Rick Perry Admits: ‘Debates Are Not My Strong Suit’
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has been criticized for being less-than-stellar in his interactions with other GOP presidential candidates, made a surprising admission to reporters following Tuesday night’s debate.
“Debates are not my strong suit,” he told journalists. The presidential contender made the statement after visiting nearly 100 members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house directly following the two-hour Bloomberg debate:
Interestingly, while addressing the fraternity, Perry also made a pretty embarrassing historical error. MSNBC explains:
The Texas governor was comparatively energetic at his stop at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on the Dartmouth College campus, taking questions on energy policy, Social Security, and states rights.
But he stumbled in his answer to a young woman‘s question about states’ rights; Perry said that one of the “reasons we fought the revolution in the 16th century was to get away from that kind of onerous crown.”
Here’s the video:
In addressing this verbal misstep, Mediaite’s Alex Alvarez writes, “Sometimes, perhaps because they are nervous or impassioned or high on adrenaline, politicians get their facts wrong. It’s embarrassing, certainly, but they’re mostly human beings, and these things happen.”
Embarrassing, indeed. But verbal flubs aren’t uncommon among politicians. Remember, these men and women are likely sleep-deprived, as they travel the nation in an effort to convince Americans that they’re uniquely qualified to take on the nation’s problems.
(H/T: National Journal)
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Comments (116)
clockwatcher
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:00pmI have an idea, have an illegal debate for you. You lost my support weeks ago.
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:08pmHe has lost most conservatives support. According to http://www.thedailycandidate.com, he is now more unpopular than Palin. Though they may be conservatives that sinks a candidacy.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:55pmIt was the 16th Century, the 1700s are the 16th. The 1900s were the 20th Century and 20000 is the 21st. 0000 is the First.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:55pmWe don’t need a Biden-clone running for President. “Stand up, Chuck!”
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:22pmTeamarcheson,
Are you joking? It is hard to tell on here. I really hope you are joking.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:44pmtough titty..pres. must also walk on water..
Report Post »HD Veteran
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:46pmHe’s like a polished turd.
No RINO’s !
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:51pmWo wo wo, Marcheson-
Report Post »Here’s a simple rule i have lived by since the 14th century (1300′s):
Take the “century” and subtract 1, and you have the first 2 digits.
Example: 14th century – subtract 1 from 14 = 13 hundreds – 1301 forward
21st century – subtract 1 = 20 hundreds ie, 2000 forward etc.
Though I’m confident you were messing, it was a bit tough to grasp for me as a young buck.
Just trying to help. Perry flamed on this, no getting around it.
Steve
godhead
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 6:38pmteachmenothing . . .try again.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 6:46pmGo back to Texas, Perry and do what you do best – pander to the Mexicans. That did it finally, for me. First, it was his meddling to offer that drug to young girls. That was just the beginning of my thinking how he would be as a President – very controlling. Then, I found out about his giving a major discount to illegal immigrants and I almost went berserk. There are so many American young people who want desperately to go to college and that discount could have HELPED THEM. First, ILLEGALS ARE BREAKING THE LAW, so what I saw was Perry REWARDING LAW-BREAKERS, no matter how he sugar-coats it.
Perry is NOT a good presidential quality person to be in the WH. HE IS A MODERATE and why in the world would we want a MODERATE. It is just 2 steps up from the Progressives. Do you all really believe he would be different that Obama? NOT BY MUCH. Different package, same bow.
I like Cain, a stand firm candidate. I do not care that he worked for the Fed and I don’t care that he liked someone who headed up the Fed years ago. To disarm and disband the FED is absolutely the worst thing we can do RIGHT NOW. Maybe later we can look into it, but in 2012, with the economy as fragile as it is, IT WOULD CREATE A VERY REAL CRISIS LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN. Eliminating an agency in the govt MUST be a gradual thing.
Cain has the right ideas. He is NOT a moderate. He is a true conservative, yet he is not a RADICAL conservative like Ron Paul.
