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Rick Perry's Damage Control Strategy: Have a Sense of Humor
The Atlantic ^ | November 10, 2011 | Molly Ball

Posted on 11/10/2011 2:37:12 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Ditter
Palin isn't running so any mention of her is meaningless.

As for Cain's supporters, I have never seen anyone sink to the level I have seen your fellow Perry supporters go. How is this for low?

What I can’t understand is why you hate Texan females and want them to die from cancer?

I don't care what candidate someone supports I would never stoop so low as to say such a thing. Obviously, that's not the case with Perry supporters.

And yes, I would vote to defeat Obama regardless who the Republican nominee may be. Defeating Obama is the goal but we should do it with the best conservative candidate possible.

101 posted on 11/10/2011 7:10:18 PM PST by South40 (To Tear Down Herman Cain is to aid Mitt Romney & the Marxist Kenyan)
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To: South40
Some Palin supporters are still salivating over her, check around. The freepers who I have seen be really nasty are still here and the Perry supporters you speak of have been zotted. Vote Republican Robert, kick obozo out of the white hut. Let's make it a White House again.
102 posted on 11/10/2011 7:20:01 PM PST by Ditter
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To: Ditter
The freepers who I have seen be really nasty are still here and the Perry supporters you speak of have been zotted.

Sounds like you have a complaint for the complaint department.

And you are wrong, Urkel; the Perry supporter responsible for the quote I provided you has not been zotted.

103 posted on 11/10/2011 7:25:12 PM PST by South40 (To Tear Down Herman Cain is to aid Mitt Romney & the Marxist Kenyan)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Yuking it up with Letterman? Not a good move, we all remember how Letterman treated Sarah and her children.


104 posted on 11/10/2011 7:25:17 PM PST by jpsb
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To: Lady Lucky

There is a difference between a momentary lapse of judgment, and some who isn’t very intelligent forcing his agenda by executive order. I reserve the term “moron” only for the inept. Perry is an utter failure as a leader, but borders on cliche’ as a Napoleonic dictator. Anyone willing to try and force someone to do something he deems “healthy” against their will is not only a moron, but something more insidious. Subsidizing illegal aliens shows that he’s not a patriot either. To attempt to rule the American people and to sell them out, and lie about running, while trying to convince people to help get you to hold the most powerful office in the world...is stupid. You may pussyfoot around the topic, but I won’t. But I respect your decision to be congenial to Perry, who has no such regard for anyone else. Have a good evening!


105 posted on 11/10/2011 7:38:28 PM PST by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: bobk333
Newt led the revolution that saw the 2nd-largest congressional victory in history. He was then judged by his peers to be an outstanding leader in the public sphere, and was elected by them to be the leader of the house of representatives, and 3rd in line to the Presidency.

In that position, he led the house to several major victories, and also some failures. But he was clearly a leader who could persuade others to do his bidding.

Cain was a middle manager who was good at cost-cutting and problem solving. He was appointed to run a small subsidiary of Pillsbury that they had obtained in a multi-million dollar deal, a subsidiary worth possibly $150 million.

He abandoned a growth policy, and adopted a slash-and-hold strategy, cutting all franchises that were not profitable. He also cut the management staff, although in a smaller proportion to the number of franchises they had left to manage. By favoring immediate returns over growth, he managed to turn a small loss into an even smaller profit, around $2 million, or about 1% gross margin.

After the two+ years he worked to turn it around for Pillsbury, they gave up and sold the company at a loss to Cain, for somewhere between $30 million and $100 million.

He then managed the company for 8 more years, competently keeping the company at a steady earnings rate, while not growing at all. Other pizza companies took a more agressive policy, and Godfather's went from the 5th largest company to the 8th largest. He remained on the board for a half-dozen more years -- when he left, they were the 11th-largest.

Yes, he can manage an organization, and execute. In Godfather's, he had complete control of the company. He had to reach no consensus, he would make a decision and people would execute it. It is a totally different thing than being a governor, or a president, where you have to build consensus and cajole people into doing your bidding.

There is no evidence that Cain has that kind of leadership qualities. Time and again this election cycle he has gone off half-cocked, making declaratory statements without getting the facts, and looking foolish. It's just a campaign, so he was able to correct his statements each time, eventually.

But as President, you make a decision and things happen. If you mistakenly conclude that a country was behind a terror attack, and you send in the marines, it's not enough to send out your campaign chief to blame the internet for giving you the wrong information.

106 posted on 11/10/2011 7:51:48 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: JDW11235

Thank you. He’s not my first choice, so I’ll leave it to others to defend him any further toward the goal posts. Have a great holiday weekend!


107 posted on 11/11/2011 4:08:07 AM PST by Lady Lucky
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To: JDW11235

BTW, about Perry being like a Napoleonic dictator, read the initial commentary on this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2805827/posts

An interesting view of the power of a governor in Texas. (Can’t vouch for it, all I know of Texas is that I’d rather live there than on the East Coast.)


108 posted on 11/11/2011 5:57:45 AM PST by Lady Lucky
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To: Lady Lucky

Most of the people who show the most rabid animosity toward Gov Perry are typical seminar posters IMHO.
They must have a bell that rings every time a Perry article is posted because within seconds after it is posted
one or two or three of them are already on here with their cut and paste ‘opinions’ and hatred oozing out of
every word. If you follow any other blogs or boards the same cut and paste words and phrases are used on all of them.
The posters have somewhat different names but the same ‘opinions’ and buzzwords.


109 posted on 11/11/2011 7:38:06 AM PST by SwatTeam
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To: SwatTeam

Thanks for the warning! :) I don’t follow any other political forums or any blogs...just here for the news when I have a moment to sit down to it. FR is quicker with the news than any other site I have found.
IMO conservatives ought to be more cordial toward one another, and save the bile for the Democrats.
Maybe I’ll go check out some cooking threads! Nobody injects poison in a recipe ;)


110 posted on 11/11/2011 8:23:17 AM PST by Lady Lucky
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To: Lady Lucky

lol Cooking sites are safe if you can avoid the temptation of trying all the recipes. Check out this site, its my favorite.

http://www.deepsouthdish.com/


111 posted on 11/11/2011 8:32:53 AM PST by SwatTeam
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To: SwatTeam
Many thanks! I love Southern!
112 posted on 11/11/2011 9:56:08 AM PST by Lady Lucky
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To: independent in tx

“Somehow I don’t think you are worried about his reputation.”

Rest assured, his reputation is not something I worry about at all. That said, I bear him no particular malice, either. I think he’d make a lousy President, that’s all. I have no desire to see him politically destroyed.


113 posted on 11/11/2011 2:45:18 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Cain & Gingrich 2012..theres plenty of work to be done!)
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