I have never seen a candidate go down in flames this badly during a debate before. This is incredible:
And that was the last anyone ever heard of Rick Perry, except for all the endless YouTube remixes and parodies.
Via MSNBC, here’s the transcript:
Perry, who has sought to resuscitate his campaign after a string of poor debate performances, admitted that he had forgotten one of his answers about which three federal agencies he would eliminate.
Turning to Texas Rep. Ron Paul to boast, Perry said: “I’ll tell you: it’s three agencies of government, when I get there, that are gone: Commerce, Education and, the —uh — what’s the third one there? Oh, five! Okay! Commerce, education and the uh, the uh…” before being interrupted by a question. “The third agency of government I would do away with — Education, the, uh, Commerce, and let’s see — I can’t. The third one, I can’t. Sorry.”
I’m disappointed that the MSNBC transcript left out the very inspiring “Oops.” at the very end.
He can always go to Vegas and reprise his role as Tony Clifton if this runnin’ fer prezzy-dint thing doesn’t work out…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6DHEEzbfLc
How quickly we forget. At least Perry got two out of three right!
Brewer won her election. Perry has enough money that he may win his too. At least the nomination. Who’s going to beat him? The conservative wing HATES Romney and none of the others can match Perry’s money.
Yeah, go ahead and keep thinking he’s done. He’s not.