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OK – coffee break’s over – back on your heads!
Iso suits on, people – when I crank open that airlock door, all kinds of Freeperati insanity backlog is gonna spill out. Elspeth is standing by with hoses, just in case.
First up –Drunk or stoopid?? You make the call!
Rick Perry’s ‘truly bizarre’ speech: Was he drunk?
TheWeek.com ^ | October 31, 2011 | TheWeekPosted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:56:27 AM byiowamark
Texas Gov. Rick Perry raised some eyebrows — and questions about his sobriety — with anunusually expressive speech to a conservative group in Manchester, N.H., on Friday. In the speech, Perry ditched his typically reserved style and instead employed “the sort of tics, facial contortions, mimes, and muggings that one would expect from a comic performer,”says Thomas Lane atTalking Points Memo. The media scuttlebutt is largely based on an anonymously posted YouTube compilation of “highlights” from the speech (watch the clip below), but even some in attendance were perplexed. “It was different,” Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas said. AnotherGOP operative said it reminded him of Democrat Howard Dean’s race-ending “scream” in 2004. Perry’s campaign’s response? The speech simply proves that Perry is “passionate about the issues he talks about.”
The reaction: Perry’s performance was “truly bizarre,”says Libby Spencer atThe Impolitic. “He comes off as pretty well drunk. Or drugged.” Yes, and though it’s not a crime to be “pretty publicly lit,” it’s almost certainly bad politics for a presidential hopeful, says Andrew Sullivan atThe Daily Beast. Well, I doubt he’s drunk, says Josh Feldman atMediaite. But his exuberance is “fun to watch.” I bet “Alec Baldwin will appreciate the material for his next Perry impersonation. Look, “we’re not saying that he’sdefinitely drunk,”says Max Read atGawker, “we’re just saying, watch the whole thing” and judge for yourself. Have a look:
To: iowamarkPerry is a drunk, happens to a lot of boys living with alpha females. Poor thing.2 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:02:33 AM byorg.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow demorats.)
To: iowamarkThat is the Obama media being cited there, the all lib&homo media there, so f’m.
To: iowamarkThe audience provided the uncomfortable, sympathetic laugh track. It was only missing circus music.After watching that, you could onlyhope he was drunk. If that’s how he expresses “passion” for issues, as his campaign would have you believe, imagine the potential SOTU addresses.
BTW, it’s probably not a good idea to invoke The Alamo and “victory or death” in a campaign. How’d that work out for those at The Alamo?
To: iowamarkHe definitely looks drunk. His behavior and speech has been radically modified.
8 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:14:36 AM byDo Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Bush called us “vigilantes.” Perry calls us “heartless.”)
To: org.whodatIf you had a speck of decency, you’d be ashamed of your reprehensible comments on Perry threads. Since you don’t and aren’t, we’re left to conclude that your unconscionable vitriol is not simply the result of heated political rhetoric during primary season but is rather part of your character.
11 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:26:29 AM byBuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)To: iowamarkNo, he’s not drunk, he’s clowning around, maybe trying a little too hard to be amusing. No, this non-story will not hurt him in any way. Yes, you Perry haters and Cainiacs are way off base and trying to make something out of nothing and doing your candidate no favors.
29 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:38:24 AM bySudetenland (There can be no freedom without God–What man gives, man can take away.)
To: edpcIn the end it led to the defeat of mexico and the creation of the Republic of Texas… the guys in the Alamo lost the battle… but caused the following VICTORY in the war with mexico... I only wished we had exterminated mexico after defeating them.LLS
28 posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:31:18 AM byLibLieSlayer (“Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness.” Ronaldo Magnus)
To: indylindyI didn’t think he was drunk either…but then I thought if he would have been drunk, he at least might have an excuse. LOLI don’t believe he was drunk either. But if this is how he conducts himself when he is supposedly relaxed then heaven help us all should he ever be confronted with real life problems as a President, like a nuclear crazed despot from say, Pakistan and Iran talking about nuking Israel or even the US! His line then might be something like ‘can’t we all just get along’ (and giggling all the while saying it).
Did see one union smoker using the ash tube thingy outside the polling place door and I told him to get back from the entrance.
I’ll bet. You told that steelworker where to stick it. Sure, he was 6 feet tall with hands like baked hams, and he could kill people using only his neck, but you marched right up to him, slapped him with your glove, and said I CHALLENGE YOU SIR! and he started crying and ran away.
More like you glared at some 90-pound girl but were too intimidated to actually say anything to her.
WELCOME BACK TOMMY!
A.
Tommy…you…complete me 🙂
They have no direction at all, do they. No focus other than badmouthing, no action items, nothing but bile and cynicism.
This…pleases me.
HUZZAH! One of the few good things about my Mondays is back! 🙂
I am still laughing too hard at “almost pulled it off.” I do love good college humor.
Thanks for the return, TT! I always find the losing of an election to be fascinating. Progressives skulk and wonder what happened. Conservatives immediately bring out 2 arguments:
1. Non-existent voter fraud and intimidation
2. Their special brand of elitism, manifested as absolute wonderment that a majority could disagree with them.
I am a Ohioan, and SB5 never stood a chance. Kasich was just like Walker, in that through the whole campaign he not once mentioned this as a goal. Then the fifth fucking bill on the docket ( behind privatization of an economic development team, 2 audit bills and a resolution to modernize insurance actuarial treatment of the pension fund ) is a bill to destroy collective bargaining rights. Before any jobs bills. Before any budget bills. Before anything of substance.
Ohioans reacted to that in a way I am proud of. The question remains how long our memory will be when he is up for re-election.
YAY!! TommyT is back!! Snoopy happy dance from me! All’s right with the world.
So then, like, this guy who noticed the Obama sticker was courting road rage – and all the trigger it takes to make him go ballistic is a 2010 sticker?
And for Perry’s bizarre speech, remember when the right wing went nuts because Clinton likely smoked a joint while in England?
Welcome back, Kotter…
I won’t have time to read it until later tonight, but I’ve been checking in every Monday to see whether I needed to budget time.
–Kibitzer
Between the internet courage on display from (allegedly) ordering smokers around in a smoking area or dangerously driving to (almost) harass two Obama supporters on the road, these right wingers sure are all for (nearly) not banning people who speak out.
Welcome back.
Thanks, folks! Much appreciated.
Tommy
I’m late responding, but welcome back. This is the thing I look forward to the most on Mondays.