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Governor Rick Perry On Obama’s Immigration Speech: ‘The Guy’s A Stand-Up Comic’

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Texas governor Rick Perry wasn’t the biggest fan of President Barack Obama‘s speech about immigration, given in El Paso, and didn’t have a problem letting radio host Laura Ingraham know about it.

Basically, Perry told Ingraham, he gets the impression that Obama and his administration are not taking the issue of border security as seriously as they could:

This is a president who is more interested in trying out for Saturday Night Live it seems like… The guy’s a stand-up comic, and that was what he was playing to. The fact of the matter is, Americans don’t want a stand-up comic for the President of the United States. Anyone who knows what’s happening on the border of Texas and Mexico or, for that matter, the southern border of the United States with Mexico realizes this is not comedy; there are people’s lives in jeopardy every day.

And that sentiment just might have something to do with the Governor’s strained relationship with Washington:

I’m the Governor of the state of Texas. I don’t need to be briefed by people 1,500 miles away from Texas to tell me what’s going on, on immigration and border security. I know, I’ve got people who are putting their lives on the line to keep our citizens safe.

“We need this administration to be engaged,” Perry added, “to be actively trying to find solutions, not standing up and doing Saturday Night Live comedy in El Paso, Texas and making fun of people who are putting their lives on the line. I find that to be reprehensible.” Given how terrible SNL has been for some time now, that’s really got to sting.

Have a listen to the segment, courtesy of The Laura Ingraham Show:

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  • MrTPar_taY

    Not only do his jokes suck he can’t find a good teleprompter operator either.

  • mtjade4

    Hey, think of it this way on how the President should be engaged:

    While he was ripping apart Trump, he was having Bin Laden killed. That’s pretty engaged to me.

  • http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

    This is the same governor that wanted to secede from the union and turn down federal money until he took the federal money.

    mtjade4 said:
    While he was ripping apart Trump, he was having Bin Laden killed. That’s pretty engaged to me.

    Yep.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    ‘The Guy’s A Stand-Up Comic’

    …better: HE’S A JOKE !!!!!!!

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Keeva said:
    This is the same governor that wanted to secede from the union and turn down federal money until he took the federal money.

    Yep.

    You really are not so smart.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Obama might do well to remember some stories from mythology, particularly Icarus and Narcissus.

    I am offended by 0bama’s comments regarding the borders- why doesn’t he leave the Secret Service behind and spend a vacation with his wife and kids in Big Bend or on any ranch on the border between the U.S. and Mexico? He doesn’t know what he’s talking about and people in the border states are in jeopardy.

    I wish someone would do a video parody of 0bama carrying around bin Laden’s corpse like “Weekend at Bernie’s”, it seems it will be his modus operandi for the next year or so.

  • OxyCon

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Obama might do well to remember some stories from mythology, particularly Icarus and Narcissus.

    I am offended by 0bama’s comments regarding the borders- why doesn’t he leave the Secret Service behind and spend a vacation with his wife and kids in Big Bend or on any ranch on the border between the U.S. and Mexico? He doesn’t know what he’s talking about and people in the border states are in jeopardy.

    I wish someone would do a video parody of 0bama carrying around bin Laden’s corpse like “Weekend at Bernie’s”, it seems it will be his modus operandi for the next year or so.

    For Obama, our southern border isn’t about national security, it’s about brown vs. white. It’s all about “the man” to him. Always was and always will be.

  • grafxmail7

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Obama might do well to remember some stories from mythology, particularly Icarus and Narcissus.

    I am offended by 0bama’s comments regarding the borders- why doesn’t he leave the Secret Service behind and spend a vacation with his wife and kids in Big Bend or on any ranch on the border between the U.S. and Mexico? He doesn’t know what he’s talking about and people in the border states are in jeopardy.

    I wish someone would do a video parody of 0bama carrying around bin Laden’s corpse like “Weekend at Bernie’s”, it seems it will be his modus operandi for the next year or so.

    You actually took the time to write that, Mommy?

    How boring might you be in real life……

  • grafxmail7

    OxyCon said:
    For Obama, our southern border isn’t about national security, it’s about brown vs. white. It’s all about “the man” to him. Always was and always will be.

    Here we go again…..the Democrat for 40 years is showing his ‘True Colors’……

    Well at least you’re not trying to cover it up any more and you’re just coming right out with it.

  • Gasket

    Keeva said:
    This is the same governor that wanted to secede from the union and turn down federal money until he took the federal money.

    Yep.

