Rick Perry slow dances with the birthers....sigh!

[her209]

Also, you do realize that people aren't tied to one username don't you?

So this is a secondary account?

:hmm:

 

[dank69]

Posting a thread title regarding one issue then changing the discussion to a completely separate issue and at the same time flaming one side with this completely separate issue (which is usually just BS to begin with). Pretty sure this thread matches that description.

Also, you do realize that people aren't tied to one username don't you? I missed the memo where your length of membership affected the meaning of your posts or your opinion.

Please point out where I said your length of membership affected the meaning of your posts or your opinion as opposed to saying that the length of your membership affects your ability to comment meaningfully on how the forum has changed over time. :hmm:

 

[xBiffx]

So this is a secondary account?

:hmm:

I can neither confirm, nor deny that statement. :sneaky:

 

[Ausm]

Guess every thread now is going to turn into a bait and switch troll thread. Seems to be the case lately.

Welcome to Anandtech forums been that was since 1996 or so.

 

[dank69]

I can neither confirm, nor deny that statement. :sneaky:

Why can't you deny it? :hmm:

 

[MagickMan]

Rick Perry catering to the Birthers?

Yes. Also, water is wet, sky is blue, and oranges are orange.

 

[McWatt]

It seems like a dangerous strategy - Perry is himself an Australian citizen with a faked American birth certificate.

 

[Axon]

Perry is the bad guy from the Mask, bro. It's all so clear now.

 

[Engineer]

Perry has now fallen to 5th in the latest poll at 6%. Cain is at 1st with 25%, Romney at 2nd with 21%.

Complete poll here...I think Perry is close to becoming "toast"...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_...cain-tops-mitt-romney-in-latest-cbs-nyt-poll/

 

[Fern]

The other part of this story is that the media is still playing 'gotcha journalism' with certain candidates. It was a stupid question and the only thing it really showed is how unprepared Perry is. His staff should have him better prepared for such shenanigans.

Fern

 

[Lanyap]

I don't understand where was the gotcha?

When asked


He has said "Yes" that line of questioning would have been over

His initial answer was legitimate. Sherr chose to push the yes or no answer. He chose not to answer it with yes or no. He was messing with her at that point by bringing up Trump.

It's like the other questions she brought up about Gore > climate change > science where she tried to back him into corner and he bounced back with the aerodynamics and physics to be an air force jet pilot.

I don't like Perry but it was obvious that Sherr was asking him a lot of questions trying to set him up.

 

[HomerJS]

For those of you claiming Rick was "setup" by the questioning, here in a later interview he doubles down on the C&R birther nonsense...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHBdp3kg85g

 

[fskimospy]

The other part of this story is that the media is still playing 'gotcha journalism' with certain candidates. It was a stupid question and the only thing it really showed is how unprepared Perry is. His staff should have him better prepared for such shenanigans.

Fern

How is it 'gotcha' journalism when he repeatedly endorsed that exact position? As best I can tell, the new definition of 'gotcha' journalism is any time someone asks a question that a Republican candidate gives a dumb answer to.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

How is it 'gotcha' journalism when he repeatedly endorsed that exact position? As best I can tell, the new definition of 'gotcha' journalism is any time someone asks a question that a Republican candidate gives a dumb answer to.

Pretty much this. Evil media. It's like when they asked Palin how her day was and she went on some long rant that earned her ridicule. The media are monsters with such loaded questions.

 

[Thump553]

The other part of this story is that the media is still playing 'gotcha journalism' with certain candidates. It was a stupid question and the only thing it really showed is how unprepared Perry is. His staff should have him better prepared for such shenanigans.

Fern

No way that was gotcha journalism, unless you are defining gotcha journalism ala Palin-any question I give an especially stupid answer to is gotcha journalism. The interviewer bent over backwards to try to get Perry to clarify the subject PERRY brought up and offered him numerous opportunities to do so. Perry danced away from it as he realized he was getting off the topic his handlers had assigned him to stick to-his new better-than-Cain's tax reduction/SS gutting plan.

Incidentally have you noticed there is little to no discussion of Perry's new tax plan? In my view that's because its so obviously a gift to the ultra-rich at the expense of the rest of us or Perry is such toast that he is now irrelevant.

