Rick Perry Gets Suckered By an Urban Legend (Perry is an idiot!)

[There Is No Spoon]

—By Kevin Drum
| Mon Aug. 15, 2011 9:24 PM PDT

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Quote: I was at the Iowa State Fair today and caught Rick Perry's speech. He started talking about this stupid new regulation that would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses if they drive their tractors across the road. I remember reading about this very issue on your blog so I yelled "That's not true" a couple of times (as can barely be heard on the video at the link) and later asked the Des Moines Register's political editor to fact check the story.

I exchanged emails with her tonight and she sent me a link to their story. So thank you for empowering Iowans like me to challenge the presidential candidates who keep coming to our state.

OK, it's not a lot. But in the fight against dumb right-wing urban legends, every little bit counts.

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/0...ban-legend

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Just another "make it up as you go" Bachmann/Palin prototype. Rick Perry is an idiot.

[janedrake]

Great story!

[NJMaverick]

Has anyone else noticed that all the misinformation emails are generated by right wingers?

[KonaKane]

(08-16-2011 07:35 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Has anyone else noticed that all the misinformation emails are generated by right wingers?

Of course they are. The Right Wing is entirely fueled by misinformation so this comes as no surprise.

[jaxx]

As bad as Perry telling a falsehood are the people standing there like fools and believing him. One person out of the crowd yelled it's not true and the other guppies took it in.

The wingers lie. As Mav said the misinformation comes from the right and their spam emails that go around the country as gospel keep the lies alive. Bah!

[Eponine]

Perry's a Republican. That means he's an idiot. Buying into this untrue story is just further proof of his idiocy.

[Cha]

Yes, Perry is an idiot..but he's also a liar.

"U.S. Department of Transportation officials are disputing Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s statement at the Iowa State Fair today that federal administrators plan to require a farmer driving a tractor across a public road to obtain a commercial driver’s license.

“We are absolutely not requiring farmers” to obtain commercial licenses, such as those required of semi-trailer operators, said U.S. DOT spokeswoman Candice Tolliver in Washington, D.C.

She said U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood had put out a statement last week making the DOT’s position clear.

“We have no intention of instituting onerous regulations on the hardworking farmers who feed our country and fuel our economy,” LaHood’s statement said."

[There Is No Spoon]

(08-16-2011 12:38 PM)Cha Wrote:  Yes, Perry is an idiot..but he's also a liar.

"U.S. Department of Transportation officials are disputing Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s statement at the Iowa State Fair today that federal administrators plan to require a farmer driving a tractor across a public road to obtain a commercial driver’s license.

“We are absolutely not requiring farmers” to obtain commercial licenses, such as those required of semi-trailer operators, said U.S. DOT spokeswoman Candice Tolliver in Washington, D.C.

She said U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood had put out a statement last week making the DOT’s position clear.

“We have no intention of instituting onerous regulations on the hardworking farmers who feed our country and fuel our economy,” LaHood’s statement said."

Hmmm, this is more than lying I think.

Whadda you think?

I think he's attempting to subvert our government by pushing the farmers to strike and thus mass starvation and rioting in the streets.

Sounds like treason to me.

The punishment for treason is death.

Just sayin'

[NJMaverick]

so we were never talking rocket scientist here. Although I understand he could make water rocket out of the college toilets with M-80s if that counts for anything.

[Treestar]

What a clown.