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Whoops! MSNBC's Diaz-Balart Blanks on Rick Perry's Name
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 08/29/2014 9:36:31 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Of all the names that it would be embarrassing for an MSNBC network host to blank on, Rick Perry's would have to be at the top of the list. How countless many times has the Lean Forward network had fun at Perry's expense over his "whoops" moment during a 2012 presidential debate?
But that unfortunate fate befell Jose Diaz-Balart today, hosting his own new MSNBC show. The topic was the way in which Ted Cruz and Perry would potentially fight over Texas donor dollars if they were to both run for president. Diaz-Balart got Cruz's name without problem, but when it came time to Perry's, he stumbled multiple times before giving up and just generically referencing him as the "Governor of Texas." Whoops indeed!
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: josediazbalart; msnbc; rickperry; texas; whoops
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MSNBC host has whoops moment over Rick Perry’s name. Ping to Today show list.
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posted on
08/29/2014 9:37:24 AM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Uh, uh, uh.
That Governor with the racist rock.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
It’s un-hyphenated and has no diacritical marks - so it’s beyond him.
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posted on
08/29/2014 9:55:10 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest; All
so you.. and 100 other ppl. actually watched that program?
i salute your painful task, watchin'/reportin' that garbage. 😉
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posted on
08/29/2014 10:01:51 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I have no room to criticize anybody on this issue.
About 20 years ago I was introducing the president of the company I worked for in front of about 1000 people. Franchisees and employees.
Drew a total blank on his name, and I’d worked with him for five years at the time.
Stuff happens.
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posted on
08/29/2014 10:08:21 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
They've done worse with names over at MSNBC
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
08/29/2014 10:18:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Sherman Logan
From time to time I meet people I used to work with at another company for 11 years.
I’ll see them in Walmart or a restaurant and I cannot remember their names for the life of me...................
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posted on
08/29/2014 10:20:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Which is funny considering how many liberal MSM heads that rick Perry lives in rent free...
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posted on
08/29/2014 10:51:57 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(No, My Initials are not A.B.)
To: skinkinthegrass
I watch so you don’t have to ;-)
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posted on
08/29/2014 1:27:34 PM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
To: governsleastgovernsbest; All
I watch so you don’t have to ;-)kinda figure that..have great weekend!...
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posted on
08/29/2014 1:36:55 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
To: Sherman Logan
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posted on
08/29/2014 2:25:43 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
To: wardaddy
Admitted my dilemma to him and the audience. He was a good sport and laughed. And, of course, the name immediately popped back in and I was able to complete the introduction.
But it was darn embarassing!
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posted on
08/29/2014 2:40:57 PM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
To: Sherman Logan
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posted on
08/29/2014 2:58:23 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
To: Sherman Logan
But unlike Diaz-Balart, you aren’t hosting a show on a network that’s spent years making fun of the guy whose name you had a memory lapse on.
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posted on
08/29/2014 3:01:32 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
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