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Subscribe to RSSOTTUMWA, Iowa -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry was fired up the minute he got off the bus here.
Perry, fresh from watching President Obama's address to urge Congress to pass a temporary extension to the payroll tax cut, today slammed the president for having "messed up" priorities on taxes and putting stimulus and bailout funds "down a rathole" rather than focusing on job creation.
"I just saw the president on TV talking about this extension of the payroll tax," an animated Perry told about 100 Iowans at Kuhly's Bar and Grill in Ottumwa. "And he's standing up talking about $40 a paycheck and what that means. Let me ask you all something. Are you better off today than you were $4 trillion ago? Somebody needs to ask this president about the $4 trillion that he basically has put down a rathole, that didn't create any jobs, that put this country in the economic condition that it's in."
"I will suggest to you his priorities are so messed up," he added with visible frustration.
"He's worried about a temporary tax cut, when we ought to be talking about freeing entrepreneurs so that they have the confidence that they can create jobs in this country, putting people back to work," he said to applause. "That's what this president ought to be talking about. But he's more interested in playing politics.
The Texas governor did not specifically mention the role congressional Republicans are playing in the Capitol Hill standoff over the cut. (He ignored shouted questions from reporters yesterday on the impasse as well.)
Perry spokesman Mark Miner told reporters after the event that the Texas governor is opposed to the payroll tax cut extension for any amount of time, because he believes the entire tax system should be overhauled. That opposition is independent of the tax cut's attachment to a measure expediting a decision on whether to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Perry supports the building of that pipeline and routinely speaks at length about it on the stump.
But the moment offered Perry -- who often criticizes the president's "radical environmental base" for its opposition to the pipeline -- another opportunity to mount a passionate defense of more open domestic energy production.
"He's on television not 10 minutes ago talking about how that $40 out of that payroll tax was going to cost a man $40 a month to drive to see his father, to take care of his father in another city," Perry said of the president. "Hey, Mr. President, how about opening up some energy resources in this country and that's the way you drive down the cost of energy? That's the way you put people to work. That's the way the American people want you to act. Not playing politics."
Meanwhile, in Tama, IA, fellow presidential candidate Michele Bachmann also commented on the payroll tax debate. "The president and all 535 members need to sit down and make a decision that they aren't going to spend one more dime than what we take in in revenue. And we got to get the problem solved," she said.
"This is a big mess, and no one wants to address it, and I will. I will walk in and lead and that's what needs to be done."
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Easy to take shots from the cheap seats isn't it Little Ricky?
Do you hear that?
Why, I believe it's the fat lady singing Perry!
Why don't you go back to videotaping your grown children in 'bed'...
There you are Feisty! Ready for Christmas?
Almost!
What about you?
It's been a whirlwind week with the daughter! I just dropped her at the train station so she can spend the night with friends in the city!
Hoping to be able to catch my breath! ;o)
Perry hit the nail on the head..... Obama's presidency has brought new meaning to the phrase "Where's Waldo"! Skip the rhetoric and do something meaningful Mr. President, please!
How exciting! Happy for you! Mine comes home....soon. Got distracted, but now I am back. Yep, all ready. Extra people, extra animals, going to be a laugh riot!
Sey is excited that his little cousin will be here to play Wubba with.
Yeah Kelly, BO is full of soundbites but no substance. And why is feisty (1.0) talking in the third person, lol?
My cherub is really sorry she didn't bring Parker home with her (although, he's in excellent hands with this 'uncle')!
She's missing him terribly! ;o(
All I have left is, picking up the rib roast at the butcher & dessert!
Gonna be GOOD TIMES!
May your holidays be special & joyous!
And yours too Feisty. So glad to have found you on FR.
Perry, "so messed up" wow that's deep dude. Whatever, just hope you still have a governor's job waiting for you when you drop out.
I would venture to say that it is little ricky's priorities that are "so messed up!" How creating a warped version of an evangelical ""christian" theocracy in this country will solve all our problems is beyond me. Don't these folks whinge on and on about personal responsibility? I guess that only applies to others and not to them--of course they are not responsible for solving any of our country's problems--nor do they have any desire to be so!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Maybe Rick can go back to Texas, Secede and then become President of Texas,,,,of course the first place he would come looking to for help with anything is Washington.........What part of N O don't you understand Rick
Speaking of messed up, Ricky boy, this social conservative agenda you are driving into the ground has nothing whatsoever to do with job creation.
It is just a freaky effort to put government in charge of the most intimate decisions that families make.
You aren't running for boss preacher.
