I Not Only Agree With Louisville Courier Journal That Texas Governor Rick Perry "Doesn’t Act Presidential", He Is NOT Presidential Material, At All!
Editorial | Birther blather
Here’s more evidence of the not-ready-for-prime-time status of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential candidacy:
Incredibly, unbelievably, he resurrected the odious and debunked “birther” notions about President Obama and his American citizenship. And then, after allowing a little time to pass to let it all sink in with the conspiratorial loonies, he said he didn’t mean it.
Perhaps Gov. Perry’s political gyroscope was thrown off by his dreadful showings in several televised debates. Or maybe it was the size and the scrutiny attendant to the national stage that knocked the Texas governor off his cock-of-the-walk stride. Whatever the case, Gov. Perry has tumbled in the polls, and he seems to be grasping at desperate straws as he falls.
In an interview published this week, the Republican contender expressed skepticism about the authenticity of the President's birth certificate that the White House released earlier this year to quell the cottage industry of fringe hysteria about Mr. Obama’s constitutional qualifications.
Of course, that hysteria had been whipped into a media frenzy by another GOP hopeful with famous hair: business mogul and reality show host Donald Trump, who destroyed his own prospects as a serious candidate for president with his uninformed bleatings about Mr. Obama’s origins. Who, then, is really surprised to learn that Gov. Perry’s flirtation with the birthers’ junk science stemmed from a recent dinner with Mr. Trump?
“It’s a good issue to keep alive,” Gov. Perry said in another interview.
But Wednesday, after being criticized by other Republican governors and GOP mastermind Karl Rove, Gov. Perry was singing a different tune, telling a Florida television interview that he has “no doubt” about the President’s birth in the United States and saying he was just having fun with Mr. Trump.
Maybe he has a weird idea of fun. Maybe he’s trying to play the issue on both sides. All we can really know is that he doesn’t act presidential.
Here’s more evidence of the not-ready-for-prime-time status of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential candidacy:
Incredibly, unbelievably, he resurrected the odious and debunked “birther” notions about President Obama and his American citizenship. And then, after allowing a little time to pass to let it all sink in with the conspiratorial loonies, he said he didn’t mean it.
Perhaps Gov. Perry’s political gyroscope was thrown off by his dreadful showings in several televised debates. Or maybe it was the size and the scrutiny attendant to the national stage that knocked the Texas governor off his cock-of-the-walk stride. Whatever the case, Gov. Perry has tumbled in the polls, and he seems to be grasping at desperate straws as he falls.
In an interview published this week, the Republican contender expressed skepticism about the authenticity of the President's birth certificate that the White House released earlier this year to quell the cottage industry of fringe hysteria about Mr. Obama’s constitutional qualifications.
Of course, that hysteria had been whipped into a media frenzy by another GOP hopeful with famous hair: business mogul and reality show host Donald Trump, who destroyed his own prospects as a serious candidate for president with his uninformed bleatings about Mr. Obama’s origins. Who, then, is really surprised to learn that Gov. Perry’s flirtation with the birthers’ junk science stemmed from a recent dinner with Mr. Trump?
“It’s a good issue to keep alive,” Gov. Perry said in another interview.
But Wednesday, after being criticized by other Republican governors and GOP mastermind Karl Rove, Gov. Perry was singing a different tune, telling a Florida television interview that he has “no doubt” about the President’s birth in the United States and saying he was just having fun with Mr. Trump.
Maybe he has a weird idea of fun. Maybe he’s trying to play the issue on both sides. All we can really know is that he doesn’t act presidential.
Labels: News reporting
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