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Posted on 11/12/2011 7:59:58 AM PST by Innovative
Christine Weber-Fox says Perry's inability to remember all three of the federal agencies he wants to eliminate during an appearance in Wednesday's Republican presidential debate isn't a sign of any mental impairment.
The Purdue professor of speech, language and hearing sciences says Perry's brain-freeze appears to be a "case of normal word-finding difficulty that can happen to anyone."
(Excerpt) Read more at therepublic.com ...
People need to focus on the candidates' record.
Finding words harder as we age? That’s, uhhh, uhhh, so, uhhhh, hmmmm, true!
let me say three things about that...
Well, that’s just uh, hmm, well, it just is!
requires a lot of innovation to come up with the proper slogans.
second place is still winning, etc, loads of good PC stuff.
...????..don’t know about that, in the last three years I’ve come up with words to explain my disgust with Dumbo that I would never use usually and as frequently, since he appears every day (purposely)
With that one, there are many, many words to choose from, so it’s very easy to come up with words to describe obama. Can’t think of a particular word, you can move on to the next one.
I like Perry and think he would make a fine president...but his stock just keeps falling because of his inability to hit a home run or even some solid base hits at the debates.
You got it. Wait until you pass 80. It is hard.
As I said:
“People need to focus on the candidates’ record. “
So how about comparing the candidates’ RECORDS?
Perry is the only one with a GOVERNING RECORD of some 10 years of job creation, low taxes, low regulations, tort reform, pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, and yes, securing the border.
Word finding also gets tough when you’re trying to remember someone else’s words (i.e., a highly paid staffer).
Word finding also gets tough when you don’t really care what the words mean, or possibly even know what they mean.
Word finding also gets tough when you’ve never thought about the subject until 4 months ago, and then only after your wife pushed you into it.
After Perry’s gaffe I like him more than before because it proves he’s human, but I’m committed to the Cain Train!
MY SENILITY PRAYER:
God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones that I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Now that I’m ‘older (but refuse to grow up), here’s what I’ve discovered:
ONE - I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
TWO - I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.
THREE -Funny, I don’t remember being absent minded...
FOUR -All reports are in; life is now officially unfair.
FIVE -If all is not lost, where is it?
SIX -It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.
SEVEN -Some days you’re the dog; some days you’re the hydrant.
EIGHT - I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few...
NINE -It’s hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.
TEN -Only time the world beats a path to your door is when you’re in the bathroom.
ELEVEN -If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.
TWELVE -When I’m finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?
THIRTEEN -It’s not hard to meet expenses... they’re everywhere.
FOURTEEN -The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
FIFTEEN -These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter...
I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I’m here after.
Perry’s performances remind me of the first Reagan/Mondale debate in 1984.
Going into that debate, Reagan had a huge lead, so his handlers decided to “play it safe” and coached the crap out of Reagan, programming him to only say certain things. Reagan looked like a fool, fumbling for numbers and facts, and not putting coherent thoughts together. He lost his lead and people were saying that he was simply too old. The next debate they let Reagan be Reagan, and he went on to win his second landslide.
The problem with Perry is he MUST be coached heavily, or he’ll step in it again (i.e., ‘heartless’) and destroy his chances. And besides that, Perry doesn’t really know very much about national politics...so he has no choice but to be heavily coached, and that why he keeps looking like an idiot.
I find myself running a string of words......and they fit
Policeman walking his beat passes an older gentleman sitting on a park bench. The guy looks fine, he's very well dressed, suit, tie, shoes shined, expensive watch, but he's just sitting there crying, bawling, sobbing. The cop stops, and asks if he's OK
Guy replies.."I'm retired, very wealthy, live in a penthouse, have a condo at the beach, have a beautiful new yoing wife, and we have a great sex life."
Cop say" Buddy, you have it made, so why are you crying?"
Guy says.."Because I can't remember where I live.."
Yes, Perry is fine. I have the word finding problem and being under pressure exacerbates it.
Of course, I’m old.
Charles Krauthammer told a funny story about making a toast at a banquet honoring some woman. While he was making this long, praising speech, he suddenly realized he couldn’t remember the woman’s name. He’d known her twenty years. In the end, he faked it by saying something like, ‘here’s to this women we all love and admire.’
On the way home in the car, his son said, “You couldn’t remember her name, could you?” And he said, “not a clue.”
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