Report Post »bolsen00
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:56pmIsupportIsrael—Perry has truly unraveled. The big point being made when he announced for president was that he has never lost an election. That’s really made me wonder what the heck is going on in Texas? I just know it’s wrong to support Cain with no executive experience for the presidency, it’s too big a disaster. Cain truly doesn‘t even know what he’s asking for, he‘s applying for a job he doesn’t have the first clue about. Christy said it right yesterday…it’s too important to have a president with executive experience who understands how to use executive power, not a legislator trying to figure out how to use executive power…Cain doesn’t even have experience as an executiveorna legislator. As unprepared and unqualified for president as Obama has been Cain is even more so. Some important points were also made last night about his tax plan. It would be very difficult to get states to agree to a national sales tax, and it’s not a good idea to open another pipeline of money going to Washington that they can use to hit us over the head with. Bachmann pointed out that a tax was set up to help fund the Spanish American War and until recently that tax was still in place. What happens is Washington will over time up that tax on us and never get rid of it. Santorum asked the audience last night to raise their hands if they would support a national sales tax and not one hand went up. There’s no way Cain will ever be able to get that tax plan passed.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:02pmRick Perry..you are absolutely one of the most striking men that I have ever seen..You could certainly win a Hunk of the Year contest…but you would be better off running for the President of Mexico.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 1:25pm“i‘m not good at this talkin’ stuff, or this debatin’ stuff.”
mitt romney has the nomination. deal with it, its over. here comes our mormon president. yuck.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:56pmI don‘t think it is any worse to allow an illegal instate tuition in some states than to allow a program nationwide paying for all of one race’s college fund, like the Negroe Colle Fund. That ticks me off and I would be called racist for feeling that way. All things entirely for one race should not be allowed in America, such as the CBC, NAACP, and more, but will stop there before I get any angrier….lol. Wonder if Cain would be willing to put an end to that, I bet not. If he would say he would, as well as the Federal Reserve and put it in writing I might vote for him. Otherwise, I will stick to a true conservative that treats all Americans the same.
Report Post »Jefferson
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:08pmPerry doesn’t even know how to pronounce Keynesian Economics, much less understand the difference between it and the Austrian School. He is not only dumb, but arrogant. I can’t anyone I would rather have further away from control of our armed services.
Report Post »My vote goes for who got more money from the troops than ALL of the others COMBINED, NOT who got the most money from lobbyists.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/jul/23/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-members-military-have-given-him-far-/
thx1138v2
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:35pmI’m male. I’m white. I’m not gay. I’m not underpriveledged. Can you imagine the wrath if we started a “Normal Bisexual White Guy’s” political party?
My sole problem with Cain is that he has no voting record. Office holders are exempt from prosecution for the acts they perform while in office unless it is by the Congress and you see how far that has gone with Obama. Without a voting record it’s hard to judge what someone will do once in that position .
Political campaigns are also exempt from truth in advertising laws. So even if he puts it in writing it doesn’t mean anything.
Don’t get me wrong. I like what Cain says and how he says it but it’s a political campaign so he can say anything. That doesn’t necessarily indicate what he will do once in office.
And who will he bring to office with him? It’s not a one man show. It takes ateam to get anything done in D.C.
So for now I’m a Bachmann fan because she has a voting record with which I largely agree and she has some D.C, experience.
I‘m looking into Santorum but haven’t finished that yet.
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:51pm1576…..1776… what difference does it make…..
Report Post »we don’t pay any attention to it now, anyway!
i‘m waiting for o’bummer to apologize to the british for that whole “mis-understanding.”
timeout
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:29pmwe the people have an attention span of 15 minutes, max. we want someones to tell us who to vote for. i don’t want a performer! i want the person who has substance. i don’t believe in these debates. they do little for edification of the voter, a lot for the hosts and media idiots, and those trying to dominate our minds with their propaganda about who is the most “electable”.
b.s.! if one would spend the time to research each of these people they would find out all they need to know about each. if you are a conservative, how can you support romney, johnson, huntsman in the primary? these men are conservative. as a matter of fact they are pretty much liberals with an r after their names.
santorum, bachman, newt, cain, perry are conservatives. there is NO perfect conservative. but to call mitt romney and chris christie conservative is to grossly mislead the public! they are not even moderates.
