m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 1 By Andrew Harmon and Julie Bolcer
RICK PERRY CHRISTIAN X390 (GRAB) | ADVOCATE.COM
Texas governor Rick Perry
After a campaign memorable for its gaffes, brain freezes, and antigay
rhetoric to best the most conservative of his rivals, Texas governor Rick
Perry announced Thursday that he was dropping out of the 2012 presidential
race and endorsing Newt Gingrich, two days prior to the South Carolina
primary.
“This campaign has never been about the candidates,” Perry said in a news
conference Thursday, where he repeatedly referenced his faith, Texan roots,
and conservative principles. “I ran for president because I love America. I
love our people, I love our freedom. As a matter of fact, this mission is
greater than any one man.”
“What we need in Washington is a place that is humbler ... so our people
can live freer,” Perry said. The country’s overriding goal, he said,
should be to replace President Obama “with a conservative leader for real
change.”
His endorsement for the person to bring about that change doesn’t quite
match the “humble” criterion. To boot, Gingrich is facing what may be a
bombshell ABC News interview with ex-wife Marianne Gingrich, who claims that
the former House speaker wanted an “open marriage.”
“Newt is not perfect,” Perry said Thursday. “Who among us is? There is
forgiveness for those who seek God.”
Perry’s statements against LGBT rights — both during the campaign and
during his tenure as governor — are legion. Among them: comparing
homosexuality to alcoholism and opposing the Obama administration’s
December foreign policy announcement on global gay rights, which he slammed
as “special rights.”
“Just when you thought Barack Obama couldn’t get any more out of touch
with America’s values ... his administration wants to make foreign aid
decisions based on gay rights,” Perry said. “This administration’s war on
traditional American values must stop. ... Promoting special rights for
gays in foreign countries is not in America’s interests and not worth a
dime of taxpayers’ money.”
Perry’s last-ditch attempt to woo social conservatives in Iowa included a
TV ad where he blasted repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” It proved to
be among the most widely mocked political stunts of the race thus far, and
did little to garner support. Perry finished fifth in Iowa, just above Rep
Michele Bachmann, who dropped her presidential bid one day after the state’
s caucuses.
Perry skipped intensive campaigning in New Hampshire to focus on South
Carolina, where he was polling at an abysmal 4% just prior to his
announcement that he would exit the race. |
D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 2 Oops! There goes the funny Texas guy!
We should thank him for keeping the rat race more entertaining that it would otherwise have been. |
m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 3 洪博培也不玩儿了，但是他用的词是suspend.
我估计他2016年会继续玩儿 |
D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 4 How about Hilary Clinton for 2016? Likely?
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 洪博培也不玩儿了，但是他用的词是suspend.
: 我估计他2016年会继续玩儿
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 5 我觉得她太老了，不会再出来了。而且，即便她参选，胜算也不大啊，看过去的几届总
统，基本上就是民主党和共和党轮流做庄吧？
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: How about Hilary Clinton for 2016? Likely?
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 6 Her being in the late 60's when 2016 kicks in is really working against
convention wisdom. And let's be particularly honest, it would be even less
generous to a woman.
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 我觉得她太老了，不会再出来了。而且，即便她参选，胜算也不大啊，看过去的几届总
: 统，基本上就是民主党和共和党轮流做庄吧？
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 7 Perry also used the word "suspend". I just watched the video.
But we all know "suspend" here just means "cancel".
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 洪博培也不玩儿了，但是他用的词是suspend.
: 我估计他2016年会继续玩儿
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 8 说不定他们都是想着2016。。
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: Perry also used the word "suspend". I just watched the video.
: But we all know "suspend" here just means "cancel".
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 9 For Huntsman it is quite possible.
For Perry? Not a chance. He will remain in people's memory just as the "Oops
" guy from Texas.
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 说不定他们都是想着2016。。
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L*******e
发帖数: 2202 | 10 下一个有望当上总统的女人是谁？
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 我觉得她太老了，不会再出来了。而且，即便她参选，胜算也不大啊，看过去的几届总
: 统，基本上就是民主党和共和党轮流做庄吧？
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 11 还真不好预测，黑马随时都有可能出来。就好象8年前都没人想到下个总统会是个年轻
黑人。。
【在 L*******e 的大作中提到】
: 下一个有望当上总统的女人是谁？
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 12 Exactly!
轻黑人。。
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 还真不好预测，黑马随时都有可能出来。就好象8年前都没人想到下个总统会是个年轻
: 黑人。。
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