In other news, Leftist rags today have taken a hit. It seems the NYT has to begin a round of layoffs due to declining revenue. Couldn’t be that the main use for the rag is for lining bird cages? Also, Politico, one of the centers of the JournOlisto scandal today has announced they have to let go one of the their great leftist reporters……………….for Plagiarism.

LOL, the leftist rags are beginning to unravel.

On topic, cast the first stone.

Maybe you can’t control what he said but ya sure could have said what he said was certainly not what your belief was.

Good job Perry…you have managed to offend millions of voters.

This is all ridiculous.  What was it, Jeffress wasn’t even invited by Perry?  Just asked to speak before?  The most absurd part of this all is that religion is open season when speaking of republicans but when one of them uses it to attack someone, heaven forbid!  

Of course, this is all BS and any liberal will try to tar and feather a republican.  If you’re a democrat however, they’ll do everything to defend you.  Will the fact Obama partied with terrorists come out?  Not really, the LA Times has seen to that.  Will they challenge Obama sitting in the pews of an anti-American nut?  No.  Will they question how close he was to Louis Farrakhan?  Hell no!

The media of ours is a twisted and vile creature.

You mean that that puss didn’t send his wifey out to say these things?

Perry is a buffoon.  I am thrilled he is imploding. I look at him and see a vacancy that tells me he really is rather stupid.  Not ignorant, but stupid.  No capacity to learn.  Let him stay in Texas and get out of this race.  He is an ass.

Holy crap! It’s true — even a broken clock is right twice a day!

Conservative Victimization Syndrome is exceeded only by Christian Victimization Syndrome. Perry is doubly afflicted.

He needs to visit his local CVS/pharmacy…

It’s all a left conspiracy against me!
 
I sure as dint darn dun say dem things dem dam darn soro funded rags dun say I dun did!
 
That rock dint say ‘niggerhead’ on it dammit! it dun said ‘higger,ned’ cuz that there property dun belong to ned higger consarnit!
 
now, lemme get back to prayin’ that god helps texas cuz lord knows i’m too busy campaignin’ and such to do anything fer texas my damnself.

He did.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/rick-perry-says-mormon-religion-is-not-a-cult/

She’s no Michelle, and he’s no Barack.

I am less impressed by the day. He knew he had to step it up this last debate and was utterly unprepared. But he can hang around and thump Romney all he likes.

And that’s that-PERRY IS DONE.

Now Mitt can go back to being the front runner and alienate the rest of the GOP social conservatives and then lose to Obama.

Oh, I get it .. our President had to disassociate himself from his pastor, but Rick Perry’s pastor gets a pass?  Even you all can see the double standard. 

So many Republican/Teabagger self-destructions so far in this race!  Cain is next.

…Rick Perry?

…Where did it all go so horribly wrong and so far off trajectory. He’s still in it, but because of so much Romney dissatisfaction. 

His wife wants to call 911 on Herman Cain’s 999 Plan.

…She’s mean!

Uh oh, Ricky the Victim!

REALLY? Brutalized during the debates because of his Christian faith??? — No sh*t!

Well, freedom of speech means allowing people life Jeffress to call Mormonism a cult – something I fervently believe to be true – and that’s just the way this joint works.

The problem I have with Governor Perry here is how he bobs and weaves – he’s just not very good at it. I much prefer the ‘old’ pre-debate Rick Perry, the flame-thrower who shot from his holstered jogging-shors covered hip at every mangy critter in sight – a straight shooter. The ‘straight shooter’ version of what he said here would go, Yes, George, in fact I agree absolutely with Reverend Jeffress, and by the way you should ask Governor Romney to drop trou’ & show us all that funny underwear, because, hell yes he belongs to a cult.

Also: didn’t you get the impression he was pussyfootin’ around the Herman Cain cain’t lead line? ‘If the American people take a look at him, then look at me ..’ Why not just come right out and say it? Look, George, it’s been real nice an’ amusin’ an’ all to have this black fellah sittin’ up here at the table with the grown-ups, ’cause folks have to unnerstan’ we R’publicans don’t have nothin’ against those folks dreamin’ an’ such; but enough is enough: we got us some presidential pickin’ to do. Why not just say that? It’s not as if the Birchers and ex-Dixiecrats aren’t still pining for Strom Thurmond. 

Newsflashes: Romney belongs to a religious cult. Cain is a token black. What’s so hard about just saying those things? Especially when they are absolutely 100% true.

So, is it racist that people are questioning Romney’s religion?

“Look, I’m not going to say that he can’t say what he wants to say. ”

Well, Obama recently set the standard with regard to surrogates, so according to Obama/Carney, no one is responsible for what their surrogates say. Perry only speaks for himself, and Jeffress only speaks for himself.

She seems nice. A whiner, sure; but nice. Perry said he figures he got one of the better ones, for a woman an’ all. That’s high praise for him, and I expect some comfort for her, too. Unless, of course, one of the even better ones were to come along …

It is very true that depending on your party affilliation…you can  get convicted for what you say or what someone else says about you.  It’s gotten worse…and if your disagreed with the media can take you to task. Too bad our media thinks they need to show their favoritism.  They don’t allow people to think for themselves. This election crap has gotten way out of hand. There seems to be no honesty left in America. Obama has done some very bad things to this country, but defend him they will. …and it’s all for a political name. So sad.

Doesn’t it just break your heart?  I shed a small tear myself (either that or I was chopping onions).

Big mistake for Gov. Perry.  Best to leave dealing in smears and mudslinging to MSNBC. 

Amazingly clueless. But oh well, if these ancient American battles still need to be fought? Luckily, we’ve been here before and its hard to believe the idea of holding another person at a lower level of competence, solely on the basis of their beliefs in the great invisible super power, is going to fly in a country -I’m sad to tell you- was founded under the intellectual belief that, to repeat a word, a person’s beliefs, when it comes to something as passive as religion SHOULD be, will not be held against them with regard to their competencies.
Sorry hillbillies and bible thumpin geniuses.. this should be tiresome for you. By the way, your boy “Perry” has about another 10 minutes.

When you are polling behind a clown like Herb Cain you are finished. 

Of course Tricky Rick can’t tell that pastor what he can and cannot say.  That would be illegal, a violation of the First Amendment if government tells someone as much.

But, Tricky Rick could say that what the pastor said was wrong.  He could say that Mormonism is not a cult (or that it is); he could say that Mormonism is or is not a Christian religion.

But, he won’t.  This is like when Boehner wouldn’t condemn his fellow GOPers who claimed or implied Obama was not born in this country.  All Boehner said was that he couldn’t tell them what to say (of course he can’t legally force them), but that he “took the President at his word.”

Can’t give a direct answer…..wimps.

Sarah Palin has set the standard for today’s wingnuts. As soon as you screw up immediately play the ‘victim card’.

OMFG Perry is even more vapid than George W Bush. I didn’t think that was possible.

Oh look; another giant sized hypocrite. 

How can Scary Perry denounce the Pastor when he actually believes the same thing as him??

Whether or not Perry believes this, I’m not so sure. But he certainly hasn’t gone out of his way to issue a clear and unambiguous denunciation. After all the hoops the fright wingers made Obama go through to denounce Rev. Wright — someone who was never invited to speak at a campaign event — where is their outrage now?

9 (9, count ‘em: 9) reasons why those predicting Perry is done are wrong:

1. He has never lost, believes he’s magic, so will never concede.
2. Don’t underestimate how many & STRONGLY Republicans do NOT want to nominate Romney.
3. He said “I’m in it all the way”. He cannot & will not return to Texas a quitter.
4. He has a ton of cash to spend – more than enough to take him deep into the primaries.
5. He’s too stupid to realize how really stupid he appears to the rest of us.
6. Mormonism IS a cult – so a lot of the GOP will give him props for honesty & boldness.
7. Mormonism IS a cult – and a huge number of Republican voters agree.
8. Jesus.
9. The bar for Texas pols who say dumb things but still win got permanently lowered in 2000. 

Excellent point!! Though, I believe if Perry was African-American, the Republicons would be all over this issue!!

