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Doubly plugged.

bwakfat — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:20:48 +0000

In reply to I already wrote you but about

Doubly plugged.

I already wrote you but about

Richard Day — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:04:17 +0000

In reply to All of which suggests a good

I already wrote you but about this extra thumb?

Where exactly is that extra thumb placed?

You have to live in Texas to

Oxy Mora — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:36:44 +0000

In reply to Perry is only as constant as

You have to live in Texas to really appreciate "Texas Aggie schtick".

As Churchill said about Aggies:, "Never have so few unexceptional people, with so little self-awareness, shaped the culture of an entire state."

Perry is only as constant as

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:16:53 +0000

In reply to I'm talking about

Perry is only as constant as his base of supporters is. He is very good at identifying who will vote for him and what they want to hear. That includes an excellent ability to use dog-whistles so he can talk to his supporters without antagonizing his opponents.

The reason he appears "constant" is that his state-wide base is primarily evangelical fundamentalists and movement conservatives. They had allied themselves in the 80's in Texas to gain control of the Texas state-wide political offices, largely through the efforts of Karl Rove. Rove recruited Perry to run for state Agricultural Commissioner. Perry's good old boy Texas Aggie schtick was a perfect match for those conservative voters and they still dominate Texas politics so he has not changed his beliefs.

Had Perry come into state-wide politics twenty years earlier he would have been a raging anti-civil rights politician. That was no longer workable in the late 80's. He is as flexible as his voting base will let him be, and he'll say and do anything to get more votes and more wealth for himself.

All of which suggests a good

LarryH — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:11:50 +0000

In reply to OK but I think Perry is one

All of which suggests a good campaign slogan : "One thumb free and ready to lead."

OK but I think Perry is one

LarryH — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:01:16 +0000

In reply to The guy looks and sounds just

OK but I think Perry is one up on W, literally. You may have noticed Perry's signature "thumbs up" pose which as been widely misinterpreted as a gesture of optimism when actually Perry is trying to convince everyone that unlike W he only has one thumb up his... well as you would say "the end."

The guy looks and sounds just

Richard Day — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:57:43 +0000

In reply to I'm Ron Burgundy?

The guy looks and sounds just like w.

Let us all go back to the good ole days when our entire country; defense, wall street, employment ended up on their face in the gutter!

the end

Just put some sunglasses on the single most incompetent president of the last seventy years or so; and there he is or there she goes!

Destor, my money is on Perry

Oxy Mora — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:34:27 +0000

In reply to I'm Ron Burgundy?

Destor, my money is on Perry for the nomination. But I think Perry's biggest liability as a candidate is his heavy emphasis on job creation in Texas. If the strength of that argument flags, he looks like even more of a dope than he is.

I think parsing issues like what kind of jobs, jobs in relation to population growth, etc., are problematic for Obama and soft balls for a salesman like Perry because of the public's low attention span. The argument gets bogged down in definitions, difficult to score a knock out, though could be a draw.

The real problem for Perry, I think, is the headline unemployment number for the state which just went from 8.2% to 8.4% , a point at which the national number actually went down. Firstly, 8.4% in the highest rate for Texas in 20 years. If the National rate actually falls below the Texas rate, Perry cannot dance his way around the issue without losing complete credibility.

Texas has just implemented huge cuts in state spending and some feel the unemployment will rise as a result of it. Texas has large immigration, a lot of people going there without jobs. So the score today is 8.4 vs. 9.1. Let's see if the national numbers can come down, a la Lavorgna.

As any JRR Tolkien reader

Verified Atheist — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:07:12 +0000

In reply to I'm pretty sure the correct

As any JRR Tolkien reader would know, eleventy = 110, as in Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday. In the interests of full disclosure, it would seem that the Urban Dictionary disagrees.

OMIGOD--Jack Warden for

jollyroger — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:33:36 +0000

In reply to Slick Rick is a politicians

OMIGOD--Jack Warden for president...an idea who's time has come.