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Rick Perry gets U.S. voting age wrong in New Hampshire
WaPo ^ | 11/29/11 | Rosalind S. Helderman
At a town hall meeting at the Institute of Politics at New Hampshire’s Saint Anselm’s College Tuesday, Rick Perry asked that all of the college students in the crowd who will be 21 by Nov. 12 support his bid for the presidency.
Say what?
The voting age in the United States is, of course, 18. And the 2012 election will be held on Nov. 6, 2012. (The New Hampshire Republican primary, which brought Perry to the state, will take place on Jan. 10).
“Those who are going to be over 21 on November 12th, I ask for your support,” Perry said, eliciting a few chuckles from the crowd.” Those who won’t be, just work hard. Because you’re... counting on us.”
The gaffe can be easily chalked up to a slip of the tongue. In fact after the event Perry spokesman Mark Miner said simply “the governor misspoke.”
But whiffing on electoral basics will hardly help Perry as he struggles to recover from a series of gaffe-filled and lackluster debate performances (the most memorable of which was the “oops” moment during a Republican debate when Perry failed to recall the third government department he would eliminate as president).
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it's like these guys are on a mission to embarass the GOP.
Shaking my head...
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it's like these guys are on a mission to embarass the GOP.
Shaking my head...
And he thinks he is going to beat obama? F N G please. Shit - I would send Perry to the cleaners in a debate.
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it's like these guys are on a mission to embarass the GOP.
Shaking my head...
And yet you have supported Obama on here non stop...
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And yet you have supported Obama on here non stop...
Here is the deal - we all know obama is a pofs, a communist, a dirtbag, a thug, a leech, a ghetto scumbag, a traitor, and a fool.
B U T
To beat him - it has to be like 75 - 25 all out. We can't expect to beat obama 49.9 - 50.1. won't work.
We need all hands on deck, all hatches battended down, anchors aweigh, and full steam ahead with no gaffes or screw ups.
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"We can't expect to beat obama 49.9 - 50.1. won't work. "
Agreed on that. THe incumbent gets 1-2 "cheat points". if it's close, the guy already in office finds a way to steal it.
The repubs have to put up the best possible candidate.
bachmann was just on cnn - pointing out both newt and romney have held BOTH SIDES on obamacare mandate, and on global warming. It's hard to believe newt - who took millions from healthcare industry and defended the individual mandate just a month ago - will repeal obamacare.
you can bet bachmann will, however.
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Here is the deal - we all know obama is a pofs, a communist, a dirtbag, a thug, a leech, a ghetto scumbag, a traitor, and a fool.
B U T
To beat him - it has to be like 75 - 25 all out. We can't expect to beat obama 49.9 - 50.1. won't work.
We need all hands on deck, all hatches battended down, anchors aweigh, and full steam ahead with no gaffes or screw ups.
I live in Texas, and haven't cared for Perry for quite some time, and am not here defending him, I just find it funny that 240 goes after Perry while supporting Obama at the same time, considering Obama brings a TelePrompter with him everywhere
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I still like Bachmann a ton. She is fearless and will be a battle tank racing in to battle without fear against the communist street thug obama. She has already been vetted and been through the gauntlet.
Bachmann is a street fighter and scrapper. i have no doubt she would go after obama 24/7 with guts, fire, brimstone.
I would be thrilled to campaign and vote for her.
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I live in Texas, and haven't cared for Perry for quite some time, and am not here defending him, I just find it funny that 240 goes after Perry while supporting Obama at the same time, considering Obama brings a TelePrompter with him everywhere
33, speak on this - I think i've gone out of my way to not defend obama lately. Sure, if someone says "hey 240, bet you can't spin this..." I will tongue-in-cheek make up some bullshit and smirk on it, but I think i've been much less the kneepadder lately. Surely the statute of limiations on kneepadding wears out at some point?
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Perry is going to be the idiot that on Nov 7th is still trying to collect votes for himself despite the nod going to another GOP candidate. He will have no idea the race is over.
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He was running his commercials all over my area a week or so ago. I'd imagine his money has to be starting to dry up somewhat now that he's clearly not a leading contender.
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He was running his commercials all over my area a week or so ago. I'd imagine his money has to be starting to dry up somewhat now that he's clearly not a leading contender.
Maybe he is using Huck Math to stay in the race.
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Maybe he is using Huck Math to stay in the race.
Huck may have actually been a decent candidate, but I couldn't get past the hardcore religious side.
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he got the election date wrong, pretty bad, but it happens.
He didn't know 18-20 could vote? He hasn't attended any meetings with voters that young, or never looked at the voting demos?
Or, also possible, maybe he's just losing some mental capacity with age? it happens.
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he got the election date wrong, pretty bad, but it happens.
He didn't know 18-20 could vote? He hasn't attended any meetings with voters that young, or never looked at the voting demos?
Or, also possible, maybe he's just losing some mental capacity with age? it happens.
maybe his lack of mental capacity has nothing to do with his age
the Bushies in Texas used to (probably still do) make fun of him for being stupid
I just think he memorizes the talking points and then forgets them (oops) and when challenged for a bit of depth on an issue he just folds or trys to just repeat the talking point like he did in that video clip I posted where he was being asked about "abistinence only" training in contrast with the sky rocketing rate of teenage pregnancies in his state. All he could say and kept repeating was "abstinence works"
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He will probably be so embarrassed that when he drops out, he won't give his See You Later speech in person. He will send some campaign aide to do it.
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To be fair, these guys get tired. And since they're bullshitters to begin with, it makes the long hours doubly draining while trying to keep track of the lies.
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Not a populair guy on youtube:
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445581 dislikes! :D
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Not a populair guy on youtube:
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445581 dislikes! :D
Its a ridiculous video.
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I still like Bachmann a ton. She is fearless and will be a battle tank racing in to battle without fear against the communist street thug obama. She has already been vetted and been through the gauntlet.
Bachmann is a street fighter and scrapper. i have no doubt she would go after obama 24/7 with guts, fire, brimstone.
I would be thrilled to campaign and vote for her.
Did she not work for the IRS?
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Without the 2011 debates - Rick Perry (with all his brainless regurgitation of memorized positions) would be the FRONT RUNNER.
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bachmann claims she worked for the IRS because she wanted to bring that govt organization down.
I guess bachmann wants to be president because... gulp... ???
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bachmann claims she worked for the IRS because she wanted to bring that govt organization down.
I guess bachmann wants to be president because... gulp... ???
::) ::)
How many people who want to do criminal defense work for go work for the DA?
You people are so beyond stupid to make an issue of that.
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bachmann claims she worked for the IRS because she wanted to bring that govt organization down.
I guess bachmann wants to be president because... gulp... ???
That's what all interns do? Wasn't that the sad ass reply and justification given to defend her back then?
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::) ::)
How many people who want to do criminal defense work for go work for the DA?
You people are so beyond stupid to make an issue of that.
I thought SHE was the one who made that insane quote about it.
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Did she not work for the IRS?
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Are you really this stupid to keep bumping this? Oh wait . . . . .
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Are you really this stupid to keep bumping this? Oh wait . . . . .
So she didnt work for the IRS.. Im stupid for stating facts?.. Damn... thats wild.. Some Lawyer
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Are you really this stupid to keep bumping this? Oh wait . . . . .
Exactly. He should have waited two years from now right?