Perry Blasts ‘Quirky’ Iowa and ‘Loosey-Goosey’ Process: I Look Forward to ‘Real Republicans’
- Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:23pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Just hours after using a picture of himself jogging to announce that he was staying in the GOP presidential race, Rick Perry didn’t have the kindest words for the state of Iowa, its caucus process, and even its voters.
“This is a quirky place, a quirky process, to say the least, and we’re going to go into places where they have actual primaries and there are going to be real Republicans voting,” he told reporters. “Not that there aren’t real Republicans here in Iowa, but the fact is, it was a pretty loosey-goosey process, and you had a ton of people who were there that admitted they were Democrats voting in the caucuses last night.”
National Journal captured the comments:
It remains to be seen if those comments will endear him to the electorate. But Perry will be playing to a different crowd coming up. The southern governor is headed to more familiar territory as he takes on South Carolina. There, he will continue to portray himself as an outsider.
“I’m gonna delineate and characterize the differences in the candidates, and there are huge differences,” Perry said. “These guys are all insiders that have spent years and years in Washington, D.C.; they’re the reason that this country is broken, is because the earmarks, the spending habits that’s been built up in Washington, D.C. And they need an outsider, and I think Americans are looking for that alternative and that choice, and I’m it.”
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Comments (107)
Rational Man
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:09pmHey Rick! Probably not a good idea to burn your bridges behind you. Especially this early!
Doesn’t really matter anyway,……..your toast.
Report Post »walkyrie
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:42pmgo read my 1500 word support of Perry on the next page following the ridiculous comments of T PART and let’s get it on – bring it!
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:05pmI for one AM GLAD THAT HE IS MAD….someone needs to have some GUTS to stand up to the media and call them OUT for their gotcha journalism…the way that HE did and IF he doesn’t like the process in Iowa then SO BE IT!! I’m sick of the political correctness that is DESTROYING our country. Gov Rick Perry says what he means AND means what he says…this is AMERICA that he is trying to save and THIS election is our LAST chance. This is A FIGHT for our Beloved Country!! If he loses votes in the future…so be it…at least he stayed TRUE to himself.
Keep Fighting Gov Perry…Go Get Em!!!!!!!
http://www.rickperry.org/
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:30pmWell…he isn’t having ANY problems getting donations….YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
http://www.rickperry.org/
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:34pm“Probably not a good idea to burn your bridges behind you.” — including bridges that are in Madison County!
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 2:11amThe Rick Perry I Know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0dJnb-rlc&feature=youtu.be
Report Post »hamline66
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:37pmI’m sorry but no matter what Rick says he is far, far from a conservative voice. His illegal alien stance is questionable, his foreign policy murky at best——he‘s just nothing but another in a long list of RINO’s
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:43pmWhen It Comes To Closing The Border…Gov Rick Perry Has Been Endorsed By America’s Sheriff….Sheriff Joe
http://blog.4president.org/2012/2011/11/sheriff-joe-arpaio-endorses-gov-rick-perry-for-president.html
Report Post »walkyrie
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:54pmHamline, that’s hogwash – don’t lecture Texas or Perry or the rest of us about the immigration problem.
Read this:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/278207/santorums-ill-advised-border-war-kevin-d-williamson
– I was and am concerned about many aspects of the problem but #1 is closing the border – that said it is a very very complicated issue with many aspects
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:01pmAnd…it REALLY helps when you have a President who works WITH you instead of AGAINST you.
Gov.Rick Perry On Security
http://www.rickperry.org/issues/national-security/
While advancing our interests abroad, Perry believes it is equally important to defend our interests at home by securing our border.
As president, Perry will substantially increase manpower, technology and fencing along the border to protect the American homeland and stop illegal immigration. This strategy has proven effective in Texas, where Gov. Perry has directed nearly $400 million in state tax dollars to do the federal government’s job of securing the border.
