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A Big Black Cloud
Fears over Rick Perry’s entrance into the race.
Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke earlier this week of a “big black cloud that hangs over America.” He was clearly referring to the nation’s mammoth debt. But the ever-vigilant MSNBC host Ed Schultz scented racism in the remark, saying that that “big black cloud Perry is talking about is President Barack Obama.” Schultz later apologized for his bungled interpretation, admitting that he did not present the “full context” of Perry’s comment.
The blunder illustrates the extent to which Rick Perry’s entrance into the presidential race has addled the liberal media. To Schultz, Perry is a racist who “comes from the radical country club that loves to remind white America that President Obama is other: not like you.” To other members of the liberal chattering class, he is a “Manchurian candidate,” “secessionist,” and dangerous theocrat for having prayed in public recently.
Resuming its favorite role as unsolicited adviser to the GOP, the liberal media counsels the party to reject Perry and support a more moderate candidate who could fare well in a “general election.” Note that this comes from the same media that said John McCain would successfully poach moderates and independents from the Democrats in a general election, and a few weeks ago was saying that Jon Huntsman struck fear in the hearts of White House staffers.
The media’s definition of an “electable Republican” is a moderate who will lose. The storyline of “Is Perry built for a general election?” masks the media’s fear of a resurgent GOP under the influence of the Tea Party. That Perry could generate significant conservative turnout in 2012, building upon the party’s Tea Party success in 2010, worries the media, which always seeks to divide the leadership of the party from its rank-and-file.
This division is sown under ginned-up coverage of “civil war in the GOP” or through approving quotes from failed establishment Republican figures who “warn” that the party has moved too far to the right. The “purge of moderates” will be “politically disastrous,” claimed some in the media, right before the Tea Party swept into the House of Representatives.
Perry’s candidacy renews these faux-concerns about the party. His off-the-cuff remark about Ben Bernanke offended reporters, so much so they turned to the usually reviled Karl Rove for respectful quotation and to another Bush-era official who condemned the remark as “unpresidential.”
It was an “ugly” statement, pontificated journalists, who just days ago were justifying presidential rhetoric that cast the Tea Party as hostage-takers. Why get so worked up about metaphorical language? That was their line during the debt-ceiling debate; now they find such metaphors chilling.
Republicans who are labeled extremists by the media never end up appearing very scary, and Rick Perry is no exception to the rule. Would that he were as conservative as they claim. Complicating the media’s narrative of Perry as an unelectable extremist is that he is a former Democrat whose record in Texas has been generally conservative but not uniformly conservative. As a Democrat, he endorsed Al Gore for president; as a Republican, he endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president. These facts require more nuance than the media is in the mood to offer. It is easier to describe him as a secessionist and call it a day.
Yet journalists sound like they wouldn’t mind if Texas seceded. They toss plenty of anti-Texas gibes into their coverage of Perry. While they accuse the Tea Party of treating Barack Obama as an exotic, they present Perry as someone from another planet whom they have recently come upon to their horror. MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski has said that she “felt like an alien” when she heard Perry speak and receive applause. To paraphrase Ed Schultz, Perry is, for the liberal elite, “other.”
About the Author
George Neumayr, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is co-author, with Phyllis Schlafly, of the new book, No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom.
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Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 8.18.11 @ 6:36AM
The Ministry of Truth in the USA never gets it right.
For instance if Rick Perry had been referring to Obama he would have referred to the guy in the White House with the Mickey Mouse ears and the Mickey Mouse economic program.
If he had been referring to Ed Schultz, then and only then, would it have been appropriate to refer to a big lying bag of wind. Yes, he apologized but only after he was caught with the misrepresentation.
A better question is why isn't the press covering Obama's Bus Tour? First, they would have to cover the issue that Obama is on an American jobs tours using Canadian manufactured buses.
Secondly, it would become obvious that few care about Obama or his bus tour and that would be hard to conceal.
If there is any black cloud over America it's the unofficial Ministry of Truth who bungle every story and at every opportunity.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.18.11 @ 8:37AM
Touche.
Cosmo| 8.19.11 @ 4:32AM
Perry/Bachman in 2012...
If there is anything left of our economy by Nov.2012...
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 8.18.11 @ 9:31AM
Oddly enough, it appears that the Obama administration has engaged in a PSA racial ad, portraying white people as terrorists, which is strange. It's strange because all 126 suspects investigated for terrorism have been Muslim.
http://www.infowars.com/big-si.....americans/
Mike D.| 8.18.11 @ 9:42AM
Go figure!
Michael Tomlinson| 8.18.11 @ 10:04AM
I saw it some time ago and was both disguted and spitting mad! This would make a good campaign attack ad against Obama who wants to appease Muslim jihadists.
Oldefarte| 8.18.11 @ 11:58AM
Bill, Outstanding commentary and linked example of this radical/extremist administration's/MSM brainwashing of the public. Bravo! I was enraged to no end when I saw the initial outing of Napolitano's HLS report that is editorialized in your linkage, since it was an obvious partisaned propaganda piece from this subversive administration. Oh no, it's never the Muslim person dressed in a burka holding a lit bomb that's the problem, is it? Its always the white guy/tea party type that works 24-7, attends church with his hetersexual spouse and family, coaches little league in their non-existent spare time while paying humongous taxes in order to fund the government's providing of various forms of welfare to those too stupid, too lazy etc to give an excrement. Geez, gollygewillikers, shazam!!!!!!
A. C. Santore| 8.18.11 @ 9:54AM
I'm puzzled. If, as we are repeatedly told, virtually no-one reads the leftist print media, and virtually no-one watches the leftist television media, and there is virtually no leftist radio media, why do we care about what they say?
And, more pressing, why do we keep repeating it, giving it air time, and giving it legs.
I think it was deMille who wisely said about a business competitor (or some enemy or other), "Don't even ignore him!"
So, don't even ignore them!
Brubaker| 8.18.11 @ 10:22AM
Good point; difficult to do, but a good point nonetheless.
