“... Perry had to put out his “Drunk Man” video ...”
I resemble that speech, having made a few in my career.
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The funny thing is, LOTS of people have made drunk speeches. You go to a fundraiser, you mingle with the crowd for a couple of hours, have a few drinks, then stand up at the podium and give your speech. That is absolutely fine in a closed room.
But it’s pretty sad that in today’s technology world, there are cameras everywhere, and everything we do is on tape. We’re all human, and I certainly couldn’t stand up to the constant scrutiny that these candidates are subject to. Whether he was drunk or not doesn’t even matter, because he was in a room full of people that he was mingling with, having a good time, probably appropriate to the situation... Putting it on tape for the world to see, and take out of context, is unfortunate.
The tape was edited too, so there may have been long periods of the speech where he did not appear to be impaired. I didn’t watch the full speech, so I don’t know. But like everything else for all candidates, these are just snapshots. And we have to be careful not to do what the MSM does and take everything out of context.