Perry will deploy thousands of National Guardsmen to the border until a sufficient number of border patrol agents can be hired and trained. He will order federal officials to expedite construction of strategic fencing, especially in high traffic areas where manpower alone is insufficient to do the job. And he will make greater use of unmanned aerial assets to gather reliable, real-time intelligence that law enforcement can immediately act
Report Post »Grey Eagle
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:46pmWhat illegal stance? Control of the borders is a federal responsibility. Perry has had teams of TX Rangers, National Guard, Police on the borders for several years. He has asked Obama repeatedly for boots on the ground, drones, and aviation support and all has been refused. This is a 1200 mile border. I don’t know what stance you are referring to. Foreign policy is murky? If you mean he wants to start at 0 for foreign aid and let the countries tell him why they deserve assistance, well it makes a lot of sense to me. This country is broke and a lot of aid has been wasted. I say good for him.
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 8:51pmThank You Gov Perry For Answering Our Nation’s Call…You Are A True Patriot
Video…On To South Carolina
http://youtu.be/DGN_9ACuvh4
Perry For President
Report Post »http://www.rickperry.org/
Luke611
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:33pmIndependentIowan… and any other Iowans that may have been offended…
On behalf of Texas, I sincerely apologize for Gov Perry’s comments. The process your current and generational citizens have given us to achieve a selection process was YOUR RIGHT. We as Texans are taught when we are invited to a neighbors home not to mock the dinner they feed us. It may not be a menu we have enjoyed before, but it would be shameful to feed it to th ebegging family dog as we sit at the table. We can still be polite about totally embracing the recipe, even after a few bites. But deep down, we know the cook isn’t trying to poisen us.
Thank you Iowa for a nice dinner. We’ll give Gov Perry a firm as s-kicken’ when he returns home.
Report Post »walkyrie
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:20pmIowa and New hampshire are both boob bait. They are the most overrated events in all of American politcs. Iowa does let democrats load up and skew the results of their vaunted 1st in line caucus. It‘s gaming and foolishness of a very high magnitude and I am glad it’s over. It’ll frankly be nice when all three of the rinky-dink kingmaker wanna-be states are over and done with so we can get on down the line. Ronald Reagan, for chrissakes, didn’t sew up the nomination until the end of MAY! Smarten up!
Report Post »walkyrie
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:21pmThat was “rinkydink” in case you thought I was being profane – I was not. merely disrespectful.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:54pmFace facts. Iowa IS a quirky place, and the whole caucus process is a joke ripe for fraud. Iowa, once home to hard workers, has become, thanks to Democrat infestation, a state full of soft, fleshy types looking for a handout.
Report Post »IndependentIowan
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:18pmI think you need to become enlightened. It is actually MORE DIFFICULT to vote in our caucus than to simply vote. I had to be a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, SHOW MY DRIVER’S LICENSE, and SIGN IN. Voting that simple where you live??? DOUBT IT!!! Iowa caucus goers are the CORE of the party.
Report Post »Luke611
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:20pmI wouldn’t support this whinner with a training-bra.
His success here is just downslide from Bush 2.0 and companies moving to Texas beause they could see the writing on the wall and we have less tax. He suppoted Gore– which is a great reflection on his Texas two-stepping ability. Im from Texas, you want to know about Texas politics, ask a Texan.
As for Iowa Caucus rules,…well lets face it… they have some holes in the armor. But good sportsmanship is a necessary trait to be expressed from a true leader.
Report Post »IndependentIowan
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:23pmAnd you call Iowa “quirky”??? What do you call CALIFORNIA or NEW YORK??? People in Iowa are more normal than anywhere in the country. Our larger cities (yes, there ARE cities in Iowa) are full of liberals, but where is that NOT the case?
Report Post »IndependentIowan
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:25pmLuke, please enlighten me. What “holes” are in the caucus armor here in Iowa??? I didn’t see any, AND I WAS THERE!!!
Report Post »Luke611
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:37pmIndependentIowan
Im supportive of a Primary process. Though the Caucus is intimate…
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:42pmRush is right. The “big boys” had a talk with Rick, and told him to stay in the race. He’s in there for the sole purpose of diluting the conservative vote. IMO, that’s why Herman Cain was in there too. Divide the conservative vote, to get Mitt in. These people are cunning, sly power-hungry guys.
