard up for stuff…
tryin to make a big deal of hot gas over hot air..wow…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:25am@ QPWILLIE I agree ..
I wish the MSM would report every flub Obama makes. They could fill up a lot of news time.
TEA!
Report Post »dbdbdb
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:36amSo what, Perry is a 1000 times better than Obama.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:04amObamas greatest gift is a low bar.
Report Post »tarpon
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:32amGas is air too …
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:38amCorrect, in fact gas would be the correct definition. Either way, both are the same and this is what we consider important? What a sick bunch, no wonder the white house is occupied by everything UN-American.
Report Post »timeout
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:51amin my humble opinion, hot air is gas! i read hot air every day, and some days they spew stinky hot air = hot gas! and sometimes m malkin is full of gas too.
so, official definition of hot air is: empty statements or promises: impressive or boastful talk about achievements or intentions that has no substance. and pretty much the same definition for hot gas! what the hell? how petty…..
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:09amEveryone of these candidates has made mistakes… I CAN”T BELIEVE IT……can we PLEASE find somebody who is perfect.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:31amIn the words of my humble grandfather, “there aint no tens in anything”
Report Post »corcoran
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:29amDO YOU PEOPLE REALIZE HOW STUPID THIS ARTICLE SOUNDS.Let’s quit bashing people because of a simple error. Let’s start talking about the people that are trying to destroy America! Well, our country has become ‘A BUNCH OF IDIOTS’ in the ‘OH, HE MADE A MIS-QUOTE’. I guess it is time to install computers in everyones brains so they don’t forget a name or make a mistake..
Report Post »indy1
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:23amI’m starting to lose interest in reading the Blaze. You react to stories like a 13 year old. The Fast and Furious hearings are opening that cost over 300 people their lives and the Jon Corzine scandal hearings are also on today and a gaffe is the lead story? Glenn, fire your editor now.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:22amPerry made me laugh on that one! He means well, but don‘t think he’s ready for the big gig.
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:28amI thought that was the name of the program, Hotgas? That appears all that comes from it. Libterds only leave hotgas, not hotair.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:19amPerry has to wake up. He’s already the laughing stock of the press, so imagine the legacy he would leave as president. His would make George Bush blush.
Unfortunately, we live in a country where it‘s acceptable to be as crooked as a dog’s hind leg, as long as you speak coherently 100 percent of the time; or maybe more accurately put – as along as the media decides you speak coherently 100 percent of the time.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:04amDitto!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:26am“Unfortunately, we live in a country where it‘s acceptable to be as crooked as a dog’s hind leg, as long as you’re a flaming liberal Democrat d-bag; or maybe more accurately put – as along as the slobbering media decides you speak coherently 100 percent of the time and they like what you have to say.”
Fixed that for ya. :)
Report Post »Susie Liberty
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 1:06pmAND unfortunately for Texas, we’ve had both of them. And indeed, the NWO has merrily marched along thru numerous adms and congressional delegations…most CERTAINLY including those two. NAFTA (bush the one introduced it; Clinton w/tremendous help from Newton pushed it thru; bush the “two-th” signed the Treaty). Texas – open border, Amnesty Cities (I live in one), regulations strangling us. Problem for TX? Were he to be shed of him as guv for ofc of prez, how the heck would that be better?
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:13amIs this really a standard for excellence? Yesterday Obama didn’t know what state he was in. How about something novel to consider, “is he a communist, racist,drug addict and or dealer, or maybe is he even here legally or maybe here’s a good one, how many dead bodies are in his or her wake? Now that could be something important to work with don’t you think. People need to get real and find out what’s important and what is not.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:19amTrue the truth of the matter is what needs to be spread about and people to make their minds up before we lose the republic forever; so Perry made a gaff, to the leftist media bands that is blood to call the tigers to the feast — when Obama does one, its ‘godly wisdom coming down from above.”
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:23amYou 2 need to buy bigger underwear, the ones your wearing are all in a bunch.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:12amHot gas? Perry was referring to lard ass Al Gore.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:12amIt seems to me that Perry is attempting to throw his chances down the toilet…. rather than legitimately run a campaign.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:09amHey, what about securing the border? What about ridding us of obamacare? What about getting rid of barack’s 40 czars? What about Iran getting close to having a nuke?
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:15amGrump.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:48amlol, yeah you’re right. I just wanted to point out there is many more critical things to focus on.
“Merry Christmas!”
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:06amHe’s right, ‘hotair’ is full of hotgas…they’re faux conservative morons….they’re a good mainstream republican site…in other words they’re full of it.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:05amI live in Texas , i guess i never noticed what a buffoon this guy is ….. Sheese
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:11amMy guess is that he’s pretty good one on one or in small groups. He sure as heck wasn’t ready for prime time though, was he?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:04amI bet he can’t wait to get trounced in Iowa and have an excuse to pull out. He makes Bush look like “the great communicator”.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:30amBut, unlike TOTUS, Perry would probably remember what state he was in. I doubt he would be giving a shout-out to Texas when he’s really in one of the other 57 states or speaking Austrian in an Asian country like Hawaii……
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