Perry: "I dislike Washington; I think it's a seedy place."

[jefferson_dem]

"Look, I am not an establishment figure, never have been, and frankly, I don't want to be. I dislike Washington; I think it's a seedy place."

-- Texas Gov. Rick Perry, quoted by Reuters.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/08/26/quote_of_the_day.html

[Bucky]

1. I don't want him to exist either. But in the real world, Perry happens.

[marmar]

2. Good. Then stay the hell away from it.

nt

[Atman]

3. "So please, send me there for four/eight years. Seedy...my kinda place!"

"Yeehaw!"

[liberal N proud]

4. Don't just love these assholes who hate the place but they want to be there?

So fake!

[City Lights]

5. Earth to Ricky: Then stay the fuck away!

Ugh! He is an asshole of the highest order!

[muffin1]

6. Hmm..then he should fit right in.

It never ceases to amaze me, they hate the government, but they try their hardest to be part of it.

Not to mention the fact that he hates America enough to want to secede, but now he wants to lead it?

What a dick.

[Raschel]

7. Funny how he used the perfect word to define him.

[xxqqqzme]

8. That last Texas

governor to move to DC wasn't a big fan either. Stayed away from his public housing more than any other president. And we all know how that turned out!

That picture - good lord! Yet another yee-haw asshat. Are all Texas governors required to be delusional asshats in love w/ the 'wild west' myth?

[TexasProgresive]

11. We've had a few that were outstanding, of course they were dems

Here's one classy lady who might have been presidential material but she left us too soon.

Ann Richards 1933-2003

Ann could even do the Ka-Boy hat thing with style


We love us some Ann here in Texas. Molly and Ann are sorely missed.

[BlueMTexpat]

16. Thanks for the lovely reminders of two great TX women.

My maternal grandmother was born in Dallas and she was another such. So I heart TX even though I absolutely detest people like Perry and cannot comprehend why anyone with a functioning brain would even consider voting for him.

[TexasProgresive]

20. We may be in trouble - I think the heat is cooking our brains

and the lack of rain is shriveling them up.

[BlueMTexpat]

37. Unfortunately, that phenomenon is not limited to TX, LOL! nt

[xxqqqzme]

28. Yes, Ann & Molly are Texas jewels.

Ann Richards is one of my heros. Her daughter is doing great fending off the rethug assaults on Planned Parenthood too.

I'll have to remember that 'pay attention' quote from Molly. Been thinking of her recently and how much she would have contributed to the current rethug jokes running for the nomination.

[PatSeg]

40. She could do that Texas thing

and it was really cool, but I guess its because she was such an authentic person. What a rare and incredible woman.

On the other hand, Perry and Bush are huge phonies.

[nmbluesky]

44. She passed away in 2006 not 2003

NT

[livetohike]

9. Should he win the GOP nomination, this statement would make

a good anti-Perry ad. If he hates it so much, why on earth does he want to live there? Sounds anti-American to me.

[hlthe2b]

10. What an absolute "F__ker"

that is all.... :eyes:

[Life Long Dem]

12. Stay in Texas then.

Dislike solved.

[sarge43]

13. If anyone would know seedy. n/t

[catbyte]

14. He should know seedy. He embodies seedy. Elmer Gantry mofo.

[saras]

15. Perry hatred seems to be getting out of hand

Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and if it's midnight, it doesn't stop being midnight just because a broken clock agrees that it's midnight.

Do you folks mean to say that you like and approve of the quality of culture in Washington, DC? That you view these people - all of them, not just your favorites - as appropriate role models for your children and acquaintances?

That's one of the few things I've ever heard him say that I thought most progressives would agree with, and hence ignore.

[Avalux]

18. Do you live in Texas??

Unless you do, and you've had Perry as governor and know all the horrible things he's done here, then don't say Perry hatred seems to be getting out of hand.

Believe me as a resident of the state of Texas. The hatred is justified.

[Inuca]

22. I don;t really understand whatyou mean

Washington as a "seedy place" may mean many things, not all of them necessarily related to politics. Also to say that you do not want to be part of the establishment when you are running for president is stupid.

[bhikkhu]

24. There are good and bad things about Washington DC

but, basically, if you are a member of government, you have to be able to admit that government can function well, that it has a legitimate role in society. Most people involved in government genuinely want to do good.

I think the hatred and distrust of government is a creeping sickness that paralyses individuals into negativity, and causes little but self-destructive behavior in a party populated by such individuals.

A good antidote is to read some history, study the roles of government through history, and get to know some individuals who currently work in government; what we have today is an evolutionary improvement on what we had in the past, government effectively and efficiently performs most of its societal roles well, and there are so many good people involved, it is hard to see any justification for blanket criticisms.

