He may not be leading in the polls, but Rick Perry's tearing up the Internet. He's a star, baby. A glorious (Gawker wondered, maybe drunk?) Internet star.
The GOP presidential hopeful let loose during at the Cornerstone Action Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire on Friday. Now, his speech is getting a lot of replays online. As of late this afternoon, the YouTube clip has nearly 650,000 views and counting.
MotherJones asked, "Have you ever seen anyone so happy to receive a jug of maple syrup?" He joyfully chirped away about taxes, the Rangers loss in the World Series and compared the Alamo's slogan (which does not have a basement) to New Hampshire's "cool" state slogan, Live free or die.
He rambled on, "You gotta love that, right? I come from a state, you know, where they have this little place called the Alamo and they declared, 'Victory or death.' We’re kind of into those slogans, man — it's like, 'Live free or die,' 'Victory or death!' Bring it!"
And bring it, he does.
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To be honest, he doesn't look drunk, and he doesn't look lik he's on drugs.
He appears to be in the early stages of the manic phase of bipolar disease.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm
National Institutes of Health says Schizophrenia.
My bet is that the anti-psychotic medication ran out last Friday night.
Common signs and symptoms of mania include:
irritable
Rick Perry party on dude.
I love this bunch or Republicans, they are absolutely the best that ever ran, EVER.
Does Texas only elect idiots to its governorship? This guy is the commander-in-chief of a very large state militia, as well. I know there are intelligent people living in Texas. Where are they hiding them?
He has been a great commander-in-chief of this state which also has a really good economy right now. We like him here. I think he would do good as a President and I don't think he was drunk or on drugs. I believe he was just trying to have a little fun and if you had listended to the whole speech you would have seen and heard a really impressive speech. It was light, comical and he really received great applause. Take it easy, you will see the more he gets into it he will come through. At least he doesn't need a teleprompter. He has a lot of good ideas. I don't necessarily agree with everything he says but we will see as the debates go on. He also believes in the U.S. and its people and will fight to protect it.
Sorry Gabby, but light and comical won't work with Jun Tao, Ahmadinejad, and the like. What, exactly, do you people think is going on here? You need to cease and desist your prejudices (which are what fools use for reason). Are you aware of the government assistance provided for those jobs, not to mention the oil that has been in Texas, since forever? Rick has not been directly responsible for squat, except claim jumping (but, then again, that too has been happening in Texas, since forever). Now, teleprompters are not new. Shows how little you know about being POTUS. He writes and edits his speeches, especially when someone else assists in any way. Has always been his own thinker (why do you think they hate him? They couldn't find any dirt, so they began to make it up and convinced you lazy, non-researchers that he doesn't know what he's doing. Would light, and comical accomplish his foreign success? You notice they stopped talking about that, now. So, let's make sure that he doesn't do anything about the economy, or we won't be able to stop him... right? Pres. can't allocate money, so who do you think is holding up funds for jobs? There is so much that you do not know, it is sad. Go onto another government website, a library, MSNBC, Randi Rhodes radio show, or something. I don't feel like educating you any longer. Final tip: Grow up, this is not a game, people are hurting, and Repubs DO NOT CARE! Check their congressional records. You do not benefit -- they are the party of Big Business. Ever hear of Occupy Wall Street -- find out what it's about!
Great minds think alike ... thanks, I thought it was just me!
gabby,
is that all you people have? so the president uses a teleprompter. big deal. at least he isn't hugging maple syrup bottles, or falling asleep at the end of his speech, or blowing kisses with both hands.
his speech was slurred at times. not sure about the bi-polar, schizophrenia.
Suzette,
Okay, I'm not a big fan of Perry in any sense at all, but I have to say this: I don't think it's a particularly big deal that he's hugging a bottle of maple syrup. Then again, I'm from a section of Maine that depends on Maple syrup as part of their economy (and potatoes; it shouldn't be hard to guess the region I'm referring to). We love maple syrup, and going to a maple sugaring is a fairly common even around here come March. Hugging a bottle of it is a cute and sweet gesture as far as I'm concerned, much as a chocoholic might hug a bar of dark chocolate.
That said, maple syrup appears to be the only thing Perry and I agree on.
He was loaded, man......smokin the green weed
No I thought the dude was tripping on orange sunshine or something. Wow what a cool president he would make. Imagine a president making his inaugural address, wearing a tye-dye tee shirt with dancing bears playing Phish in the background.
Like that would be so cool.
Hypoc : Definitely my first thought. I've seen it before!
It sounded to me as if Governor Perry was making this speech after hitting the bottle and tapping it off with a sex encounter that left him wallowing in the state of grandeur. The whole thing appeared staged because he was just as relaxed as a donkey eating hey. He knew the audience/the interviewers/even the camera people and that they would not cross his highness in any way, shape or form. Therefore, Rick Perry let go, mellowed out and thought he would just electrify those that attended the Cornerstone Action Dinner. Was it a drunk who said, "Why do we let ourselves be taken hostage? Let America be America again! Live free or die!" He sounded delusional when he said that he was amongst the top ten percent in a very small school. WOW! What a tremendous/outstanding/omnipotent feat of magnificence he put on the people of Manchester, New Hampshire! QUICO!
Well right now you don't sound like you were in the top 2 percent of your class either. Grow up.
Gabby: It's me again. I know you like this man, but he is not qualified for POTUS. Sorry! For starters, you're upset with Jose, but he's right. Rick received a 'D' in ECON. How can he fix anything? Oh, myself ... private, catholic university -- graduated summa cum laude. Not to brag, but it seems to interest you that Jose doesn't sound like he was in the top 2%... I was.
Since when was Summa Cum Laude top 2%?
Irrelevant. So why aren't you running for office, Xander? More importantly, what are you doing with your life?
Irrelevant questions. Xander isn't running for president. Perry is. We are entirely within our rights to want a president who is amongst the smartest and most accomplished lawmakers in the country.
C'mon, give the governor a break. It's not often that he has the chance to take the pole out of his butt and have fun. Who cares if he had a toke or downed some booze? He successfully diverted attention from the real issues, and on that he scores big-time!