Tag: Rick Perry
Matt Taibbi on Rick Perry’s Peculiar Anti-Government Crony Corporate Socialism
If you haven’t read Matt Taibbi’s take down of Rick Perry in Rolling Stone, “The Best Little Whore in Texas,” do it now.
“His hand was so cold, like ice. And he was sweating. He didn’t seem well, like he was in pain or he was sick or something. I don’t know what it was, but something was definitely wrong.”
For one thing, there’s this bit about how Perry, who is supposedly a genius at retail politics, actually comes across in person:
Liliana Ros, a [Republican] party committeewoman in Florida, shook Perry’s hand during a commercial break at the Orlando debate and promptly finked on him to reporters, offering a pervy description that was missing only the open raincoat and the raging boner. “He grabbed my hand and held on to it,” Ros said. “His hand was so cold, like ice. And he was sweating. He didn’t seem well, like he was in pain or he was sick or something. I don’t know what it was, but something was definitely wrong.”
But mainly, there’s this on Perry’s peculiar brand of anti-government corporate crony socialism:
Perry’s Texas, Hunstman’s Family Company Taking Taxpayer Millions
If there’s anything Republicans enjoy, it’s deriding the Affordable Health Care Act, or as they sneer, “Obamacare.” So who do you think was first in line to scarf AHCA funds that help early retirees?
That would be Gov. Rick Perry’s own Texans, followed by employees of Huntsman International, owned by the family of Jon Huntsman. Both men, of course, are running for president against Obama.
If you’ve ever wondered how wealth travels upward from the 99% to the top, here’s a vivid illustration.
“Some people have described this program as ‘Cash for Clunkers,’ in the sense that if you want it, you have to get in line first,” said Paul Fronstin, an economist with [nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute]. “There was a lot of advice given to be first in line.”
…Texas, it seems, heeded the advice. So did Huntsman International.
A Toast to Running on Empty
I’ll be blunt with all you Perry supporters, it’s time to butter your guy because he’s toast…Not only is Rick Perry utterly incapable of running for president, he can’t run his state, and in fact can’t meet the basic requirement for any politician — he can’t even run his mouth.
— James Carville, Democratic strategist and husband to rightwing pundit Mary Matalin
The Line: October 28, 2011
Forbes Magazine publisher, flat tax advocate and failed ’96 presidential candidate Steve Forbes has endorsed Rick Perry, in part because Perry has released a half-cooked economic plan that includes a 20 percent flat tax. In an interview with political gossipist Lloyd Grove titled, “Forbes: ‘Perry Will Be the Nominee,'” Forbes said, “Whatever part of the Republican establishment has gone to Romney is almost by default — not because they really like him or because they’re writing big checks or bundling large amounts of money. So if Perry or somebody else comes along and catches fire, which I think Perry will, Romney is going to be stuck at his 23 percent or maybe even less.” - Ron Brownstein reminds us how Forbes’ flat-tax proposal flattened his campaign in 1996, paving the way for then Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole to win their party’s nomination that year. In the general campaign, Pres. Bill Clinton’s tean cleverly paired (by then retired) Senate leader Dole with his uber-unpopular counterpart in the House, Speaker Newt Gingrich, and easily won reelection.
- Steve Benen notes that Perry is promising to add 2.5 million jobs if elected president — which, says Benen, means “Rick Perry believes he’ll be able to create the same number of jobs in four years that Barack Obama has created in a year and a half.”
- Even though Parah Salin (remember her?) is officially out of the running, David Corn reminds us that there is still an “openly mean” candidate vying for the GOP nomination. Here’s Corn’s collection of ugly things Speaker Gingrich has said over the past 33 years.
Call him “Miss Ross.” Apparently Herman Cain has taken a cue from Diva Diana. Ex-staffers say they were instructed by memo, “Do not speak to him unless you are spoken to.”
Days After Saying ‘No Longer Is [Economic] Policy Going to Be Dictated by K Street,’ Perry Seeks K Street Approval of His Economic Plan
1.During the Republican Party presidential debate in Las Vegas Wednesday night, Rick Perry said this about how economic policy will be crafted when he is elected president:
No longer is a policy going to be dictated by K Street… It’s going to come from main street!
2.The next morning, this item, sourced to an anonymous Perry campaign operative, appeared in the Washington Post:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will travel to Washington on Friday for a series of economic and foreign policy meetings with dozens of lobbyists, trade association executives and conservative leaders, according to a source with knowledge of Perry’s schedule.
Rick Perry’s Cult Problem: What Is His Connection to the New Apostolic Reformation, a Powerful End-Times Cult Seeking World Dominion?
Is Mormonism a cult? Earlier this month, Rev. Robert Jeffress, a surrogate for Rick Perry, made headlines when he declared that it was. Pundits on both sides have also said so. Fox News host Mike Huckabee described Mormonism as a “satanic cult” when he ran for president in the 2008 GOP primaries. On the left, Bill Maher endorsed Jeffress’ view during an interview with him on Maher’s HBO show Friday night.
But if the Mormon Church is a cult, what would you call a small but powerful evangelical faction that believes in demons and witches, that performs exorcisms on a regular basis and whose belief that apocalypse is nigh compels them to overthrow national governments worldwide through “spiritual warfare” and replace them all with a single, global Iranian-style theocracy, with themselves in charge?
These are, in fact, the beliefs and objectives of the New Apostolic Reformation, a dominionist, end-times cult to which both Rick Perry and Sarah Palin have very public ties.
Perry’s Wife Not Clear on the Concept of Unemployment
He resigned his job two weeks ago because he can’t go out and campaign with his father because of SEC regulations…My son lost his job because of this administration.
Anita Perry, wife of Gov. Rick Perry (Tex. – GOPvangelical), responding sympathetically to a voter at a South Carolina diner who told the Perrys he is working as a handyman since losing his job. Griffin Perry resigned as an investment advisor at Deutche Bank to hit the campaign trail with his dad.
Perry Preacher at Christian Conclave: ‘Mormonism Is a Cult’
The first real inkling that the Republican presidential primary race could devolve into a religious infighting between extreme right Christianists and Mormons — a repeat of the lowest moments of the 2008 GOP primaries — surfaced at the Values Voters Summit in Washington on Friday.
The Christian nationalist champion this time, at least for the moment, is Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The Mormons include this year’s perennial frontrunner former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as well as former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman,
In his introduction to Perry at the values conclave, Dr. Robert Jeffress, who preaches at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, wasted no time smearing Romney’s religion:
