Rick Perry... sounds great -- ha ha ha!

[Ben]

Rick Perry: dumbest fuck ever...dumber than Michelle Bachmann even!!! Who would've thought it possible? Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Newt, Santorum, and the two flip flopping Mormons. These are the only possible republican presidential contenders!!!! What has the GOP come too? The tea-baggers have gutted this party. It would be funny if it weren't so fucking sad and dangerous.

The whole thing is an absolute joke. Just give the nod to Mitt. Plus, isn't Mitt the richest candidate? If he is, well, give it to him. He deserves it. On that alone -- ha ha ha! And spare us this absolute freakshow. (And Cain won't win the nomination. As the Irish-American writer Alexander Cockburn writes, "Cain has never had a prayer of getting the Republican nomination. He doesn’t have the money, or the big backers, just a handful of staffers and the 9-9-9 thing. His star began to rise when the Tea Party crowd figured Gov Rick Perry of Texas as a hypocrite and also a moron, as he conclusively demonstrated in the debate in Michigan Wednesday night.")
And the Republican Party isn't even a political party anymore. They've ceased participating in a parliamentary framework. They're merely deep in the pockets of corporate America. Specifically the financial sector.
No political party can survive without voters. (And you can't vote for them based on their policies. Because only a small fraction of the population actually supports their policies... which simply serve to enrich the super rich.)
They've attempted to develop a mass base. And what they've attempted to do is appeal to some of the elements of American society and culture that have always been there but are not very attractive. But they've never been mobilized politically before. And we're talking about religious extremists....

[Faldur]

Well thank goodness the Republican party isn't asking progressives to pick their candidate. Compared to the current commander in chief, you know the guy who can't speak to a classroom full of 3rd graders without a teleprompter, Rick Perry looks like a genius. Lets see elected governor to the most prosperous state in the US for 14 years now. I would call that solid executive experience. And what did obummer have? Oh, thats right he was actually a "community organizer".. and you laugh at the Republican candidates. Think you might want to check what your own house is made of before you start tossing stones. Which of the 58 states will he campaign in next?

[trish]

Rick Perry looks like a genius.

Really? Either you're just as stupid as Rick Perry or you are willing to say anything to save face. LOL

[Faldur]

Really? Either you're just as stupid as Rick Perry or you are willing to say anything to save face. LOL

What face do I have to save? I'm not even a republican. At last check I don't see my name on a ballet anywhere. But I am smart enough to look at both sides of the fence. And if you think your boy obummer is any better than Rick Perry you need to have your hatred checked, cause your blind sweetie.

[trish]

Oh now it's hatred. Perry's not stupid, it's just all that hatred that makes him look stupid. Your whole team is a pack of clowns. How can I hate them? They make me laugh.

[Silcc69]

This sums it up right here

[Ben]

Well thank goodness the Republican party isn't asking progressives to pick their candidate. Compared to the current commander in chief, you know the guy who can't speak to a classroom full of 3rd graders without a teleprompter, Rick Perry looks like a genius. Lets see elected governor to the most prosperous state in the US for 14 years now. I would call that solid executive experience. And what did obummer have? Oh, thats right he was actually a "community organizer".. and you laugh at the Republican candidates. Think you might want to check what your own house is made of before you start tossing stones. Which of the 58 states will he campaign in next?

I'm not a fan of Obama. But he is smart. I don't think he's very principled. But, yes, he's smart. (And, too, I don't think Bush is moronic. But I don't think he ran the show. That was Cheney's job.) The job of president is to be, well, a good actor. It's entertainment -- and acting.

The role of president is sorta like the role of the Queen of England -- The U.S. is run, according to the writer and essayist Gore Vidal, by the National Security Council. Which is the Pentagon and the C.I.A. Obama has a role to play. And he plays it well. (Noam Chomsky was asked who is the most dangerous person on the planet. He said the most dangerous person on the planet is usually the most powerful. And then he explicated that it isn't a person. It's a system, a structure. And any form of concentrated power is extremely dangerous.)
I'm not sure why anyone would defend -- or have an undying love for -- either the Dems or the Republicans. It's beyond me. Well, unless one is a classic conservative. And believe in Edmund Burke. And believe in elite rule. That the rich and responsible men should assume power over the majority 'cause their too "stupid and ignorant" to run their own affairs.
But I doubt that the vast majority of people are pleased with a small group of people having authority over them. Whether it be corporate or political.
Actually, no power structure is self justifying. Any system of power has to prove its legitimacy. Sometimes they can. But most of the time they can't. Like, say I came to your home and started bossing you about. Is that justified? Same applies to a man that bosses his wife around. Or politicians assuming power over the populace. Is that justified? (Yes! I'm a libertarian. Well, a left-leaning libertarian. I think a lot of Ron Paul's proposals are pretty good. But a lot I disagree with.)
I mean, the Republicans simply serve the super rich. So, unless you're, well, super rich (part of the 0.01 percent) it's beyond me. Or, again, you could be a classic conservative. And believe in elite rule. (And not a genuine conservative who believes in local control; and that one should control his/her life, his or her own labor.)
And the Dems, too, serve the financial sector. Wall St. got THEIR GUY elected in '08.
Again, it's beyond me why anyone would be passionate about either the Dems or Republicans.
I mean, politicians should be simple administrators. You simply put in place policies that the majority want. Hence: democracy --
But elites loathe democracy. For good reason. Their specific interests wouldn't be served in an actual democracy!

[Faldur]

I'm not a fan of Obama. But he is smart.

Give me a break, he is a stuffed suit that reads words other people put on his teleprompter. This is 7 minutes of a 41 minute press conferene, not one of his drooling babble was repeated. 18% of the speech was mindless stammering. And were picking on Perry?

He who lives in glass houses...

[trish]

Lot of serious editing there. Bachmann, Cain, Perry and Newt don't need editors to look stupid. And you guy's claim to be the values party and to have integrity?! Once again you FAIL.

[Erika1487]

He is trying to step into Iowa swinging but, it looks like is as struck out and needs benched :/