i agree: perry does not debate. but listen to his comments after the debate. i have found the best way to “know” a candidate is not listen to the pundits (and that includes krauthammer, hume, etc), or the debates. do some homework. check the rightscoop for links to perry comments.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:28pmWell strong speeches don’t always mean a good president…just take a look at what we have. One of the reasons Cain speaks so well is bc he spent his career concentrating on it…look at his books. BTW, Cain’s mentor was a very progressive politician, Jack Kemp. Don’t forget one of our best was a democrat befoe he was a republican, Ronald Reagan. I had rather one be a democrat first and see the light than be a republican and progress to the left. Perry is stronger on illegals than any other candidate. Most of you really don’t know him. He only says educate the kids that have lived here 3 years bc he doesn’t want them uneducated and living off of taxpayers all their lives. If they didn‘t get a little help they wouldn’t be able to go to school period. That is only Texas, not the US he imposed a law in. If Obama would help crack down on illegals he wouldn’t have to be concerned about educating them. Plus, he didn’t come up with that law..it was voted on in his state and passed with an outstanding vote. If you rule out Perry bc he doesn’t have a voice of a dictator, you may make a big mistake. He is someone I could truthfully respect, unlike what we have that I have to pretend to my grandchildren that I think you should respect our president. Sad to lie to your grandchildren…that is why I wished congress had the guts to impeach him so they could see what happens when a president discovers he is not above the law. I haven’t heard much from Cain but 999 and criticism o
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:42pmYour right strong speeches don’t mean good presidents but this spells out a lose against Obama. His son came out all proud that his Dad got the sleep he needed, which was the excuse last time. Sadly the sleep did not work.
Look for example, Romney basically swatted away a question asked by Perry as a no threat attack. ( http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/romney_perry_romneycare.html ) Romney is his opponent right now, how can he stand up to Obama if he can’t stand up to Romney.
Now according to thedailycandidate.com Perry is more unpopular with the nation than Palin. He nmay be a good conservative but he may not be right for President. He can stay a strong governor though.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:52pmWhile I detest Rick Perry down to the very air he breathes, I never thought there would come a time in this country, when I would wish for a good old fashioned crook like him to be President, rather than the evil dictator we have now……However, I’m still holding out hope we can get someone elected that might actually have a slight shred of honesty and decency in them.
Report Post »bolsen00
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:27pmThe other thing that most don’t get about educating illegals is that after 100,000 dollars in discounts, what you get is an illegal with a degree who can’t be hired anywhere and is still living on the government dole. They eventually take that education we paid for to another country and we’ve benefitted nothing. My comments on Cain are posted above. Romney is the real deal. The liberal democrats try to paint him as someone not conservative. The republican party is going to have to learn to trust somebody again. Now’s the time. I worked with Romney to run the Olympic games from 1999-2002. He saved the state of Utah and returned their honor to them. Utah had been shattered and had lost their trust…Mitt came in and said that we have a mess and when the family vehicle is broken down, we all have to get out and push. He voiced that it would take 30,000 volunteers to run the Olympic games and there was no money, and that meant years of work leading up to the games. He earned our trust, so the people came forward to help. He took not one penny for years of work, just like us. The Games became the most successful in history because he finished building the venues and ran the Games leaving a massive surplus of money because he went out and personally recruited big name donors when there were none. He managed everything beautifully and left Utah in the best shape they had ever been in, setting up a perfect situation for John huntsman. Romney was honest and honorabl
Report Post »The_Constitutionalist
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:23pmNothing is Perry’s strong suit. He represents the status quo.
Report Post »Ron Paul 2012!
JRook
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:31pmThat and big oil, Koch Bros., and any number of other large corporate interests. His so called accomplishments in Texas don’t really translate into improving the opportunities and lives of the average citizen.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:57pmYou know, when you think EVERYBODY but Ron Paul “represents the status quo”, the phrase pretty much loses it’s meaning.
I know you Paulies use the leftist style tactic of trashing the candidates one at a time so it will look like you just don’t like that particular candidate but we all know you say the same thing about all of them.
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:18pmWell, sometimes we have to admit it. Truth hurts.
But I’d rather be hurt by the truth, than comforted by a lie.
The simple truth is, ALL of the other candidates DO represent the status quo!
From Illegals-R-Us Perry, to RINOmney, to the Tax Collector, to Federal Reserve Chairman Herman Cain, they are ALL representative of what is wrong with this country.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:10pmQPWILLIE – “I know you Paulies use the leftist style tactic of trashing the candidates one at a time so it will look like you just don’t like that particular candidate but we all know you say the same thing about all of them.”