Report Post »Bachmann didn’t take the bait. She REALLY loves this country, and is desperate to save it.
Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:56pmLuke611….Supported Gore???? Yeah…in 1988
Report Post »http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2081596-1,00.html
Clara88
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 3:03pmTexas was NOT a republican state when Rick Perry began running for office. It is NOW…and that is ALL because of Gov Rick Perry
http://www.rickperry.org/
Report Post »IsthisheavennoIowa
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:50pmOuch! Governor Perry, those comments hurt! And I voted for you last night as a registered republican. I did my part – perhaps you could do a better job with yours????
Report Post »IAUSAPAT
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:56pmI also voted as a registered Republican last night. Not only did I have to show proof of who I was and my residence, but I was listed in my precincts list of registered Republicans. I suppose it could happen but I don’t know how a Democrat could have voted.
Report Post »Snidely
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:18pmHe does have somewhat of a point. I saw several voters at our precinct who registered at the caucus. Maybe 10% or so. Not all were independents/democrats. Some were new to the area or first time voters, but I’m sure a few democrats showed up. Maybe the registration process need to be similar to a primary (no sign-up the day of the caucus). That would help to keep it to actual republican voters (or democrat/independents that plan ahead).
Report Post »Amy
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:36pmWell, that’s a disappointing way to handle the situation. I’m not from Iowa – but I am from middle earth (fly over country) and I don’t really like the tone of that response. I expected better from a Texan. :-(
Report Post »SurfinRallylizard
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:46pmListen to what he said, he didn‘t say Iowa doesn’t have real Republicans, but that many non-Republicans vote in the Iowa Caucus. Other places have stricter rules, mandating only registered Republicans can vote in primaries, that’s all he was saying, don’t ride the crazy MSM train here, this is easy to understand people.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:48pmI am from Texas. Believe me, I don’t claim him. He is an absolute idiot in my books. How he ever got to be governor i will never know. Re=tard influence from Austin is the only thing i can tell you. I don’t even go to Austin. We call it wierdsville.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:54pmHe talks like the losing loser he became last night, when he LOST.
All the WINNERS were in the same race and he had his chance, he talked real ‘perty when he was still in spittin’ range of Io-Way! Now he is whining. I wonder if he is Bi-polar or just Bi.
TEA
Report Post »IndependentIowan
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:15pmLizard, it takes MORE to vote in the Iowa caucus than to vote. I had to show my DRIVER’S LICENSE, be a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, and sign in. It is EASIER to simply vote. Bye Bye Mr. Perry. Sour grapes???
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:35pmRick, Rick. Rick…. Come on bro, i really do like you, but im sorry, i cringe for you every time your behind a podium, speaking to a group of ten or more, just go back and look at your speech in NH a few weeks ago ! If you were’nt drunk, then you were on some really stong cold medicine, im sorry, but that other deal in the debate, where u had a massive Brain Fart…. Omg, look , i dont think i could physically take four years of weird speeches and blank stares… And i really do think your a greAt guy…. Its just not meant to be…. And who in the hell is running the great state of Texas, while you jog around the nation??? Seriously…..
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:50pmuhhhh HELLO??? That would be the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR of Texas *wink
Report Post »Grey Eagle
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:58pmThe video of that speech you were referring to was edited by the media that filmed it. It was admitted later. The voting process in Iowa does NOT include all the voters. Just the ones who can get to a caucus. A bigger voter turn out is usual in most states. So you don’t like Perry, well after all Iowa gave most of the votes to Romney and Ron Paul. From where I am standing, that tells me a lot about Iowa. Perry is used to something different in a voting process. If he got the nomination and you did not want to vote for him, you could vote for Obama and we know how that would turn out.
Report Post »IndependentIowan
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:33pmThe fools are those of you that actually believe the Iowa caucus is open in any way shape or form. I had to be a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, show my driver’s license and sign in. Do you have to show ID to vote??? You SHOULD, but you don’t. It would have been easier for Dems to VOTE in a PRIMARY than to vote at our caucuses in Iowa. You “good Republicans” can bash fellow Republicans all you want, but when you do, you only make yourself look foolish. Guess the Dem’s dont have a monopoly on fools!!! I am prepared to VOTE for ANYONE BUT OBAMA.
