Dec 9th, 2011
Hilarious.
Showing posts with label rick perry is an idiot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rick perry is an idiot. Show all posts
Friday, December 9, 2011
Perry Watch - About That Anti-LGBT Ad - "like" Button Edition
Dec 9th, 2011
Yeah, once again, Sullivan noticed this first:
"The Perry campaign forgot to turn off YouTube "likes" and "dislikes" on its new ad condoning the persecution of gays abroad."
The numbers, as of 5:00pm CST 12/09/2011 are as follows:
Now, I know it's not very Christian of me, but, Mr. Perry? Go fuck yourself.
Yeah, once again, Sullivan noticed this first:
"The Perry campaign forgot to turn off YouTube "likes" and "dislikes" on its new ad condoning the persecution of gays abroad."
The numbers, as of 5:00pm CST 12/09/2011 are as follows:
Perry Watch - About That Anti-LGBT Ad... Pushback Edition
Dec 9th, 2011
Yes. We were more than a little disturbed by GOP Presidential wannabe Rick Perry's assault on basic Christian decency. We weren't alone. From Funny or Die.
Yes. We were more than a little disturbed by GOP Presidential wannabe Rick Perry's assault on basic Christian decency. We weren't alone. From Funny or Die.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Perry Watch - Spectacular Spiral Edition
Oct 7th, 2011
Has it really only been two months? Kevin Drum takes stock:
"Just to recap, in less than two months Rick Perry has:
1. Suggested that maybe Ben Bernanke should be lynched.
2. Declined to back off his contention that Social Security is an unconstitutional Ponzi scheme.
3. Called climate change a "contrived phony mess" that was cooked up by scientists who have "manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects."
4. Pissed off the conservative base by defending his decision to (in Michele Bachmann's immortal words) give "government injections" to "innocent little 12-year-old girls." Said Perry condescendingly: "What I don't get is what parents don't understand about an opt out."
5. Further pissed off the conservative base by suggesting that if you disagree with his policy on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, "I don't think you have a heart."
6. Mangled a prepackaged debate attack on Mitt Romney so badly, and then followed up with a statement on Pakistan so inscrutable, that even his supporters started to wonder if he has a three-digit IQ.
7. Proposed that US troops should be used to fight Mexican drug lords. In Mexico.
8. Had to defend himself against revelations that his family leases a hunting spot called "Niggerhead."
I'm putting this up because you can't truly grasp the full scope of Perry's train wreck campaign unless you see the whole list in one place. It's really pretty stupendous. Has any top-tier presidential candidate in history ever imploded quite this quickly?"
Not in my recollection.
Has it really only been two months? Kevin Drum takes stock:
1. Suggested that maybe Ben Bernanke should be lynched.
2. Declined to back off his contention that Social Security is an unconstitutional Ponzi scheme.
3. Called climate change a "contrived phony mess" that was cooked up by scientists who have "manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects."
4. Pissed off the conservative base by defending his decision to (in Michele Bachmann's immortal words) give "government injections" to "innocent little 12-year-old girls." Said Perry condescendingly: "What I don't get is what parents don't understand about an opt out."
5. Further pissed off the conservative base by suggesting that if you disagree with his policy on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, "I don't think you have a heart."
6. Mangled a prepackaged debate attack on Mitt Romney so badly, and then followed up with a statement on Pakistan so inscrutable, that even his supporters started to wonder if he has a three-digit IQ.
7. Proposed that US troops should be used to fight Mexican drug lords. In Mexico.
8. Had to defend himself against revelations that his family leases a hunting spot called "Niggerhead."
I'm putting this up because you can't truly grasp the full scope of Perry's train wreck campaign unless you see the whole list in one place. It's really pretty stupendous. Has any top-tier presidential candidate in history ever imploded quite this quickly?"
Not in my recollection.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Telling It Like It Is
Aug 20th, 2011
The other day a reader remarked that I "sure do praise a lot Republicans lately." I am not sure this is altogether accurate. I will concede that there a lot of un-elected Republicans and conservatives I truly respect. That is because they aren't bat shit crazy.
This brings me to Bruce Bartlett. Mr. Bartlett is an economist whose work I read daily and cite often. Yes, he was an instrumental member of the Reagan and Bush 1 administrations. He is also a man of reason and, dare I say it, even political bravery. He very nearly achieved pariah status in the "conservative" community with his 2006 book, Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy.
This week, he drew a lot of attention for simply telling it like it is:
"Rick Perry is an idiot and, uh, I don't think anyone would disagree with that."
One Bruce Bartlett was more effective than one million progressives chanting the same line in unison could have been.
It is now more important than ever that we prevent the same sort of ideological hijacking of the left that we have seen with the Tea Party on the right. For all those who are grumbling about third parties and primary challenges to the President, I would like to remind them that we failed to turn out in the last election. We also failed completely to politic the independent voter with the work of any of the many allies we actually have on the other side of the aisle. This isn't the first time a fellow like Bartlett has said what we want to say more effectively. It's just that we usually don't pay attention.
The other day a reader remarked that I "sure do praise a lot Republicans lately." I am not sure this is altogether accurate. I will concede that there a lot of un-elected Republicans and conservatives I truly respect. That is because they aren't bat shit crazy.
This week, he drew a lot of attention for simply telling it like it is:
"Rick Perry is an idiot and, uh, I don't think anyone would disagree with that."
One Bruce Bartlett was more effective than one million progressives chanting the same line in unison could have been.
It is now more important than ever that we prevent the same sort of ideological hijacking of the left that we have seen with the Tea Party on the right. For all those who are grumbling about third parties and primary challenges to the President, I would like to remind them that we failed to turn out in the last election. We also failed completely to politic the independent voter with the work of any of the many allies we actually have on the other side of the aisle. This isn't the first time a fellow like Bartlett has said what we want to say more effectively. It's just that we usually don't pay attention.
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