"I believe Newt is a conservative visionarywho can transform our country. Newt is
not perfect, but who among us is?..."
- Rick Perry, today
By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
The Paz Files
AUSTIN, Texas - He's been told the state is just damned tired of seeing him make every Texan look stupid. He's been stubborn about his ill-fated campaign for the presidency, but, today, Rick Perry realized what everyone else has been thinking for weeks: he's not presidential material.
The 61-year-old Perry ended his bid in South Carolina ahead of this Saturday's primary vote in that state, the same one where he first declared his national bid last August. Chased by horrible debate performances and ever-dropping numbers in a variety of campaign polls, Perry did the right thing in quitting.
But, then, like some dogged dunce, he again blew it by endorsing Newt Gingrich, perhaps the most soiled Republican to ever seek the White House. Gingrich is a mean-spirited, self-aggrandizing politician with serious moral flaws. He's lied about his enrichment at the public trough and he's acknowledged adultery. That's the guy Rick Perry believes can lead America?
What is wrong with these Republicans?
In their zeal to oust popular Democratic President Barack Obama, they would field a guy like Gingrich? If you've not followed the national campaign trail these guys have walked during the past six months, well, tune in to ABC News this evening. There, you'll get an earful from Gingrich's second wife, the one he took after losing his first wife and the one he lost after meeting Congressional aide Callista, his current wife. MSNBC.com is reporting that Gingrich's former wife will say he sought an "open marriage," so that he could stay married and continue a long-running affair with his present-day wife, Callista.
For his part, Rick Perry, a former West Texas Democrat who crowed he'd never lost a political race, the return to Texas should be a doozy. Bloggers in Austin who poo-poohed his bid from Day 1 have been laughing in stories and comments related to Perry's mental stumblings. Comments submitted to the Austin American-Statesman's stories about Perry's campaign have not been kind. Perry, they say, has done nothing but make the rest of America believe that all Texans are as dumb as he is. Those debate performances, they always note, were devastating for Perry, but also for residents of the Lone Star State.
Perry should come home.
He was ill-prepared to the point that, looking back at the last three months, one gets around to knowing that even George W. Bush, no Einstein, did much better than this low-performing Texas Aggie. And that's saying much.
So, there he stood with his forlorn wife, Anita, and talked about putting the country on the right path, about defeating President Obama, about the greatness of the flawed Newt Gingrich. And then he thanked his "many" supporters.
The thing is there never were "many" supporters. Perry got 1% of the vote in Iowa, didn't compete in the New Hampshire Primary and was polling a woeful 4% in South Carolina...
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9 comments:
He never had a chance after that "ooops" moment. Never saw a grown man look dumber. Good post!
Callista Gingrich looks like an inflatable-doll. Something to have sex with while your wife is dying of cancer.
Rick PERRY is dead as a politician. He'l never win again.
didn't know Anita PERRY had such, uh, round breasts. Nice.
Best writing in local blogging. God stuff. Thankz
Jerry Deal will always ignore bad news on that shity baseball team. I LONG AGO dropped him as a credible source. Just saying.
bloggers have few loyalties. Jerry Deal is just another country song.
As a republican I will go on record of saying, the worst thing the Republican Party can do is nominate Gingrich. Many Republicans would stay home on Election Day not being able to vote for Gingrich or Obama on principal; one being a Democrat the other being an adulterer. Most of the independents would either vote Obama or stay home not being able to stand Gingrich’s smug personality and hateful personality.
George of The Jungle - To clear things up, Gingrich did not cheat on his first wife, Jackie, with Callista. He cheated on Jackie with Marianne who became his second wife. Jackie died sometime after he had married Marianne. He cheated on Marianne with Callista.
Gingrich may be as a big of a poon-hound as Bill Clinton, but he does not have the smooth personality and charisma to carry the broad spectrum of American public opinion that Clinton had.
Iowa farmer, you make good points. But that Gingrich did not cheat on his first wife is wrong. His second wife, marianne, says she was seeing him while he was married to his first wife. Newt's pattern of brazen adultery continued. His affair with his current wife Callista lasted 8 years. He was bedding her while married.
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