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Subscribe to RSSCONCORD, N.H. -- Rick Perry said he is unsure whether he would skip any future scheduled debates.
"I don't know whether we're going to forgo any debates," the Texas governor said in a question-and-answer session with reporters at the New Hampshire Secretary of State's office, where he filed for that state's primary. "There are a lot of debates. Shoot I might be a good debater before this is all over.
"We haven't made any decisions about what we're gonna do."
He also again characterized his remarks about the president's birth certificate as a joke, disputing that the controversy counted as "a mistake"
"Listen, I don’t consider making fun of something being a mistake. I don’t think Americans see that as anything other than a distraction, just like I see it as a distraction," he said before brandishing his postcard-size hypothetical tax form. "I don’t see this as a mistake."
He also addressed gay marriage, immigration, and his chances in New Hampshire.
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Mighty generous of ol' shoot dude to Say So, if'n he does say So Himself.
And wait now, if he ain't brandishing again....
But Perry, why on earth would you create a distraction??? Aren't you and the entire set of GOP candidates a distraction enough?
You're talking about birth certificates... ?
Right? lol
The only thing this idiot is capable of 'brandishing' is an IQ of 58!
Maybe at some time in the future, he will reflect on this whole debacle and realize he should have stayed home. He was never a contender.
Feisty,
That's giving him too much credit. I know it's Friday and all, but come on.
There are a lot of debates. Shoot I might be a good debater before this is all over.
Or else he will continue putting his foot in his mouth. Most of us will just stop watching him. He can only shoot coyotes with a laser gun, not even just a regular old-fashioned gun.
LoL Only if he uses a gun to "shoot" the competition.
And I wouldn't necessarily rule it out.
Perry a good debator? Shoot! Maybe the moon will fall out of the sky!
Only if he shoots the moon.
Ouch. ;-)
Maybe when HEdouble hockey sticks freezes over! Or perhaps when pigs fly...?
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
The only thing Rick 'shooter' Perry has proven to be good at is shooting himself in BOTH feet!
Followed by him sticking them in his mouth!
His run is over ..he is to dumb to realize it !
"Shoot you might be Finished before all this is over"
Seen and heard enough.....go back to Dumbsville Texas, Ricky
Rick Perry is simply TIMID.
PEN-24,
Rick is simple alright.
The problem is that, like it or not, you really do need to be a pretty good debater to win the Presidency. Let's be honest...the average voter doesn't really start paying attention to the elections until they get close. And other than the attack ads that start flying from both sides, what is the #1 opportunity to distinguish yourself from the other candidates? The debates. I'm not saying you have to be a pro at it...but you can't shoot yourself in the foot every time you go out there either.
Magic Eightball "My sources say No"
Hey everybody - something we can all agree with Alan on. Except for ITM. He holds Perry in VERY high regard.
Alan, I see you found your sense of humor this afternoon. ; )
You can bash Perry all you want.
Perry delivered jobs for Texans equal to the amount in 40 other states added together. ( Caterpillar and other companies went there since Perry's the Gov.).
Citizens and companies are fleeing Democrat states ( like California) in droves for jobs in Texas.
Illegals are fleeing expensive California for jobs in TX that pay $2.00 an hour. I guess a jobs a job, huh.
LEONA-2986819
"You can bash Perry all you want."
We will.
And thank you for the invite.
Anybody who supports Perry is just as dumb as he is. That guy is stupid.
Job1,
So you mean that BHO will come out in support of Perry soon?
ABO 2012
So LEONA --- if slick Rick is such a job creator, why is it that the unemployment rate in Texas isn't even .02% under what the rate is for the nation???
The only thing you need to know about Rick:
He carries a gun when jogging with his body guards and has shot a coyote in the process.
Charlie,
Things are changing for the better in Texas. That's all you need to understand. If Obama would help protect the Texas/Mexico border, maybe there wouldn't be so many "illegals" there and on the state doll.
OH WAIT..........I Forgot.......... Obama doesn't believe in protecting our borders because the "illegals" are the future voters of the Democrat "food stamp" Party.
Our President has deported more illegals (400,000) last year (FY2011) than Bush did in either term.
Our President has provided more Southern Border security in both Border Guards and National Guard troops than any President ever.
If the President does not believe in protecting our borders then perhaps you can explain why the number of Border Patrol agents is the highest it has ever been (over 21,000 agents)? Certainly, if the President was not interested in protecting the border he would have told them to hit the bricks, right?
www.kvue.com/news/state/Number-of-illegal-immigrants-crossing-the-border-has-declined--131392528.html
I doubt this. First he has to show up for them.
Aw shucks...I'll be a master debater by the time they close the corral.
Don't you mean master-baiter?
Settle down Feisty. Bartender, get this woman a drink.