Are you moppin’ up what Perry is spillin’? 
http://elovehate.com/Topics/People/GovernmentPeople/Republicans/TimPawlenty/RickPerry

At what point does a religion stop being a cult and start being an established religion? Way back when Joseph Smith came up with the polygamy thing – as I understand it, it was a cover storywhen his wife caught him cheating with a neighbor’s fiance (who “the Prophet” eventually married) – I would agree it was a cult. Small, weird, and secretive (all the things that say “cult” to me) in the 19th century it was certainly a cult. But now with millions of adherents, and a temple in every major city, I think they’ve gone beyond cult status.

Fair points. I wouldn’t count Perry out either. No matter what he does or doesn’t do, Romney just isn’t breaking out of his 23% support level and there’s really no one else to scoop up the TP vote.

Cain is gonna fade as soon as people see that his nonsensical 999 plan is a hidden tax break for the wealthy.

Bachmann has already been deemed too unstable and makes stuff up.

Gingrich is a dick and not nearly as bright as he thinks he is.

Santorum’s homophobia has finally caught up with him.

Paul can’t seem to be taken seriously.

Huntsman isn’t saying enough crazy shit.

That leaves Perry as the only alternative.

I was going to make that comment but you’ve done it quite succinctly — and without the torrent of expletives I’d have used!

When a religion or religions, claim they are the only ones, then they are practicing intolerance, which would be not tolerated by Jesus and his early followers. Intolerance breeds fascism, and the reactions to it are anarchy in a democracy.  When people claim publicly that god is speaking to them, it is blasphemy. They can claim it but there is no way to prove it. So the rest of us tune them out.
Isn’t it really your conscience speaking to you when you have done something wrong, or you are going to commit a crime, or run for office for the public good, and end up doing the work of the rich and well connected, at the expense of the poor? 

Lol!! What does Jesus have to do with Scary Perry winning the election?? Did Jesus personally tell Scary Perry to run for President??

As I recall Nixon was a Quaker and nothing was said by the left about it>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In a tolerant world there is no judgement of others.

Ooh, great J Jonah Jameson tough-guy talk there, Kramer!  Just poppin’ fresh:  fulla high indignation and juvenile non sequiturs.  Shouldn’t you be whackin’ yourself silly over at WorldNetDaily?  And don’t forget your pre-moistened towelettes for after!  Enjoy!

In fairness, I see evangelical xianity as a cult, as well as islam. Buddhism mostly (not entirely) escaped regligion a long time ago, and certainly religiocity completely. Hinduism is making a lot of progress, particularly in religiocity, as have a number of xian sects, mostly the older European adaptations out of Martin Luther, but Holy Mother Church is stubbornly persistent, particularly in its fatal attraction for youngsters, especially little boys, and the whole evangelical movement has retreated whole clod into pit of full frontal religious idiocy. But all that simply means Mormonism is NOT ALONE in being a cult. The fact that there are so many members and backers just mean respectively they’ve got excellent marketing & there are some business advantages to promoting cults. Sports promoters know all about this, as does the planning department of the Republican establishment. 

Lots of crazy ant hills makes for lots and lots of crazy ants. 

As is the case with all of the Republican candidates, Rick Perry’s base is bigots.  He can’t afford to offend them.

He just doesn’t want to lose the religious wacko vote.  

David,

My thought is that the NYT, the Gap, Starbuck’s, Borders and many, many, many other large companies are facing downsizing due to lay offs and job losses much more than distaste with their products.  If your average Joe isn’t earning as much, or is out of work, he needs to pay rent and buy groceries more than a paper, a book, coffee, etc.  Also, Internet with it’s instant news production has cut into newspaper revenue in a huge way.  At 74, retired on a minimal fixed income, I get vast news with my ISP fee, Thank God.

Federal funds for State programs have dried up due to infighting by the republican nut heads that think cutting everything will create jobs.  I’ve heard that song for over 40 years and have yet to see it work anywhere, ever.  I can tell you straight out – I’ll bet my life – it never WILL work.  Why should GE bring jobs back here no matter what they pay in taxes as long as they can pay less for factory space, workers and supplies overseas?  Taxes are a pittance to the bottom line as are regulations – but – that’s for another day.

State budgets are dysfunctional due to the determination of GOP Gov’s to cut corporate taxes.  They still have to pay police, teachers, road repairmen, firemen, et al, while experiencing increased use of all State facilities.  It is unequal and unsustainable.

