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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Wednesday Big Blue Smurf Blogging: What They Said
Posted by Jill | 9:57 PM
Today's honoree: Tom Degan, who tears apart the media creation that is Rick Perry.

Money quote:
If this were 1960 it would have been a lot easier for me to dismiss our man Rick as a half-witted fringe candidate not to be taken seriously by anybody. Unfortunately 2011 is not 1960, and extremist politicians who would have felt right at home at a Nuremberg rally circa 1933 are pretty much the norm these days as far as the "party of Abraham Lincoln" is concerned. Rick Perry's candidacy isn't any political freak accident; it is fait accompli.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
"If this were 1960 it would have been a lot easier for me to dismiss our man Rick as a half-witted fringe candidate"

Yeah, well, in 1964, Barry Goldwater was running for President on the Republican ticket.

He advocated dropping nuclear bombs on North Vietnam.

Perry is definitely a fruit loop but this has been going on for a long time.