    Yup…and he was mad that the feds were not giving him money for his wild fires. Hey, Perry, you are a big boy. Since you don’t like the feds that much, maybe you should take care of your fire problem yourself. That comedian in chief seems to be a hit with the voters.
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

    PS: Obama has secured that border more than Bush ever did.

  • Thelonious Funk

    How’s that state debt thingy going without them thar stimulus funds?

  • OxyCon

    jdubbelIu said:
    do you also caress obama’s nuts while you suck him off?

    Don’t feed the Internet Bridge Troll®

  • The Lantern of Truth

    King Obama the Permanent Campaigner could have passed Amnesty when he first came in to office . He vowed to do that the first day in office . He lied about that . Now he needs Hispanic votes to retain his job . He’s playing them for saps . They’re not saps .

    A President who openly mocks the citizens will never be reelected .

    EL PASO, Texas — In search of Hispanic votes and a long-shot immigration overhaul, President Barack Obama on Tuesday stood at the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since winning the White House and declared it more secure than ever. He mocked Republican lawmakers for blocking immigration over border security alone, saying they won’t be happy until they get a moat with alligators along the border.

  • grafxmail7

    jdubbelIu said:
    do you also caress obama’s nuts while you suck him off?

    jdubbelIu said:
    im not feeding him, im just giving him props for his technique. he has a very skilled mouth.

    NICE! You put a lot of thought into that!!!

    Since you seem to have a lot of style in the way you describe that technique, maybe you can demonstrate for me!! You can toss my salad while you’re at it, Chief!

    HAHAHAAHAHAHAH

    You TEABAGGERS are to EASY!

  • Fokker News

    Engaged in the same way as George Bush? In that case Perry shouldn’t have a problem backing comprehensive immigration reform as did George Bush.

  • Barack Must Go

    That’s because Barack Obama is nothing but a cheap, corrupt political whore that will do anybody or say anything for just the possibility his actions may translate into ( A ) vote.

  • OxyCon

    Gasket said:
    Yup…and he was mad that the feds were not giving him money for his wild fires. Hey, Perry, you are a big boy. Since you don’t like the feds that much, maybe you should take care of your fire problem yourself. That comedian in chief seems to be a hit with the voters.
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

    I really hate to burst your bubble, or make you blow a gasket, but…the biggest villain in American history, Osama bin Laden was just killed and all the President of the United States can manage is an average of 51.8% approval rating in all of the combined polls? Even after he flew around the country for a week patting himself on the back? Even after all the hagiography provided to him by his media acolytes? And you’re crowing about that?

    Trust me, Obama’s advisors aren’t crowing about it and they are sweating bullets while muttering to themselves “oh shit, we’re in for it in 2012″.

  • TangledThorns

    Obama can’t take anything seriously beyond his own re-election. Good for Perry on calling out the child president.

  • OxyCon

    jdubbelIu said:
    im not feeding him, im just giving him props for his technique. he has a very skilled mouth.

    The thing you have to understand about Internet Trolls is that they are socially and mentally unequipped to engage anyone in a rational and logical way so they become frustrated and angry and lash out. They are soon reduced to stalking and hurling insults at people because they cannot deal with their anger about being such a failed person. So each day they go to their usual favorite Internet stalking grounds looking for people to target with their insults. Have pity on someone for having such sad and pathetic existence. It makes their day when they think they have made others feel as angry and miserable as they do. Usually if you just ignore these trolls, they go looking for somewhere else to stalk and insult people. This troll in particular has probably been to hundreds of websites being a troll.

  • brownsound

    Fokker News said:
    Engaged in the same way as George Bush? In that case Perry shouldn’t have a problem backing comprehensive immigration reform as did George Bush.

    Guess what a-hole? GWB isn’t a hero to conservatives like 0bama is to you libs. We have just as many problems with GWB as anyone. Go back to suckling Barry’s balls.

  • Tedderman

    I’m the Governor of the state of Texas. I don’t need to be briefed by people 1,500 miles away from Texas to tell me what’s going on, on immigration and border security. I know, I’ve got people who are putting their lives on the line to keep our citizens safe.

    That’s right Governor Derek Zoolander you’re the governor of 1 state, and that’s all you have to worry about, so do it and quit your bitching. I don’t know if you heard or not but this President puts some lives on the line every day. Get over yourself Zoolander!

