Ed drinking the Rick Perry cool-aid

[bigdarryl]

I don't like what I'm hearing from this guy on radio QUOTE:Perry did not say he was going to get rid of Social Security and the Romney camp don't have Perry on the ropes like they think.

[dionysus]

1. might help if you tell us what he said.

[bigdarryl]

4. you don't have a radio or computer ?

[trueblue2007]

5. is is normally a good idea to be more explantory in your note

we out here asking you have no idea where you are coming from

[movonne]

8. What a snotty answer....when you say something do you expect

that everyone here is watching or listening...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

16. You don't know how to use quotations, smilies, and overall grammar? Plus

that thing you called a quote reads like bad paraphrasing. You don't know the difference between the two?

[emulatorloo]

10. Last night he was going on and on about how well Perry did

Plenty of red meat for the base.

Plenty of stuff for his corporate donors.

Did not back down from "Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme" showed people he has strong convictions.

Kind of all back-handed compliments, but very complimentary about his performance.

[patrice]

14. Agree! kind of like Chris M letting that tingle drive his thinking 'cause that's where his heart is.

[dennis4868]

2. What is Ed saying now?

[Pirate Smile]

3. It is not surprising since Ed is one of the Dem pundits who essentially wants Pres. Obama to act

a Dem Bush or Perry.

[Life Long Dem]

6. I don't hear him right now but...

I don't think Perry has a chance at winning this with how he attacks Social Security calling it a failure. I predict he will fall hard in the polls once the word gets out.

[Mr Deltoid]

7. Unless Obama makes some 'bargain' between now and the election

...that touches SS, medicare or medicaid. In that case, all bets are off.

Hope for the best

[emulatorloo]

13. Perry wants to outright kill Social Security, Romney wants to "save" it by "personalizing" it

Personalizing means privatizing.

No dem has ever advocated anything like that.

[Life Long Dem]

23. Cain was trying to say last night personalizing doesn't mean privatizing.

Eugene Robinson set him straight on this. It was sort of funny watching this exchange. I'm sure there's a video somewhere about this exchange.

[Mr Deltoid]

24. My point is that if Obama touches SS

The GOP will beat him over the head with it, and call him a hypocrite if he says anything about their plans to ruin the program.

[Cosmocat]

21. Oh yeah, a republican bashing SS ..

is SURE to hurt his or her favorability with republicans ...

[patrice]

9. His "who won?" Perry feedback on RM show last night was a little too heart-felt for my tastes.

I'm beginning to think Ed is actually a conservative populist, not an un-common political animal in these parts.

[bigdarryl]

11. he is a former Republican

[emulatorloo]

12. Yeah that was the weird thing. I understood his points, but he was a bit too heavy on the Praise

Factor.

[patrice]

15. Emotionally open enough that you can actually hear its authenticity. nt

[patrice]

18. It is also true that amongst Labor supporters there's the Henry Wallace branch of the family tree &

the more-or-less TPB branch of the family tree.

[Honeycombe8]

17. He means there's room for Perry to wiggle out of his Ponzi scheme statements...

Since Perry never said he'd do away with Social Security, Perry can still say..."what I said was that Social Security, as it is right now, is a Ponzi scheme. What I will propose is a way to fix it so that is no longer a Ponzi scheme, and actually is secure for the 25 to 30 year olds." I don't think anyone will believe him when he says that, but there's still wiggle room for Perry to get out of his statemetn as meaning he wants to kill SS once and for all.

That's all. Ed is correct.

[dennis4868]

19. In his book..

he also said SS/medicare is UNCONSTITUTIONAL...no wiggle room there :-)

[bigdarryl]

20. And Ed has said nothing about that just goes to show he's sometimes not informed

[Honeycombe8]

27. Yep, there is. Social Security as it exists now, is what he's talking about.

No one but a few idiots will believe him, but strictly speaking, he hasn't said he's going to end Social Security, period. Now, WE all know that's what he means and that's what he wants to do, but he hasn't actually spoken those words.

[emulatorloo]

22. Basically he's giving Perry really good advice. Which bugs me.

Perry has his own advisors, let them advise Perry.

[Honeycombe8]

28. That occurred to me, too. Great minds think alike? LOL. nt

[polmaven]

25. I believe that is

Kool aid....

[Thrill]

26. Ed is a dumbass

I'm sorry. But many of you should know this by now. He's a clown. That talks out of both sides of his mouth