Media Matters posted a clip of the insipid "Fox & Friends" crew doing damage control for George W. Bush wannabe Rick Perry.
We know the story: yesterday in New Hampshire, Rick Perry told a bunch of young, naive Republicans that he needs their vote because they are the future of the neo-Confederate Party. He needs their votes because who else is going to mass execute thousands of criminals, upon the thousands of innocent people who will inevitably perish in another senseless Republican war?
Along the way, Perry had another Bush moment when he told the kids if they are 21 on Election Day, he needs them. And if they aren't 21, he needs them to work. Oh yeah, he needs them in the voting booth on November 12, too.
So here we were with some more Rick Perry Gaffemania to add to the highlight reel, which at this point is rivaling Bush's in hilarity. And 2011 isn't even over yet!
Perry needed to do some damage control, ASAP. His campaign probably figured that the drooling morons who are still solid Perry backers would be watching "Fox & Friends", the morning show that makes you want to start your day with a Valium and sometimes, arsenic.
So off he goes to be interviewed by three people who have no business interviewing a nominee for the United States president, much less a councilman from Union Springs, Alabama. The objective for Perry was clear: don't say any more stupid things, laugh at yourself and give us some of that good ole fashioned Texas drawl that makes executing criminals sound so...pleasant!
And the objective for the veritable clown car of douche bags at "Fox & Friends" was clear: take the sting off yesterday's gaffe by coming up with some lazy explanation and don't worry if it sounds too absurd because after all, conservatives are watching this. You can tell them Jesus was momentarily melding into Perry and they would believe it.
Here's a transcript of Carlson's mad ballwashing skills:
CARLSON: You're getting a lot of attention for what some people are saying is another gaffe.
[plays clip]
You know, the election date, I understand that. I mean, the fact that you could even pull out the number 12 -- hats off to you.
First, "some people"? No, Ms. Carlson, it's not according to some people. The voting age is 18 and the election is on Nov. 6. Perry got both of these wrong, so it's not a gaffe to "some people." It's a gaffe period.
You see, "some people say" that Gretchen Carlson is the dumbest person walking on the planet. But there are countless other dumb people walking the planet, so there's no way to prove that I made a false statement.
And really? I mean, really, Gretchen? Has that hair dye seeped so far into your roots that you automatically spit out idiotic responses? What an insulting statement from Carlson.
Anyway, "Fox & Friends" is full of morons, so I'm not breaking any news there.
To my point: Rick Perry not knowing how old voters can be and when the election is are pretty funny gaffes. It adds to his legend of being incompetent. I'd say Perry is barely competent enough to be a councilman in Union Springs, Alabama. And while it's funny, it also doesn't disqualify Perry from being president.
The media's hooting howling when politicians slip up is just bad reporting. When politicians are speaking off the cuff, or even in Perry's case, on the cuff, they will make stupid mistakes. It doesn't mean that they shouldn't be president; though.
If the media wants some gaffes, they should look at the ten years Perry has been governor of Texas. Executing a record number of criminals (and possibly some innocent ones) -- that's a HUGE gaffe. The cronyism that's run rampant -- HUGE gaffe.
These moments do nothing but create 24/7 cable news channel filler. It's irrelevant to bigger issues and funny for five minutes.
So let's lay off the Rickster. He has much bigger gaffes to be focused on.