Sunday, August 14, 2011

Juan Cole sizes up Rick Perry

And doesn't have to go very far to get the complete dimensions.
Perry is in the American tradition of the huckster and the booster, the snake oil salesman who promises you a cure for what ails you that turns out to be one part pretty words and another part dream castle. He is no Jack Kemp, who saw social problems and sought fixes for them in the private sector or in public-private partnerships. Perry sees no problems that can’t be fixed by slashing taxes further on our 400 billionaires and then holding prayer meetings for the unemployed. This blindness is not an accident. The Republican Supreme Court’s interference in election campaign reform has ensured that the super-wealthy in this country can get the best politicians money can buy into office.
If Rick Perry were a prick he could knock on the door but he couldn't come inside.

// posted by montag @ 4:43 PM
Comments:
It's not hypothetical: Rick's a prick.
# posted by Blogger Fearguth : 5:07 PM
 
So true. I was trying to show the measure of the man, not his chaaracter.
# posted by Blogger montag : 7:55 PM
 

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