Actually, the tactic of generalizing those individuals who you do not have a similar idology with would be a “leftist” tactic. To speak in your language, this “paulie” does not engage in any such tacticts.
Report Post »mjhoman
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:14pmI for one, think Perry is a bit arrogant. I thought I was going to like him in the beginning when I heard he was from Texas. But after watching his performance, his actions, and knowing that he passed that bill to force young women into vacinations for ovarying cancer, as they are now in California… I do not trust this guy one bit. He seems like a con artist. I believe in preventative medicine, but I also believe in freedom of choice. This matter is like forced Obama healthcare. I for one, do not trust medical science and big pharma today as it is a big industry that has been trying to manipulate everyone into seeing them as the “Know It Alls” for our health, yet we have more illnesses and disease, including cancers than we ever did in history. We have been played by these so-called professionals/care givers. Wake up people! This has been slowly happening to us through many of our professionas and organizations. I do not say this to promote protestors or anything like that, it is just the plain honest truth. Perry and most of the clowns running are in it for the money and power, not to fix anything. It’s a rigged game. I believe the truth is making its way to many more people, and that is another reason to take us over and re-educate us. Some of are getting too smart for their own good.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:48pmA bit arrogant. If you removed this guys ego his suit would be empty for sure. He is a stand in, puppet for the Texas wealthy at best.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:23pmMJ- ” bill to force young women into vacinations for ovarying cancer, as they are now in California”
Can you please post the bill code for this? I’m pretty active in California state politics & I can’t seem to find this legislation.
Report Post »ImissW
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:11pmHere’s the thing about Rick Perry: he will end our immigration problem, which will in turn end some of the unemployment problems & crime problems … he will not encourage spending trillions on “green” projects but will start the process of making us energy independent using our own resources … he will support states’ rights which will ease the Medicare/Medicaid problems … he will stand up to foreign terrorists & the UN … he will protect gun rights … he will bring jobs back & keep taxes low … so I don’t care if he uses sign language when he debates because debating is NOT the most important skill a President needs … & if he gets the nomination he can then get INTENSIVE debate training for dealing with Obama. Conservatives need to stop looking at the WAY he delivers his message & start listening to what his message IS! Please consider this before we kill off the best leadership hope we have over a stupid issue like how well he debates.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:17pmHe will end our immigration problem how??? Annex Mexico.
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:24pmThen why didn’t he just simply say that? Instead, he says we have no heart because we don‘t want to fund illegal’s $100,000.00 college education. Cheesh, no one paid for me to go to college. I couldn’t! I came from a large family …….no one paid for my college classes one at a time which took 20 years but me! Now…..I’m working and I have to pay for illegals to go? He doesn’t get it anymore than any liberal gets it. That IS the concern.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:29pmPaying for Illegal Aliens to attend Texas Schools… and opposing a Boarder Fence… fixes what problem? He blows with the Wind!
Report Post »GiveNotTake
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:22pm@Grace1798…The Texas DreamAct isn‘t ’free tuition” for illegals. All it allows is for the children of illegals who have lived in Texas for at least 3 years, graduated from a Texas high school and on the path to citizenship the in-state tuition rate. It isn‘t ’free tuition‘ AND Texas’ colleges and universities are paid for with sales tax revenue…a tax that EVERYONE pays. I live in Texas and I’d much rather have an educated illegal on the path to citizenship than a dumb cluck one living off the bean the FEDERAL government requires that we give them…
Report Post »AmericanDogMan
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 10:02amAll good points!! Thank you for some sanity!!
If the media circled 1/10 of the wagons around Perry they circle around Romney; he wouldn’t seem so bad!! His debates weren‘t great but Romney’s blatant lying was awful!!
And then the rest of the republican party supporting one guy who thinks the states can take your liberty(romney) or a national sales tax(cain) no wonder the dems in congress are looking better and better in the polls!! news flash people are afraid of there states too (parking tickets and redlights and HOA, Jim Crow) What a bad message! Elect someone that says Freedom but except from what i want you to do!
People are wondering what the hell is going on!
Perry didn’t give illegals anything, the children live in the state they are in the process of getting citizenship they get in state tuition! If you guys fall for this media destruction of Perry; you deserve what you get 4 more years of Obama Heavy (Mitt Romney the progressive trojan horse)!!
