Perry doesn't stand a chance, not because of his poor debating skills, but his debating skills are poor because he lacks knowledge, critical thinking skills, possibly outright IQ. But my first thought was why bother with Santorum? Everyone should be attacking Romney. My second thought was earmarks is all ya got?

Maybe Perry is a Democratic Party plant, ala the Manchurian Candidate. Michele Bachmann might have been trained in a secret San Francisco lab at the same time - loved her Newt Romney jab on how they both backed healthcare mandates before they attacked Obamacare as "socialism."

"Rick Perry on Wednesday labeled the former Pennsylvania senator a "prolific earmarker" who "loaded up on Pennsylvania pork" during his time in Congress."

Hey, Rick - it's not "Pennsylvania pork", it's scrapple. And if you'd ever had it, (thin sliced and crispy, of course) you'd load up on it too. Pass the ketchup!

True Patriot: "Everyone should be attacking Romney".

Works for me - it'll make for some great squirming when they all eventually have to endorse him in a few months.....

TrusPatriot-

Perry is a smart guy- you don't get to be a Governor without being smart. He's just not knowledgeable about national and international issues, so he comes off looking clueless at times.

He may be just running a "feeler" campaign like Huntsman is doing. JH is not serious this time around- he's planting seeds for the next time. Perry may be doing the same.

What REALLY bothers me about Perry is that he used to be a flaming Liberal Democrat! How does one switch that dramatically? I don't trust it...

Lloyd -

I think you just gave new meaning to the term "backhanded compliment"!

Huntsman may indeed be planting seeds. Perry's just spreading fertilizer.

That's funny!!

I was just trying to point out that Perry knows a lot about his current job- he's just not ready to be the leader of the free world.

My goodness - you said something sensible!!

Hey Lloyd, want to know to REAL reason why Perry is still the Texas governor? Its because PEOPLE KNOW HIS NAME! I live in the lone star state, and the last time I checked, his approval rating was a mere 25%! If Perry is still in when the Texas primary comes around, expect a landslide to anyone else. And if he somehow makes it to the general elections, expect Texas to turn blue.

Perry's cooked, he's just turning over to the other side to make sure he is done everywhere.....

As a Senator from Pennsylvania, it was his job to do what he could for Pennsylvania. If earmarks are an accepted practice, there is no reason he shouldn't have taken advantage of them for Pennsylvania. Earmarks shouldn't be a part of the political process, but they are. If that's all Perry's got, he should just bail out now with whatever little dignity he has left.

Joann in Pa, Best scrapple is at the Amish country market.

You've got that right, Lisa! I'm heading out to Shady Maple on Saturday and you'd best believe I'm bringing some home with me!

Not long ago when Perry's numbers were slightly higher, Santorum was provided him with a lot of support. I guess Perry is the friend that disappears really fast when you are of no use to him. Santorum defended Perry several times during the "debates"'

'if you want a friend in Hollywood, get a dog"

lloyd said:

Perry is a smart guy- you don't get to be a Governor without being smart. He's just not knowledgeable about national and international issues, so he comes off looking clueless at times.

I HAVE ONE WORD THAT PROVES YOU WRONG:

BLAGOVITCH

If Perry is truly smart, then I don't understand the word at all. It has become embarrassing that a few people still support him, and even worse that he still thinks he is in it.

Perry is a smart guy- you don't get to be a Governor without being smart.

Sure you do. Reagan and Bush proved that any charismatic idiot can become governor. Or even president.

As hard as it may be to believe, I think Perry may be dumber than both of them, though.

Did Huckabee give him that Revelation too?

The best is still to come! :)

When Texas was dealing with massive wildfires last year, wasn't it Rick Perry who complained about the lack of of assistance from the Federal Governent (begging for more $$$)....WHILE Federal Funds were being spent in Texas to put out the blazes? Was he just mad because he had no control over the spending and couldn't give huge grants to cronies? The same cronies who feed $$$ back into his campaign fund? The good people of Texas deserve BETTER!!!

