At least based on his interview with O’Reilly.
No, the Occupy Wall Streeters are not looking for jobs, Rick. They’re looking for a big paycheck to cash in on their worthless college degrees, if they even have them.
But even worse, knowing that you were going into that interview that you would be asked about the president’s comments about “Americans being lazy” and knowing that your commercial had taken him out of context, in that he was talking about us bringing in foreign investment, did you point out that in fact that the president was wrong, and that there has been abundant foreign investment in the US because much of the money has nowhere else to go?
No, you just double down on the stupid.
Here’s some advice Rick Perry. Either listen to your political advisers, or fire them. Because this was a huge blown opportunity.
I confess to being a former Perry supporter, and it’s things like this that turned me off him.
His “no heart” comment started it for me, but his bungling of the aftermath sealed the deal, as did his continual abysmal debate performances.
The story with Cain is similar for me; I looked favorably on him, until he proved his knack for planting his foot in his mouth at every opportunity.
Can’t these guys be at least marginally competent? Apparently not.
I don’t like Gingrich due to his history, management style, etc, but at the moment he’s the one in the race I dislike the least.
What history is that? Honest question, I don’t keep up with the gossip.
“At least based on his interview with O’Reilly.”
you go romney grrl
I had read that a lot of the Gingrich staff that abandoned him in the Summer went to Perry when Perry got in…. And I’m not so sure Perry is NOT listening to his advisors.
Palin went Rogue, Perry is went full on retard lol
Stuff like this is the true problem with Perry. Sadly, he’s actually a pretty good leader, because he tends not to act on his very bad instincts. When he has acted on his bad instincts, his been amenable to listening to others and changing his mind. But his instincts are bad, and when he voices them, its a horrible sight to see.
Am I the only one to have noticed that this emperor has no clothes?
From the very first debate, I could not understand why Perry was considered a “front runner” and it has been infuriating to see pundits and others continually promote and make excuses for him. Not only are his positions questionable (think in-state tuition for illegal aliens), his answers to questions are inarticulate and typically do not relate to what was being asked. His responses are like those of a pull-string doll–except that a pull-string doll is coherent.
Perry’s claim to fame is that he heads an economically successful state. But Texas has a conservative legislature and he just signs the bills they pass. Has he actually presented an idea that contributed to that state’s success for which he takes the credit, or is he along for the ride?
He is called a “true” conservative. But he plays into the left’s stereotype of conservatives being stupid, ignorant red-necks. In this respect his appearance on Letterman (Letterman!!!) was horrifying. He allowed Letterman to use him and it made republicans look like fools. The only thing missing during that appearance was a dunce cap.
Given what I’ve seen of Perry he is out of his league and I am forced to wonder how he amassed the millions he has from the big donors. Could it be that they support Perry because they believe he is someone they can influence? (Think Merck). Can they be the reason that Perry is being given pass after pass? I am baffled that Perry was ever considered presidential material and something has to account for him still being on GOP stage taking up precious time from the other candidates.
Has he actually presented an idea that contributed to that state’s success for which he takes the credit, or is he along for the ride?
No. In that way, he’s a lot like Matula.
As I posted before. The 1st and 2nd teams knows the Tea Party will ruin this election for the Republicans so that is why most of them are sitting it and letting the 3rd and 4th tier folks have a go at it.
Yep; remember how those damned Birchers brought about the Democrat landslide of 2010? Why, you can’t find a single person who’ll admit to being a conservative these days!
Akatsukami,
Yep. I know you won’t see any evidence on Rand’s blog but the voter remorse that has set in means many of those Tea Party candidates will be voted out in 2012. The voters have realized that the Tea Party is just the radical right in a new coat of paint.
Look to Ohio. Both the President Obama agenda (health insurance mandate) along with the Governor Kasich agenda (union busting) were rejected by 2:1 margins — in the same election.
The Left is going “Oh, the Humanity! Don’t those Ohio voters know that without the mandate we can’t fix health care?” whereas the Right is going “Oh those stupid, stupid Ohio voters! When they go bankrupt, the rest of us are not going to lift a finger to help them out!”
Look to Newt Gingrinch. Some short while ago he was supporting some form of individual health-care financial responsibility, maybe less like the Pelosi Affordable Health Care Act and maybe more like Welfare Reform, where the State recaptures AFDC money by throwing dads in debtor’s prison for failing to pay child support. Or like Medicaid, where if Grandpa received Medicaid to pay for his nursing home, the gummint will seek reimbursement from his estate.
And look to Newt Gingrinch, when he expressed a tiny sliver of skepticism regarding the Paul Ryan reforms, when he strayed that nanometer from the TEA Party Line, how his presidential ambitions were declared to be done, gone, and finished.
I have been saying that the Right Blogosphere has been misreading the 2010 election mandate since, oh, about February 2011. The amount of snark on this question is further support of my position, that the Right is holding strongly to a position that deep in our conscience there is a feeling we may be wrong, apart from some Cassandras (David Brooks, T. Matula, me) who are more vocal in warning about taking the wooden horse inside the city gates.
Look to the snark. Think the Iraq War, and Bush Derangement Syndrome, and the Left’s belief in the anti-war position. If they really believed in it without reservation or without regard to that position having negative consequences, you wouldn’t have seen the snark on the Left Blogosphere and on comment threads on the Right Blogosphere.
Lillian, what would Occam would say about the absense of voter’s remorse?
Canadian girlfriends.
The Americans are lazy comment is out of context if applied to the average citizen but Obama was calling the American government lazy. It also fits into a larger pattern where Obama denigrates either the country or various groups of Americans.
There needs to be further examination into what Obama said and contrast his words with his actions. Obama says foreigners have a hard time navigating the regulatory hurdles at the state and federal levels, yet his actions have only increased the burden on businesses.
Perry and Romney would have done better to focus on this quote;
“Well, we’ve lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam and unleashed all the potential in this country”
He is right, we can’t even build a pipeline.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/26/remarks-president-campaign-event-0
Of course: unraveling cum culture war. The nation is too divided for any more “5-year-plan” collectivist projects and too obstructionist to let the private sector do it alone.