The way I see it, he memorized three talking points someone coached to be sure to bring up, but then he forgot them and flailed alround looking completely insincere like “Oops - I was supposed to look all resolute and decisive and I blew it.” Aw shucks.
We all forget things. 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.
It was more than just a muffed line. It showed how phony Good Old Boy Perry is.
“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.