Day: August 18, 2011

Rick Perry, The Perfect Candidate

It has been less than a week since Texas Gov. Perry has announced his intention to win the nomination of the GOP and earn him a chance to run against Pres. Obama in 2012…..and already I am weary of his extreme and factually challenged campaign…..but put my opinion aside……he IS the perfect candidate for the radical right…..

Allow me to explain my reasoning……the Week website had a couple reason in a post recently…..

1. Calls Bernanke “treasonous”
The controversy: At an Iowa campaign event Aug. 15, Perry answered a question about the Fed and Bernanke: “If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don’t know what y’all would do to him in Iowa, but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous, or treasonous, in my opinion.”

2. Floats idea of Texas secession
The controversy: In 2009, as he was fending off a GOP primary challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), Perry suggested to a group of tech bloggers that Texas could secede from the United States: “When we came into the nation in 1845, we were a republic, we were a stand-alone nation. And one of the deals was, we can leave anytime we want. So we’re kind of thinking about that again.” (Listen to Perry’s comments) A month later, Perry told reportersat a Tea Party Rally: “If Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that… Texas is a very unique place, and we’re a pretty independent lot to boot.”

4. Hosts prayers for rain, and the economy
The controversy: As Texas endured rampant wildfires and drought this year, Perry declared April 22-24 “Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.” On Aug. 2, the governor led a national evangelical Christian fasting and prayer rally in Houston, called “The Response,” in which he asked God for forgiveness for the “fear in the marketplace” and “anger in the halls of government,” among other things. As many as 30,000 people attended.

6. BP oil spill may be an “act of God”
The controversy: During the record 2010 BP oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, Perry warned against halting oil drilling, saying that it was unclear what had triggered the massive oil leak. “And until we know that, I hope we don’t see a knee-jerk reaction across this country that says we’re going to shut down drilling in the Gulf of Mexico… From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.”

Those were a couple of the reason that I think Perry is the perfect candidate…….(pause here for effect)……He is the perfect candidate for the low information voter……the perfect candidate for the terminally stupid……with all that said….the perfect candidate for the Tea Party, which as we all know does not let facts get in the way of a good political lie….

I am sure we will hear more and more about this arrogant, self-centered Prick….oh my bad…that was suppose to be….Rick….as the campaign moves on…like his exaggeration about jobs, his denial of all climate change research, setting him self up as a demi-god in the Texas political sphere….but for now…he is the darling of the media and the savior of the Tea Party……He is…..the Perfect Candidate.

P.S.  After publishing this post I found this piece on Political Wire….

Salon reports that a Texas supporter of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has taken out a full-page ad in an Austin alternative weekly newspaper publicly seeking women (or men) who have slept with Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

“Have you ever had sex with Rick Perry? Are you a stripper, an escort, or just a ‘young hottie’ impressed by an arrogant, entitled governor of Texas? … we will help you publicize your direct dealings with a Christian-buzzwords-spouting, ‘family values’ hypocrite and fraud.”

How Much Is That Question?

Damn!  That one cost me another $15!

Wait!  Wait!  You want how much for me to ask you mental midgets a question?

I was here during and after Katrina and in the days after there was a bunch of “price gouging”….you know those a/holes trying to profit out of a disaster?

I will bet that you are a bit confused right about now…..but stay with me….it will all come together shortly…..

In a Gallup Poll of 1,008 adults, only 13 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, tied for the worst on record, according to the Gallup Organization. Eighty-four percent of Americans disapprove, the poll found. That figure is a record high.

The congressional job approval rating is slightly lower among independents at 9 percent, compared with 15 percent among Democrats and 17 percent among Republicans. The 9 percent approval rating for independents is the lowest since 1974 when Gallup began measuring congressional approval.

I know what does that have to do with price gouging, right?  It’s coming!
Once a person is elected to serve the country in Washington….they go to the capital, find an office and go on the government payroll….their pay comes from the taxpayers like you and me.  While reading the news the other day I found one of those stories that makes me stop and ask….WTF?
I found this tidbit on the Newser website……

Tired of being harassed and embarrassed by angry constituents—and, of course, always in need of cash—congressmen such as Paul Ryan, Ben Quayle, and Chip Cravaack are eschewing open town halls and instead are charging for access over this August recess, reports Politico. Questioning Ryan at an upcoming luncheon will cost you $15. Cravaack’s upcoming meeting is a cheaper $10. And lunch with Quayle on Aug. 23 costs $35. A rep for Ryan says the lawmaker will host telephone town hall meetings this month, and adds that Ryan played no part of the Whitnall Park Rotary Club’s choice to charge that $15 entry fee. Writing for Politico, Reid Epstein counters that politicians who outsource their meetings to third parties can keep out the bulk of the angry public, sidestep YouTube embarrassments, and ensure smoother, PR-friendly events that raise a little money to boot. And while such paid events are nothing new, admits Epstein, in the past they were accompanied by free, public town hall meetings.

You mean we pay your salary and we still have to pay to ask you a question because you are tired of being embarrassed at having NO answers for the plight of the American people?  Is that about?

Hold on!  You mean you charge admission for people in your district to meet with you?

Here is where I tie it all together…….since the country is in the middle of a disaster and you are trying to profit, even though minimally, you are criminally responsible for “PRICE GOUGING”!  Because you do not want to do something you are demanding the American people pay for the privileged of asking a civil servant a question.  Is that about it?

You would think that these self-centered little toads would bend over backwards to try and improve their ratings with the American people….I guess the only people they will bend over for are their special interest donors….would that not make them whores by definition?