"Why I'm against abortion even if the devil hisself is the father!!"

"No more federal agencies, part-time congress - let them get thereselves some real jobs!"

"Gays to jail until they pray away that gay!"

Perry - thank god we heard him debate!!

Thank you JT, finally, someone who realizes Perry is not truly supported by us people of Texas.

Why do you keep bringing up that man's infidelity? That was many years ago and he asked the Lord to forgive him. Who are you to judge a man's morals. We all are raised differently; some things my parents tolerated that maybe yours would not and vice versa. Besides are you going to hold probably 90% of the men in this country to the same standard? All men lust and have done something probably not in the best interest of their vows at some point in their life. If they say they haven't; they are a lie.

You can live by your faith but yet fall short.

There are just as many Democrat POLITICIANS that say one thing and do just the opposite. A politician is a politician and ALL will do whatever is needed to garner votes. If a politician isn't slanted; he/she is the one that will be on the losing end. It is a sad truth.

Inthemiddle, TX Read the Bible, When one ask for forgiveness the Lord said you are forgiven, Go now and sin no more. Do you really think Newt did that. I think not. He left his first wife when she got sick, he left her for a younger woman. Then when she got sick he left her also for a younger woman. He Cheated in love and life, He was kicked out of congress. He has been from one fraud to another. That's why people that know him call him out all the time. To many people don't know about him that should. That is what this process is all about.

All men lust and have done something probably not in the best interest of their vows at some point in their life. If they say they haven't; they are a lie.

Wow......ITM,TX.....echo Hermie..

As for Slick Rick......he is staunchly for States rights...but now sues Virginia, claiming that their state law is unconstitutional.........hypocrite much!

ITM, TX-

I'm with you- they asked for forgiveness- they got it- who are we to question?

Chuck- with Gingrich- he didn't ask the Lord until he was married to Calista- AFTER Congress- so those that harp on about his first wife- it's irrelevant. His actions are a gauge but not the end all, be all for a person's character- he is probably a changed man- time will tell. Being a Grandfather does something to you- makes you more in touch with reality and makes you want to make others proud. I see that in Newt.

Except that as president he will jail judges that disagree with him. Makes me proud that we have such a constitution supporter in out midst thinking he can be president!

That's the only thing I envy about Liberals....It's impossible for them to be hypocrits at anything because you can't be a hypocrite when you have no core values to begin with. Wow. That sure is admirable, isn't it? "You can't condemn us when our favorite candidate is knocking up a groupie while his wife is dying, because we've never come out and said we're against such things." Wow again. And you people act so smug about it when you should be friggin' ashamed of yourselves.

Think back to your grandparents time...Do you people think they would be proud of you and the candidates you support? Would they be proud of the way you all have done everything possible to tear down the values and morals that they practiced, and that made this country great?

Would they be proud that, because of liberals, the out of wedlock birthrate has soared in the last few decades? That drugs are now commonplace in our society? That filthy music, movies and TV (all made by Hollywood liberals) now infect and poison our society.

Would your grandparents be proud that you kneel down to a man who sees nothing wrong with being friends with America-hating terrorists and jerkoff fake preachers who hate America, Jews, whites etc...?

On behalf of your grandparents, I'm hocking up a great big loogey and spitting it into the eye of you disgraceful, socialist, anti-American halfwits.

Damage -

Your generous, humanitarian spirit is exceeded only by your poetic imagery.

I can only imagine how proud your own grandparents must be.

All men lust and have done something probably not in the best interest of their vows at some point in their life.

You are half right IntheMiddle. Most of we Liberals find the restraint to not act on our lustier side.

Why do you keep bringing up that man's infidelity?

Because character is important. Infidelity / adultery is indicia of immorality. Immorality is indicia that my politician can be corrupted. Corruptability means a man can be compromised, and is weak and I can't have ANY of these qualities in my President, whether they are Clinton, Edwards, Gingrich, Vitter, Spitzer, Foley, etal...

You are a lot of things, but "inthemiddle" ain't one of those things.