 

[dank69]

No way that was gotcha journalism, unless you are defining gotcha journalism ala Palin-any question I give an especially stupid answer to is gotcha journalism. The interviewer bent over backwards to try to get Perry to clarify the subject PERRY brought up and offered him numerous opportunities to do so. Perry danced away from it as he realized he was getting off the topic his handlers had assigned him to stick to-his new better-than-Cain's tax reduction/SS gutting plan.

Incidentally have you noticed there is little to no discussion of Perry's new tax plan? In my view that's because its so obviously a gift to the ultra-rich at the expense of the rest of us or Perry is such toast that he is now irrelevant.

The biggest problem with Perry's new tax plan is that it is optional. The only people that will choose to use it are people that will pay less tax by doing so. By definition, this will lead to less revenue when we are already running a deficit. I don't understand how these plans even see the light of day before being vetted for stupidity.

 

[Munky]

Damage control! Make fun of repubs, so obummer will get 4 more years as a failure!

 

[HomerJS]

And adding to the VRWC, Bill O had Perry on his show yesterday and didn't even mention him diving back into birtherism. Fox talkinh heads have totally avoided the subject.

 

[umbrella39]

Damage control! Make fun of repubs, so obummer will get 4 more years as a failure!

Repubs have been doing a fine job of making fun of themselves since Obama took office. No need. Their hugging of the millionaire nutsacks is so laughable it splits sides...

 

[xBiffx]

And adding to the VRWC, Bill O had Perry on his show yesterday and didn't even mention him diving back into birtherism. Fox talkinh heads have totally avoided the subject.

So you want them to address an issue that many, even you, have stated has no grounds. Who is the real fool here? Troll thread detected.

 

[Munky]

Repubs have been doing a fine job of making fun of themselves since Obama took office. No need. Their hugging of the millionaire nutsacks is so laughable it splits sides...

Then you should be laughing even more since obama is doing the exact same thing.

 

[woolfe9999]

The other part of this story is that the media is still playing 'gotcha journalism' with certain candidates. It was a stupid question and the only thing it really showed is how unprepared Perry is. His staff should have him better prepared for such shenanigans.

Fern

Yeah, blame the media for asking a perfectly legitimate question.

And no, this wasn't a case of unpreparedness. You think that any serious candidate in this primary has not thought out his or her position on the birther issue when it is a major issue with the GOP base? No, this is Perry trying to play off both sides, on the one hand not wanting to alienate moderate conservatives and independents by endorsing birtherism, and on the other, not wanting to alienate the core base. It's typical behavior of a pol running for office in this country and you call it a lack of preparedness.

- wolf

 

[umbrella39]

Then you should be laughing even more since obama is doing the exact same thing.

Not even close to laughing, didn't vote for him, won't in a year either. He is no different on so many issues that the repubs should love him...

 

[Fern]

Yeah, blame the media for asking a perfectly legitimate question.
-snip-

- wolf

There are far more substantive issues to question these candidates on. Perry, or any other candidate, has policies that directly affect the US if they were to govern. Whether or not Perry has seen Obama's BC, or what he may think about it has no direct policy or governing implications.

Given that a President's primary responsibility is foreign affairs and being Commander-in-Chief I think it obvious that questions along those lines should be paramount. Additional questions about domestic policy carry importance because of the President's ability to veto.

Obama's BC, as well as stuff like evolution or even abortion are irrelevant because a President has exactly zip to do with any of it.

Fern

 

[Fern]

-snip-
And no, this wasn't a case of unpreparedness. You think that any serious candidate in this primary has not thought out his or her position on the birther issue when it is a major issue with the GOP base?

I was unaware it's a major issue. The polling I've just seen indicates it isn't.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/birther-polls-unite-obama_n_855135.html

No, this is Perry trying to play off both sides, on the one hand not wanting to alienate moderate conservatives and independents by endorsing birtherism, and on the other, not wanting to alienate the core base. It's typical behavior of a pol running for office in this country and you call it a lack of preparedness.

- wolf

Yes, I call it a lack of preparedness. If someone asks a candidate a 'yes or no' type question where either answer is going to cause problems (e.g., have you stopped beating your wife) they should be able to finesse their way around it or blow it off. He did neither.

Because it was, as you describe, a no-win type question that is utterly irrelevant in terms of presidential policy it was 'gotcha journalism'.

Fern