Rick Perry could not remember the third government department he plans to abolish if elected preside - Polidicks

I love how Ron Paul got him to say he would abolish the EPA.

[QUOTE=ToXiCsoldier;33237284]What face feeding rich person would vote for a party that would take away some of their wealth so they can't buy their 4th farrari.[/QUOTE] The kind of rich person that buys Farrari's instead of Ferrari's.

Well I'm going to get rid of... wait, I can't remember Actually I can't remember the other two either wait where is this what am I running for who am I

[QUOTE=Miskav;33237571]The kind of rich person that buys Farrari's instead of Ferrari's.[/QUOTE] It's funny because there's probably some Chinese company that makes Farrari's.

I don't see why he doesn't write this shit on his hand or something. It'd be easy, just be like "What was I going to say?" [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30481557/youarefuckingSTUPID.png[/img] "Oh, cool."

[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;33236634]Apart from the rich, but, of course, they're not people![/QUOTE] The rich don't vote solidly republican either.

As much as I hate rick perry I think it's kind of sad what the nature of politics today is. Yeah, he forgot, big deal, it happens to all of us. I'm sure every last one of you have walked to a room into your house only to forget what you went there for. Forgetting something isn't a conscious thing, it happens to everyone. What would you rather have him do? Make something up? Face it, if it happened to Obama there would be a total of 5 posts here calling Obama an idiot and then another thousand defending Obama. Stop acting like children.

I'd expect a presidential candidate to know his policies, or at least have them written down. Obama got flak for using a teleprompter though, so writing them down is also frowned upon.

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;33239994]As much as I hate rick perry I think it's kind of sad what the nature of politics today is. Yeah, he forgot, big deal, it happens to all of us. I'm sure every last one of you have walked to a room into your house only to forget what you went there for. Forgetting something isn't a conscious thing, it happens to everyone. What would you rather have him do? Make something up? I bet if this happened to Obama all of you would be jumping on the republican hate train, defending him to your last breath.[/QUOTE] No one here blindly defends Obama, most I see is people tolerating him. If you think this man does not deserve mockery because of not only his ideals, but also his lack of dedication to his (absolutely awful) ideals, you're why so many of these ignorant idiots are in power and contention for the fucking presidency.

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;33239994]As much as I hate rick perry I think it's kind of sad what the nature of politics today is. Yeah, he forgot, big deal, it happens to all of us. I'm sure every last one of you have walked to a room into your house only to forget what you went there for. Forgetting something isn't a conscious thing, it happens to everyone. What would you rather have him do? Make something up? Face it, if it happened to Obama there would be a total of 5 posts here calling Obama an idiot and then another thousand defending Obama. Stop acting like children.[/QUOTE] He has had consistently shitty debate performance, this is by no means an isolated incident.

[QUOTE=Last or First;33227861]What is it with Republican candidates and getting rid of the Department of Education? They clearly need it the most.[/QUOTE] it's funny b/c perry has been shitting on our education system for several years now in texas - its such a fucking dissapointment, i think 2-3 teachers i've had in the past have been laid off (teachers have been excused from classes outside for the hall for about a minute to be told that they've been laid off - it's that fucking stupid) and there's been picketers in my area against their school being demolished [editline]11th November 2011[/editline] rick perry is such a goddamn dipshit that his being unfit as texas governor is enough to tell me that he would be shit as president

He probably wanted to abolish the constitution or basic human decency.

I wouldn't ever even consider voting for this guy (not that I'll ever be able to), but I really felt with him with this one. Yeah, he's stupid, but you can simply see him being incredibly embarrased.

[QUOTE=Miskav;33237571]The kind of rich person that buys Farrari's instead of Ferrari's.[/QUOTE] Doesn't matter, the low or middle class can't buy them anyway.

Aaaaand deploy strategic letterman [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KXHTleJups&feature=related[/media]

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;33239994]As much as I hate rick perry I think it's kind of sad what the nature of politics today is. Yeah, he forgot, big deal, it happens to all of us. I'm sure every last one of you have walked to a room into your house only to forget what you went there for. Forgetting something isn't a conscious thing, it happens to everyone. What would you rather have him do? Make something up? Face it, if it happened to Obama there would be a total of 5 posts here calling Obama an idiot and then another thousand defending Obama. Stop acting like children.[/QUOTE] Did you ever [i]really[/I] forget your own beliefs? Like, the important shit that you stand for? Seriously it's like if I forgot my brother exists

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;33246726]Did you ever [i]really[/I] forget your own beliefs? Like, the important shit that you stand for? Seriously it's like if I forgot my brother exists[/QUOTE] He just forgot the name of the agency, it's not like he forgot he was republican.

[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy16;33247953]He just forgot the name of the agency, it's not like he forgot he was republican.[/QUOTE] Yeah but when you're talking about that kinda shit you don't just forget it.

[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy16;33247953]He just forgot the name of the agency, it's not like he forgot he was republican.[/QUOTE] Oh so he didn't forget his brother exists, he just forgot his name and face.

Yeah except this is nothing like his brother at all. A brother is a massive part of your life. What he's being asked about are 3 agencies that he's going to abolish because he thinks they are inefficient and could be replaced with something a bit more effective. This is hardly a massive part of his campaign. Compare it to getting our economy back on track, as well as dealing with the wars in the middle east, choosing which departments to eliminate is hardly anything. And it's not like he forgot them all, he forgot [I]one[/I] because it slipped his mind. Something that happens to everyone. And he's doing this all in front of the eyes of millions of people, which I can imagine can be tense at times. Stop acting like one tiny mistake makes him a horrible candidate. If you think he's going to be a shitty president then say that. If you think that his Ideas are stupid then say that. But stop acting like "OH HE FORGOT ONE AGENCY WHAT AN IDIOT HAHAHAHAHA HES GONNA LOSE THE CAMPAIGN NOW" [editline]13th November 2011[/editline] In fact if this actually does cause him to drop out of the campaign, I think it's more scary than everything else put together. The fact that the American people think a politician's performance in office is better judged by how good his memory is rather than the ideas that he runs on is fucking pathetic. Keep in mind that I'm not supporting rick perry's ideas in any way, just the demeanor in which the american public views politicians.

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;33256783]In fact if this actually does cause him to drop out of the campaign, I think it's more scary than everything else put together. The fact that the American people think a politician's performance in office is better judged by how good his memory is rather than the ideas that he runs on is fucking pathetic. Keep in mind that I'm not supporting rick perry's ideas in any way, just the demeanor in which the american public views politicians.[/QUOTE] Politics since the last few decades has always been flash over substance.

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;33256783]Stop acting like one tiny mistake makes him a horrible candidate. If you think he's going to be a shitty president then say that. If you think that his Ideas are stupid then say that. But stop acting like "OH HE FORGOT ONE AGENCY WHAT AN IDIOT HAHAHAHAHA HES GONNA LOSE THE CAMPAIGN NOW"[/QUOTE] I by no means look at this as the one thing that makes him a horrible candidate. He was already a horrible candidate, this just clinches it. [editline]13th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=FunnyBunny;33256783]In fact if this actually does cause him to drop out of the campaign, I think it's more scary than everything else put together. The fact that the American people think a politician's performance in office is better judged by how good his memory is rather than the ideas that he runs on is fucking pathetic. Keep in mind that I'm not supporting rick perry's ideas in any way, just the demeanor in which the american public views politicians.[/QUOTE] And stop acting like it's just the one time, I can think of at least two other times in these public debates where he's either fumbled over a talking point or been unable to present a coherent idea, and that is a problem beyond simply "he isn't a slick debater".