Rick Perry

[VDB]

Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas
The Texas governor has one driving passion: selling off government to the highest bidder

By Matt Taibbi

(it's way too long to copy/paste in here, but it's a great read)

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026

Good read, thanks. I thought about emailing this to a friend of mine, a staunch conservative (albeit not religious) who is also, by his upbringing, reflexively gaga for anything Texas, but he would probably just come back with some lazy crack at Obama or hippies. This is a guy who is now coming around to criticizing W. Bush (now that he's safely out of office and not accountable) but only in the context of arguing how much worse Obama is.

I guess my point here is, think of how many people could read an article like this about a politician they'd already decided they're inclined to like, and just not give a fuck.

[aphineday]

Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas
The Texas governor has one driving passion: selling off government to the highest bidder

By Matt Taibbi

(it's way too long to copy/paste in here, but it's a great read)

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026

Taibi is one of my favorite authors, he is incredibly accurate, and his stuff is always fun to read. I'm not done reading this article, but what I have read is typical Taibi. The title alone is ballsy as fuck, and I love that fact that he went for it. People need to know what a backwards fuck this cat is.

[Hicks]

The question on my mind is who does better against Obama in the general election.

The more I think about it the more it seems it doesn't even matter who the Republicans pick, because basically it comes down to how many people out there who would vote against Obama regardless of who he is running against.  In order for Obama to win their numbers have to be small and I'm not sure that's the case. 

[runawayjimbo]

That's the kind of Taibbi I enjoy: fact based, investigative reporting (rather than speculative, unsubstantiated hearsay) and laced with classic Taibbisms. Some of my favorites below.

I think he missed the point on the Tea Party, though, in that if they are really willing to support a guy like that they are not the principled movement they claim to be but just a rebranded sect of the GOP. So on the plus side, if he does go on to win the nomination, I think they lose whatever credibility they had.

I agree with Hicks, though, that it doesn't really matter whether it's Perry or Romney because in the end this election will be a referendum on Obama. And with unemployment around 9%, there are going to be a lot of people taking the "throw the bums out" approach.

In 1998, Perry was elected lieutenant governor alongside George W. Bush, serving with the kind of distinction that made his boss look like Winston Churchill.

In fact, his entire career is a profound testament to our nagging collective inability, or perhaps unwillingness, to distinguish between what a politician says and what he actually does.

And of course,

Then he waves and walks offstage. The whole thing has taken barely 10 minutes.

I can't believe it, and neither can the assembled crowd of Georgia conservatives, who hesitate before breaking into polite applause. I feel like a high school cheerleader who just had her leg jizzed on in the back of a convertible.

[gah]

Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas
The Texas governor has one driving passion: selling off government to the highest bidder

By Matt Taibbi

(it's way too long to copy/paste in here, but it's a great read)

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026

Taibi is one of my favorite authors, he is incredibly accurate, and his stuff is always fun to read. I'm not done reading this article, but what I have read is typical Taibi. The title alone is ballsy as fuck, and I love that fact that he went for it. People need to know what a backwards fuck this cat is.

Yeah, I just finished Griftopia. Def a Taibbi convert.

The question on my mind is who does better against Obama in the general election.

The more I think about it the more it seems it doesn't even matter who the Republicans pick, because basically it comes down to how many people out there who would vote against Obama regardless of who he is running against.  In order for Obama to win their numbers have to be small and I'm not sure that's the case. 

So you don't believe he'll be re-elected? I don't see anyone on the GOP side that would be a legitimate candidate other than Romney. Anyone else, and Obama wins another 4 years (which he deserves in my opinion).

[rowjimmy]

I see this thread and I read the subject as above...

[Hicks]

Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas
The Texas governor has one driving passion: selling off government to the highest bidder

By Matt Taibbi

(it's way too long to copy/paste in here, but it's a great read)

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026

Taibi is one of my favorite authors, he is incredibly accurate, and his stuff is always fun to read. I'm not done reading this article, but what I have read is typical Taibi. The title alone is ballsy as fuck, and I love that fact that he went for it. People need to know what a backwards fuck this cat is.

Yeah, I just finished Griftopia. Def a Taibbi convert.

The question on my mind is who does better against Obama in the general election.

The more I think about it the more it seems it doesn't even matter who the Republicans pick, because basically it comes down to how many people out there who would vote against Obama regardless of who he is running against.  In order for Obama to win their numbers have to be small and I'm not sure that's the case. 

So you don't believe he'll be re-elected? I don't see anyone on the GOP side that would be a legitimate candidate other than Romney. Anyone else, and Obama wins another 4 years (which he deserves in my opinion).

No I'm not saying I don't believe he will win, I am just saying that whether or not he is re-elected hinges upon how big of a chunk of the electorate will vote against him no matter what.

How big that faction is I really don't know, but it seems like there may be enough of them to sway the election toward whomever ends up being the Republican nominee.

[VDB]

Anything is possible. Never overestimate the American voter.

[runawayjimbo]

He's gone from scary to creepy

[gah]

I think he took too many xanax....

[runawayjimbo]

During a seemingly innocuous question about how a Republican president should work with Democrats, Perry somehow stumbled into the regulatory climate and the 3 federal agencies he would eliminate. The 3 agencies are (strap in, kids):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6an4zSj8LhU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Superfreakie]

What a complete fucktard. I'm Canadian and I bet I'd be able to bury his ass on any American civics exam, let alone any other subject. What I can't believe is that the presidency is ripe for the taking and yet the Republicans are only capable of fielding a jelly malleable flip flopper or a bunch of clowns from the looney tune freak show. It boggles my mind. If I was a Republican, I'd be furious at this farce. Then again, none of these people would actually "run" the country if they found themselves in charge. Enter from stage right, "the shadow cabinet".   :banana:

[twatts]

What a complete fucktard. I'm Canadian and I bet I'd be able to bury his ass on any American civics exam, let alone any other subject. What I can't believe is that the presidency is ripe for the taking and yet the Republicans are only capable of fielding a jelly malleable flip flopper or a bunch of clowns from the looney tune freak show. It boggles my mind. If I was a Republican, I'd be furious at this farce. Then again, none of these people would actually "run" the country if they found themselves in charge. Enter from stage right, "the shadow cabinet".   :banana:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Terry

[rowjimmy]

I see this thread and I read the subject as above...

[VDB]

What a complete fucktard. I'm Canadian and I bet I'd be able to bury his ass on any American civics exam, let alone any other subject. What I can't believe is that the presidency is ripe for the taking and yet the Republicans are only capable of fielding a jelly malleable flip flopper or a bunch of clowns from the looney tune freak show. It boggles my mind. If I was a Republican, I'd be furious at this farce. Then again, none of these people would actually "run" the country if they found themselves in charge. Enter from stage right, "the shadow cabinet".   :banana:

It is both baffling and entirely understandable at the same time.

Never overestimate the American voter.