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UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 05:50 PM Jul 2014

Rick Perry Won't Back Away From Obama Border Conspiracy Theory

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is not backing away from a conspiracy theory he recently floated about the Obama administration somehow coordinating the surge of immigrants coming over the border for some unknown reason.

Perry recently suggested on Fox News that the Obama administration might be "in on this somehow" and helping move immigrants over the border. Asked about that statement on Sunday, Perry didn't back away.

"I have to believe that when you do not respond in any way, that you are either inept, or you have some ulterior motive of which you are functioning from," Perry said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/rick-perry-border_n_5561436.html

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Rick Perry Won't Back Away From Obama Border Conspiracy Theory (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jul 2014 OP
He's more confident since he got those smart-person glasses. TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #1
Those glasses make him look Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #12
The guy speaks at a Grade 8 level.....amazing how sounding confident convinces so many people who Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #2
Juanita Jean had some fun with Goodhair's latest act of stupidity Gothmog Jul 2014 #3
"did not respond in any way" underpants Jul 2014 #4
The poo flingers keep flinging ... GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #5
To what end, Rick Perry? Generic Brad Jul 2014 #6
He *may* get back to you with some kind of answer Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2014 #16
You can't fix stupid! santamargarita Jul 2014 #7
Rick Perry stuck in the past. Stupid is as stupid does. DhhD Jul 2014 #8
Rick Perry+= Moron. Third Doctor Jul 2014 #9
I'm really looking forward to the GOP primary debates DavidDvorkin Jul 2014 #10
I can't believe he is a governor Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2014 #11
Then why the hell has Obama agreed to meet with Perry? Paladin Jul 2014 #13
Because President Obama is the grown up President Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2014 #15
The president met with Perry yesterday Sunlei Jul 2014 #17
I'm aware of what happened yesterday. Paladin Jul 2014 #18
I live in Texas the land of business & cheap labor Sunlei Jul 2014 #19
I live in Texas, as well. Paladin Jul 2014 #20
Oh, I know. hamsterjill Jul 2014 #21
Nobody wants to believe me, but I firmly believe: Paladin Jul 2014 #22
I feel the same way. hamsterjill Jul 2014 #23
He is firmly controlled by the big business who love Sunlei Jul 2014 #24
Anyone believe the opposite conspiracy? That the Koch Bothers or some other FSogol Jul 2014 #14

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
2. The guy speaks at a Grade 8 level.....amazing how sounding confident convinces so many people who
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 06:01 PM
Jul 2014

do not bother with the substance.

"....or you have some ulterior motive of which you are functioning from,"?

This man is functioning from a level of barely functioning. You have to be just about this stupid to be this corrupt and this accomplished a liar.

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
3. Juanita Jean had some fun with Goodhair's latest act of stupidity
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 06:40 PM
Jul 2014

Juanita Jean could not pass this opportunity up http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/07/06/oh-yall-its-gotta-be-brain-freeze/

Rick Perry has to study-up to be dumb.

I swear on all that is holy that he’s been taking America-lessons for the past two years so he can run for President and be two IQ points smarter than Sarah Palin.

It didn’t work.

Dumb as a sack of hammers.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is not backing away from a conspiracy theory he recently floated about the Obama administration somehow coordinating the surge of immigrants coming over the border for some unknown reason.

Perry recently suggested on Fox News that the Obama administration might be “in on this somehow” and helping move immigrants over the border. Asked about that statement on Sunday, Perry didn’t back away.


What? President Obama is going to use refugees from a Central America drug war to herd us all into underground bunker reeducation camps ruled by the New World Order in Roswell, New Mexico, with Janet Reno’s, the woman who shot Kennedy, black helicopters hovering overhead?

Well, crap Rick, everybody knows that. Just go ahead and say it.



And by the way, please make Rick quit torturing the English language. In an attempt not to end a sentence with a preposition, we get this …

I have to believe that when you do not respond in any way, that you are either inept, or you have some ulterior motive of which you are functioning from,” Perry said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday.


Nice try, Dumbo, but you could have ended the sentence at the word “motive.”

I’ll give somebody fifty dollars cash American money to go convince him that he’s already been President and now it’s time to go to the ranch and paint pictures of himself in the bathtub.

I mean it.

Goodhair is a really stupid person

underpants

(182,279 posts)
4. "did not respond in any way"
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 07:06 PM
Jul 2014

So what, (p)Rick, are the detainment centers, moving them to other detainment sights during the vetting process, and the massive process that is being carried out according to US law?

GeorgeGist

(25,294 posts)
5. The poo flingers keep flinging ...
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 08:44 PM
Jul 2014

Obama keeps cleaning it up.