TrueBlue| 8.18.11 @ 1:21PM
Because the ones that do watch/read and believe that junk spread it around as fact.
idalily| 8.18.11 @ 6:59PM
Yep, and they repeat it over and over and over. It's called propaganda.
Drunken Sailor| 8.18.11 @ 1:56PM
I agree with you to a extent, but it is always wise to know what the enemy is plotting. You can't build a good defense let alone a effective offense if you do not know the battlefield.
grethel| 8.18.11 @ 2:14PM
For 50 years the right has ignored items like this, George Bush did not respond to the attacks on himself and his allies, John McCain declined to mention Jeremiah Wright as being a negative thing he wouldn't do. What that "niceness" has gotten us is this situation where Obama feels free to tell his followers to "get in their face". Its obvious we back down, letting whatever beyond ridiculous assertion stand. And everyone else commenting here just gets in line behind the niceness line. Stand out! Refuse to accept their take on things! Correct the impression they want to leave of us AT EVERY TURN!
MarkR| 8.18.11 @ 2:51PM
Easy to answer the above. We need to dispassionately answer nonsense with truth. Some (not most) of the far left will possibly listen and come around. Also the fact is "truth" is highlighted when contrasted with dark falsehoods and this makesour message that much more attractive. These are essentials of a democratic republic. ---I occasionally watch MSLSD or Meet the Depressed or CNN or any number of shows to listen to see if I hear any coherent thought processes and I rarely if ever do .I realize that with Obummer leading us into dead ends financially and morally that OUR future as the voice of REAL HOPE AND CHANGE is moving toward fruition. I also see where the independent voter who actually tends to be far more conservative than liberal in many senses is dropping the liberal mantra and aphorisms like a falling piece of concrete. They see the empty rhetoric for what it is. 08 was an unfortunate alignment of guilt, anger and frustration (as well as poor financial choices by the Bushies) and the running of a candidate (McLame) who wouldnt fight and acquiesed on everything. Now conservatism is on the upswing. So for me hearing the empty platitudes of the far left is a reminder to me that thats all they got left- just like the economic weapons left to Obummer and that brings me great hope for change.
C Smith| 8.18.11 @ 11:35AM
Yes, he apologized: "... a mistake." But wasn't the apology a second lie?
amy| 8.18.11 @ 3:55PM
Rick Perry is off-putting to independents and moderate Republicans. There is strong Texas fatigue from George W. Bush; we are not going to elect his lieutenant governor. It would be a huge mistake to nominate him for president.
MarkR| 8.18.11 @ 4:04PM
Obama is a hell of a lot more off putting than any of them. I and many independents I know would vote for a can of corn over the Obumbler. Voting for RINO Romney is a bigger mistake.
Drunken Sailor| 8.18.11 @ 6:36PM
Hey troll,
At least be original and quite doing the copy/paste routine of the same old post you use everywhere you find Rick Perry's name. This is the 3rd post today from you.
beebop| 8.19.11 @ 5:07AM
Amy? Girl, get a life. We are going to vote for him and he is going to HUMILIATE your pathetic excuse for a (p)resident. There. No beat it.
Sandy| 8.18.11 @ 6:40AM
Thank you very much for writing this article Mr. Neumayr. After watching Fox last night, highlighting one Rove comment after the next, attacking Perry, because he had the nerve to say Bush wasn't a real conservative, it made me sick. And the Bushies are the last ones to have any say in anything. It was W that gave us Obama. Now, we hear everywhere that Rove and the Bushies are trying to recruit Paul Ryan, for no other reason than to try to harm the Perry candidacy. It will backfire, and to a degree, already has. Bush sent more people into the Independent column than any other president, and to think they have any say in the presidency now is laughable. So many were saying that Perry would just be another Bush. Now go ahead and say that and see if it sticks. It's clear it won't.
Dave Williams| 8.18.11 @ 12:43PM
As far as I'm concerned, a big point in Perry's favor is that the Bushes don't like him very much...the usual contempt that shadowy wusses feel for strong, genuine, honest people. Go, Perry / Cain!!!!
Boar Hunter| 8.18.11 @ 1:29PM
Amen. I am quite OK with Perry/Cain. They are almost as conservative as I would like. I recognize that if a candidate who was as conservative as I prefer ran, the libs on both sides would go apoplectic (like they do over Palin). I'm tired of being held hostage by political correctness. I want to see someone who treats the libs like my Daughter-in-Law treats my 8 month old grandson. The libs need to be held down, constrained and forced to take their medicine before their own sickness overwhelms them.
Trinacria| 8.18.11 @ 6:39PM
Perry, yes; but Cain? Likable chap and all, but surely we can do better than someone who hasn't figured out there's no "F" in "with".
"Right of return? Right of return?...."
Boar Hunter| 8.18.11 @ 8:11PM
Yeah I know, but compare him to Biden.
PsychoDad| 8.18.11 @ 10:00PM
Mr Cain is not looking to be president of Israel.
Trinacria12| 8.18.11 @ 11:46PM
Quick, PD, look up; that thing zooming by is the point...
Sunnyr| 8.19.11 @ 7:52PM
Perry/Palin - 2012!
Appleby| 8.18.11 @ 6:56AM
The hippie scum who have made such a failure of their attempts to recreate in America the Europe our ancestors (and in many cases our parents) fled are now realizing the horrid truth: that even in the Real Sixties they were a loudmouthed minority whose only cheerleaders were the college professors and the Press. And they hate the Tea Party and Rick Perry for reminding the world that this was so.
We have heard enough Hey Hey Ho Ho to last us a lifetime. Time to start singing The Bonnie Blue Flag!
Seek| 8.18.11 @ 11:04AM
"Hippies," as you call them, also were the original libertarians. You might get beyond easy caricature and grasp character.
Boar Hunter| 8.18.11 @ 2:01PM
Hippies were the original what! LOL and a great big OMG! Hippies were and in some places still are a blight on society. Easy caricature? The media has tried to glorify these drug addled hobo's for years. Your professor should be applauded for his ability to persuade you to think these people were anything more than locusts. Their type of character is whats destroying my beloved America.