[jefferson_dem]

25. Have you ever been to DC?

Walked the mall... visited the White House ... sat in the House or Senate gallery? If so, were you thinking..."damn, this place is ""seedy""?

This isn't about Perry hatred and you know it. Feel free to cozy up to this cretin's anti-Washington blustery secessionist rhetoric if you like. But don't expect many here to agree with you.

[Cosmocat]

27. Washington is what Washington is in GREAT part ...

because of the arseholes who campaign on how horrible it is ...

They get elected, then they think they have carte blanche to do whatever the heck they want when they get there ...

This is typical republican BS - and these are the MOST OFTEN the ones who end up in trouble, breaking laws in ethics jams, who then of course, blame the liberal media or partisan politics ...

This is playing to the cynicism of people and is WEAK, it is like a 22 year old guy dating HS girls, or throwing a stick of dynamite into a lake and using a net to scoop up the dead/stunned fish ...

Give me someone who says they respect the institutions of government, and who really want to get to Washington DC and do the business of the people EVERY time over these jackwagons who demogogue it ...

[TwilightGardener]

32. Getting out of hand? Mine hasn't even fully kicked in yet.

[ibegurpard]

48. Are you kidding??

For someone who hates the Washinton DC "establishment" he sure wants to get there bad enough
We're supposed to give him a pass on comments like that?
Give me a break...

[Peacetrain]

17. Then why in the world would you want to go there you big dufus?

[kestrel91316]

19. Way to endear yourself to the WH staff, dickhead.

[Inuca]

21. The mad is indeed an idiot

and that picture makes me :puke:

[WI_DEM]

23. yeah, he'd have to break in a new crew of hookers.

[Paladin]

26. Translation: Too Many Black People Live There. (n/t)

[LuckyLib]

55. This is it exactly.

[Beer is God]

29. Psst! Rick!

Just don't go! :rofl:

[gauguin57]

30. Wow. He really looks like a stable citizen. NOT.

I hope the voters keep Ricky Boy faaaar away from seedy ole Washington.

[JoePhilly]

31. Rick "Yosimite Sam" Perry ... 2012.

[LynneSin]

33. Good, let's do our best to not make Gov Goodhair to suffer living in DC

:eyes:

[ladywnch]

34. I look at this picture and I see a pic Saddam Hussein holding an AK-47

over his head firing off a few rounds.......

it would be great is someone could find that pic and post is side by side to this one of Perry....... 2 wild hooligans whooping and hollering while firing weapons into the air. How many pics of middle east despots have we seen like this one of Perry......he is cut from the same cloth, he just has different imaginary friends. If this a-hole gets elected I can see people firing weapons into the air everywhere at anytime....NFL football game;you team wins-fire off a few rounds! It the American thing to do!

[louslobbs]

35. Speaking of "seedy." Pot meet Kettle. n/t

Lou

[paulk]

36. it is, actually.

inside the beltway is one of the most disconnected places on the planet.

[Lucinda]

41. +1

My thought as well.

[GSLevel9]

38. agreed... nt

[LetTimmySmoke]

39. Perry sees everything and everyone as seedy, greedy, ruthless, dishonest, and violent.

I wonder why....

[okieinpain]

42. yeah that's right progressives deserve eight years of this dude

because president obama is worst president ever. lol.

[Arkana]

43. Then why are you running for President, you piece of shit?

[Ilsa]

45. So is the governor's office in Austin, TX. It's full of seedy moneychangers

that Christ himself would run out if he was here. I'm speaking of Perry's and Gramm's plan to benefit from the deaths of retired state employees via insurance policies paid for by the state.

Perry and Gramm are moneychangers. They want business to be about creating financial instruments, not creating goods, services, or intellectual property, etc, things of real value.

[Brigid]

46. If that's how he feels . . .

Then why does he want to go there? I have never understood that.

[Fearless]

47. Then he should stay in Texas.

[11 Bravo]

49. And I'll do everything in my power to ensure that you never have to live here ...

you smarmy fuck.

[Mass]

50. Uh? So, why does he want to spend the next 8 years there?

[and-justice-for-all]

51. 'Perry' is what is wrong with Washington....nt

[steve2470]

52. " I am not an establishment figure " = one of many lies

Whether you are left or right wing or moderate, etc, once you become GOVERNOR OF ONE OF THE LARGEST STATES, you automatically become part of the Establishment..... idiot.

[skip fox]

53. Plrease send links to stories about Perry's possible transgressions to help build a file:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x757086

Send as reply to OP. I'll add where appropriate and give you credit.

[kiranon]

54. "President" Perry's first act will be to move the capitol to Texas. n/t