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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: JDW11235

I’m sorry if your candidate, if you have one, doesn’t give you enough wonderful things to talk about that you feel you have to waste your time trashing a dead candidate for him or her.


41 posted on 11/10/2011 3:28:43 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Puddleglum

“But this was like some Hollywood prop falling over in an action flick and revealing how phony everything is. And he just kept flailing and looking dumber and faker. And he turns to Ron Paul who’s right there and Ron states at him as if to say “You steal my bit and now you want me bail you out?” Hell, Paul could’ve ticked off 400 things to cut AND meant it, but he just let Perry twist there. Perry turned helpless to Uncle Kook for help and suddenly it became perflectly clear that Uncle Kook wasn’t the craziest guy in the room - not by far.”

Excellent points, all. But we have to give “Uncle Paul” credit. The third time, Perry didn’t even get to two, and Paul helped him with “Commerce,” I believe it was. Either Romney or Cain tossed out the EPA, which oddly should have at least made him think about “Energy” since the EPA’s main goal seems to be to destroy energy. Forget two hands and a flashlight, not even those would help.


42 posted on 11/10/2011 3:30:55 PM PST by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: SunkenCiv


43 posted on 11/10/2011 3:33:02 PM PST by Iron Munro (One Trillion seconds = 31,709 years. One Trillion dollars = 3 Months of Obama Spending)
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To: hellbender

They laughed at Harry Truman, too, the little haberdasher from Missouri. But he beat Dewey in the upset of the century.


44 posted on 11/10/2011 3:35:14 PM PST by varina davis (Life is not a dress rehearsal)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I try to use humor about Rick Perry, but it’s starting to feel like we’re making fun of a retarded person, which is a little disconcerting.

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45 posted on 11/10/2011 3:37:16 PM PST by bobk333
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Gov. Perry has been taking waterskiing lessons from The Fonz.


46 posted on 11/10/2011 3:41:37 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: JDW11235

Yes, JD. Three strikes and you’re out. I used to do that too but now I watch for the little circle in the upper left hand corner of the screen that is supposed to be moving. If it is,no more clicks. If not, you can click POST ONCE. LOL.


47 posted on 11/10/2011 3:42:37 PM PST by Mountain Mary (I'll take a Godfather's pizza with the works!)
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To: JDW11235

He’s not looking good....strain all over his face.


48 posted on 11/10/2011 3:44:30 PM PST by Mountain Mary (I'll take a Godfather's pizza with the works!)
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To: varina davis
Last night he was Reagan. Today is is Truman. He's losing ground in the past president comparisons too.
49 posted on 11/10/2011 3:49:49 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter ( The Prudential Governor... Have you bought your piece of the Rick)
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To: Mountain Mary

LOL, thanks for the advice. Actually what happened this time, is that I hit “Stop” and fixed a typo, but must not have done it in time. That’s why the first post has a typo. But then, when I hit post the 2nd time, I got an error message that popped up, and when I hit “Ok” it refreshed the page and sent it the 3rd time. Technology is grand.

(I have a bad typo issue, mostly because I read and write in two other languages most of the day, and I’m too lazy to use cut and paste back and forth into a spell checker. I try and catch my typos when I can, but alas, it led to a triple post!)


50 posted on 11/10/2011 3:51:05 PM PST by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: linn37
Princess Pelosi was gracious in my mind.

No Politician in Washington would dare call this dominex out!

51 posted on 11/10/2011 3:58:53 PM PST by not2worry
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Newt can’t be expected to do everyone’s homework!


52 posted on 11/10/2011 4:01:10 PM PST by linn37
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

It’s getting difficult to discern if your devotion to Perry is tenacity or lunacy.


53 posted on 11/10/2011 4:02:15 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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To: Verginius Rufus
Between Newt and Cain I believe Cain is the better candidate to beat Obama.

Newt just doesn't have the charisma and plain talking abilities that come naturally to Cain.

I do think that a Cain/Newt Ticket would be fantastic.

54 posted on 11/10/2011 4:02:55 PM PST by not2worry
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To: JDW11235; indylindy

Perry’s more articulate in Spanish........LOL.


55 posted on 11/10/2011 4:05:31 PM PST by Liz
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To: Puddleglum
It was more than just a muffed line.

Perry deserves criticism for jumping out there and then forgetting a major part of his platform, and then fumbling around and forgetting even more of his platform, but....

People should be more critical of Perry's ideas, such as his proposal in the CNN interview last week where he pushed for illegal immigrants ("Criminals") to get work visas to allow them to cross back and forth between countries. That should have dominated discussion of Perry this week, and I'm disappointed that it wasn't brought up at the debate, since it would have an effect on the economy.
56 posted on 11/10/2011 4:05:47 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: rockabyebaby

“Wonder what he’d sound like answering that 3am phone call?”

I suspect he’d have to get back with you. In about a week.


57 posted on 11/10/2011 4:06:52 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Cain & Gingrich 2012..theres plenty of work to be done!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I don’t understand the intense animosity toward Perry, that so many freepers express. Why is a conservative, pro-life governor of Texas treated with contempt in these forums? If I were to take a typical anti-Perry post and cut-paste it to a Cain thread, changing just the name (from Perry to Cain) I’d be banned in a hartbeest.


58 posted on 11/10/2011 4:08:03 PM PST by Lady Lucky
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To: Liz

Well, I’ve certainly heard non native English speakers do a better job. :-)


59 posted on 11/10/2011 4:08:47 PM PST by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: hellbender
What happened to Perry in the debate has happened to people of high intelligence many times. It’s not a sign of stupidity. It could be caused by anxiety (aggravated by being bashed for prior poor performance in previous debates)

Good God, I hope it was not something as simple as anxiety - this man is running for the most powerful position in the world, a responsibility that entails quick decisions under stressful circumstances. I'd rather just think he doesn't practice all that much or is just not committed to it.

We could do better, but we could do worse.

This is true. If Perry managed to come back somehow, the majority of FReepers would vote for him over Obama. The only way we aren't going to support the GOP candidate is if it's Romney.
60 posted on 11/10/2011 4:10:45 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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