MarkR| 8.18.11 @ 6:36PM
Yea that's the ticket. I get it I think- Hippies sat around all day smoking dope and jumping rope and pan handled (early on they went to the Haight and handed out flowers) -THEN by way of osmosis on the way they read Hayek and Murray Rothbard and Friedman and were immersed in the constitution.-------- And later (in reality you know THE REAL WORLD)they either died, went on welfare, got religion or became yuppies. But Libertarians? Well the ones I knew (I was a teenager then) were as far away from a deep thought as the scum rioting in England. But hey if that's your thesis who am I to stop you?
idalily| 8.18.11 @ 7:01PM
You obviously did not know many hippies. Some were libertarian, yes, but many, many more were pure communist. Doubt me? The concept of hippie "communes" proves my point.
PsychoDad| 8.18.11 @ 10:02PM
No, hosebag, our Founding Fathers were the original libertarians.
I find it difficult to picture George Washington's inaugural address concluding with, "Tune in! Turn on! Drop out! Right on!"
Walking Horse| 8.19.11 @ 8:37AM
I gather you've not heard of Lysander Spooner or Frederic Bastiat. There is a difference between libertarian and licentious behavior.
DVG93| 8.18.11 @ 7:07PM
Well I know the SDSers and their mantra is tedious, but how about this one?
Hey hey ho ho commie man has got to go.
Clint| 8.18.11 @ 7:07AM
"Rick Perry supported Lance Armstrong’s 3 billion dollar Texas taxpayer funded medical research center. That’s like ObamaCare. That’s not free market.
Rick Perry, secured a 300 million dollar business handout slush fund for him and just the two leaders of the legislature to dole out to whomever he felt like being friendly to. That’s corporate welfare, a recipe for corruption, and as bad as the TARP bailouts that caused the Tea Parties to explode all across America. In fact, Perry gave 20 million dollars to Countrywide Financial which later went bankrupt.
He supported a new state business tax. He set up toll road tax collection booths all over Texas highways. The Austin Tea Party and the Austin Toll Party booed him on the steps of the state Capitol for that.
Rick Perry, signed an executive order mandating young Texas schoolgirls get the HPV vaccine , while his former chief of staff was a lobbyist for Merck. Perry's judgment was so bad the Texas legislature revolted against him and overturned his decision,"
Sort it out.
chuck| 8.18.11 @ 7:26AM
Blah, blah, blah........
Ron Paul is loony and will never be nominated. He is a Libertarian, which is fine, I agree with most of the domestic agenda, but the foreign policy crap he is spewing will never play to main stream conservatives. Now I will be accused of being a RINO-CINO, whatever that is.
Tom Osterman| 8.18.11 @ 8:18AM
...and your accusers would ne right.
Hey, you brought it up.
chuck| 8.18.11 @ 8:29AM
So I'm a Republican in name only, because I don't supported the Libertarian who is running for the Republican nomination. So........how exactly does this makes sense?
Tom Osterman| 8.18.11 @ 8:56AM
The subject under discussion was Perry. Bringing Paul into this was just to slam him.
Like I said, YOU brought it up.
Oldefarte| 8.18.11 @ 12:05PM
Okay Tom [since you BROUGHT IT UP also], what your opinion as to the POLITICAL DIFFERENCE between Perry [or any Republican] and the Democrats? Do you agree with MSNBC's slandering of Perry or disagree? Do you think that MSNBC's entire commentary host-lineup nightly is preferential to Democrats or Republicans? Do you think that Shultz's inference of racism toward Perry [or any Republican candidate] is warranted or possible???????????????
chuck| 8.18.11 @ 1:07PM
Actually it was to slam Clint, a well known Paulista who was attempting to slam Perry.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.18.11 @ 8:30AM
Ron Paul is a RINO and an earmark pig.
Mike Hawk| 8.18.11 @ 11:11AM
He is also a senile kook.
Oldefarte| 8.18.11 @ 12:07PM
True on both counts, but I'll gladly vote for him over Obama [or any Democrat] if left with no other choice!!!!
chuck| 8.18.11 @ 1:54PM
The lunatic beats the Socialist-in-Chief any day.
Boar Hunter| 8.18.11 @ 2:12PM
At least everyone agrees that anyone is better than Obama. Actually, compared to Obama, I'd be quite happy with Oldefarte, Chuck, Mike...Tom seems kind of mean, but I'd certainly give him serious consideration.
PsychoDad| 8.18.11 @ 10:05PM
Paulifarians are more annoying than Jehovahs Witlesses.
Is there ANY Republican candidate that *hasn't* been called a RINO? Come on hosers, that tag has gotten as meaningless as "moderate Democrat."
Michael Tomlinson| 8.18.11 @ 8:36AM
NO that's state's rights and Perry acknowledges he was wrong and the legislature 100% right to reverse his bad decision. That's a real leader taking responsibility for his decision and accepting the legislative reprimand is respect for the Constitutional principle of separation of powers.
That's a major difference from RINO/Muslim appeaser Ron Paul who sucks up government pork while saying he doesn't do it.
Paul’s apologists like to claim he’s a “fiscal conservative” and if you ask him he will tell you that he has never voted for an earmark. That statement is correct as far as it goes, but it is very deceptive. What Paul does is make sure that earmarks he wants are put into a spending bill that will pass, and then he votes against the bill. It’s the best of all possible worlds. He gets to bring home the bacon on a local basis and makes the anti-earmark claim on a national basis. It is this blatantly crass political sleight of hand hypocrisy that disgusts the majority of conservatives and Tea Party voters.