I lived in the middle of texas when that moniker was created. I have never claimed and never will to be an independent. That label is for phony, confused individuals.

damage123- made this country great? just when did this ever happen? as a student of history i'd

like to know. i mean great for who except for the rich robber barons? u f ing idiot!

@mikethespike - what makes this country great is that people like Damage123 can walk freely among us with no education, no cognitive skills or anything at all to offer. It is a double edged sword, however.

Signed,

A Liberal

Amy as a life long Independent I don't understand why each side of the aisle supporters accuse the other side of things they both do ie. lie, cheat,mislead and slander.You and people of the 2 tribes in washington seem to think and or believe that either side has our best interest at heart. That has'nt been the case for 30 years or more and it will not change until the electoral grammar school and the 2 tribe system is done away with

Rubio on the ticket would mean an even more certain defeat for Romney. Romney can't afford the Teabaggage fees.

Was Rubio even born in the United States? Are we sure?

Show us the "LONG" form of Rubio's birth certificate!

We know Rubio was born in the USA because he's a conservative Republican. Only an America-hating liberal would try to put one over on the American people and try to become president when he wasn't even born here. That's why Obama came under such suspicion. It also doesn't help that his name sounds like that of a suicide bomber or a jihadist. And don't get me started on Jeremiah (Them Jews ain't gonna let me see him) Wright, and Bill Ayers.

Exactly which US State was McCain born in? Or Goldwater? It was really slick of the Obama's to travel back in time to 1961 Honolulu and plant those newspaper announcements about being born in Hawaii. Or did they know in 1961 that one day little Barry would be seeking the one job in the US that requires you to be a "natural born" citizen?

don't expect a straight answer out of Rubio, he can't even come clean on his family history

O God. Damage is a birther. Even hair boy Trump finally figured that one out. I'm speechless.

Even Ronald Reagan is looking pretty good to me now, compared to modern day Republicans, at least the Gipper had a code of ethiics he actually adhered to.

when he could remember what they were.

Ronnie's job was to hit his mark and speak his lines while appearing "Presidential". IMO, the real power behind Ronnie was Nancy Regan. She was the driving force behind Ronald Regan's presidency. And not even Ronnie would stand up to today's vetting process for "are you conservative ENOUGH?"

Yes some of my Aunts and Uncles have died in the last two years. They died of old age. Have fun.

PS: you are more likely to die from old age when you can laugh at life a little. So based on your commets, god bless you.

DumDum123,

Reagan's Alzheimer's started in the early 80's which is why he couldn't remember selling arms to Iran and buying drugs from Nicaragua.

Yeah, Gingrich unleashed direct negative attacks on his opponents on the same day as he ran ads promising to focus on the issues.

Apologies to Governor Perry, where he has become so irrelevant that nobody can even find anything to say about him in his own comment thread.

There is no party loyalty if we are vowing for the same position or reward. That was crazy from the start. I can't defeat you if I go around praising everything about you.

That is why Hillary was defeated by Obama. When she refused to obliverate this unknown rookie Senator; she was doomed. He rewarded her with a second tier job.

Obliverate?

Secretary of State is a "second tier job"? Last time I checked the Presidential line of succession, it was still higher than any other post he could have appointed her to.

Oh, and I can't seem to recall that unknown rookie Senator doing very much to try to "obliverate" then-Senator Clinton, either, ITM - so why was she doomed and he wasn't?

Todays word is 'obliverate'!

....spell check, please!

Ya gotta give ITM a pass, he's in the low-information area of Texas!

Inthemiddle

I am not picking on you. But the reason Hillary lost is because she told a few to may lies. I love her and Bill, but like Newt, you can't go around telling stories, someone will have a video of you saying something else. That is a fact. It happened to Hillary and it happened to Newt.

Obliverate?

Hey! Are you refudiating his choice of words?

I didn't know this was a spelling bee. Obliverate, Obliterate, Obloviate, Obliver8....whatever.... You understand the point.

You understand the point.

Uhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm.

No.

Obliverate - the crossing of your v's instead of your t's.

"Obliverate" and "Vowing" for the same position or reward? LMAO

You are sounding like the dumb Hick that the world think us Texans all are....

I guess that is the University of Houston post grad education.

This is not English class. This is a dam blog.

First of all I'm an African American and not a frikken hick like yourself. You are the dumbazz, skoal dipping, Rebel Flag license plate, one tooth, dooley driving azz redneck from Jasper... Man go play with the kids.

Trickle down didn't work then, and has never worked. That doesn't keep those that are incapable of critical thinking from supporting it.

And to add something to comment #6.3 - Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:18 PM EST, Reagan was already in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease when he took office. We know that now, but he was rewarded for his 'folksy' charm and his B movie acting skills. He gets credit for 'fixing' the economy, but if you look at the numbers, we were already in recovery when he took office. He killed that and sent the US into a second double dip recession, and soon had to sign the biggest tax increase in history.

I lived through three of his administrations - one as California Governor, where he did the same thing as he did to the US - inherit a nice budget surplus and trash it, and leave with massive debt and deficit. Why people choose to remember him as anything but a doddering old fool is beyond me.

AND ITM has an SF unit patch as his logo.....................Oh, and Starderup, I have to wonder, if you disagree with the "trickle down economics" theory, how is all this current "trickle up poverty" working out for ya? :)

I'd rather vote for Pat Paulsen, if you are going to bring candidates back from the dead, hehe. Even in his comedy, he made sense.

I miss Pat Paulsen...

So do I, Lloyd.....and the entire SmoBros Comedy Hour cast. I actually met Tommy at a function I was sent to in DC in the spring of '69. He is a very interesting person to talk with.

There is no problem with that. The Presidents always have to pay for their own food and lodgeing while on vacation.

How much time did Bush spend in Texas. Or daddy Bush in Kennebunkport, Or Reagan at the Cali Ranch?

Devil's Son - I used to call Reagan the Great Vacationer. This was before you could look up statitistics like that.

"So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days at his ranch where his staff often joined him for meetings. And Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch.

Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off -- 28 days."

So, in order, at the 31 month mark:

Reagan took 3.5 months off
Clinton took 1 month off
Junior took 6 months off
Obama took 2 months off

This is so, so much fun. As so wise person said, "Never get in the way when your enemies are trying to kill each other."

I guess just like MSDNC does daily.

Thanks for proving my point bagger. Does it hurt to be that stupid?

Maybe if you stop sukking so damn hard, they won't hurt anymore.

No, but that's who they are send out there to apply for the job. <shakes head>

Alan, not only that but he/they don't know that all oil is sold on the international market so that oil whether considered foreign or not, will not necessarily go to the US.

Also, although I can't stand any of the republicans running, I think that this is BS. Actually in general, I think that the talk about earmarks is total BS. Part of the job of Congress people is to secure federal funds for their districts/states. The problem is when they attach these things to non related bills as a way to get what they want, basically holding other bills hostage unless they get what they want. Both sides do this but until the last couple of years it wasn't so prominent. Now the republicans actually brag about hostage taking.

How about the double dip of taking state retirement while being paid for Governor?

I think it is safe to say that nobody will have to tolerate this kind of stupidity for long. When he gets back to Texas with his tail between his legs, he better have his cronies set him up with some kind of job, because when he comes up for re-election, he'll get smoked like a cheap cigar.

teabaggersux,

I was agreeing with most of your posts until this one.

I am a native Texan and am Not a coward or a hooker. Nor am I a Teabagger or a Republican. No need to insult us all, just because GW Bush and Rick Perry are idiots.

You were sounding somewhat intelligent before stating that EVERY person living in a very large state fit into 1 of 2 categories. That statement cannot possibly be accurate.

If you would like to salvage any respect for your own intelligence, you might want to modify and correct that statement, and us intelligent folks will consider that you made an honest mistake.... Otherwise, you lose a HUGE amount of credibility.