Is Rick Perry Insensitive to President’s Feelings? (lol)

Texas Insider ^ | August 23, 2011 | Moe Lane

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Obama quickly elevated Gov. Perry to level worth personal attention

By Moe Lane

Yeah, it was a trap. Governor and new Presidential candidate Rick Perry (R-TX) on his priority levels:
 … if I hurt the president’s feelings, well, with all due respect, I love my country and I love future generations more than I care about his feelings.   

To give the context: the White House has been taking the opportunity offered by Perry’s entrance to the race to take slaps at the candidate. 

As Glenn Reynolds noted at the time, this was not a particularly smart strategy… which is something that I’ve come to agree with, and I’ll tell you why.

• The President jumped the gun in elevating an opponent.  This is almost forgivable and certainly understandable – the Democrats have been almost besides themselves trying to find somebody, anybody on the Republican side to ‘promote’ to the position of  head demon – but in typical fashion the Left stepped on a metaphorical rake while trying to do it with Governor Perry.  I refer, of course, to their epic own-goal with the ‘black cloud’ oopsie… and you can tell that it was an oopsie because it got Jon Stewart to yell at the Democrats*.  That’s a fairly reliable indicator that the Left has gone too far.

• It gives Perry access to more microphones.  The typical rule for this game is Never punch down: like most rules it isn’t actually physical law, but it is a good rule of thumb.  Because President Obama so quickly elevated Gov. Perry to a level where he was worth the personal attention of what is still the single most powerful man in the world, it naturally follows that what Perry says in response would also be news.  And it turns out that what Perry says in response has nothing to do with personal spats and everything to do with job creation, which is a topic that Barack Obama would come off second to… every Republican candidate in the race, actually.  Not to mention, Bozo the Clown.

• The President is not actually good at these kinds of fights.  Obama thinks that he is, because he defeated Hillary Clinton in the primaries and John McCain in the general election.  The only problem is, in the primaries Obama (more accurately, his staff) ‘won’ by manipulating every loophole in the Democratic primary system, stampeding super-delegates, and taking proxy slaps at an opponent who felt constrained in her response, thanks to somewhat insidious gender stereotypes.  As for the general… God love John McCain, but he’s old, and he didn’t want to fight, and he really didn’t want to fight the black guy, and then the economy melted down, and Sarah Palin could only do so much.  I don’t think that either McCain’s or Clinton’s response is going to be emulated by Rick Perry.

Does this mean that the nomination battle on the GOP’s side is over?  Don’t be absurd.  There are still three viable candidates, not one: Bachmann, Perry & Romney.  Any 0ne of the three has an easily-traced victory route to next year’s convention, and it is far too soon to crown any one of them. 

But what should be done now by all the candidates is to take careful note of the best way to handle things when the White House’s electoral flailing about happens to intersect a particular campaign: keep calm, present a cheerful, slightly contemptuous face to the Democrats’ hysteria, and use the opportunity presented by the extra microphones to repeat the campaign’s main theme.
 
Which right now definitely should be ‘jobs,’ by the way.

The President’s currently doing horribly on that front, and people are noticing it.
 

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… if I hurt the president’s feelings, well, with all due respect, I love my country and I love future generations more than I care about his feelings.

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[Nervous Tick]

That’s one of the better (and more objective) articles I have seen of late regarding the 2012 situation in general and Perry in particular. Thanks for posting it.

[Cicero]

Well, we certainly wouldn’t want to hurt his feelings!

[Allegra]

Is Rick Perry Insensitive to President’s Feelings?

I certainly hope so.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Hilarious juxtaposition.

[MissyMa]

“Yeah, it was a trap. Governor and new Presidential candidate Rick Perry (R-TX) on his priority levels:
… if I hurt the president’s feelings, well, with all due respect, I love my country and I love future generations more than I care about his feelings.”

And Obama fell for it hook, line and sinker.

[sodpoodle]

Being referred to as ‘folks’ shows BO’s total disrespect for US Citizens.

It’s about time an elected representative of the ‘folks’ returned the favor.

Good for Perry.

[TexMom7]

Hope I do this right?..... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Yes Sir! That's my Governor and First Lady... Is there a black cloud over Odumber's head?

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Statement by Texas Gov. Rick Perry on VP Joe Biden’s Comment Regarding China’s One Child Policy
Posted on August 23rd, 2011

AUSTIN – Texas Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement on Vice President Joe Biden’s comments regarding China’s one child policy:

“China’s one child policy has led to the great human tragedy of forced abortions throughout China, and Vice President Biden’s refusal to ‘second-guess’ this horrendous policy demonstrates great moral indifference on the part of the Obama Administration. Americans value life, and we deserve leaders who will stand up against such inhumanity, not cast a blind eye.”

[Lady Lucky]

Priceless photo. It’s like they were playing basketball with an umbrella.

[RaginRak]

Is Rick Perry Insensitive to President’s Feelings?

Why should he be..Obaminator wasn’t sensitive to McCain’s feelings

[SaraJohnson]

Perry was in on this feeling hurting venture! When will he ever stop and just accept his lowly place in lefty life?!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2767774/posts

:)

[smoothsailing]

… if I hurt the president’s feelings, well, with all due respect, I love my country and I love future generations more than I care about his feelings.

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Good job posting those pictures.

[smoothsailing]

via Facebook:

“Sorry about the earthquake, DC. That was just Rick Perry getting off his horse.”

[hsalaw]

One of these two looks like a wuss.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

LOL!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I can’t stop laughing.