“Wild Shrimp Cowboy” Paul like Forrest Gump’s Bubba has an unsettling affection for shrimp. Shrimp he is willing to spend your money on. In 2007 he got millions of American’s tax dollars for his favorite crustacean -- $3 million to test imported shrimp for antibiotics, $8 million for the marketing of wild American shrimp and $2.3 million for shrimp fishing research. Richard Viguerie noted in 2007, Paul "is trying to nab public money for 65 projects, such as marketing wild shrimp and renovating the old movie theater in Edna that closed in 1977 neither of which is envisioned in the Constitution as an essential government function." Ron Paul’s fanatical insatiability for your tax dollars ($400 million in 2007) is disturbing in light of his words about fiscal restraint. Ron Paul is a prime example of why America’s fiscal house is in disorder.
In 2009 fraud Paul sponsored or co-sponsored 23 earmarks totaling $80,775,750 ranking him the 33rd highest out of 435 representatives ($73 million was specifically for him).
For 2010, Paul requested 54 total earmarks, adding up to $398,460,640 in pork despite the House Republican Conference’s voluntary ban on filing earmarks. Paul was one of only 4 House Republicans in 2011 to break ranks with the Republican Conference’s earmark moratorium. Paul sent 41 earmark requests totaling $157,093,544 for the 2011 Fiscal Year.
Seek| 8.18.11 @ 11:05AM
Of course Rep. Paul's fanatical admirers at lewrockwell.com will not hear of this. They'll be your enemy for life, even for bringing up these inconvenient facts.
Drunken Sailor| 8.18.11 @ 1:58PM
Ron Paul 9% and dropping.
olainfree| 8.18.11 @ 7:30AM
Nicely done, Mr. Neumyr!
olainfree| 8.18.11 @ 8:03AM
Sorry for the typo, Mr. Neumayr.
Clint| 8.18.11 @ 7:35AM
Apparently then , you don't get real conservative foreign policy. Read the Founding Fathers on foreign policy. Read The Old Right on foreign policy.
The U.S. Military is not to be used as cannon fodder for Neo-Con Agendists,who want to use our warriors to forcefeed democracy around the globe and act as the global police.
The Bishop| 8.18.11 @ 7:54AM
Amen, Clint! Well put.
emo| 8.18.11 @ 8:35AM
fine, but that doesnt mean we root for a nuclear armed Iran
Oldefarte| 8.18.11 @ 12:11PM
No doubt, our WWII liberation [ use our warriors to forcefeed democracy around the globe and act as the global police] efforts was a waste of time, huh???? :
http://youtu.be/t6ADAN7W264
Solo| 8.18.11 @ 1:30PM
That would be a great talking point if it were only true.
Jefferson fantasized about "An Empire For Liberty".
He argued for invading Canada and annexing it. He argued for an invasion of Florida (while foreign owned)
He fostered a plan (begun by his father) to force democracy on the Indian tribes so as to secure peace between them and the settlers.
He advocated for an 'international' peace keeping force.
Monroe understood the concept of the need to project our power abroad in order to secure our interests here at home. It was called "The Monroe Doctrine".
Hamilton in Federalist #11 argued for a Federal Navy in order to offer or withold our power to others in order to project our power abroad and influence events internationally to our national benefit.
This list is almost endless....
So..it is only accurate to say that "some" of the founders were against projecting our power abroad. Not all. And...I point out that there is no prescription for Foreign Policy in the Constitution.
In summary, Clint...it is simply disingenuous to attempt to claim sole possession of the "Conservative" mantle based on your own isolationist tendencies.
You should try reading history instead of inventing it!
Drunken Sailor| 8.18.11 @ 2:01PM
Beautifully put. However, Clint and many Paul-Bots do not understand two terms. The one you used "Projection of Power" the other is "Pre-emptive strike". They prefer to wait until we are attacked, then respond.
RCV| 8.18.11 @ 3:57PM
Excellent and true, Solo!
POST American| 8.18.11 @ 7:59AM
"Rick Perry's strategy is to pretend
he's RON PAUL---"
-ALEX JONES
(yesterday)
----------------------BULL'S EYE-------------------------
martin j smith| 8.18.11 @ 8:00AM
I am tire about complaints about the MSM what I want to see are actions that call them to account. The comment referred to by Schultz is very much in line with Biden et al calling Tea Party folk terrorists.
This kind of talk basically in view will be responsible for any civil unrest in this nation.
Let me fer to a former Bushee ( GWB type ) who had the audavcty to criticize a Tea Party member for having the nerve to question His Royal Lowness. Within the Republican Party we have elements who are on the wrong side. I have had enough of ANY BUSH and any of his ilk. Let me be blunt any of them would be NO BETTER THAN OBAMA.
Tired Taxpayer PRM| 8.18.11 @ 8:08AM
I have always and forever will contend that, as a country, we need to have a debate before any war. If, as a result of the debate we decide to go to war with another country then we need to kill them as efficiently and as rapidly as possible until someone give up. Then we go home. If we can’t do that then we should not go to war.
If we had stuck to this rule we could have avoided the wars in Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, poverty and drugs etc.
Just because someone, somewhere is killing their own people in their own country is not sufficient reason for us to go to war. The logical conclusion of that type of reasoning would be war with the likes of China and Russia, to name a few.
Can you imagine our outrage if a collation of nations from Africa invaded the US because it was practicing genocide against the black population in the 1950s?
Mike 3/505| 8.18.11 @ 10:02AM
Hear hear! Along with that, we need to approve a separate budget for the war, with a separate tax...as its own line item on the W2 and the 1040. If folks aren't willing to pay for the war, then we shouldn't be fighting it.
Regards,
Mike
kerry| 8.18.11 @ 12:16PM
we probably wouldn't have fought the revolutionary war, then!
JP| 8.18.11 @ 8:25AM
I'm not sure what the MSM is so worried about. Perry, a former operative of the Democratic Party, is a chip off the old Bush. He may talk a mean game, but deep down he's a statist. Yes, his state has done very well during the recession. But, we should also be reminded that Massachusetts did very well under Govenor Dukakis.
I cannot imagine Perry sticking his tanned neck out on the chopping block in order to repeal ObamaCare.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.18.11 @ 10:06AM
You obviously don't know Rick Perry.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.18.11 @ 8:27AM
Schultz didn't misinterpret he flat out distorted and lied. Let's call it like it is and quit mollycoddling liberal journalists and politicians.
