But I don’t like it when he can’t remember a fundamental component of his overall approach to the presidency. Things like that make me think that it really isn’t a fundamental component of his plans - but rather he is just trying to remember what primary voters want to hear. Why else would he “forget” such things?
Although Perry may just be saying what his voters want to hear, it is possible to forget such things as well.
I've been married for 25 years and signed my maiden name to a check the other day, I forgot my best friends name once, I loose keys, forget what I was going to say next, all kinds of stuff - just leaves my mind sometimes. And, unless you are lucky enough to have never had your mind go "blank" , then you understand what I mean.
Agree.
Do you at least understand why it bothers some people though? What his mind went blank on wasn’t trivial like location of keys, a name, etc. Would you forget, for example, that you were married or that you were pro-life? Would you forget that you want to eliminate the income tax? Maybe the major things i’ve listed and the department he wants to eliminate aren’t quite in the same arena.
Different animals imo. So while I obviously agree that sometimes we all forget mostly trivial things - very few of us forget major defining things.
So while I continue to enjoy hearing what Perry has to say [one of my favs is part time Congress] I will continue to have a big reservation.
The reason is that people don’t forget such big things and if they do, the reason is important to know about... for me.