By far the stupidest thing I saw today was the announcement that former Texas Governor Rick Perry is going to take the plunge and run for president again. I don’t know if living down in Texas makes you think your poop smells like sweet wine or what, but Donald Trump is at least three times more plausible as the Republican nominee than Rick Perry. He’d be lucky to carry 10 states. Lucky.
They don’t call him the dumb George W. Bush for nothing.
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve seen today?
No contest:
state of journalism today
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TPP rolling along
This:
Let us hope it draws a veto threat before it becomes real. When it’s too stupid for Issa, you’ve accomplished something.
wait, what??
Issa and Rohrabacher are a couple of the most obnoxious loons in the CA delegation, and isn’t W Jones more of the same? And lists of Dems going the wrong way almost always include Costa from CA, McNerney not very often.
Ashford and Peterson are awful. Always have been. No idea what Gabbard’s deal is. She’s been awful, considering her district. This just takes the cake.
Just saw a Ron Paul ad. He claims there is going to be another financial crisis, the government is a fault, the government cannot help you, and only he can help America.
Takes balls to run on “A crisis is coming from which only I can save you — by not doing anything.“
A whole lot of people can colorably claim to be good at doing nothing. Consequently you’ve got to be better at doing nothing.
He takes after Major Major’s father: the more alfalfa he did not grow the more successful he was. Ron Paul takes pride in being paid to advocate that the best way to solve problems is to not do anything.
There are three reasons to love Perry:
And, 3…
I forget.
Sorry…………….
Perry’s an idiot but wasn’t it obvious he was running from the moment he dropped Groucho glasses on his nose?
Rated for “Groucho glasses”.
The duck came down.
Great, maybe Cheney will put him out of our misery.
You Bet Your Life
He’s got an R after his name.
He’s white.
He’s male.
He’s got a closet full of suits.
No way his popular vote goes below 45.5%
Orlando bar owner pulls a gun on black customers. When police arrest her, says: “I can’t believe you would take those [racist profanity] side over mine.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/orlando-kim-bruns-threatened-gun
Perry might be stupid only because he thinks he’s still relevant.
There are other governors.
There are other Texans.
There are other secessionists.
There are other folks with a lack of short-term memory.
And his successor has outcrazied his finest moments.
Perry joins Palin, Bachmann, and who?…I forget; there were so many last time.
Fortunately, I saw nothing stupid today. Spent the entire day working in the garden. Filled three additional raised beds with soil, tilled and raked the old raised beds, planted five different varieties of tomatoes, two different kinds of bell peppers, jalapenos, Hungarian wax peppers, two rows of beans and added some new plants to the herb garden. Potted some annuals and planted a black eyed susan vine at the base of my homemade trellis.
So as far as my day was concerned, politics and news did not exist today.
I’ve waiting a long time for a day like this.
We better figure out home improvement projects for the next 18 months. I have a feeling it’s going to get much, much worse in the Stupid Department. The US voters have not nearly hit bottom yet.
I really wonder if there IS a bottom for U.S. voters? Every time I think I cannot be further amazed, they pull another shocker out of their asses.
He’s seeking the presidency of the state he recommended Texas should secede from; is there a loyalty test for this kind of thing?
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Mommy, how did they get so many in that little car?
Stupid if true: Heard on KosRadio today that highly touted Gov Bruce Walker of Wisconsin is strongly inclined to be his own campaign manager, according to reports in the friendly RW pub NatRev. Armando had just spent the previous 20 minutes explaining how it would come down to Jeb and Walker, with the gov prevailing. Then the host dropped the news about his loner style. Armando is now re-thinking his analysis.
The only truly gifted pol in my lifetime capable of pulling off self-managing a presidential campaign was JFK, and he had some of the best advisers in the business in his camp, whose advice he rejected as often as not. Walker may have political talent, but likely not enough to go it alone.
I’m with the Kos host who’s skeptical about SharkEyes getting the nom. Hope we’re both wrong, as I see Jeb as a formidable general opponent, while I doubt cold fish Walker will resonate with enough people beyond the given 45% who will vote GOP even if they run an actual dead shark.