  • grafxmail7

    OxyCon said:
    The thing you have to understand about Internet Trolls is that they are socially and mentally unequipped to engage anyone in a rational and logical way so they become frustrated and angry and lash out. They are soon reduced to stalking and hurling insults at people because they cannot deal with their anger about being such a failed person. So each day they go to their usual favorite Internet stalking grounds looking for people to target with their insults. Have pity on someone for having such sad and pathetic existence. It makes their day when they think they have made others feel as angry and miserable as they do. Usually if you just ignore these trolls, they go looking for somewhere else to stalk and insult people. This troll in particular has probably been to hundreds of websites being a troll.

    I’d have to agree that’s a fair self-assessment of your racists rants that you are regularly posting here.

    That’s very big of you to make such a public and frank proclamation.

    Admitting your problem is the first step to overcoming it and you should be commended!

  • posterchild

    Am I considered a troll?
    I’m new to Mediaite,
    Is this site only for those on the right and if so why?

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    posterchild said:
    Am I considered a troll?
    I’m new to Mediaite,
    Is this site only for those on the right and if so why?

    The craziest people are the loudest here, they think they are the majority. :P

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Also, it’s kind of amusing to think a Rick Perry quote will have any sort of political reverberations. Thanks Rick!

  • grafxmail7

    jdubbelIu said:
    u mad?

    HELL YEAH I’M MAD!

    Mad with anticipation for the demonstration of some good ole’ Texas TEABAGGIN’!!!!!!!

    TOO EASY!!!

  • CAINtheBULL

    Isn’t Perry running Texas into the ground? Yeah.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    CAINtheBULL said:
    Isn’t Perry running Texas into the ground? Yeah.

    Not hardly. As we said years ago, when NYC was in bankruptcy and there was a shortage of oil, “Let the Basta@#s freeze in the dark!

  • Sam M.

    Rick Perry is a mental midget and an embarrassment to Austin. The rest of TX is bat shit crazy.

  • Gasket

    OxyCon said:
    I really hate to burst your bubble, or make you blow a gasket, but…the biggest villain in American history, Osama bin Laden was just killed and all the President of the United States can manage is an average of 51.8% approval rating in all of the combined polls? Even after he flew around the country for a week patting himself on the back? Even after all the hagiography provided to him by his media acolytes? And you’re crowing about that?

    Trust me, Obama’s advisors aren’t crowing about it and they are sweating bullets while muttering to themselves “oh shit, we’re in for it in 2012″.

    Really, that’s only about 2 points off what he got for the popular vote in 2008. You are dumb. BTW, Obama didn’t have to “fly around the country” — which he did not btw, to get props for this achievement. Obama sweating bullets because of his 2012 GOP challengers?
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html
    It’s been like that for months. I suggest stand up. You are a comedian, a clown or both.

  • grafxmail7

    jdubbelIu said:
    your mouth is watering? hope you have some chapstick ready…

    I got my shweaty bawlz ready for ya!!!!

    Do you use the chapstick for foreplay, you naughty TEABAGGER?!!

    It’s great to finally have met a TEABAGGIN’ TEABAGGER!!!

    YEEE HAAAW!!!! RIDE EM’ COWBOY!!!

  • grafxmail7

    jdubbelIu said:
    english must not be your first language. if im the bagger, you are the one with balls in your mouth. maybe skyfet can teach you some spanglish…

    My BAWLZ! Your MOUTH!!!

    Nice try TEABAGGER!!!

    Maybe try to be gargle next time you try such a bumbling come back!!

    HAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

  • grafxmail7

    jdubbelIu said:
    you are disappoint…

    u Mad?

    HAHAHHAHHAHAHA!!!

  • grafxmail7

    jdubbelIu said:
    you are disappoint…

    …And maybe work on your English skills in place of fantasizing about juggling my sweaty bawlz, TEABAGGER!

    HAHAHAHAAHH!!!

  • grafxmail7

    jdubbelIu said:
    now i know you are a poseur…

    …..well I always knew you were a bawlz jugglin’ TEABAGGER!

    Thanks for tickling my bawlz.

    If you want to look foolish later after I get back from an evening surf session my bawlz will be extra salty from the seawater and that will be an extra treat for you!

    COWABUNGHOLE TEABAGGER!!!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Obama flat out lied yesterday when he said the border fence was nearly complete. In reality, it’s about 5% complete. Hey liberal media, DO YOUR JOB!!!

  • TfT

    Good for Governor Perry – you would have thought ath AP, or at least mediaite staff, would have fact checked Obama and called him out on his outrageous lies, but hey, he is a dem so lies are forgiven, swept under the carpet and all that jazz. Had this idiot been a republican, the headliens here would have been screaming:

    POTUS IS A LIAR

    but, it is he himself the one we are talking about so the left goes into overdirve to protect and defend his lies. It is just so funnty to watch, and to think the media thinks the public still listens to them and holds them in high regard. Truth be known, the media are worse scum than lawyers. PU, it stinks in here.