I think there was a rumor goin round that he was a "cork soaker" too. Am i off on that one?
Splendid idea Bryan... only if you'll join me! ;o)
At some point you'll have to explain the DDI to me Feisty. I'm all for a beverage now and again.
I sent you an invite to the Dew Drop Inn!
We also hang out on the "Week Ahead' thread that Domenico seeds on Friday afternoon here @ FR - best virtual bar around! ;o)
With 3 kids it's understandable! lol
Next time he's having a love affair with his gun, maybe Perry should french kiss the business end and pull the trigger with his toe.
Can't we get Dick Cheney to take this guy hunting?
Shewt, before it's over Perry might even quit believing in fairy tales (creationism).
Like that will ever happen--oh wait--I am not sure he really does believe it. He certainly doesn't live his life in accordance with his so-called "faith"! He seems to believe in the money god and how much can he can get by taking it away from the poor and middle class! Totally antithetical to the teachings of Christ! "By their fruits you shall know them!" And, we do, Scary Perry!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
He tried sympathy with the wife claiming victim because son quiting his job - didn't work. He tried to have the woman defending her man (everyone picking on him) - didn't work. He tried being hostile and aggressive - didn't work. Now he is trying I can be taught....won't work.
Perry was misquoted. It was reported that what he said was:
What he really said was:
Mitt, beware, ...if you ever lay another hand on him....
"Listen, I don’t consider making fun of something being a mistake. I don’t think Americans see that as anything other than a distraction, just like I see it as a distraction," he said before brandishing his postcard-size hypothetical tax form. "I don’t see this as a mistake."
Well, Gov. Perry---I'm an American and I don't see questioning the President's citizenship as "making fun". I consider it disrespectful both to the man and to the office you seek.
"disrespectful'?
Yet Steeler, you and your airhead moonbat cohorts do nothing in here all day but disrespect, insult, belittle, and question the sexual preferences of anyone who is a Republican.
The Washington Post used birther's research in its front page hit piece on Marco Rubio. Apparently birthers are OK, as long as they are attacking Republicans.
New England Patriots 45, Squeelers 10
So Bob, you root for the team Ted Kennedy, Elizabeth Warren and the most liberal of the liberals root for too? Let me guess, in baseball you root for the San Francisco Giants too!
Bob - I have read a lot of your posts in the past and you too show disrespect, insult, and belittle Democrats and posters on this site. You have no right to criticize.
I like NE too but it's because I used to live in MA. But NINERS are my main team!
Bob-numbers:
Pay close attention to the bolded words Bob. If you are even capable of paying attention.
"So Bob, you root for the team Ted Kennedy, Elizabeth Warren and the most liberal of the liberals root for too?"
The latest news in the Senate race in Mass. is that the egomaniac Dem candidate Liz Warren, took full credit for the Patriots 3 Super Bowl titles, the Red Sox breaking the curse, and said she created "much of the intellectual foundation" for the Bruins Stanley Cup championship.
Bob,
What do you have against intellectual types anyway? Do they scare you big guy?
Oh and way to evade me calling out you obvious hypocrisy there, Bob-a-rino.
Shoot Chicken RIck, when this is over, you might also lay a golden egg too. I won't hold my breath though.
Rick Perry is good at one thing ---- showing the nation he is the worst presidential candidate of all times.
Let's not forget he's a horrible Governor too. He's just really good at b.s.
Don't worry, Rick. There's zero chance of that happening. Only way you'd ever turn in a good debate performance is if you have some of your rich lobbyist friends write all your material (like they already do, along with your policies), and then have them hire a professional actor/impersonator to also deliver it for you.
Don't count on it, goober.
Why do we even care what a second-rate, third-tier candidate has to say anyway?
I would feel better about the entire electoral process if we could focus on actual issues instead of the vitriol, showmanship, pandering, misdirecting, and fear mongering that appears to be omnipresent this election cycle.
When do the adults get to start talking?
Now you understand why Cowboy Rickey never agreed to debate any opponent while campaigning in Texas. "It's too hard to articulate your ideas and concepts in a one minute answer." Right, it's much easier to do it in a 30 second commercial.
The purpose of a debate is to defend your policies and positions; commercials do not require any facts or substance. As long as Harold Simmons and Big Oil continue to fund his media blitz, Cowboy Ricky will stick with the hyperbole and slander that has always worked for him.
Really sad that he knows when its over and donate the $17 Million Dollars in campaign fund to those police officers, firemen, and teachers he had fired in Texas when he could have used what they call the Rainy-Day Fund. Money from Obama's Stimulus package in 2009 that Texas did not spend and some will hopefully in up in prison for.
Too bad he did not remember what his mom told him. It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
You do not promote yourself by attacking the other guy.
peabrain is confused.
