If Perry follows through on this EXCUSE and dodges the debate and look at him as a man who is not there because he is WEAK/AFRAID, because he is not prepared and because HE CAN NOT HANDLE A DEBATE.
Mark my words if Perry BAILS on the debate HE IS DONE. MULTITUDES of voters will simply write him off as a viable candidate for President because a PRESIDENT is capable of doing more than two things at once: handling an ongoing crisis while maintaining enough STRENGTH, MATURITY, SMARTS/WISDOM and COMPOSURE to also hold a debate, press conference, meetings dealing with other matters. The MSM will also use this EXCUSE to drum out the mantra that Perry is WEAK and not capable of being the president and Obama's reelection campaign will magnify this into a cacophony: Perry is not a prime time player.
Someone here on FR who is acquainted with Perry and his campaign staff had better pass the above along to him ASAP or he is TOAST should he decide to bail on the debate. No matter how bad the crisis is, Perry must be at the debate at all costs.
Do you guys read or listen?
He’s going to the debate. This is the 3rd or 4th time I have posted this.
If you read this thread, you can see that there are going to be people who slam Perry if he skips the debate, and those who slam him if he goes - and those who will slam him either way. I think Perry will assess the situation tomorrow, and if there is nothing that demands his physical presence in Texas, he will go to the debate while keeping in touch with his staff. If things get worse overnight, or if there are some decisions that require his direct involvement (National Guard deployment, etc), then he might have to miss the debate. Too soon to tell, but the latest word is that he is planning to be at the debate.
No matter how bad the crisis is, Perry must be at the debate at all costs.
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Seriously? What if (God forbid) his (close family member) died?
Rick should skip the funeral and go off on a debate?
As a Texan, I submit to you that you do not understand the intensity of these fires that are still out of control.
That is truly a hilarious post.
Perry refused to debate Bill White back in 2010. (Good thing for White, incidentally...as I saw Perry debate Tony Sanchez and I sort of felt bad for Tony by the end of it. Perry beat teh living S*%^@ out of him).
More likely, if one is so cynical to assume that Perry is not to be taken at good faith here, is that he has calculated that debating with the 7 dwarves, or however many there are, it is not worth the effort.
And he’s probably right.
Far from being done if he misses, his lead will grow wider.
Your all wet Jmouse....and more than likely he’ll make it up in some other way. Someone already stated they may have a make up debate for him. He’s doing the right thing here. No one should question that.
Excellent point.
There is no need for him to be there. We use electronic conferencing technology all the time, he can too.