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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 10:53 AM Jun 2015

Perry says he meant to say ‘incident’ not ‘accident’

Rick Perry on Saturday commented again on the shooting deaths of nine people in a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, an incident which he previously described as an “accident” .

A campaign spokesperson subsequently said the candidate had misspoken, saying: “From the context of his comments, it’s clear Governor Perry meant ‘incident’.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/rick-perry-condemns-charleston-shooting-after-accident-remark/

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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
2. Perry says he meant to push the ‘green button’ not the ‘red button’
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 10:57 AM
Jun 2015

He was trying to order some guacamole from his desk in the Oval Office and accidentally nuked Finland.

Oops.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
4. Why not prepare your words more ahead of time Perry?
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 10:59 AM
Jun 2015

You know you are out in public. Dumb slip of the tongue indeed.

LynnTTT

(362 posts)
6. I'll give him that.
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 11:02 AM
Jun 2015

But why is "incident" any better? An incident is when someone butts in front of you in line and you "have a few words". Nine people murdered is not an incident.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
8. Remember that fork you stuck in Perry in 2012 after the third thing? Grab it. Right fucking now.
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 11:08 AM
Jun 2015

His case of premature self-disqualification is even worse now than it was then.

rurallib

(62,415 posts)
9. he sure says a lot of shit he has to retract right away
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 11:09 AM
Jun 2015

didn't he also own a ranch where they had to paint over the name once people found what the name was?

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
11. "There are 3 words I want to do away with in my previous statement."
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 11:28 AM
Jun 2015

"One is 'accident'. The others are...um...well, I'll get to those later."
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