Putting beenies ( benefits) out for voters that are suckers(replicans/t-baggers) is called baiting.
He is trying to work up from an apprentice baiter to a master baiter.
When his problem is you see is de-baiting.
his transfer from Democrat to replican/t-bagger did not work out so well because he forgot that now he is supposed to have some class and intelligence.
Look,
I don't like Rick Perry either. But we need him. We need him to continue to pound the carp out of Mitt and Herman. Rick's a loose cannon. He'll attack without provocation, and when he gets mad he's likely to spill the truth about all the other GOP morons. He has no chance, he's around 6% now. But he can still act like a spoiler for everyone else. Every anti Romney, anti Cain ad he produces with his 55 million dollars is one less that Obama has to pop for. And now, especially with Romney, it's not about winning or losing, but who can drag the other guy down the furthest.
Just like the GOP economic policies, this campaign is a "race to the bottom".....LOL
I do not vote and have not voted since 1972 when the CIA took out Richard Milhouse Nixon because they were afraid he was becoming to strong. Sort of as powerful as John F. Kennedy.
It matters not who gets elected. The Democrats and replicans are both going to cut medi-care and social security.
Being 63 old and all.
I did hear a rumor that peabrain's real old man was an illegal that just showed up one day when his mother had the hornies. O well life goes on.
MkeMike: "Just like the GOP economic policies, this campaign is a "race to the bottom".....LOL"
Now that mention a "race to the bottom".........Isn't that where we are with Obama?? I hope this is a bottom...........
s&p downgrade (first ever)
9.1% unemployment
$15 trillion debt
open borders
2-3 wars
"green" money pits
Union bail outs
bank bail outs
Oh Leona, I for one an glad I do not live your world. Too much fairy dust.
OMG - Now Scary Perry has caught the Flip Flop Flu from For Pete's Sake Mitt and is waffling yet again on debates! This GOP saga is so entertaining!
I posted these comments on another thread but think they apply here -
Scary Perry has taken that old political cliche "I want to spend more time with my family" to a new level.
Scary Perry - understandably - wants to duck future debates because in the ones up to now he has come across as someone with a perpetual "deer-in-the headlights" facial expression and a very dim bulb persona.
So now he is saying "I want to spend more time with the voters."
Sorry, Scary. This is so transparently obvious it is laughable.
You are at 6% for a reason. Not even a gazillion $$ will ever erase that September 22 debate answer where you tried so very, very hard to remember your memorized line about For Pete's Sake Mitt - but totally botched it.
You are Texas Toast.
For Pete's Sake Mitt has a chronic case of the Flip Flop Flu. He had a flare-up this week that started in Ohio on Tuesday and ended 24 hours later when he landed in Virginia. This story brought to mind - and to numerous TV screens - the images of all of For Pete's Sake "greatest flip-flopping hits." There will probably be a $9.99 video coming soon - just in time for holiday gift giving.
Speaking of 999, Herman Cain had a fabulous week. His quirky ad became a sensation as he held his own at the top of the polls. As a liberal Dem, I have to admit I like Herman Cain! I would never vote for him but I can see why many on the GOP side are attracted to his campaign. He is warm, sincere, smart, and funny. He has that elusive "it" factor. He has proven beyond any doubt that he is a force to be reckoned with because Mr. GOP Establishment Mitt-backer Karl Rove is coming unglued night after night waving around his white erase board with reasons why GOP voters should not like Herman. But apparently - in Wisconsin, for example - they must think Karl is yesterday's news as in their latest poll out last night Cain is at 30% to For Pete's Sake Mitt's 18%! The "Cain Train" is like the Little Engine That Could, puffing along saying "I think I Cain, I think I Cain."
And as a Democrat who supports President Obama, it has been a phenomenal week for him. His poll numbers are rising along with the economic numbers.
Monetfan: " Scary Perry - understandably - wants to duck future debates"
Too bad Obama didn't "duck" debates in '08.
Everyone believed all his flowery B.S. rhetoric. Now look where that got us !.......9.1% unemployment and $15 trillion debt.
We need to be protected from debates, especially when the politician is a liar.
Leona,
You are not attributing $15 trillion to Obama are you? Seriously? I had suspicions you were off your rocker, but i think you just confirmed to the world - you are a sheep. Glenn Beck is calling, do go answer for your daily dose of drivel.
And it ain't hard to get to 9.1% unemployment when you predecesor did so much to get you started.
He'll have to drop the Texan and learn to speak English first.
stone6: "He'll have to drop the Texan and learn to speak English first."
I hope you're not making fun of people who don't speak English, like the"illegals".
Obama wouldn't like that. Those are the Democrats future voters. LOL
Leona,
You do know how to read right? Because you've got me worried.
No she does not know how to read but she does recite very nicely. She has a beck accent