Let’s not blame Democratic, humane values for the lack of foresight and understanding of the human condition spouted by the greed of GOP and Libertarians.

Nice cop-out Perry.  The ol’ time honored, “it’s a free country and folks are entitled to say whatever idiotic, intolerant thing they want” and won’t ask them to stop because the politics is more important than integrity.  Got it, loud and clear.

Too bad you aren’t!

Another ‘Profile in Courage’ from Mr Know-Nothing.

Gov. Perry, please do yourself a big favor and drop out now. You are in the dark about National politics. Your handlers do not know what they are doing and you are too undisiplined for your own good. You are a good Gov. for Texas…no doubt about that but, you are not close to being prepared for the Presidential race. You need pros like Ed Rollins or Karl Rove to prep you. Anyway get back to taking care of Texas and maybe try again in 2016.

Boy! The things that these people have on each other must be mind-blowing. What, in Perry’s past, is so bad and secret that he’s held captive to supporting the rantings of a lunatic?

Must be really bad… and gay. 

Wow!

It really must hurt to see that your Perry doesn’t have the most talented tongue, now does he?

Q “Will you repudiate?”

A “Freedom of speech.”

Let me help you, Rick:

“Listen, George…I like both of these men and I refuse to question another man’s faith, but still Mr Jeffers is a theologian who addresses these questions in a different way than I do; he’s a specialist in these matters. I have nothing against Mitt, but I also won’t attack Jeffers for what seems to me to be a theological argument that I don’t have the training to speak about. Like Jesus does, I love both of these good men and do not seek to profit from this media-driven nonsense.”

Simple as that. Perry is a gussied up George W Bush, and not ‘presidential.’

what a friffin’ cop-out.  This man has no spine.

Effectively, you are asserting that some 40-50% of American’s (those who vote republican) are bigots.

One could say that your viewpoint is arrogant, but that wouldn’t be accurate, would it?  You are possessed of a sense of false bravado, however, regarding American bigotry: I could say you are, quite simply, wrong!  But, there is a certain amount of delusion to your rhetoric, and as “delusion” is a pathology, I don’t say such lightly!

Purveyor

Doesn’t Korean Trevor sound like Hanoi Steve?

“TMP”

Of course all Republicans are bigots. You have been on the Southern Strategy since the Nixon administration. It’s a matter of fact. Were you under the impression that Republicans were running on something other than hate?

I can agree with my GOP friends that there are undeniably some very smart well educated men running like Romney, Huntsman and Cain.
 
But this Governor Perry is an embarrassment who seems to be so crammed full of talking points and pro Big Oil rhetoric that he stumbles and hems and haws way too much when speaking extemporaneously.
 
I never thought I’d say this, but I actually think Sarah Palin interviews better. No wonder he’s been avoiding Bill O’Reilly.
 
As you said, “A gussied up George W. Bush.” He even has that stubborn never back down mentality even when he must know he misspoke or made a bad decision. Of course when it’s politically advantageous he will admit he was wrong — like when it came to the vaccination mandate.
 
 

“republican nut heads”?? “Democratic, humane values” ?? I won’t ask you if you are residing in another planet I will be wasting my time. As a matter of interest I am 71, also retired on a measly fixed income and I work to meet ends at the end of the month. I am not a republican actually I live very far from where you do. Trust me the so called democracy and politicians are our problem and in your case both the nut heads and humane values

Pablo it is a disgrace that the so called reborns consider themeselves to be Christian and the rest of Christianity non-Christian. I hate to think if he makes it to the WH!

Fact: Perry has 57 states to campaign in and would be
acting stupidly if he told anyone the truth.

Fact: Perry should get solid advice from people around him like Rev Wright and Ayers!

David,

I don’t assume you’re republican – I don’t know you.  I simply responded to your:  “LOL, the leftist rags are beginning to unravel.”   Personally, I’m not amused by anyone’s failure to thrive and I can assure you, I’m right here on Earth but apparently with a vastly different mindset. 

As my Grandaddy used to say:  “It’s a good thing everybody doesn’t like green garden worms or there wouldn’t be any left to work the soil and make butterflies.”