Wise words for Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry
Rick Perry on Lawrence v. Texas: “I’m not taking the bar exam”
During his presidential campaign, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has had difficulty recalling how many justices sit on the Supreme Court and remembering their names, so perhaps it’s not surprising that today, he forgot a landmark case involving his administration, Lawrence v. Texas.
A voter at a meet and greet asked him to defend his criticism of limited government in the case.
“I wish I could tell you I knew every Supreme Court case. I don’t, I’m not even going to try to go through every Supreme Court case, that would be — I’m not a lawyer,” Perry said at the Blue Strawberry Coffee Shop here. “We can sit here and you know play I gotcha questions on what about this Supreme Court case or whatever, but let me tell you, you know and I know that the problem in this country is spending in Washington, D.C., it’s not some Supreme Court case.”
In 2003, the Supreme Court deemed Texas’ anti-sodomy law to be unconstitutional in a 6-3 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, and the case nullified anti-sodomy laws in 13 other states at the same time.
Perry, a strong opponent of gay marriage and the ability of homosexuals to serve openly in the military, served as governor when this case was decided.
Asked by Ken Herman, a columnist with the Austin American Statesman, for clarification on whether he knew what the case concerned, Perry responded, “I’m not taking the bar exam… I don’t know what a lot of legal cases involve.”
Rick Perry: TEXAS MONTHLY’s “Bum Steer of the Year”
From Texas Monthly: As most readers know, every January TEXAS MONTHLY picks a Bum Steer of the Year, an honor conferred on whatever individual we feel has been responsible for the biggest screw-up, gaffe, fumble, stumble, train wreck, or humiliation of the past twelve months. This year our Bum Steer of the Year is Governor Rick Perry.
We’d had our differences with Perry, about whom senior executive editor Paul Burka wrote, back in May: “He excels at consolidating and maintaining power but not at using it to move Texas forward.” But now that the Texas-mocking Yankee press was approaching, what Texan did not want to circle the wagons?
Then came that peculiar speech in New Hampshire, the one where he rambled about tomcats and buried gold, deployed more hand gestures and facial expressions than Ron Washington during a two-out rally, and finally finished by embracing a bottle of maple syrup.
The end came swiftly, in a matter of seconds. Fifty-three of them, to be exact: the time it took the governor to go from trying in vain to name the third agency of government he would shutter as president to giving up and muttering—in a phrase that will surely go down, should his campaign expire, as its perfect epitaph—“Oops.” In that moment all our resistance melted away, and we rushed, shaking our heads in disbelief, into the arms of our unquestionable 2012 Bum Steer of the Year. We didn’t want to, but we had to.
A teacher’s response to Rick Perry’s anti-gay campaign ad
Texas Governor Rick Perry is apparently unfamiliar with the bill he signed into Texas law in 2003 mandating a “minute of silence” each morning during which “students may pray”.
Three classroom parties are permitted per year: Christmas, Easter, and the End of the Year. Let’s see… concern over who is fighting for our country and protecting freedom around the globe, or lies about children’s classroom Christmas parties?
Poor Rick Perry. He just doesn’t get it.
I support teachers whole-heartedly. Good for Joshua Grizzelle for making this video.
Rick Perry’s special guest star
Jesus Christ on Rick Perry’s anti-gay ad
The Colbert Report on Rick Perry anti-gay ad
Rick Perry and Brokeback Mountain
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Things that make you go “hmmmm…..”
One of these things IS like the other.
Rick Perry defends his anti-gay campaign ad – poorly
Rick Perry says DADT “was working fine.” Easy to say when he’s living a heterosexual life.
His answers to Wolf Blitzer’s questions circle the questions over and over.
This man is low in the polls for a reason.
Someone should educate Rick Perry: you don’t need to go to music history class every day to know that the music you’re playing during your anti-gay ad is by Aaron Copland, a gay Jew.
While we’re on the subject, here’s a parody of Rick Perry’s anti-gay ad.
Rick Perry: Bizarre anti-gay campaign ad
First, over 70% of Americans support the repeal of DADT.
Second, nothing keeps anyone from praying anywhere. While there may not be organized prayer, anyone can pray anywhere they want in this country.
President Obama has not signed a single law that threatens anyone’s religious beliefs. In the USA, the law of the land dictates that you are allowed to believe, or not believe, in any religious faith you wish.
Shame on Rick Perry for throwing such false “red meat” out to the conservatives.
As many people in the political world know, rumors about Rick Perry have been around for years. I don’t know if he’s gay – but I do know he’s really kicked up the anti-gay rhetoric lately. And sometimes, good defense is a good offense.