I’ve read the liberal whoop-de-do about Gov. Rick Perry’s supposedly anti-gay campaign ad, Strong.
It’s the usual, predictable misinterpretation. Watch it for yourself at the link. You’ll notice, unless you’re the hysterical type, that he doesn’t, in fact, say that he’s opposed to gays serving in the military.
He only says that if they can do that, as controversial as it is to some people, why cannot Christmas be mentioned in the public schools? I agree, except that, uh, it is mentioned, at least here in Austin, Rick’s hometown. They just call Christmas vacation Winter Break, and I don’t have a problem with that. I wouldn’t like to see manger scenes at school. That would be going too far.
But when Rick drags in the idea that kids, of whatever religion (but Christian by implication), should be praying in schools, well, that’s where our governor-for-life crosses my line. But here again he isn’t specific. We can assume he means organized prayer, but he doesn’t say that. Way too tricky, Rick.
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He is trying too much to be all things for all people. As a result he loses credibility everywhere, I am afraid.
Indeed. He’s flailing. I think he’s about to go down in flames, but the Republican primary voters (not pollsters or pundits) will decide.
Maybe, but I wouldn’t count Rick out until the primary votes are in. For one thing not many people outside the Beltway give a poop about that inside-baseball stuff, and it’s for damn sure they don’t care what the media thinks. And, personally, I don’t trust the polls, even when they find support for things I like. So their writing off Rick means very little, I think.
I know you’re a Dem, David, so I’ll take your remark about jokes about his jacket with that in mind, even if it sounds like the is-he-gay slander. The jacket actually is Western style, and very common here in Texas. Bush Jr. wore similar stuff when he wasn’t wearing a suit.