Posts tagged “Rick Perry”
Movie Trailer’s Are Usually Deceptive
Rick Perry came out with a terrifyingly scary “shock and awe” style campaign video earlier today that casts President Obama as some fascist ruler who led us into nuclear apocalypse with the motto of hope. In a previous post, jay mentioned that the frightening audio track is actually the theme music from the SAW films. [...]
Intense Rick Perry Ad: Proven Leadership
This ad literally utilizes the stuff of horror movies. You probably recognize that intro music. Yes, its the theme music from the SAW films. I don’t know what else to call this ad but terrifyingly effective. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
In his book, and the Republican debates, Rick Perry has made headlines by characterizing Social Security as a Ponzi scheme. This has led to a big uproar about the nature of Social Security, and a debate over whether or not that characterization is a fair one. Mr. Charles Ponzi has gotten a great deal of [...]
Is “Ponzi Scheme” Really Not Hurting Perry?
I think that a lot of pundits aren’t taking this latest Gallup Poll seriously, which finds that 19% of Republicans and 32% of Independents are “less likely to support” Rick Perry after learning about his characterization of Social Security as a Ponzi scheme. They argue that since 19% of Republicans are “more likely to support” [...]
Mitt Romney: Protector of Social Security?
Mitt Romney has decided to make a ruckus out of Rick Perry’s insistence that Social Security is a “Ponzi Scheme”. In a flier disseminated to Republican voters in Florida, the Romney campaign asserts “Rick Perry: How can we trust anyone who wants to kill social security.” Here’s a snippet from the flier: It’s no secret [...]
The Obstructionist Reflex
Newspaper articles are generally written at a 9th grade level of comprehension, so it’s starting to become a little bit eerie to see the word “intransigent” being used in abundance by the news media to describe the inflexibility of Republican politicians. What isn’t shocking, though, are the knee-jerk reactions that the GOP presidential candidate field [...]
Social Security, more numbers
In a previous post, I mentioned a CNN/ORC International poll that shows that the majority of Americans do not want the congressional “super committee” to make any changes to Social Security. This, I argued, puts Rick Perry and the rest of the GOP presidential field at odds with the American voter. More to the point [...]
Rick Perry, the anti-social security candidate
A major portion of the MSNBC/Politico Republican debate last night focused on where the Republican candidates stood on Social Security. The noise, of course, was started by Rick Perry who inaccurately called Social Security a Ponzi scheme in his book “Fed Up!”. When asked whether he stood by that statement during the debate, Perry amped [...]
Romney and Perry Exchange Blows in Debate
The two front runners in the GOP primary exchanged blows on the most important issue of the campaign last night. Jobs. Overall, I think the #1 story of this debate is that Perry was attacked but survived. He faced only a couple of his very controversial skeletons but handled them with grace. The soundbites are [...]
Bachmann Falls
With the announcement of her top aides leaving, it seems as if Michele Bachmann’s campaign has fallen down, and has no real opportunity to get back up. Less than one month ago Bachmann was glowing from her win of the all but meaningless Ames Iowa Straw Poll. But, while the first line was about her [...]