Posted on 12/11/2011 1:00:29 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Rick Perry' held one public event in Iowa today - a jampacked coffee house appearance in fairly liberal-tilting Ames - and slammed Mitt Romney over thie $10,000 bet to reporters, while keeping his focus on his anti-Washington, anti-establishment message with the crowd.
Perry spoke for about 15 minutes and took no questions at the event, which was marred at the end by protestors who shouted over his speech about his anti-DADT ad bemoaning the notion of fays in the military.
He was swarmed by autograph-seekers and didn't do a formal Q and A with reporters, but a few caught up to him as he made his way to the exit.
“For most Iowans, having an extra 10,000 (dollars) that you would throw down on a bet seems very out of the ordinary.” Perry told a few reporters after his speech, according to a tweet from the Daily Caller's Alex Pappas.
What's a fay?
Tina Fay?
Fay Rae?
Fay Paux?
Perry did a considerable service to his nation by further revealing what a elite fop romney is an has always been.
Thanks. I checked for awhile and then figured, maybe a term I’m not familiar with. Then again some letters are close on the keyboard.
Gov. Perry has a long record of service to the country.
Why didn’t Perry take Romney up on the bet? (He refused to shake on it.) I think it is quite interesting.
What was the bet about? I haven’t found it and didn’t catch the debate.
Anyone who knows people or family who are Mormons also know that gambling is openly frowned upon. As Mitt makes a big deal about his faith, Perry knew he stepped in it big time.
It was over the line in Romney’s first book asserting that Romneycare would do good in all states that was taken out of the subsequent paperback version. Romney’s spin was he was not advocating it as a federal initiative but tried to make it a States Rights issue. The problem with his whole argument is what kind of regulations would he enact that would make it almost impossible for the states to not enact it.
Romney tried to intimidate Perry and Rick didn’t play along. By offering such a large wager, it made Romney look as an elitist snob, which he is.
Thanks! :-)
A fay?
The word is “fey”.
Fey (def): Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality.
A fay?
The word is spelled “fey”.
Fey (def): “Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality.”
In the vernacular it means about the same thing as “mezzo finoc”.
My serach says f-a-y.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fay
A new term to me btw
Now there is a “fey” but it is defined as..
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fey
Could have been Tammy Fay Baker..
This is used in standard journalist copy?
From the “Urban Dictionary”:
fey: fairly gay, as applied to a heterosexual male with homosexual stereotypical traits “Just because your fiance has a shoe obsession and plucks his eyebrows doesn’t mean he’s gay; rather, he’s fey.”
mezzo finoc: Italian slang for half a fag, a man that is acting unmanly.
I think fay is now coming into acceptance as an alternate spelling, but standard journalist copy? I doubt it is any newspaper’s style book.
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