Gary B| 8.18.11 @ 8:49AM
While he's not my favorite, Perry has the number one qualification: He takes a gun to a gun fight.
He calls out Obama and the press. And, when they howl, he immediately fires back. This is the only reason that clown, Trump, got traction. He wasn't afraid of the so-called press.
So, Rick Perry has to stand up to three adversaries: Obama, the press and the New England RINO club.
It's as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. Just say what's on America's mind. Just reflect the anger out there. Just say what everyone knows to be true: Obama is a bottle-fed Marxist; the enemedia is corrupt; and Eastern RINOs love big government.
Drunken Sailor| 8.18.11 @ 2:04PM
Exactly, from what I have witnessed this week. Rick Perry seems to have understood why Trump gained approval so quickly, why Sara Palin is popular amoung conservatives and one of the reasons Ronald Regan is so fondly remembered by conservatives and loathed by Liberals. He was not afraid to call it like he see's it and let the liberals play defense for a change.
MarkR| 8.18.11 @ 7:06PM
Exactly as well. I love that Perry got under the Messiah's skin about Bernake and then counter-punched. These lefist marxist's need one thing only ABSOLUTE DISDAIN! The days of McLame and Goober Graham are history.
DVG93| 8.18.11 @ 7:13PM
Agree.
burt| 8.18.11 @ 8:52AM
I see the Obots and Paulie drones are in full force astroturfing Perry as usual .
Not only is old Ron a FRAUD and PHONY Earmark King but lets not forget the guy is a HUGE ANTI SEMITE and ANTI ISRAELI NUTTER who blames Israel for everything wrong in the middle east . He suppports IRAN 's drive to get the bomb. Lastly, lets not forget that Old Nutter Paul blames the USA for 9-11 !
Chef Schnauzer| 8.18.11 @ 8:57AM
Another phony conservative from Texas, heard that song, been to that dance.
beebop| 8.19.11 @ 5:16AM
Throwing slander is so cheap. So .... democrat.
Von Mises Jr.| 8.18.11 @ 9:06AM
Bush and Rove have about as much affection from the populace as Obama does right now. They are "statist lite."
The establishment warns that Perry may not be able to tap into the establishment money. Well it wasn't the establishment money that resulted in the 2010 landslide. It was an overwhelming portion of the country that rejected both the left and right establishments.
This is why Bachmann and Paul secured more than 50% of the Straw Poll votes, and Perry skyrocketed to number one in the national polls.
Sorry Rove and McCain. But you are history.
Mike D.| 8.18.11 @ 9:13AM
Rove is a statist RINO and wouldn't know what a conservative looks like if it hit him in the face with a baseball bat. Bush never was a conservative and his last four years prove it. Rove is another charactor who is just looking to get the next statist elected and keep the statist/elitist game in DC intact.
Purpleguy| 8.18.11 @ 11:03AM
"Well it wasn't the establishment money that resulted in the 2010 landslide." - it was most people stayed home and didn't vote. THAT will be different in 2012.
Oldefarte| 8.18.11 @ 12:17PM
You GD right it will be different in 2012......the turnover from Democrat to Repulbican that began in 2010 will be FINISHED IN 2012 [AND THE BUMS WILL BE PERMANENTLY KICKED OUT]!!!!!!!!
chuck| 8.18.11 @ 1:55PM
Wow, Purple, long time no post! Mommy just give you your computer back?
Drunken Sailor| 8.18.11 @ 2:14PM
Not only are you wrong but I think I know your problem. First. Turnout rates from 1948 - 2008. If you scroll down and follow the links in the turnout data you will see that voter turnout in years without a Presidential race average approx 40%. 2010 was no different.
Now your problem. I think if you pulled your head out of your ass, your circulation would improve and you could change your name from purlpleguy to Clueless but determined.
Drunken Sailor| 8.18.11 @ 2:15PM
The link did not post so let's try again.
http://elections.gmu.edu/voter_turnout.htm
Tenn Slim| 8.18.11 @ 9:29AM
Gov Perry does indeed throw fear into the MSM. With such a Presence, thier beloved 2008 candidate could well be tossed into the dust bin of history.
Palin, Bachman, etal, also need to listen close to the winds of change, running out of the SW. Those folks, with thier successful business attitudes, could infect the entire USA. What a country!!!>
Semper FI
Purpleguy| 8.18.11 @ 11:05AM
Hahaha - Texas is #1 in pollution, on the bottom in education with Mississippi, 25% of it's people have no healthcare and the Texas miracle is made up of 55% minimum wage jobs. The rest are jobs in oil and gas that the rest of the country will never have. Yep, that's what we need ...
Oldefarte| 8.18.11 @ 12:23PM
You're right! Down with those southern states and their conservatives. Let's all have the $10000/year property taxes that homeowners in the northeast have to pay to fund the spiraling downward illiteracy generated from unionized public schools, the $5/gallon gasoline that they pay to drive their snowmobiles and heat their homes, etc. Afterall, the northeast liberal Democrat-yankees OWN THIS COUNTRY, RIGHT?????????????
Boar Hunter| 8.18.11 @ 2:51PM
Oldefarte; Your my new hero. Based on your name, you must certainly know that education does not equate to intellect. Trying to persuade someone who is so willfully and aggressively ignorant, someone who so openly lies and embraces the transparent lies he hears from people bent on the destruction of America is futile. Their only love for America mirrors that of a flea for the dog inflicted with them.
Totally Fed Up| 8.18.11 @ 2:52PM
Better read some want ads in places like Houston Goofy Grape... lots of professional job openings... engineering, IT, healthcare... and are you counting illegals in that 25%???
Boar Hunter| 8.18.11 @ 3:29PM
Fed: Like I told Oldefarte, your wasting your time arguing with some. He has either intentionally made up these fake and/or misleading stats on his own or heard them from another liar and regurgitated this bilge.