If you believe the MSM, the average American isn't smart enough to see where the problem lies.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
16. He *may* get back to you with some kind of answer
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 11:16 PM
Jul 2014

or, then again, maybe he won't. Republicans have been allowed to basically move beyond having to substantiate their claims. Baseless innuendo from them is really all they need and are expected to provide.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
8. Rick Perry stuck in the past. Stupid is as stupid does.
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 12:21 PM
Jul 2014
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/issues/DREAM-Act
There are roughly 1.8 million immigrants in the United States who might be, or might become, eligible for the Obama Administration’s “deferred action” initiative for unauthorized youth brought to this country as children. This initiative, announced on June 15, offers a two-year, renewable reprieve from deportation to unauthorized immigrants who are under the age of 31; entered the United States before age 16; have lived continuously in the country for at least five years; have not been convicted of a felony, a “significant” misdemeanor, or three other misdemeanors; and are currently in school, graduated from high school, earned a GED, or served in the military. Within this population of potential beneficiaries, however, are three distinct groups:

1.) Those who are between the ages of 15 and 30 who are either in high school or already have high school diplomas. This group is immediately eligible for deferred action.

2.) Those between the ages of 5 and 14 who will be eligible at some point in the future if the deferred action initiative remains in place.

3.) Those between the ages of 15 and 30 who are not in high school and don’t have high school diplomas. Members of this group might be eligible for deferred action if they get a GED.

more at the link


The following link reminds me of the thinking ability of Rick Perry that is NOT based on Public Law, the proposed Dream Act Law. It is based on Pretending and Grandstanding.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/obama-to-ignore-immigration-law-pretend-dream-act-passed/

DavidDvorkin

(19,406 posts)
10. I'm really looking forward to the GOP primary debates
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 01:55 PM
Jul 2014

Assuming the GOP leadership isn't able to squelch all the fun, this time.

I can imagine one of Perry's opponents saying, "Proceed, Governor."

Well, probably not, but I like to imagine it.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
13. Then why the hell has Obama agreed to meet with Perry?
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 12:40 PM
Jul 2014

I view Obama's greatest failing to be his ongoing, almost childlike belief, that discussions with radicalized Republicans get him anything, other than repeated humiliation and political ass-kicking. Meeting with Perry will make everything worse.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
15. Because President Obama is the grown up President
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 11:14 PM
Jul 2014

and Perry and other Republicans are petulant, temper-tantrum-throwing little children that he needs to set an example for. Don't understand why some people don't get this about President Obama. He doesn't meet with them because he likes them or the way they think (and I don't really think that he thinks that he is able to work with them- though I think he would if he thought that they might be willing) but he meets with them because he's the President and he is SUPPOSED to meet with EVERYBODY and show them respect- even if they're jerks or Republicans (or both) and even if they don't deserve the respect he gives them.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
17. The president met with Perry yesterday
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 07:57 AM
Jul 2014

They needed the face to face to avoid the Republican stupid political circus

After the meeting the president said both are pretty much on the same page.

Now we wait for our worst Congress in history to do just a little bit of work.

The president also said he will not do a photo op on the border in the desert.



Paladin

(28,204 posts)
18. I'm aware of what happened yesterday.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 08:48 AM
Jul 2014

I'm not very happy about it, but I am aware of it. Thanks for the re-cap.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
19. I live in Texas the land of business & cheap labor
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 09:00 AM
Jul 2014

In my imagination Perry got a few swift cracks across the face he needed to knock him off his pompous high horse.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
20. I live in Texas, as well.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 10:03 AM
Jul 2014

And I think Perry got some additional footage for his hopeless 2016 presidential run. And that's not just my imagination, that's a by-God likelihood.....

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
21. Oh, I know.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 12:15 PM
Jul 2014

And the glasses prove that he's trying to spruce up his look for a run IMHO.

Can he please just go away and stop embarrassing us all?

And can we please get Wendy elected and turn back the disasters that Perry and his troglodytes have levied on beloved Texas???!!!

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
22. Nobody wants to believe me, but I firmly believe:
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 12:38 PM
Jul 2014

If Greg Abbott wins the governor's race, he'll make us nostalgic for Rick Perry. Every once in a great while, Perry has exhibited a touch of human decency; don't expect that from Abbott. Go Wendy.

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
23. I feel the same way.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 12:42 PM
Jul 2014

I am very fearful of Abbott. In my opinion, he's almost campaigning openly about his intended misdeeds for Texas. Yet people are still going to vote for him.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
24. He is firmly controlled by the big business who love
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 01:19 PM
Jul 2014

The big business who love the seven dollar a day border workers. The self regulated easy Texas shipping port ,to export their high profit products around the world.

Border business , prison labor business don't care what Perry does with his time.

The regular citizens of Texas, come last in their world.

FSogol

(45,357 posts)
14. Anyone believe the opposite conspiracy? That the Koch Bothers or some other
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 01:28 PM
Jul 2014

GOP entity is working in Central America to create this wave of immigrants in time for the 2014 midterms?



All tin foil aside, where is the investigative reporting of why this is happening and happening right now?

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