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James Carville: Why Rick Perry's Presidential Bid is Toast
CNN ^ | October 29, 2011

Posted on 10/30/2011 12:30:33 PM PDT by drewh

When Rick Perry announced he was running for president back on August 13, to tell you the truth I got a little excited.

Now I know what you're thinking -- James you are a big Democrat, why on earth would you be excited about Perry running for president?

This was my thinking: Perry would get in and he would be a major force.

He was the bona fide conservative complete with a pedigree to take on Romney.

With the way things are shaping up now, the convention planners might be more inclined to take a motivational speaker. Hey Rick -- you are costing me airtime!

There is a dirty little secret about political people.

If you really love it, you hope for a good race that goes on and you enjoy watching people who are skilled at doing this.

It is literally painful to watch Rick Perry as a candidate. The case could be made that Rick Perry is the worst debater to ever run for president.

As far as I know he can't even give a good speech.

Not only can he not give an interview, he can't even roll out his flat tax plan. He steps all over it by saying, "Oh by the way, it's optional anyway."

Not only is Rick Perry utterly incapable of running for president, and in fact can't meet the basic requirement for any politician -- he can't even run his mouth.

To tell you the truth, it's gotten so bad people in Louisiana are actually starting to make Texas jokes.

If this thing gets any worse the people in Mississippi will be making Texas jokes -- then you've really hit rock bottom.

Rick, you have managed to embarrass yourself. So I guess you are good at something after all.

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To: drewh

Carville is a comedian. I laugh at his jokes but I consider the source. He spews the latest talking points for a joke. But in politics the story-line changes on a daily basis.


21 posted on 10/30/2011 1:04:34 PM PDT by independent in tx
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To: Darkwolf377
True. Carville is wrong as often as he is right. I recall the election night on national TV when he put a waste basket over his head when reminded of his pre-election predictions.

At least he has a sense of humor, and he doesn't hate America.

22 posted on 10/30/2011 1:05:41 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: drewh
Snakehead: "Not only is Rick Perry utterly incapable of running for president, and in fact can't meet the basic requirement for any politician -- he can't even run his mouth."

Snakehead is most likely shilling for Hillary, but he surely has Perry pegged correctly.

FauxNews has been running this latest Perry promotional interview non-stop all weekend, trying to make Perry appear not too dangerously stupid to be a vanity candidate -- and it is not working.

23 posted on 10/30/2011 1:15:30 PM PDT by meadsjn
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To: drewh

perry’s got the $ to take out rino romney.

good enough for me.


24 posted on 10/30/2011 1:18:18 PM PDT by ken21
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To: ken21

then, cain’s the candidate.


25 posted on 10/30/2011 1:18:53 PM PDT by ken21
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To: drewh
Tokyo Rove and Serpent Head on the same page!

Who'd have thunk it?

26 posted on 10/30/2011 1:21:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: thecodont

I seriously doubt that carville feels threatened by a Perry candidacy. I think carville is a hack, cockroach scumbag, but he nailed some of Perry’s several faults to date.


27 posted on 10/30/2011 1:22:11 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: hinckley buzzard

I wish there were some way to track the predictions of these people.

If being un-American or pro-American is a measure of a pundit, we’re in serious trouble. Though I do agree with you, it IS perfectly clear which ones are which.


28 posted on 10/30/2011 1:28:16 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Obama: The stupid person`s idea of a smart person.)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Carville ‘got some’ the other night from his conservative wife for saying something nice about Perry. Don’t take him too seriously.


29 posted on 10/30/2011 1:28:19 PM PDT by independent in tx
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To: independent in tx

Thanks for the tip.


30 posted on 10/30/2011 1:31:11 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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31 posted on 10/30/2011 1:44:43 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: org.whodat
Isn't it funny I accused you of being Carville this morning and now we have one of your interviews.
32 posted on 10/30/2011 2:32:07 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: ken21
Do you really think a guy who has never won office, who has said abortion shouldn't be part of the political discussion, who is an actual preacher, and is for a national sales tax and a national income tax and has a youtube video where 4 white people place a white robe on him as he sings "Imagine there's no pizza" is gonna beat Obama?

Man ya'll are smoking something.

If it ain't Perry it's for sure going to be Romney because the Republicans want to beat Obama not just make a political statement.

33 posted on 10/30/2011 2:38:21 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: Brandonmark

Carville’s papa? Or Carville as a youth?


34 posted on 10/30/2011 2:43:01 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: thecodont

Perry isn’t threatening anyone other than Rick Santorum for 4th place.


35 posted on 10/30/2011 2:44:33 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: normy

You forgot to include ‘B screen actor’.


36 posted on 10/30/2011 3:15:51 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks drewh.
"Now I know what you're thinking -- James you are a big Democrat, why on earth would you be excited about Perry"...
Y'know, that's not even close to what I was thinking.


37 posted on 10/30/2011 3:20:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I didn’t say he was an Air Force Lt., 2 term Governor of California and second in delegate count in the 1976 Republican nominating process.


38 posted on 10/30/2011 3:24:30 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Tokyo Rove and Serpent Head on the same page! Who'd have thunk it?

The end of the world is surely near...

39 posted on 10/30/2011 3:28:08 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: normy

No problemo!

I was simply mocking your use of the same type of tactics the Liberals and Establishment Republicans used against Reagan.


40 posted on 10/30/2011 3:36:11 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
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