I'm tired of these fleas and locusts, consuming my stuff without my permission and against my will. I'm tired of a government poking me in the chest and telling me its fair distribution.
beebop| 8.19.11 @ 5:19AM
If you have never lived in Texas you don't understand the state one bit. Lived there 22 years and worked for a manufacturer that experienced unbelievable growth in that time. Maybe you have heard of Frito-Lay? Try duplicating that in, say, Illinois?
martin j smith| 8.18.11 @ 10:09AM
The MSM does not yet know the real candidate is but they will throw mud at those who THEY think are relevant. I have seen little thrown at Ron Paul, or Newt G etc. Bachman,Romney and Perry have been the targets so far as i can tell. But one must be weary of the MSM--for they practice misinformation, and all kinds of tricks.
One has to step back and wait them out as to their real motives. But, if they play the lets be civil game--they must be called on this as well like the terrorist issue or little things like slander or lies.
martin j smith| 8.18.11 @ 10:09AM
The MSM does not yet know the real candidate is but they will throw mud at those who THEY think are relevant. I have seen little thrown at Ron Paul, or Newt G etc. Bachman,Romney and Perry have been the targets so far as i can tell. But one must be weary of the MSM--for they practice misinformation, and all kinds of tricks.
One has to step back and wait them out as to their real motives. But, if they play the lets be civil game--they must be called on this as well like the terrorist issue or little things like slander or lies.
Frekki| 8.18.11 @ 10:13AM
I will probably thoughtlessly vote a straight Republican ticket, as there is only one Republican that excites me like Reagan did;
Sarah Palin.
Boar Hunter| 8.18.11 @ 3:05PM
Palin is the only reason I voted at all in the last election. McCain is a loser and despite his service to the country I consider his actions and positions on issues weak and shameful.
Paul from SA| 8.18.11 @ 10:37AM
Elitist Republicans hate Rick Perry and Texas.
Even Michelle Malkin got into the act and wrote a hit piece on Rick Perry. How many articles did she write attacking Bush or Romney before their elections?
Michelle Malkin, why are you attacking Rick Perry? Why not attack liberals? Why attack conservatives? The one to attack is Obama, not one of us.
Michelle permenently damaged her credibility and reputation.
Just as Byron York is damaged....
How can a supposed conservative wake up one morning and just decide to ruin Rick Perry with a story so old and worn out (Gardisal, he already admitted years ago it was a stupid mistake)? What's the real reason Michell Malkin hates Rick Perry? Does she hate me too? Does she hate all people in Texas? Why hasn't she attacked Mitt Romney? Romney is one of the most dishonest candidates I've seen. He's not a flip-flopper (ala Jean Kerry); he's a flip-liar who will lie at any time, anywhere to anybody for any reason.
Seek| 8.18.11 @ 11:07AM
Romney's supporters claim their man has been misrepresented; that he's the very essence of integrity in public life. What does one make of this?
MarkR| 8.18.11 @ 7:40PM
I was shocked by Malkin. She obviously must have a dog in this fight-Bachmann? I cant figure it out. You would have thought Perry was a carbon copy of OlameO by reading her article. But hey, it takes all kinds. I am with you though-why him and why now? Romney stands there like a statue at the debate and he's the winner? Hell no- attack straight on baby- at least Perry and Bachmann dont hold back.
C Smith| 8.18.11 @ 11:30AM
To "... members of the liberal chattering class, he is a "Manchurian candidate," "secessionist," and dangerous theocrat for having prayed in public recently."
How I wish he were all of these, particularly the latter. However, Neumayr did not present the "full context" of Perry's comment:
"Getting America back to work is the most important issue facing this country. Being able to pay off 14-and-a-half, or 16 trillion dollars worth of debt. That big black cloud that hangs over America, that debt that is so monstrous. There’s only one way to get rid of it that’s practical, that makes sense. And that is to free up America,”
"Getting America back to work is the most important issue facing this country"?
Only a CINO (Christian In Name Only) would say this. Of course, not a single member of the liberal media or elite caught this blatant inconsistency with Scriptural faith. And of course neither did Neumayr!
"At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them" (Jeremiah 18:7-10).
Gary| 8.18.11 @ 12:05PM
Texas and Louisiana ought to secede and gouge the left coast and the east coast for oil a la OPEC.
Oldefarte| 8.18.11 @ 1:12PM
And, as Ann Coulter brilliantly indicates, IT THE DEMOCRATS [WHO ARE THE ONLY LIBERALS], STUPIDS:
'....LIBERALS AREN'T FUNNY, THEY'RE A RIOT! August 17, 2011
Like you, I've been horrified by the eruptions of mob violence around the globe this summer. But having spent the last two years researching and writing a book about mobs, I'm also grateful to the ruffians for taking to the streets so soon after my book was released. Thanks, you dirty animals. I knew you wouldn't let me down. When I decided to write about mobs, it was a relatively peaceful period. But as long as there is evil in the world, mobs will never be finally defeated. And as long as there are liberals, there will be some people stoking the mobs. It was only a matter of time, although even I didn't expect it quite this soon.
Mobs are always the same -- destructive, left-wing and without any clear cause. Why were young people in Britain tearing apart their cities, burning down businesses and stealing electronics and designer clothes? Because the cops shot someone? Please. What has gotten on the last nerve of rioters in Greece, Paris and Vancouver? They're jobless? Their government benefits have been cut? Their hockey team lost? They might as well destroy police cars because they're upset about rainy days. (That's not a suggestion, by the way -- more of a rhetorical flourish.) Why were public sector union workers in Wisconsin busting up the capitol and physically attacking Republican legislators? MSNBC's Ed Schultz says it was because Republicans were trying to take away the people's "civil rights." (Evidently, research showed the last seven people actually watching MSNBC were Wisconsin public school teachers.) You have to do some digging to find out the public sector employees were upset that Republicans wanted government unions to engage in collective bargaining only over salary, but not work conditions or benefits -- all funded by the taxpayers. Why were black and Hispanic gang members looting after the Rodney King verdict? As if you needed to know, a Los Angeles policeman recently told me that the gang members he arrested in the riots said they didn't know or care about Rodney King. Why were masked hoodlums smashing Starbucks windows in Seattle a decade ago when some bankers came to town? They're against the "global economy"? What does that even mean? Like Satan, mobs are good only for destruction and chaos. The putative "cause" is always incidental. As Jesus said, "They hated me without a cause."
