Rick Perry - Worst Campaign Ever ?

Those of us in Texas tried to tell people that Rick Perry was a terrible governor and a worse debater, but it fell on deaf ears -- for a while. When he entered the race he quickly jumped into first place and teabaggers thought they had found their savior. Then they heard his views on Social Security and Medicare, and got a chance to actually see him debate. After that, he fell in the polls like a large dumb rock. I don't think I've ever seen anyone go from first to "also-ran" any faster than Perry did.

But maybe he's not totally useless (like he is as a governor and a presidential candidate). He does offer pundits and cartoonists a lot of rich material for humor. I found this article at CNN.com by James Carville to be rather humorous. Here is part of it:

Maybe you, like me, are a baseball fan. If you are, you want seven games because you actually like baseball. The same goes for politics -- if you really love it, you hope for a good race that goes on and you enjoy watching people who are skilled at doing this.


It is literally painful to watch Rick Perry as a candidate. The case could be made that Rick Perry is the worst debater to ever run for president.


As far as I know he can't even give a good speech. His appearance before the uber-right-winged Values Voters Summit was universally trashed.


Not only can he not give an interview, he can't even roll out his stupid flat tax plan. He steps all over it by saying, "Oh by the way, it's optional anyway." He has managed to couple the flat tax with the IRS bureaucracy in one sentence. Way to go Rick.


I'll be blunt with all you Perry supporters, it's time to butter your guy because he's toast. Every day it's a new dumb thing. From birtherism, to convoluted tax policy, to inarticulate attacks, to woeful ignorance and even stupidity on foreign policy (Pakistani country? Please), to placing his wife under such stress that she is lashing out at everything around her.


Not only is Rick Perry utterly incapable of running for president, he can't run his state, and in fact can't meet the basic requirement for any politician -- he can't even run his mouth.


As if he hasn't made a big enough fool of himself, he decides to go out and have lunch with Donald Trump and falls for the birther strategy. Good God, can this guy do anything? I guess I should be fair to him, he has shown that he can get the same people he gave contracts to as governor of Texas to contribute to his campaign. Wow, what an achievement.


To tell you the truth, it's gotten so bad people in Louisiana are actually starting to make Texas jokes.


If this thing gets any worse the people in Mississippi will be making Texas jokes -- then you've really hit rock bottom.