[af_vet_rr]

An onstage gaffe or awkward moment may cause some of the audience to wince, cringe or feel uncomfortable but since when has the public developed this preference to have a used car salesman give them the business?

I gotta disagree - if you can't walk into the lion's den known as the media, stare the lions down, tell everybody what you believe and why you believe it, you're not going to do a very good job of winning people to your side.

I watched Perry on a couple of different morning shows this morning, and he let the media airheads take control of the conversations. As soon as he starts talking about his campaign or bigger issues, they would steer it right back to last night. If Gingrich, Cain, and Santorum can take control of the narrative in their interviews, Perry should be able to as well.

Whether you like it or not, that's reality. Perry didn't drop in the polls because people liked Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan or because they liked the zingers that Newt hurled at the media, Perry dropped because of Perry.

[equaviator]

Last time I checked, the POTUS has a press secretary...

Presidential candidates should stand on their own and voters should be able to trivialize things like body language, smooth talk (think Obama, Clinton, Kerry...), personal style, what they have on their IPod, what they eat, boxers or briefs, etc. If the public is on the ball, they’d be well-informed enough to see past the day before.

It’s too damned bad that Perry’s image problem is how he’s perceived based on such meaningless chicken shit but that’s just the way it is. It’s too damned bad that some people expect a presidential candidate to appear somewhat as a song and dance man or woman. It’s too damned bad that the media tends to make the political process in this country look like just another branch of show biz.

Not only does the POTUS have a press secretary, there’s the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, CIA Director, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor and...oh yeah, what’s that other one again?...Secretary of the Interior...no wait...Secretary of Education...Secretary of Energy?

I think it’s possible, especially nowadays, to over-scrutinize to an extent that it needlessly wastes the reputations of otherwise worthy professionals and individuals.

‘Perfection’ can kiss my ass!