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KISS frontman Gene Simmons: Rick Perry will be our next president
Hot Air ^ | August 16, 2011 | TINA KORBE

Posted on 08/17/2011 2:12:18 PM PDT by RobinMasters

Just looking at a picture of KISS grosses me out, but you’ve gotta wonder whether Gene Simmons might be on to something with a prediction he tweeted yesterday.

“I voted for Pres Bush. I voted for Pres Clinton. I voted for Pres Obama. The next president will be Gov Rick Perry,” Simmons broadcasted.

A few minutes later, he backed up the prediction with another tweet touting what few conservatives would consider to be Perry’s most sterling credential.

“Gov Perry worked for Al Gore and then switched to Republican. He will be our next President. I’ve never been wrong,” Simmons wrote.

But, before you disqualify his opinion because he voted for Clinton and Obama, consider that Simmons has been vocal about his regret for the way he cast his vote in 2008. The Daily Caller has more:

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: music; perry2012; rock
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To: thackney

As I am knowledgeable that Nugent hails from Texas, I expected he’d be supportive of a fellow Texan. I was just attempting some light humor.


41 posted on 08/17/2011 2:46:16 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: RobinMasters

Skanky human being and a RINO


42 posted on 08/17/2011 2:46:36 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: RobinMasters

[ “I voted for Pres Bush. I voted for Pres Clinton. I voted for Pres Obama. The next president will be Gov Rick Perry,” Simmons broadcasted. ]

Sooo he voted for everybody but AlGorp!... and thats not certain..

Not too smart is he.. The vote for Bush is suspicious..
I wonder what that says about BUSH?... considering his proclivities..


43 posted on 08/17/2011 2:46:41 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: RobinMasters
I’ve never been wrong,” Simmons wrote

Oh, yeah?

Well what about that album where you and your KISS buddies removed your make-up? How'd that album sell for you?

Yeah...

That's what I thought...

44 posted on 08/17/2011 2:47:07 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: RatSlayer

Ping for later.


45 posted on 08/17/2011 2:47:17 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: SoldierDad

I loved this quote in his article:

“My governor shoots coyotes. What does yours do?”


46 posted on 08/17/2011 2:47:48 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

I think that article deserves its own thread, even though it is a few months old.


47 posted on 08/17/2011 2:48:34 PM PDT by HerrBlucher ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
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To: thackney

LOL - the four legged variety, or smugglers of illegals?


48 posted on 08/17/2011 2:49:02 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: Flycatcher
Well what about that album where you and your KISS buddies removed your make-up? How'd that album sell for you?

Actually it sold very well, compared to the previous albums they did with the makeup.

49 posted on 08/17/2011 2:49:02 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: RobinMasters

KISS....Now that’s a study in intelligence.


50 posted on 08/17/2011 2:50:27 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: HerrBlucher

Go for it. The anti-Perry crowd doesn’t mind posting old news.


51 posted on 08/17/2011 2:50:45 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: RobinMasters
The question, of course, is whether he has staying power.

Here's what folks don't understand about Perry is...he NEVER QUITS...once he makes up his mind to do something he does it. He is a in your face kind of guy...and has never lost an election. He knows what it takes to get it done. And he will not backpedal on anything he says....he is just gettin' started against barry. Thinned skinned barry...will NOT know what hit him.

52 posted on 08/17/2011 2:52:11 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: dfwgator; wbill

shaw!!!

As....If....

Way!


53 posted on 08/17/2011 2:56:12 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: RichInOC

“but I’ve got another candidate. Sorry.”

If Palin does not run, does Perry have your vote? just asking...I’m a Palin fan but not sure she’ll run. Hope I’m wrong. I’d be thrilled with a Palin/Perry ticket.


54 posted on 08/17/2011 3:03:49 PM PDT by oust the louse (A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.)
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To: RobinMasters
Ozzy Osbourne told me his prediction for the 2012 race... or he may have been trying to order a sandwich. I really couldn't tell which.
55 posted on 08/17/2011 3:05:14 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Repubs and Dems are arguing whether to pour 9 or 10 buckets of gasoline on a burning house.)
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To: BereanBrain
KISS....Now that’s a study in intelligence.

Gene Simmons reportedly has an extremely high IQ. He does not drink alcohol and has never done illegal drugs, which may explain his entrepreneurial success both in and out of the entertainment industry, while many of his fellow rockers from that era still live gig to gig.

From wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons):

While a self-described social liberal,[11] Simmons was a supporter of the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration.[12] He supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq, writing on his website: "I'm ashamed to be surrounded by people calling themselves liberal who are, in my opinion, spitting on the graves of brave American soldiers who gave their life to fight a war that wasn't theirs...in a country they've never been to... simply to liberate the people therein".[13] In a follow-up, Simmons explained his position and wrote about his love and support for the United States: "I wasn't born here. But I have a love for this country and its people that knows no bounds. I will forever be grateful to America for going into World War II, when it had nothing to gain, in a country that was far away... and rescued my mother from the Nazi German concentration camps. She is alive and I am alive because of America. And, if you have a problem with America, you have a problem with me".[13] During the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Lebanon, Simmons sent a televised message of support (in both English and Hebrew) to an Israeli soldier seriously wounded in fighting in Lebanon, calling him his "hero".[14] In 2010, Simmons said he regretted voting for Barack Obama and criticized the 2009 health care reforms.[15] Following Obama's 2011 Mideast speech, in which the President called on Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate a settlement "based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps,"[16] Simmons told CNBC that Obama was gravely misguided. "If you have never been to the moon, you can't issue policy about the moon. For the president to be sitting in Washington D.C. and saying, 'Go back to your '67 borders in Israel' – how about you live there and try to defend an indefensible border – nine miles wide?" Simmons also accused the United Nations of being "the most pathetic body on the face of the earth."[17] During his visit to Israel in 2011, he stated that the artists refusing to perform in Israel for political reasons are "stupid," referring to artists who canceled planned concerts in Israel.[18]

While I don't agree with his every view, I do respect a person who can admit his mistakes and learn from them.

56 posted on 08/17/2011 3:06:44 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: shield

[ Here’s what folks don’t understand about Perry is...he NEVER QUITS... ]

Same could be said about “BIG government George Bush” (BOTH of them)
AND their good buddy.. Captain McQueeq..

Do you think Perry is a Progressive like they are..?


57 posted on 08/17/2011 3:09:56 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

killed it and left it for the vultures....


58 posted on 08/17/2011 3:11:42 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: BereanBrain

Gene says his annual income is 30M, from his businesses and from his success. What’s yours?


59 posted on 08/17/2011 3:16:12 PM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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To: RobinMasters
Rick "Open borders" Perry?

WE'RE DOOMED!

60 posted on 08/17/2011 3:19:08 PM PDT by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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