Report Post »major11
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:30pmNow he’s calling the Iowa process quirky! Good Lord, go back to Texas!! You, your spandex, and your senior moments are NOT what we need right now. BTW, you’ve been a governor of Texas 10 years, right? You mean to tell me we are that stupid to not know you have some “insider” connections. Get real, buddy! You got some TARP money too, didn’t you? Your heart may be in the right place, but I really don’t think you have a chance. I could be wrong, but go ahead and spend that warchest of donor money in SC. It won’t do you a bit of good, in my view.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:27pmI say poor loser.. you and Newt… My opinion is this,, both of them sound just like Obama, “it‘s Bush’s fault” it everybodies fault but their own.. By making the remarks they do only hurts themelves.. I don’t want to vote for a cry baby, I have had enough of the crybaby we already have in the WH..
Report Post »NILAP
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:14pmNutball Perry working to get Romney elected. Go back to the Alamo.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:49pmNo throwing trash in our Alamo OK???
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:09pmTrash?????????????????
////////////////////////////////////////
Gov Rick Perry
The ONLY Candidate In This Race Who {{{ VOLUNTEERED }}} To Serve His Country…
And is supported by BRAVE VETERANS thru the Veterans For Perry Coalition
http://blog.4president.org/2012/2011/12/gov-rick-perry-announces-veterans-for-perry-coalition.html
A President Of Honor…
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/user/RPerry2012#p/u/18/ypXu2IU68CU
elosogrande
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:14pmQuirky? Perry didn’t watch the game films. Every time he opened his mouth, he made a fool of himself. The guy is a dolt. Someone else is pulling the strings in Texas. This guy doesn’t have it.
Get him out of sight, before he makes everyone believe that all Republicans are as stupid as he is.
Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:57pm@Clara88
Well said!
Was meant for you! ;)
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:59pmThanks :)
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:03pmLet’s see how many votes he gets in VA. i’ve changed my mind Paul does not need his endorsment.
Report Post »Good Bye. i’ll wait and see how SC treats him
Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:13pmRon Paul should be worried about those young kids sending Tweets….*wink
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:19pmhey clara, what do you have against free speech and humor? freedom of speech and thought is a good thing. We don’t need PC police. If fact i thank Perry for his insights VA is for lovers :)
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 3:07pmCircledWagons…hey….notice my wink??????? I love humor AND GOD BLESS Free Speech and our Beloved Constitution…. :)))
Perry For President
Report Post »http://www.rickperry.org/
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:56pmNot a good time to have thin skin; I‘m sure it’s frustrating but one must carry on.
Anyone but Obama 2012
Report Post »Tex Expatriate
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:56pmThose comments may not endear Perry to Iowa Republicans, a bunch of fools who permit essentially open caucuses, but they endear me to Perry for saying what needed to be said. There aint much worth much in Iowa except a couple of college football teams and the College World Series—or is that somewhere else?
Anyone want to bet about the Iowa farmers being on the government dole to profit from the absurdly wasteful and useless corn-dependent ethanol fuel?
Report Post »IronSights
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:27pmWow, you may want to do your homework before make an ignorant statement.
Report Post »janmil200
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:49pmDon’t see what is so upsetting about what he said. I have had questions about the Iowa process and it does seem kind of loosy-goosy. Anyone can come in from wherever, dems and repubs alike? I am a political neophyte and have a lot to learn.
Report Post »Champ
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:38pmI voted in Iowa last night. Yes, anybody can come in, but you have to prove you live in the district, and you have to either be on the list of registered republicans, or register as a republican on-site in order to get a ballet. I had to register since I was previously registered as “No Party” (as in Independent). I cast my vote for Santorum, and then I‘m pretty sure I’m going to change my party affiliation back to independent. Not a huge fan of republicans, too progressive!
our precinct had record turnout, and Romney won ours. He also won our county (Dallas Co.)
