Posted on 10/11/2011 10:24:02 PM PDT by Ripliancum
HANOVER, N.H. -- After a two-hour debate on the economy, earnest GOP operatives headed straight to the spin room to tout the merits of their respective candidates. As for Texas Gov. Rick Perry,he headed straight to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house.
"Debates are not my strong suit," Perry told about 100 fraternity brothers gathered to see him at the house, a few blocks from the debate site on the campus of Dartmouth College. No keg stands were in view.
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First Captain Obvious graphic is..........?
If you can’t debate, you can’t beat Obama. Look at the dismal failure of John McCain. His communication skills were horrible. Newt Gingrich absolutely dominates every time he speaks. Even Rick Pery stands there nodding in approval. We need someone who can crush Obama on the national stage.
I guess winning the Presidency isn’t his strong suit either. What exactly did this dope think he was getting involved with exactly? This is the most unbelievable collapse I have ever seen of a top tier candidate ever.
I don’t think it would take Newt very long to make Barry look like “a child of the world” in a debate. Barry doesn’t want to ever have to debate Gingrich.
neither is conservatism.
Uh, that's what NIXON said in 1960. How'd that turn out?
For someone who wants to be the leader of the free world, being a poor debater is a deal breaker.
Political leaders debate and explain their positions. They argue in the market place of ideas for the agenda and values that guide their philosophy.
Debate is like breathing for a political leader.
I really don’t want Romney, but if Perry can’t win arguments in a debate, who can he win when the Dems start asking difficult questions?
But he knew that before he entered. And I’m sure he learned not to trust his fellow conservative - like MB. He should have encouraged Sarah to enter instead of him using his ego instead of his head to seek elections that require debates. He turned his back on his really ally and ends up blowing in the wind. Why didn’t he know MB was a buffer for Mitt? I saw that right away. She has absolutely no accomplishments - he didn’t question why is she in the race?
As a campaigner, out among the people Perry is very good (listens, relates) and he can give a good speech. Certainly doesn't need a teleprompter
Not really. On this day in 2007, Giuliani led all others with 32%, Thompson at 20%, and McCain at 12%. 2 months later, Rudy was in single digits.
There are 12 year old debaters who are better at it than Rick Perry. Let’s vote for one of them, the best one, of course, if that’s what the game is about!
This is strange. People used to say that Perry was a master debater.
“Newt Gingrich “
Newt is brilliant on the level of a Churchill.
He understands how Washington works which is necessary if we want to start dismantling the mess.
Maybe we need to over look his past person indiscretions and go with him. Other wise it is Mittens for us all.
I think we need to remember that Obama can’t debate either. Oh, he can give a good speech (with a teleprompter) but he can’t answer questions worth a darn and has made plenty of mis-speaks. Remember “corpseman”?
What do y’all think - I have no plans to vote if some RINO like Romney is the nominee.
I’d rather Obama win and the curtain be pulled back for real, while going Galt.
He folds when communicating thoughts and composing answers?
What's he going to do in national televised press conference when the really difficult questions happen?
Yeah...keeping that pecker under control is only a minor issue; along with snuggling up with Nancy Polosi in that cute picture on the sofa ...hey anyone have that pic handy??.
Other than that...I’m all for Newt! /s
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