Don’t be bigots Perry will enforce the border and illegal immigration laws. One policy in favor of children getting in state tuition in the state they live in; is nothing to get upset about! It’s not free money, hell it cost a lot more than that to teach them from k-12! Which the supreme court says you have to do!
Cain wouldn‘t repeal DADT and won’t sign pledge defending traditional marriage and ROMNEY will just appoint judges to promote the gay agenda! And Ron Paul will make us look weak internati
Report Post »TheCalvinistPastor
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:04pmDebating is one of my hobbies. One thing to keep in mind when it comes to debating, one must have a core set of values to draw from [no matter what their position] the moment you debate to please a crowd or to win the debate, you have put yourself at a severe disadvantage.
Report Post »When it comes to politics, the temptation to please the crowd amplifies. Debating comes natural when you have a core set of values, and think through them, and yes, take yourself out of your own worldview and challenge them.
When people have problems in a debate it really comes down to a couple things: 1- They do not have a strong value sytem 2- they have not challenged their viewpoints 3- Their values are based on popular opinion
countryfirst
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:59pmThat’s Ok Rick, our current POTUS is an empty suit.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:58pmThis is a shame. In the political arena the ability to debate well is essential, especially as a candidate for the Presidency. One must be able to stand and defend a point of view and articulate it well in order to gain agreement and overcome opposition. Otherwise, your opponents (foreign or domestic) are going to walk all over you verbally or worse. This along with some of his stances such as on illegals’ entitlements bother me quite a bit.
In the arena of debates, in spite of his past, Newt Gingrich has proven to be a REAL winner and his intellect and wit are second to none providing him with a VERY sharp sword as mighty as the pen!
Mr. Cain also manages himself VERY well and the best part is his lack of having lost his “Cherry’ to having held office and being savaged by the endless legions of lobbyists, special interests and back room deals that have taken their toll on many of the others such as Romney, Huntsman or even Paul.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:01pmOops! …Almost forgot!!!
ANY one of them, including Alfred E. Neuman are a much better choice than Obozo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:38pmOld Newt is beginning to look real good.
Report Post »LinkedIn G
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:57pmAnybody but Obama
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:03pmAmen!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:56pmLet’s see… Perry was a Democrat… supported Al Gore and Global Warming… supported Clinton”s HealthCare proposal… vrs Romney… who supports Global Warming… and his MassCare! Who‘s who and what’s the difference? Progressives attempting to take over the Conservative Party!
Report Post »Grey Eagle
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:40pmPerry supported Al Gore in 1988. Gore was not peddling Global Warming then. Governor Perry became a Republican next year. He has always been a conservative. He currently has teams on the border, which is 1200 miles. He has asked for boots on the ground, and aviation assets, which Obama has refused. TX catches them and ICE releases them. Securing the borders is a federal responsibility, which Obama ignores. Perry is a social, fiscal conservative, defense hawk and good friend to Israel. He is the one Obama fears the most. Republicans you may have ensured that Obama wins. Romney is another Obama.
Report Post »justthefactsmaam11
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:52pmWhat about all the mistakes our “brilliant” current president has made? Remember the 57 states, for example? And the Special Olympics comments? And many others? Lay off Perry…everyone makes mistakes, but the MSM just focuses on those made by Republicans.
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:00pmThe way to beat Obama is to be better than he is, which isn’t going to take much lol.
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:51pmperry is so pathetically bad that even the texas ILLEGALS that he coddles with taxpayer money probably won’t support him for president.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:59pmHe’s the most handsome in his looks and demeanor and has the most beautiful eyes of anyone though.The perfect combination of masculine good looks exuding strength and tenderness.That Romney is your typical big phony slick politician!Can’t you see that?
Report Post »Bumpire
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:09pm@ Rose-Ellen
Looks played a big part in 2008 and look where that got us. Start looking at candidates for their views, policies and ideas, not just their looks.
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:39pmI’m fairly certain Rose-Ellen was typing tongue-in-cheek, pointing out that people like Perry for his presence, rather than the substance of his positions (which, like Romney or Cain, is utterly lacking.)