Sad that if 9 more people could have come out to vote for Santorum, he would have won. those who would have voted for Bachmann would have been able to put themselves behind Santorum, that would have put him over the top…. But, that’s not how things work.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:40pmI agree – it is just plain dumb!
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:45pmIts pretty pathetic to blame your loss on the voters instead of your inability to debate. That’s right, Mr. Obama…..errrrr…..i mean Perry, it’s never your fault. Let’s blame everyone else. Grow up and go back to Texas!
Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:43pmI can understand what he is saying.. How great of a process is this if we have democrats temporarily registering as republicans to vote? Why would we want those people voted for by democrats to be voted into office? Isn’t that showing who the person truly is that we could potentially be voting for? Makes perfect sense what he said to me!
Report Post »walkyrie
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:58pmThank you again Lisa! That is correct – he was criticizing the process in Iowa, NOT the voters per se. Well, maybe the agente provocateurs inserted in the process dilute and garble up the republican caucus.
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:40pmHe’s RIGHT. He was referring to all of the DEMOCRATS that were there voting last night…NOT the Republicans…when he said REAL REPUBLICANS…..geeeshhh
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:46pmPerry For President
http://www.rickperry.org/
Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:47pmWell said!
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:30pmSantorum>>Was A Senator
Newt>Was Speaker Of The House
Paul>Congressman
Romney>His HealthCare Plan Was The Blue Print For ObamaCare And Obama WILL Thank Him For THAT At EVERY Debate
Gov.Perry has NEVER served in Washington. He TRULY IS a Washington Outsider and THAT is WHAT the TeaParty Conservatives Have Been FIGHTING For!!! We WANT and NEED NEW BLOOD in Washington! Someone To FIGHT For US…..WE THE PEOPLE!!!!
Like Gov Rick Perry Says….If Washington IS the problem…then why trust those who have been IN Washington to FIX the problem???? I AGREE!!!
http://www.rickperry.org/
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:52pmClara…I live in Texas. I have to live under thew laws that Rick THE DICK Perry has forced on us. Believe me, you DO NOT want that re-tard for president. He is a lying sack of manure.
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:16pmGov Perry is IN it to WIN it…get used to it.
Gov Rick Perry WILL BE the NEXT PRESIDENT of the United States
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IndependentIowan
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:29pmClara, you, like Mr. Perry are simply wrong. It would be EASIER for a Dem to VOTE in a primary than in our caucus. You need to be a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, SHOW YOUR ID, and sign in. Voting that easy where you live??? You know it isn’t. I suggest you find a new candidate, because Perry is TOAST. “ooops”.
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:32pmBADDOGGY
Report Post »Compared to that candidate that YOU support…you know Ron Paul the congressman ALSO from your GREAT STATE OF TEXAS…the congressman that has supported 600 bills and ONLY 1 has passed??
Clara88
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:40pmINDEPENDENTIOWAN…
No Thanks…Gov Rick Perry….IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT
http://www.youtube.com/user/RPerry2012#p/a/u/0/4IBUNh0llpY
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 12:12pmOh so you want to vote for a Democrat? A Democrat that headed the Al Gore Presidential committee for Texas? I see, you are not for saving the republic are you.
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 3:14pmYes…Gov Rick Perry did support Al Gore …………..BACK IN THE 80′s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2081596-1,00.html
Texas was NOT a republican state when Rick Perry was running for office. It is NOW..and that is ALL thanks to Gov Rick Perry. :))
Perry For President
Report Post »http://www.rickperry.org/
Socialist Pride
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:39pmMaybe elections should be suspended until we get out of this economic situation. Changing horses every 4 or 8 years is just slowing us down. Zig Zagging our way to recovery. Let’s get behind our leader and Socialize this country.
Report Post »JawaJam
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:14pmI really hope you are just kidding
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:38pmI can’t say I disagree with his comments. Iowa is apparently clueless. Nearly 60,000 people voted for the Romney machine and the joke that is Ron Paul. Pretty much tells me all I need to know about Iowa! Come south Mr. Perry. We get it down here!