    Come on mediaite, fact check the liar and call him out on his falsehoods or make your selves completely irrelevant.

  • Alz

    jdubbelIu said:
    im just glad high gas prices made him give the kill order…

    Yea, it was uncharacteristic for Obama to do the right thing.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    LOL!

    This Guy will just LIE to the camera about anything!

    Yea…do YOU think that Border’s Secure??????????

    LMFAO!!!

    He’s a European Sociaist – Hey, Barry….IT DOESN’T WORK YOU MORON!!!!!!!

  • eli

    CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT…

    Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, Jaurez
    WCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershow
    TeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekim
    mdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT

    DON’T WORRY , THEY’RE ON THE CIA WATCH LIST…. BUT AS CITIZENS PLS LET THEM TALK MORE SO THAT IT WILL BE EASY FOR THE CIA TO FOLLOW UP ON THEM

  • Dem4Ever

    Well said, Gov. Perry. Finally, an adult acting like an adult. Mr. POTUS why don’t you stick with what you know and let the grown-ups handle running the country?

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    Remember the joke Obama giving his speech in El Paso?

    At the same time their was a gun battle going on an border city. Yep, everything is fine there Obama, keep making jokes. Keep denigrating others.

    2012 will make 2010 look like the democrats did not do to bad.

    Did everyone see the AP poll they brought out? They double counted Democrats over Republicans. AP, the new Pravda!

  • TfT

    Where is the AP’s report after they fact-checked Obama’s falsehood filled speech on immigration? Caught in so many lies, and yet, the media is pretty silent on all those falsehooods. I wonder why that is?

    bwahahahaha

    today’s media is pretty useless, you can’t get truth or fact, all you get is propaganda distributed by team Obama and the DNC and spewed out there to the public by a willing and obsequious media.

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  • Hugo Daun

    Only a matter of time before “conservatives” embrace Gov. Goodhair as potential POTUS…

    Now THAT’S gonna be a hoot!

  • justanotherconservative

    Dem4Ever said:

    Well said, Gov. Perry. Finally, an adult acting like an adult. Mr. POTUS why don’t you stick with what you know and let the grown-ups handle running the country?

    The question is: What exactly does he know????

  • justanotherconservative

    eli said:
    CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT… Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, JaurezWCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershowTeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekimmdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT DON’T WORRY , THEY’RE ON THE CIA WATCH LIST…. BUT AS CITIZENS PLS LET THEM TALK MORE SO THAT IT WILL BE EASY FOR THE CIA TO FOLLOW UP ON THEM

    Hey. I didn’t make the list. My feelings are hurt.

  • CAconservative

    Gov.Rick Perry gave Obimbo the same amount of courtesy that Obimbo showed the Gov. of Texas! This misfit-president will say and do anything, to garner votes from the Latino population. The same group of people he’s made promises to before, and they are still listening to him?! He’ll pardon 15 to 20-million illegal aliens trespassers to gain support from Hispanics! Never mind that in order to be in this country any amount of time, you’ve got to be breaking more laws than just illegal trespassing. The economic, and criminal issues alone are enough to demand full, and strict implementation of our immigration laws. We already have a “comprehensive immigration law” in existence, it’s called LEGAL IMMIGRATION! Absolutely NO illegal alien in this country should ever be given anything but a one way trip back home with the understanding that if they are caught here again they will do prison time in the Arizona desert and will never have the chance at becoming a legal citizen. If these illegal alien parasites want to come here legally, they should go through the proper channels in their own country the same way everybody else in the world does. This Congress should enact legislation outlawing the “anchor-baby scam” and make every employer use the E-verify program to ensure no illegal alien parasite is taking a job from a legal American.
    Anyone disagreeing with me should come to California and see first hand what 4-million illegal aliens have done to this state!

  • posterchild

    I’m just so proud of our President.
    He’s so smart, he’s funny as all get out and did I mention how smart he is?

    Reelection on the horizon.

  • billwhit1357

    Agreed! Obama is nothing but a Bad Joke for a Leader. He was no Community Organizer, Obama was a Community Agitator, just like he is now. Hussein is nothing but TRASH and America needs no Affirmative Action On-The-Job-Training Scumbags like Obama in the Oval Office! America needs to get REAL Leadership in the White House in 2012!

    Allen West 2012! A Proven Leader and Patriot!

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