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:51pmAs a historian, I can forgive the ‘16th century’ flub. We number centuries based on the timeline of history, so the Twentieth-century was also the 1900s. You have to go up if you’re thinking of the years (say the 1700s) and call it the Eighteenth-century. He got it backwards and went down, saying the Sixteenth-century, instead of the Eighteenth. It’s not an easy concept for students to grasp at times either, so I can understand his confusion, especially in the middle of a debate. That being said, Perry really is a terrible debater.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:12pmYes, I too cut him a break on that flub. Many don’t instinctively know how to convert from calendar years to successive enumerations. And few but history students have much experience refering to any century other than the 20th, so they have no habitual memory in that area. If you asked someone which century Columbus sailed the ocean you might get it answered as the 14th century, because it was 1492.
Still, he’s running out of time to show his strong suit, besides the one he fills out.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:23pmI think it was a pretty dumb error, but to hi s cr3edit at least he is willing to admit he made a mistake, something that a lot of politicians hate to do so much that they will make bigger fools of themselves trying to avoid. If, for example, Sarah Palin had made the same flub, she probably would have later tried to claim that she was really talking about the 1549 Kett’s Rebellion in Norfolk.
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:50pmLast thing we is someone who Obama will make look like a fool during an National debate.
It’s a shame Newt is such an unlikable person (you either love him or hate him) because he could blow Obama away in a debate given the chance.
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:04pmunbelievable: As I have watched all of the debates, Newt Gingrich is the only one that does truly look and sound presidential. Watching Newt debate Obama would be priceless! LOL
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:06pmMary… Newt has a brilliant political mind and I think he could out debate just about anyone. I think he knows he is not going to get the nomination and is staying in basically to make sure the media is not going to screw the crud out of all the candidates with all their “gotcha” questions. Notice how he keeps calling out the media when they try it? I truly think that’s what he is doing which of course is brilliant!
Report Post »redbone007
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:49pmTo mind at looking at Perry, he is a version of Bush. Not a good talker but a good American. I did not vote for Bush (I voted democrat all my life, except for Obama) but over the years I grown to respect Bush. I was looking at Cain and Michelle being I am black and a woman. I have changed my mind for Perry because I think we need another Bush in 2012.
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:35pmI’m sorry… looking only at Cain (presumably because he’s black,) and Bachman (presumably because she’s a woman,) because you are a black woman?
Those are the important things? Race and Sex? Really?
But now you want to fall back to a more comfortable position with Bush.
Have you not actually looked at what’s going on around you?
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:48pmWe only want someone to get the future history right, we will forgive them for not knowing all about the past. The only reason our founding fathers were sure to get it right is bc they were living it and what we want to avoid is reliving their mistakes of the past if all possible. I noticed in the debate he knew how many states we have, so that was a plus. I really like Rick Perry, seems to be a well-rounded guy to me.
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:31pm“Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” — Voltaire
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:33pmAlso, the Founding Fathers knew how to set up our Republic, because they had studied all the previous political systems the Western world had to offer, from before Greece to their time.
Our system was not born of a single moment in history, but from insights gained from all that went before it.
Report Post »CameronJohnson
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:48pmNice article
Report Post »Matrix22
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:47pmCertainly any one of the candidates would be better than Obama, but if you can’t handle yourself in a debate or in front of an audience, than maybe you should look for another line of work…
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:45pmWhich means, If he cannot take that pressure, it‘s obvious he can’t stand up to worse as President. That’s how I see it. We need someone who can think on their feet.
Report Post »GERATMO
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:44pmPerry in not very bright in my mind. I cant trust him being POTUS.
Report Post »STFU
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:07pmBased on the spelling in your post, maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to judge. Just sayin’.
Report Post »GERATMO
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:54pmI misspelled a word, big deal. I get sick of people questioning others intelligence based upon a typo. And saying “ just saying” is getting old.
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:06pmShut the —- up
Report Post »Spelling and grammar monitors, i guess everything you do is perfect.
Espada
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:36pmAnd it’s “… TO my mind… .”
Not IN your mind.
Tell us more about how you assess a successful governor !
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:40pmBeing President is not a strong suit either.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:40pmPerhaps running for President is not your strong suit either.
Report Post »trickball
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:28pmDitto! If Gov. Perry can‘t summarize his job’s strategy then it makes your wonder who is relaly behind the jobs growth in Texas.
Report Post »Jennifer_D
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 10:14pmHave to say I agree with you! Rick Perry is a RINO. Oven Mitt isn’t any better. :(
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