The French Revolution is the template for all mob uprisings, and the signal event of that lunacy was an attack on a prison housing only half a dozen prisoners. As best anyone can tell, the storming of the Bastille was instigated by a rumor that the laughably impotent King Louis XVI was about to stage an attack on the National Assembly. Or perhaps they were upset that the inept finance minister, Jacques Necker, had been fired. Or they thought the Bastille was an eyesore.
(The only other possible cause was recently ruled out when it was conclusively determined that France had no teachers unions in the late 18th century.) No one is sure -- but a good time was had by all! Except the prison administrators murdered in the attack. Liberals love mobs because rioting and anarchy is their path to power. Making sound proposals based on facts and logic is not their metier. Issuing impossible promises to the easily fooled is their specialty. For more on this, see "The 2012 Democratic Platform." The entire Democratic Party is currently promising to "save" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in their present form. According to Obama's own Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, in less than 10 years, spending on those three entitlement programs, plus servicing the national debt, will consume 92 cents of every dollar in the federal budget. The Democrats are openly lying to voters. It is a mathematical impossibility for these programs to continue without major reform now, or complete bankruptcy later -- and not very much later.
But Democrats' real achievement has been in destroying the family, and thereby creating an endless supply of potential rioters. When blacks were only four generations out of slavery, their illegitimacy rate was about 23 percent (lower than the white illegitimacy rate is now). Then Democrats decided to help them! Barely two generations since LBJ's Great Society programs began, the black illegitimacy rate has tripled to 72 percent. Meanwhile, the white illegitimacy rate has septupled, from 4 percent to 29 percent.
Instead of a "War on Poverty," it should have been called a "War on the Family."
The vast and permanent underclass created by the welfare state is a great success story for the Democratic Party, which now has a loyal constituency of deadbeats who automatically vote for the Democrats to keep their Trojan horse "benefits" flowing. It's the Democrats' "heroin dealer" model of government. Apparently, it takes a lot of government workers to minister to the poor, inasmuch as government employment has skyrocketed in tandem with the family's disintegration. As long as Democrats are serving their principal constituency -- recipients of taxpayer money -- they don't care what happens to the rest of society. They champion any mob that will increase their political power. Liberals promote welfare dependency, class warfare, endless government programs staffed with public sector workers, street protests, coddling criminals and physical attacks on their ideological opponents. This is how they create reliable Democratic voters. True, government employees are doing jobs we don't want done, can never be fired, are bankrupting the country and periodically break out in mob violence. True, also, that the children of broken families sometimes burn city blocks to the ground or kill their great-grandmothers with swords. But what a voting bloc! ......'
Trinacria| 8.18.11 @ 6:46PM
Shit! My mouse gave out scrolling through your post...
Oldefarte| 8.21.11 @ 2:08PM
Congratulations.....you just joined the TAS SPACE/VERBAGE POLICE FORCE!!!!!
Totally Fed Up| 8.18.11 @ 2:43PM
Hey, notice how the "flash mod riots" are only happening in places with draconian gun control... the little cretins know better than to attack people where concealed carry is not only allowed but encouraged... can you say put 'em down like rabid dogs???
LarryK| 8.18.11 @ 2:50PM
Now if Rick Perry said, "A big black Clod..." then he would have been talking about Obama.
Sarbo| 8.18.11 @ 2:51PM
I can scarcely understand what was so offensive re Perry's comments on Bernanke, the helicopter banker. Not PC, okay, but right on the nose.
What was really offensive was Obama saying he would bring a gun to knife fight. You know the diff. A knife wielder has to get up close, reveal himself and expose himself to inflict any damage A gunman can kill from a safe, anonymous distance. I can't believe Lincoln would have ever said anything like that.
Fairbanks99| 8.18.11 @ 3:40PM
The Democrat Media Complex and Ruling Class Republicans are my litmus test for who I will support for President. Whoever they hate the most has my vote. Perry has a very strong record that he can run on, PLUS he is NOT AFRAID to attack Obama and the Progs head on.
Perry 1012!!
COPY GIRL| 8.18.11 @ 4:08PM
If Perry stays in the race, journalists are going to have to get themselves Texas Dictionaries of Colloquialisms.
"Ugly" does not mean coercion with a tire iron
"Now don't be ugly to your baby brother." It means, "Now, darlin' don't push your baby brother out of the tree house again."
" I had to get real ugly with the highway patrol guy" may describe a heated discussion over whether it was really OK to U-turn across five lanes and the meridian if you discovered you were driving the wrong way on a six lane freeway. It does not mean you shot him.
JJ| 8.18.11 @ 5:59PM
what Perry said about Bernanke was well said and tapped into the frustration of the feds insanity. im sick of the "elite" conservative media channeling me into mediocre candidates. I'm voting for Rick Perry, a man who has governed.
TheRightIsAnythingBut| 8.18.11 @ 6:23PM
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. "
Susan B. Anthony
Shill Watch| 8.18.11 @ 7:20PM
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You can become humble and get an upper hand on this problem of yours.
ironhorzmn| 8.18.11 @ 6:57PM
'Bungled', my @ss. Schultz was caught in a deliberate lie.
Schultz deliberately chopped Gov Perry's sentence in half, right before he EXPLAINED what the 'big black cloud' WAS.
This was pure crude, fabricated, dishonest propaganda worthy of Kim Jong-Il's Stalinist hacks.
DVG93| 8.18.11 @ 7:34PM
Perry made some inroads in my opinion of him this week. The most important thing is the GOP takes the WH and the senate. By doing that something important will have been accomplished. It is not merely acquiring office, it is changing the direction of the country. That is what people are clamoring for. The communist ( democrat ) party is changing the USA in horrible ways. The elitist republicans have aided that effort. It has to be different from now on.
