E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSCONCORD, NH -- Rick Perry took a broad swipe at Mitt Romney in the former Massachusetts governor's backyard Friday, telling local radio station WKXL that Romney could not be counted on to be a "consistent" president.
"Consistency I think is very important," he said, "You may not agree with me on everything, but you don't have to wake up in the morning and wonder is Rick Perry going to be the same guy in two years that he was two years ago. And the answer to that is yup, he will be."
Pressed by hosts to criticize Romney by name, Perry said Romney has changed positions on gun rights and the Obama-passed health care law.
"Like it or not, the governor has been on opposite sides on a lot of issues," Perry said. "He was for banning handguns, now he's Mr. Second Amendment. He was the father of Obamacare."
"I don't believe in government-mandated health care," he added. "Not in a state, and not in a federal government."
Perry said that his strong emphasis on social issues, like abortion and faith does not preclude him from doing well in in independent-heavy New Hampshire.
"Your position on social issues is going to be your position," Perry said. "I've got mine, and I'm going to be very strong in standing up for them whatever that may be. I'm no expert when it comes to what religion that you're going to choose or what have you. But what I am an expert on is job creation."
Perry also tweaked the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters, noting a quote from one of the activists sent to him by his son Griffin.
"He said you know, we got here at 9 am and those people -- and this was in Toronto -- I think Bay Street is their comparable -- he said those bankers that we came to insult, they'd already been at work for two hours when we got here at 9 o'clock. And when we get ready to leave, they're still in there working. I guess greed just makes you work hard."
The radio interview, which included questions from GOP Senate gubernatorial candidate and noted New Hampshire conservative Ovide LaMontagne took place in Concord Restaurant The Barley House. After the interview, the candidate accepted a "Texas Perry Burger" from the chef, which consisted of a coffee-rubbed beef, brisket, coleslaw, barbecue sauce, an onion ring, and a jalapeno bun.
"I'm all over it," Perry said before nibbling at a single fry. (He declined to take a big bite in front of press, opting instead for the take-out option.)
"That's awesome," he said.
*** UPDATE *** Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul sends on this response:
|
Leave a Comment:
Only one word for this....ludicrous! Pogo for President! I GO POGO!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
POGO 2012
I hope the Republicans have an extended primary season. Everyone needs to know that they are getting into before voting for any of these candidates.
LoL
Coming from the former Texas chair of the Al Gore campaign, and a guy who spent billions of dollars in federal stimulus money to pay off his own credit card, while complaining about the size of the federal credit card debt, I suspect there's a pot/kettle joke in here somewhere, if only I could find it.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone.
AM--I was thinking the same thing about the pot/kettle joke--but it's Friday, windy and raining like crazy here. I am about ready to head off to the party at DDI and have a nice hot toddy to get warmed up! And ditto on everyone having a great weekend!
Both are dam idiots ! Wake up America !
Okay Perry you got that right but are you going to be any better? Your a pretty scary dude yourself, I have visions of mass executions.
Barb.,
"mass executions"? Really? In Texas ? lol
wow. I wonder why people are leaving the Democrat state of California in droves to get a job in Texas?
Maybe they didn't hear about the "executions"? LOL
This is TX law way before Perry was governor. Gov. Perry has done a great job for TX which is a huge state with 25 mil population.
LET'S SKIP THE GOP PRIMARIES AND GO TO THE GENERAL ELECTION !
I would love to see Gingrich vs Obama in a debate.
Gingrich delivers the one line gut punch and he's always right on.
Obama would be smoking lots of cigarettes before that debate. LOL
I would too!!!
Family Values Newt....Morally bankrupt, multiple Marital Affairs, $3000,000 fine from Congress for Ethics violations
Gingrich, the man with a history of hypocrisy and infidelity will NEVER be leader of the free world
So bring on the debate with that old fat toad!
Obama would eat Newt alive. One line gut punches are nice, but I prefer someone with a brain. You
Obama haters amaze me. Gut punches? Where do you get this stuff?
"I would love to see Gingrich vs Obama in a debate."
So would I. It would be a lot like me playing tennis against Roger Federer --- Newt would be me and the President would be Roger. Remember the Clinton/Dole election back in 1996? Dole may have been the Republican nominee but Clinton ran against Gingrich. He managed to turn Bob Dole into Gingrich. Gingrich is one of the most unpopular politicians in the nation. He was tossed out of the House by his own people. Like Palin, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Trump, Bachmann, Pwerry and now Cain --- Gingrich is going NOWHERE.
Get used to Obama because he's not leaving office until January 2017. And if your Republicans filed a similar collection of worthless candidates in 2016 like you have in 2012, a Democrat will win that time around too.
hey Charlie,
be careful what you wish for........lol
Perry needs to quit. He looks desperate and angry. Sometimes foolish.
Quit Perry and throw your support behind Romney.
Personally, I think Gingrich would be the best choice. Quite possibly he would be the best president we've had in decades. One thing is certain; he would be a much better president than the current puppet-in-chief.
And just how would he fix the job situation? By taking over the government and laying off all the
employees. Just like any other big businessman, he is greedy. I send my vote to the needy not the
greedy.
Hmmm. Romney is too easy a target for Perry to be missing the mark with so many of these punches. He (Perry) really is a much weaker candidate than I was expecting.
Think about who would debate Obama next fall in the Presidential debates. Perry? We've seen his best efforts and comments from himself that debating is not his cup of tea-bagging! Really Rick? DUH ! Cain's ? 9 9 9 divided by 3, times 12, minus 23, plus 16, = smoke on the water or in your face. Every debate so far we hear each time that Romney did well for himself and he looked Presidential. I have not heard that said about any other GOP candidate thus far. I for one would at least want a GOP nominee to be able to think quick on their feet and answer the questions with intelligence and put Obama's performance as President on the hot-seat. I believe Mitt is the only one who has the experience and savy to do so. If you don't think so, go ahead and visually put each individual candidate next to Obama on a stage and pretend it is just one of many Presidential Debates that will be held next Fall. See what I mean? It could be like watching SNL live with most of them, but it would be a real reality show with Obama cleaning the GOP's clock. Except for Romney, in my opinion.
Now that you mention SNL , they should have Obama smoking cigarettes before a debate with Gingrich, lol.
Gingrich delivers the one line gut punch and he's always right on.
Obama would be smoking lots of cigarettes before that debate. LOL
Not to mention that Cowboy Ricky is using Obama Federal Stimulus money to pay for renovations to the governors mansion while he lives in $9,000 / mo. rented house in Austin. He has been living in the rented house for four years. Yup, not bad for a sharecroppers kid.
Hey Loyal Texan,
I would change my name if I were you. There's nothing "loyal" about you. LOL
Ummmmm, your mention of "house" reminds me of the DIRTY Rezko deal Obama made for a house in Chicago.
Let's see.......who went to jail ? Remind me.
Perry your probably right.But whats your claim to fame being a consistent Texas dumb ass who only opens his mouth to change feet.
Obama would be doing his community organizing if it was not for MSM and wall street who elected him. MSM is now pushing Romney, the flip flopper in chief, for Rep. nomination, they know he will lose, because the conseratives will not vote for him.
The first rule of RIGHT CLUB is
YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT RIGHT CLUB
Not to mention that Cowboy Ricky is using Obama Federal Stimulus money to pay for renovations to the governors mansion while he lives in $9,000 / mo. rented house in Austin. He has been living in the rented house for four years. Yup, not bad for a sharecroppers kid.