"I want to say it was over $500 million that went to the country Solynda."

[babylonsister]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/11/perry-continues-campaign-push-in-iowa-faces-hecklers/


Perry continues campaign push in Iowa, faces hecklers
Posted by CNN's Adam Aigner-Treworgy


Ames, Iowa (CNN) – A day after a debate that saw much of the GOP field gang up on front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry largely avoided the debate's big issues while continuing his Iowa push Sunday afternoon at Café Diem in Ames.


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But his attempt to turn this tough talk into an attack on the current administration came with a few of the verbal misstatements that have plagued other public appearances by Perry. While criticizing President Barack Obama for picking winners and losers in the energy industry, he bungled the name of the most famous energy company to go under despite government assistance.

"No greater example of it than this administration sending millions of dollars into the solar industry, and we lost that money," Perry began. "I want to say it was over $500 million that went to the country Solynda."

Solyndra, a company which manufactured high-tech solar energy panels, went bankrupt this year after receiving $535 million in federal loan guarantees.

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1. See, that's not a gaffe for a Republican

And certainly not for Perry, who can forget his lines in a debate, not know how many Justices comprise the Supreme Court, and confuse a company with a country (and still fuck up the name). No, that makes someone like Perry "folksy," someone "just like me," who "I'd like to have a beer with." In popular media parlance, Rick Perry becomes Mr. Everyman: Do you know how many Justices are on the Supreme Court, Smarty Pants who knows how to use "comprise" correctly?

The answer, of course, is it doesn't matter if I know how many Justices are on the Supreme Court; I'm not running for President. Being a bumbling doofus is really not a desireable quality; didn't we have eight years of this?

[NavyDem]

2. What did he say wrong?

Citizens United says that corporations are people, so why can't corporations be countries too?

[Whisp]

3. unbelievable.

it's almost like they are saying these stupid things on purpose, just to be opposite and different from that smart socialist guy in the whitehouse.

egads.

[demtenjeep]

4. he really called it a country?

what is he on???

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Oh, he was probably thinking of Africa. nt

[Capitalocracy]

6. Yeah, if it wasn't for all that foreign aid money we spend...

Rick Perry would totally be in favor of repairing bridges, roads, and schools, and taking care of the homeless and hungry.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. hehehehe

Yeah, Perry has done so many positive things for Texans and as prez he would continue his good deeds for the Country.

That's just the kinda guy he is.

[babylonsister]

8. I find it truly amazing you seem to be defending Perry's ignorance.

So, for you...

[babylonsister]

12. No I can't, he's a dumbass. He doesn't know how many supreme court justices there

are either. There's a host of documented misstatements by this man; he's not presidential material if he can't remember basic facts.

[Odin2005]

9. This guy is an absolute moron.

[Capitalocracy]

13. I wonder where he'd think Solynda was on a map.

There are two continents I'd put money on him guessing.