Old slick Rick, just another haft wit redneck, that doesn't know what he is talking about
Tiresome, the GOP candidate chatter is just tiresome. They ignore the facts, ignore that the stimulus worked, ignore that unemployment is down, ignore that jobs are being created, ignore that President Obama kept the country from falling off the cliff. In Perry's eyes, that was money shoved down a rathole when the money shoved down a rathole was the unfunded dollars to fight two wars, unfunded everything. Oh, and Mr. Perry, there's something called the American Jobs Act that republicans in the House refuse to bring to the floor for a vote and Senate republicans filibuster which blocks it from a vote. Even broken into pieces, the GOP blocked, obstructed and denied jobs to the American people. The only piece the GOP allowed for a vote dealt with veterans and, well, that just made them look unpatriotic or they would have blocked it as well.
Jody:
Give it a rest. You do not have to prove that you are an Obama lover.
WHO the HELL are you to tell someone else to 'give it a rest' JabberJaws?
Last time I checked Jody has every right to speak her mind!
GO kick your dogs, sounds like you need an abuser 'fix'!
jabber jaws?? Really fiesty, you fit that name much better.
You must have just brewed up another batch of your Hate-r-aid.
Seems that both you and perry have something in common, the inability to engage your brain before speaking/typing.
The ironic thing about the GNOPERS is that they all are for less governement, mom and apple pie, yet, they want to tell you who you can marry, impose their religious beliefs on you and tell women they dont control their own bodies....geesh ..wot a bunch of hypocrits (sp).......
and you know Jody - there was the line from the movie A Few Good Men ---- Truth....you can't handle the Truth... and to be honest the rethugs can't handle the truth. Period. End of Story.
Smaller government, small enough to fit right inside a women's uterus. I'll bet when Perry goes to the zoo he embarrasses the chimps.
In the Middle, Tx.... don't pay attention to feisty's crassness. Her nickname among her 'admirers' at FR is carrot top. The name Carrot Top comes from a guy in Vegas with a comedy act. He is called Carrot Top because of his wild orange colored hair and he is pretty good at getting crowds to laugh at him.
The carrot top at First Read does the same thing, gets people to laugh at her. The difference is - she doesn't get paid for her efforts! The old gal has the uncanny ability to be the first person to post a comment to almost every new story seeded by First Read! Maybe that's enough for her! She is our king of insult... lol
How sweet - the idiot in Memphis is sucking up to me!
Sorry little buddy, you still are not Feisty worthy! âº
Even with your undying obsession & devotion to me!
All I have to do is post a comment and the little doggy from TN runs to hump my legs!
Bottom line is, you are rejected from the Feisty Redhead Fan Club, get back to me when you have something to offer! Will ya?
Meanwhile, a smack on the nose with a rolled up newspaper sends you cowering! lmao!
If you are a really good little bitch, I'll spike you're watering hole!
Did I mention how hard I'm laughing @U?
Tsk...tsk... envy is NO way to go through life little buddy!
wow carrot top is showing her colors again, yikes! She/he is still quite an asset to the anti-liberal crowd! Thanks Kelly you really know how to push her buttons, lol!
Paul S, NY NY:
You GOTTA LOVE that Tea Party Motto:
"DON'T TREAD ON ME!"
What a load of LAUGHABLE hypocrisy!!!!!!
"Meanwhile, in Tama, IA, fellow presidential candidate Michele Bachmann also commented on the payroll tax debate. "The president and all 535 members need to sit down and make a decision that they aren't going to spend one more dime than what we take in in revenue. And we got to get the problem solved," she said.
"This is a big mess, and no one wants to address it, and I will. I will walk in and lead and that's what needs to be done."
Umm, isn't Bachmann one of those "all 535 members"? When is she planning to start this little walk?
probably when obama and the 535 sit down together, you know, the 2012 state of the union message.
JoAnne in PA,
Exactly! The folks of the 6th district in MN are asking the same question. Seems like she has been a permanent resident of Iowa most of 2010.
I'm glad to hear everyone is in favor of tax reform. You can start by getting rid of loopholes for corporations, so that they actually pay taxes. Then work on that problem that Ronald Reagan brought up about rich people paying a lower tax rate than bus drivers. When you've got those problems fixed, then we can talk about whether there are any strategic tax breaks that would actually encourage rich people to create jobs. The tax breaks we give the rich now just encourage them to invest in Asia and other growing markets, not America.
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Now, what does THAT tell all of us voters?
Please remember all of this in November, 2012.
"Scary Perry" is the most messed up GOP Tea Begger of all. Intellectually, "Scary Perry" is messed up, and economically he is set to mess up the financial situation for 99% of Americans even more than "Brainless Bush" did. "Scary Perry" is so Cognitively messed up that he needs a Reading Tutor to heip him comprehend his little tax cards. Socially, "Scary Perry" is so messed up that he wants to set back Civil Rights back 100 years. As for the Bill Of Rights?? He never heard of it! "Scary Perry" is the only one messed up here America! That is fact!
Rick Perry's brain is so messed up.