Report Post »IsthisheavennoIowa
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:55pmIf you were really paying attention, you would have noticed that Rick Santorum came in 2nd, not Ron Paul. I do agree, however, that the pull for Ron Paul in Iowa is frightenly strong.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:14pmother than voting for romney and obama, Iowa is a great state. if the caucus system is so messed up why did Perry waste his time and money?
Report Post »Socialist Pride
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:37pmAll this is ‘Primary’ stuff is great for the local economies. But we all know who is going to win 2012. 4 more years!
Report Post »ExpertShot
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:43pmI have one question for you socialist pride….if, God forbid, he’s re-elected…are you prepared to be one of the first to have a bullet put in your brain because your “useful idiotness” is no longer needed? Just a question for you to ponder….look at history…it’s folks like you who ALWAYS get the first bullet.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:43pm@EXPERTSHOT
Report Post »Wow, if I were you I’d lay off the Kool-aid for a little while. Oh and by the way, your team completely blew it and Obama is almost assuredly going to win re-election. You had an almost slam-dunk shot but are going to be lucky to even hit the rim. Thank God.
gmoneytx
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:37pmPoor guy, he must have read the instructions wrong…It does not say open mouth insert foot!
Report Post »tbacct
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:33pm“Quirky” is a good word to describe the Iowa caucus process. However, given Perry’s affinity for gaffes, it is probably best he not describe an entire population as such. That said, I’m glad he is pushing forward into South Carolina as Romney and anti-Romney, aka Santorum, are poor choices to change Washington from the inside and Newt is alienating potential voters now that his true (read: vitriolic) self is coming out. Huntsman is irrelevant.
Report Post »tbacct
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:36pmOh, I almost forgot Ron Paul, everyone’s favorite crazy old uncle with the idiotic foreign policy views. Further comment not necessary.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:56pmPerhaps they should make sure the new revisionist history books teach our kids that G. Washington’s foreign policy was idiotic too.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:11pm@justangry
Report Post »Oh yes, George Washington’s policy on nuclear technology in the hands of madmen were identical to those of Ron Paul. I think Thomas Jefferson had similar views on nuclear weapons also.
justangry
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:01pmNo, the principle is still the same. When people in the Bronze Age started whipping up on those still using sticks, the people with sticks wanted bronze weapons. When people with bronze swords got ran over by calvary, they copied it. When gunpowder was used militarily, the people who realized they were outgunned wanted the same technology, and so on. How is that any different? We are only country to deploy a nuclear weapon on another country. Are we not? Have our awesome and patriotic servicemen not been fooled into bullying lesser nations under the guise of democracy? How many countries have we invaded in the past 50 years or so vs. the number of countries Iran has invaded? (Note, not badmouthing any of our troops, just the dicks who lied to them) I just can’t help thinking about our policy and how crazy it is. In 93 we started enforcing the no fly zone in Yugoslavia. I remember being on the boat wondering what are we doing? I just didn’t understand it. I mean, I wish I could have been in the meeting where Clinton and his peeps were saying… “Hey these people are killing one another, what shall we do?…. Ew ew ew I know, let’s bomb the snot out of them!” You just can’t go indiscriminately bombing countries around the world and expect them not to resent it.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:25pmBe careful Justangry. Logic gets you nowhere in these parts.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:27pmHe is probably right but not too bright to alienate voters???
Report Post »Simonne
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:31pmI have to agree with you. He should have just gone to SC & keep his mouth shut.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:34pmRick is not all about image after all,too bad kinda like the guy
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:38pmAgree!
Kind of puts .. “sore loser” in the mind.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:47pmSometimes its better to bite your tongue instead of opening your mouth. He just pi$$ed off a whole lot of people.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:30pmI was going to say the same thing.
Suppose he comes back and wins the nod… how does this help him win Iowa in November?
Report Post »Grey Eagle
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:07pmI don’t think any of you voted for him, but voted for Ron Paul, Romney and Santorum. I recognize Ron Pauls talking points on some of these comments. If there is high unemployment in your states, Perry is the guy with the big jobs history. The other candidates. Nah. Perry was not bashing the voters, just the Dems that change to Republican to vote and the general process, which is a little strange.
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