Rick Perry is a Politician. He's Not a Fact Checker. Know the Difference. by Kwicko

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Rick Perry is a Politician. He's Not a Fact Checker. Know the Difference.

POSTED BY: KWICKO
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 07:59
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 5:01 PM

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/09/9335546-perrys-gaffes-
continue-to-add-up

At some point, one has to cease calling these slip-ups "gaffes" and start acknowledging that they are an indicator of a profound lack of knowledge on Mr. Perry's part.

Meanwhile, there's always this:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/dec/10/rick-perry
s-false-claim-about-prayer-and-christmas/

Rick Perry wanted an ad to go viral. This one did. It went viral like Captain Trips, and has now far surpassed Rebecca Black's "Friday" as the most disliked YouTube video in history.

And to make matters worse for Perry, the ad's not even a little bit true.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:33 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Perry's screw up on the age for voting reminds me of the jokes sometimes told at election time. Neal Boortz, in particular, has reminded his audience, in times of high predicted voter turn out, the different parties will be having their votes cast on different days. Republicans should show up and vote on Tuesday, as usual, and Democrats are to vote on Wednesday.

Amazingly, some still fall for this sort of stunt, not getting the humor. Oh well.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:41 PM

KWICKO

Oh, I get the humor. The funniest part here is that Perry tried to bamboozle his own supporters, hoping to get Republicans to come to the polls a week late to vote for him.

And I wouldn't be a bit surprised if some of them fall for it.

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Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:41 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Amazing that Perry keeps wining in Texas, huh?

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Sunday, December 11, 2011 6:20 AM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Amazing that Perry keeps wining in Texas, huh?

Yes; apparently he is quite the lush, perhaps even a drunkard. It would explain much about his campaign, really. ;)

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Monday, December 12, 2011 9:34 AM

RIONAEIRE

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I've got a soft spot for the Friday song myself. It always makes me think of my favorite cousins because I saw it with them, so as rediculous as it may be it has happy associations for me.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 2:36 AM

KWICKO

Over the weekend Perry decried the government giving loan guarantees to "the country of Solyndra".

I wonder if he could point it out on a map...

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:55 AM

CANTTAKESKY

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Over the weekend Perry decried the government giving loan guarantees to "the country of Solyndra".

I wonder if he could point it out on a map...

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

Hahaha. Country, corporation, they are nearly the same things. Sovereign entities that get huge amounts of money from US taxpayers.

I wonder if he would have decried the loan had he known it was a corporation. Hehe.

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"Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it." - Richard Lamm

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 7:59 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Just as a point of information; the different days for voting was USED in Florida as a tactic to keep those who generally voted Democrat from having their votes counted. It was done as a robo call, and was reported after the election. It wasn't a joke.

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Another way in which misinformation can be used in voter fraud is to give voters incorrect information about the time or place of polling, thus causing them to miss their chance to vote. One such example occurred in August 2011 when Americans for Prosperity, a Republican-leaning political advocacy group funded by David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch of Koch Industries, distributed fliers in Democrat-leaning Wisconsin districts which advised voters to send in their votes two days after the election deadline.

That's one of the other similar tactics that was used, too.

Didn't we already go around on the "prayer in schools" thing? For me it's just the usual bullshit, but telling...

Oh, yeah; here it is: http://beta.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=50412

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