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Pork chopped: Rick Perry takes heat for barbecue blast
Los Angeles Times ^ | September 27, 2011 | Robin Abcarian

Posted on 09/27/2011 5:54:32 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Reporting from Greenville, S.C. — Rick Perry is learning all kinds of ways that words can come back to haunt a guy.

There’s his famous “Ponzi scheme” remark about Social Security from his book “Fed Up!,” which former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has used to bludgeon the Texas governor in their last couple of debates.

And now Perry’s in hot water in North Carolina for a remark he made all the way back in 1992, when he was Texas agriculture commissioner and Houston was hosting the Republican National Convention.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: barbeque; perry; rickperry
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According to "Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue," in 1992 when Perry was a promising Texas politician but not yet governor, he tried some Eastern North Carolina barbecue from King's of Kinston, which was served at the Republican National Convention in Houston. "I've had road kill that tasted better than that," Perry was quoted as saying.

Actually barbeque isn't barbeque unless it is pork. However, I enjoy jerk pork and Cuban style barbeque pork the best.

1 posted on 09/27/2011 5:54:34 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: dennisw

Unfortunately Carlton is having licensing problems with the city so I haven’t had jerk pork in a few weeks.


2 posted on 09/27/2011 5:58:55 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Overseer shall promulgate rules for party conduct)
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To: PJ-Comix

I like Barbecue beef and chicken but you are right. To be authentic Bar B Q it has to be pork.


3 posted on 09/27/2011 6:01:20 PM PDT by yarddog
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“I’ve had road kill that tasted better than that,” Perry was quoted as saying.

Sun baked Armadillo?


4 posted on 09/27/2011 6:01:57 PM PDT by tumblindice (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: yarddog

Anyone here ever eat a feral pig “hogzilla” as barbeque? I wonder what that tastes like.


5 posted on 09/27/2011 6:04:08 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Overseer shall promulgate rules for party conduct)
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To: PJ-Comix

This is the information age and many in NC are probably hearing this for the first time. No longer can the political class run and hide and thank God for that.

Politicians seem to think they should never be held accountable. It is on his record and he owns it, just like the “have no heart” comment that took him down in flames.

Enjoy your illegals, Gov. They’ve just cost you an election.


6 posted on 09/27/2011 6:04:11 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: PJ-Comix

Do we really want a President who’d eat roadkill?


7 posted on 09/27/2011 6:04:30 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: PJ-Comix

Talk about dredging the barrel.

I bet he let gas in kindergarten too. Oh the Horror, oh the horror.


8 posted on 09/27/2011 6:04:34 PM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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Perry must be pure as the driven snow, since they have to try to use a comment he made 20 years ago, about a barbeque he didn’t like, to attack him.

That is a really good reason to NOT vote for him. (/sarcasm)


9 posted on 09/27/2011 6:05:04 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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10 posted on 09/27/2011 6:05:28 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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Perry ping


11 posted on 09/27/2011 6:06:59 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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To: Liberty Valance

Tejas land oysters


12 posted on 09/27/2011 6:08:19 PM PDT by tumblindice (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: PJ-Comix; Constitution Day; Lee'sGhost; NCBraveheart; wolfpat; Littlejon; Moose4; ...

” he tried some Eastern North Carolina barbecue from King’s of Kinston, which was served at the Republican National Convention in Houston. “I’ve had road kill that tasted better than that,” Perry was quoted as saying.”

I have the same sentiment about Eastern style, especially from King’s.


13 posted on 09/27/2011 6:08:32 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Disgusted with the establishment GOP and their enablers.)
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To: PJ-Comix

I used to have neighbors who quite literally caught wild hogs for most of their meat. The reason they caught them is they didn’t like the taste of wild hog.

They would pen them up for several months and feed them before slaughtering them.


14 posted on 09/27/2011 6:08:49 PM PDT by yarddog
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Naw, BBQ is a cooking technique, not a meat choice. Pork is my favorite, but I've had barbecued beef, chicken, lamb (BBQ leg of lamb is awesome), venison, turkey, goat, quail, pheasant, and probably some others I can't think of right off. It's all good. In fact it's all GREAT!
15 posted on 09/27/2011 6:09:26 PM PDT by Hugin ("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
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“they have to try to use a comment he made 20 years ago, about a barbeque he didn’t like, to attack him.”

The BBQ wars have been raging for a long time. It’s fair game for some folks.


16 posted on 09/27/2011 6:10:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Disgusted with the establishment GOP and their enablers.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Nonsense - it ain’t the meat, it’s the method.


17 posted on 09/27/2011 6:10:42 PM PDT by stormer
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To: Liberty Valance
Photobucket This little fella was rooting around in my back yard. No way I was going to eat him tho.
18 posted on 09/27/2011 6:10:54 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: PJ-Comix

I’ve had BBQ coon...good!


19 posted on 09/27/2011 6:13:16 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Rebelbase

Lol..me too and I live in NC.

BBQ wars are a noble tradition in the southern states, with each state bashing the other’s techniques and sauces.

God I hate election season. Reasonable people lose their collective minds.


20 posted on 09/27/2011 6:15:01 PM PDT by Raebie (WS)
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