No to Romney. I really think Rubio would be a heck of a force, but I think he can be very valuable in the senate. He's young, there's no need to push him yet. Cain is ok, but I don't think he's the force West is. West may not have spent much time in congress, but his time in the military has given him the experience to acquire the skills to be both a strong campaigner and a dynamic speaker.
Palin can be an effective attack dog from without.
To use a military tactic she could fix the target by drawing their attention and fire, and allow Perry to come in and smoke em.
PsychoDad| 8.18.11 @ 10:12PM
Quite apart from anything about Perry's politics or creds as a leader or conservative:
It IS the moderate majority who elect a president. My concern is that the majority is going to have an allergic reaction to another Texas governor so soon - and you KNOW the press is going to keep reminding us all of that.
beebop| 8.19.11 @ 5:26AM
It IS the moderate majority who elect a president.
And last time? They buckled under the pressure of white guilt and handed us the guy who couldn't shoot straight if all he had to do was pull a trigger.
I for one cannot give a rat's ass about "moderates." We need to get a candidate who can get the CONSERVATIVES to the polls to vote. Given a choice between 0bama and CONSERVATIVE I think you can predict the winner ... unless of course they continue to find ways to put votes into the hands of illegals and the dead.
POST American| 8.18.11 @ 10:16PM
-------------------BOTTOM LINE-----------------------
AS ever, BEE---WHERE the Rock--F--L--O
and Riki Tiki Tavistock '90's Show' formulations.
Keep your eyes on the Globalist USURY
(1.5 quadrillion in FAKLE derivatives debt)
and the RED China TREASON OP.
REAL--EYES the RE-AL--'IT--HE' of EUGENICS.
And ALWAYS remember ---since Plato himself
and before -----we're the ITs.
PsychoDad| 8.18.11 @ 10:26PM
We've had some complaints going around that the brown acid is not too good....
Hey, just saw this over on the National Review:
"(Ron Paul) supporters are akin to Battlestar Galactica loyalists at a Star Trek convention..."
Nite| 8.18.11 @ 11:01PM
Michelle Malkin wrote two hit pieces on Rick Perry. She obviously has a bias/agenda regarding the Governor, but what? I am from TX, and it is basically conservative except for Houston, Austin and a few other cities. Perry was elected for Governor 3 times with good margins. I would say that quite a few people think highly of him. He has butted heads with Obama, and Obama insulted him, which was stupid on his part. Perry can beat Obama and the Liberals know this so the main lame media is attacking full force and he just became a candidate. The Republicans like Michelle Malkin are attacking him too. What the heck? I want a candidate that can beat Obama that is a conservative. Perry can do that, and the rest can't. This is good enough for me.
Mike| 8.19.11 @ 12:28AM
If there is any black cloud over America it's the unofficial Ministry of Truth who bungle every story and at every opportunity.
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Mike| 8.19.11 @ 12:32AM
I can't believe Lincoln would have ever said anything like that.
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michael| 8.19.11 @ 11:08AM
I don't think the media have much influence on elections, except in one way: by showing video clips of candidates saying outrageous things.
They did their utmost to trash Reagan, but it didn't work because his speech and conduct were always measured.. They do their utmost to project Obama as a man of intellect, discipline, eloquence, etc, but the public is not buying.
Perry's great vulnerability is his volatile language,; sooner or later he may say something sufficiently outrageous that the media can hang it around his neck forever. Remember when Mitt Romney's father--George Romney--was running for President, and claimed that he was "brainwashed" on Vietnam; it was the end for his candidacy.
raymond| 8.19.11 @ 3:38PM
I don't care if he is green, Obama must go.
Sunnyr| 8.19.11 @ 7:48PM
If the Bush's don't like Perry and
If Karl Rove doesn't like Perry and
If the GOP Establishment doesn't like Perry then
I think I've found my candidate!
Go Perry!
Farhan | 8.22.11 @ 6:47AM
I aggre with Sunnyr opinion
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Helen Delarue| 8.28.11 @ 3:33PM
Well...I've read the comments on here...as a native Texan, active in local and state politics...been watching this mess since the Vietnam era...probably older than most of yall...this is public info...Rick Perry attended the Bilderberger conference in 2007, should be a red flag to all AMERICANS,violates the Logan Act...sold our roads to foreign investors, facilitated the biggest buyout ever of TxU Texas utilities and if ya don't know what a smart meter is better find out, one is coming to your home in the future, ERCOT is petitioning congress to be able to control the temps in our HOMES, so far it's blocked but I guarantee some politician will sellout to the highest bidding lobbyist...I know this because I have one on my home and researched them...Californians are protesting them furiously as the also present grave health dangers...Perry did this. Look at Perry's lavish rental on youtube soaking us Texans to the tune of around $10,000 a month, recently hosted the banking corporations in Austin, if he couldn't be bought, they wouldn't give him the time of day...mandated the vaccination of young girls in Texas after getting a $6000 donation from Merck and stipulating one of his aides oversee it...the ONLY reason he mentioned the Federal Reserve is because Ron Paul has been cautioning people about it for years...he was parroting Ron Paul. Yall can call me a Paul bot if ya want...C-Span, again public info, Ron Paul addressing general counsel of the Fed and asks they why 88% of the stimulus money went to foreign banks instead of the citizens it was SUPPOSED to help, Fed answers that they loaned the money to the foreign banks cause they wanted to come over here and do business and if ya believe that I've got some ocean front property in Arizona...AGAIN, public info. Robert Kennedy was killed in California cause he was threatening to abolish the Federal Reserve. MSM are in the pockets of their advertisers, do what they are told which is to promote the candidate who will cater to the agendas of the globalists and they have a winner in Perry....
Helen Delarue| 8.28.11 @ 3:37PM
It's the media's JOB to keep the citizens arguing over Democrat and Republican issues with the end result being no resolution, thus the status quo in Washington...our Texas congressmen down here are SCARED TO DEATH AS IS MSM the American people just might be WAKING UP.