As regular readers know, I'm pretty liberal as far as politics goes, and while I'm often times not happy with the Democratic Party, I still find it much easier and more comical to criticize and satirize the Republican Party. Also, I'm about as big a fan of Texas Governor Rick Perry as Gandhi was a fan of AK-47s. Keeping all that in mind, however, I think some members of the press have been much too hard on Perry's recent comments about Texas State Senator Wendy Davis.
The controversy started a couple weeks ago during a speech Perry was giving at the National Right To Life conference, when he made the following remarks:
"Who are we to say that children born into the worst of circumstances can't grow to live successful lives? In fact, even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of a single woman, she was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas senate. It is just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
Perry's mistake with this comment was in getting a bit personal, especially with that final sentence. However, I had a hunch he didn't mean anything negative by it. Let's face it - Rick Perry is about as eloquent a speaker as a drunken mime named Sir Slur-A-Lot. He should not have uttered that final line, but besides that one slip-up, I didn't think the commentary was all too controversial. He then attempted to elaborate on what he said earlier today.
On Fox News Sunday, Perry engaged in the following back-and-forth with host John Roberts:
Roberts: "In hindsight do you regret those comments and do you think that if you decide to run for president again in 2016, that those comments could hurt you with independent women?"
Perry: "Actually, those comments were meant to be a compliment to her for what she had accomplished in her life, and you think about where she came from, what she's accomplished. And as a matter of fact, I would think that she's very proud of that as well. My point was that saving a life and letting that life come to its fulfillment and all the good things that happened. You never know who's going to be considered to be an extraordinary individual who's going to make that real impact and life. And that was our point that we were making, and nothing else. Nothing more."
Like I said, this man is to speech what nails are to a chalkboard. However, even for as liberal and for as big of a Perry critic as I am, I think some members of the press should back off a bit. Trust me - Rick Perry is going to open his mouth plenty in the coming days, months, and years, and about one out of every two times that he does, he makes a gaffe which even prompts the Pope to give himself a facepalm, while saying, "Oh, Jesus Christ..."
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/27/2227101/rick-perry-attacks-wendy-davis-she-was-a-teenage-mother-herself/
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/07/07/2261821/louisiana-republican-introduces-bill-to-ban-lgbt-rainbow-flag-from-public-buildings/
The controversy started a couple weeks ago during a speech Perry was giving at the National Right To Life conference, when he made the following remarks:
"Who are we to say that children born into the worst of circumstances can't grow to live successful lives? In fact, even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of a single woman, she was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas senate. It is just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
Perry's mistake with this comment was in getting a bit personal, especially with that final sentence. However, I had a hunch he didn't mean anything negative by it. Let's face it - Rick Perry is about as eloquent a speaker as a drunken mime named Sir Slur-A-Lot. He should not have uttered that final line, but besides that one slip-up, I didn't think the commentary was all too controversial. He then attempted to elaborate on what he said earlier today.
On Fox News Sunday, Perry engaged in the following back-and-forth with host John Roberts:
Roberts: "In hindsight do you regret those comments and do you think that if you decide to run for president again in 2016, that those comments could hurt you with independent women?"
Perry: "Actually, those comments were meant to be a compliment to her for what she had accomplished in her life, and you think about where she came from, what she's accomplished. And as a matter of fact, I would think that she's very proud of that as well. My point was that saving a life and letting that life come to its fulfillment and all the good things that happened. You never know who's going to be considered to be an extraordinary individual who's going to make that real impact and life. And that was our point that we were making, and nothing else. Nothing more."
Like I said, this man is to speech what nails are to a chalkboard. However, even for as liberal and for as big of a Perry critic as I am, I think some members of the press should back off a bit. Trust me - Rick Perry is going to open his mouth plenty in the coming days, months, and years, and about one out of every two times that he does, he makes a gaffe which even prompts the Pope to give himself a facepalm, while saying, "Oh, Jesus Christ..."
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/27/2227101/rick-perry-attacks-wendy-davis-she-was-a-teenage-mother-herself/
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/07/07/2261821/louisiana-republican-introduces-bill-to-ban-lgbt-rainbow-flag-from-public-buildings/
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