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Perry taped using vulgar slang
Fort Worth Star Telegram ^ | June 22, 2005

Posted on 06/22/2005 5:54:02 AM PDT by tuffydoodle

Perry taped using vulgar slang

By John Moritz

Star-Telegram Austin Bureau

AUSTIN - When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recites his signature movie line, "Hasta la vista, baby," crowds cheer.

But Texas Gov. Rick Perry was cringing Tuesday after he was captured on a news video a day earlier using street slang for a common vulgarity at the end of an interview with a Houston TV reporter.

"Adios, mofo," the governor said into a live microphone and video camera after being interviewed at an Austin studio via satellite by Ted Oberg of KTRK-TV. The station aired the clip, which was taped Monday afternoon, during its newscasts Tuesday and included the fact that Perry called later to apologize.

Asked about the remark during his news conference to outline his plan to overhaul the state's school finance system, Perry reiterated his apology and said it was an inside joke directed at his deputy press secretary, Robert Black.

"I called Ted this morning, and I apologized to him," Perry said. "It was some inappropriate banter that was directed towards Robert Black, and no offense toward him ... nor anyone else. It was inappropriate."

Black said later that he had used the phrase in the governor's company while the two were watching the NBA finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Detroit Pistons.

Black said Perry thought the satellite link had been severed between him and the Houston reporter.

It's not the first time Perry, a Republican who is up for re-election next year, has been videotaped in a faux pas. As lieutenant governor in 2000, an irritated Perry was captured on video asking a state trooper, "Why don't you let us get on down the road?" after his driver had been stopped for speeding.


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To: ravingnutter

There's a CZJ rule? Amazing!

41 posted on 06/22/2005 6:35:10 AM PDT by Enterprise (Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
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To: MissAmericanPie

He did sign into law the new travel/carry handgun law.


42 posted on 06/22/2005 6:36:04 AM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: tuffydoodle

This man lost his "mojo." If you find it, he would greatly appreciate its return.

43 posted on 06/22/2005 6:36:53 AM PDT by Enterprise (Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
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To: ravingnutter

I'll bite.

44 posted on 06/22/2005 6:38:59 AM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Red Badger

Well, ok. Here's the antidote.

45 posted on 06/22/2005 6:39:01 AM PDT by Enterprise (Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
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To: Publius6961
Although within a certain underclass it is as common as salt and a term of endearment.

Nice line...I gotta remember that one.

46 posted on 06/22/2005 6:39:38 AM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (Socialists are blessed with the desire to serve others. That's why most of them work @ McDonalds)
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To: Enterprise

She's married to one of the biggest libs in H'wood!.......That's just as bad........


47 posted on 06/22/2005 6:40:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (The Army makes the world safe for democracy. The Marines make the world safe for the Army.....)
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To: MissAmericanPie
Texans cuss from the cradle

LOL!

Truer damn words were never spoken!

(Though my kids are only allowed to 'acronym' to an extent, and outright cussing is limited to where I can't hear 'em!)

48 posted on 06/22/2005 6:42:05 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am NOT a *legal entity* ......... Nor am I a 'person' as created by law!)
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To: Enterprise

More of a tradition than a rule. She's a hot mofo!

49 posted on 06/22/2005 6:42:31 AM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Deguello
Psst, it was sarcasm.

Perry does not have a reputation as someone MENSA eagerly waits to see a membership application from. So, him doing something like this does not surprise me. But enough about Perry's mouth, how about a Hillary story? This is from a buddy of mine who was in the protective services:

A young secret service agent was assigned to the Clinton White House. He was told that he could speak to whomever he saw in the White house except one person. Under no conditions should he ever even recognize one particular person. On his first day on the job the person he was warned about passed by his post. Unfortunately the agent could not stand silent, he was raised to be polite. The agent said to the person "good morning ma'am". To which Hillary Clinton, without even looking at the young man replied "F**k you!"

50 posted on 06/22/2005 6:53:08 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
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To: tuffydoodle

OK: The "FU" part of those acronyms stand for something that the admin might pull and ban whoever posts it, but as a euphemismistic illustration, let's use "Fouled Up."

So "SNAFU" would stand for "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up" or "Situation Normally All Fouled Up."

"FUBAR" stands for "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition."


51 posted on 06/22/2005 6:53:52 AM PDT by Marauder (Politicians use words the way a squid uses ink.)
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To: Marauder

Man, what have I been doing, living under a rock?


52 posted on 06/22/2005 6:56:37 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: tuffydoodle
Snafu means "Situation normal: All fouled up."
Sometimes "fouled" is replaced by "fu@#$d".
I don't know what fubar means. Sounds like the name of a candy bar. Oh, I just remembered, it means "fouled up beyond all repair". Once again, fouled is a euphemism.
53 posted on 06/22/2005 7:02:24 AM PDT by graycamel
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To: Enterprise

Mmmm, yummy ... even better than the T-Mobile ads.


54 posted on 06/22/2005 7:02:26 AM PDT by Marauder (Politicians use words the way a squid uses ink.)
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To: Publius6961

The reporter is a geek. Ted Oberg from channel 13 in Houston. He needs a pocket protector. A big one!

It's just another overreaction by mediots.


55 posted on 06/22/2005 7:03:15 AM PDT by Jaded (Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet.)
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To: tuffydoodle
Man, what have I been doing, living under a rock?

Not necessarily; I probably wouldn't have known this stuff without being in the military, or at least civil service.

56 posted on 06/22/2005 7:04:19 AM PDT by Marauder (Politicians use words the way a squid uses ink.)
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To: MissAmericanPie

Damnit! I resent that!....LOL


57 posted on 06/22/2005 7:06:53 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: tuffydoodle
Kind of reminds me of when GWB got busted calling Adam Clymer a "major league @sshole" during his 2000 campaign.

Peronally, I thought it was hilarious.

And true.

58 posted on 06/22/2005 7:14:47 AM PDT by Allegra (But It's A Dry Heat...)
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To: eastforker

Um,no. That was Clayton Williams when he ran for re-election against The Motorcycle Mama, Ann Richards.

Then again, on of them may have said it too.


59 posted on 06/22/2005 7:17:19 AM PDT by Jaded (Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet.)
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To: Jaded

I think you are correct but Hoffeines got caught by the mic also, trying to remember.


60 posted on 06/22/2005 7:24:15 AM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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