It really is...
And it's only Tuesday...
Let's review...
(In no particular order...)
President Obama: Ok, you're not campaigning but it sort of looks like campaigning to me. Your handling of the Tea Party couple during the rope line meet and greet after your speech today wasn't exactly deft. They were upset about VP Biden referring to the Tea Party as "terrorists" with regard to the debt ceiling dance. I know Biden meant it metaphorically, but your attempt to justify it or explain it away didn't work. You should've said something like, "Yes, we need to do better than that," shook his hand and moved on. Having listened to two of your "Town Halls" from the Midwest this week, your answers seem a little weak. Yes, some of your points resonate well (compromising), but others (trade deals and patent reform) don't. Step it up, man...safe is for losers.
Michelle Bachmann: Mrs. Bachmann, congrats on winning the straw poll and running Tim Pawlenty out of the race. They missed you at your family reunion the other day and this wasn't Elvis' birthday, it was the anniversary of his death. Not a big thing, but wow...Speaking of big things, watch and learn from Rick Perry as he works the crowd. He's not a three term Governor for nothing, you know. Stop with the rock star stuff.
Rick Perry: Nice job on Sunday making the most of the campaign event. Your mojo is in good shape. Bad job calling Fed Chief Ben Bernanke's policies "treasonous." Even the former Bush staff people pushed back on that one. When something you say allows Karl Rove of all people to assume the "high ground" you're really gone too far. Your States growth in jobs is impressive and apparently legit, so anyone who blindly attacks you on that front had better get their ducks in a row.
Rick Santorum: Rick, I'd never vote for you-ever, but I gave you props for last week's debate performance and even showed you a little love in Sunday's GOP Power Rankings. I agree that Perry's remarks about Bernanke were in poor taste, but when you play the "we don't impeach" people card, its an epic fail. First off, Perry didn't play the impeachment card, Herman Cain did. Secondly, guess who voted for the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton? You did, remember? So be quiet.
Herman Cain: Impeachment? It would be great, in fact? Seriously? Shame on you....
Ed Shultz: Hey bozo, when Gov. Perry used the phrase "there's a black cloud hanging over America..." it isn't code for President Obama. Maybe he meant Obama, maybe he didn't...but when you run your mouth about it you and the Democrats/Progressives look weak and stupid. Now that its clear the clip you and others used was edited, to possibly make it look worse, you look even more full of crap than you did before. Not to mention that you guys just gave the Perry campaign an early Christmas present. Breitbart (once again) comes out smelling like a rose. Ed, if you have an ass-hat lying around the office, put it on your head.
Its only, Tuesday....
Crap...
From http://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/rick-perry-another-cowboy-from-texas/
ReplyDelete4. Rick Perry doesn’t create jobs for Texas; he steals them. Perry’s claim to job-creation fame comes from his high-profile raids on other states. He is a master at the theater of job poaching. During a trip to California last November, “Perry crowed that he had stolen 153 businesses from the Golden State in 2010; some 92 companies moved the other way, leaving Perry with a net gain of 61 businesses.” In October 2010, as Washington State was preparing to vote on an income tax for those earning over $200,000, Perry sent a letter to 90 businesses, including Microsoft, Starbucks and Amazon, telling them, “If Washington doesn’t want your business, Texas does.” That’ll play real well in California and Washington. The jobs he doesn’t steal from other states tend to be minimum wage. But then low-wage jobs play an outsize role in powering Texas’ economic engine. The majority of the state’s workforce is paid an hourly wage rather than a salary, and 9.5 percent of those workers earned the minimum wage or below compared to about 6 percent for the rest of the nation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From 2007 to 2010, the number of minimum wage workers in Texas rose from 221,000 to 550,000. “Hi. Welcome to Walmart.” Of course, Perry may not know about the minimum wage. He has never held a private sector job and has held elected office or government positions for the last 27 years.
Rosie - Thanks for reading and your comment.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the link I provided about Perry's job picture:
"Since the recession started hourly wages in Texas have increased at a 6th fastest pace in the nation."
"As a side note, the only blue state that has faster growing wages is Hawaii."
This suggests that the new jobs aren't all minimum wage positions...
Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of Perry. Like many, I'm learning as we go along with him. This article, which has now been cited as well done by Nate Silver from 538, who I respect a ton, seems to lay out a different picture of employment under Perry's watch during this recession.
Hey, Bill,
ReplyDeleteI kinda find it hard to argue about having ducks in a row when those ducks are counted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in my quote. Difficult to trump (no pun intended) that.
Just keep watching. To paraphrase the late & great Ann Richards, Rick Perry was born with a cowboy boot in his mouth.
I will...I'm getting the impression Perry is a Master campaigner, who will give Obama fits before its all said and done with.
ReplyDeleteIf its the two of them, I wonder if the Country will go for the smooth talking Texan' or the icy cold, Professor type?