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Title: Rick Perry flubs Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s name, misstates number of justices
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URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol ... 989666?localLinksEnabled=false
Published: Dec 11, 2011
Author: Daily News Politics
Post Date: 2011-12-11 11:23:24 by christine
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Views: 325
Comments: 3
Rick Perry just can't catch a break. The gaffe-prone Republican presidential candidate had another "oops" moment on Friday, when he flubbed the name of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during a meeting with the Des Moines Register newspaper. The interview became even more cringe-worthy when he misstated the number of justices. The slipup happened as Perry criticized President Obama's two Supreme Court picks. "When you see his appointment of two, from my perspective, inarguably activist judges, whether it was…" the Texas governor said before trailing off. He paused for six seconds. "Not Montemayor," said Perry. "Sotomayor," a member of the editorial board corrected. "Sotomayor, Sotomayor," Perry chimed in. He then went on to rip the "eight unelected and frankly unaccountable judges" who should not be making legislative decisions telling Americans how to live. But nine justices sit on the Supreme Court; they are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Perry has made the Supreme Court operations a cornerstone of his "Uproot and Overhaul Washington" plan. In it, he calls for changing the life-long terms of Supreme Court justices to 18 years. The blooper comes just before the struggling White House hopeful will take on his Republican rivals during a debate in Iowa on Saturday. It also comes among a flurry of others verbal blunders, which have plagued the struggling White House hopeful's campaign. During a debate last month, Perry came under the microscope when he couldn't remember one of three federal agencies he pledged to ban if he was elected President. "The third one. I can't. Sorry. Oops," said Perry. And just Thursday, he had to correct himself after saying the U.S. was at war in Iran, instead of Iraq. Poster Comment: bush clone
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#1. To: christine (#0)
Rick Perry seems to be continuing his schoolboy habit of assuming that his boyish charm and good looks will be an acceptable offset for his lack of homework. As Bill Maher said, Rick Perry replaced George W. Bush as Governor of Texas, and now Texans think of Bush as "the smart one". Do you really want Rick Perry to have the Launch Codes??
it's amazing, isn't it ? they come across sometimes as confused and / or mentally retarded. LOL sometimes i watch the debates to see Ron but deep down this batch of Traitors is good for some laughs. edit: i think both chimp and chimp clone drink / drop pills at the very least sometimes on the 'cam-pain trial'. different from crackhead fObama how ?
#2. To: christine (#0)
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"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#3. To: shoonra (#1)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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