Jerry Brown calls Texas Gov Rick Perry's ad 'barely a fart'

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

One day after Texas Gov. Rick Perry released a radio ad in California criticizing the Golden State's business climate and encouraging businesses to relocate to Texas, California Gov. Jerry Brown said today that Perry's campaign is "barely a fart."

"It's not a serious story, guys," the Democratic governor told reporters at a business event here. "It's not a burp. It's barely a fart."

The ad buy Perry announced Monday is relatively small, at about $24,000, but it gained widespread attention in the media. Brown called the amount "the smallest entry into the media market of California."

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/02/jerry-brown-calls-texas-gov-rick-perrys-ad-barely-a-fart.html

[KamaAina]

1. $24,000?

What did that get him? 30 seconds on K-Hick in Bakersfield?

I suspect that the Bee took his bait and gave him the publicity for free, like Will Ferrell's Super Bowl ad that only aired in a couple of tiny markets, then went viral (by design).

[Bucky]

4. Exactly. This sort of ad is meant to "buy" free publicity for its controversy.

Kind of like LBJ's 'daisy' ad against Goldwater. It only ran once, and everything after that was free PR thanks to the news media (which was a lot tougher to manipulate than the corporate trained lap poodles in today's media markets).

[NewJeffCT]

20. Right - the ad creates controversy

and, gets played on Fox News, commented on by Limbaugh, makes it to the Washington Times, NY Post, etc.

[yellowcanine]

2. Just a "little squeaker" then, Jerry?

[yellowcanine]

3. I vote for "barely a fart" as the phrase of the year thus far.

[TwilightGardener]

5. LOL--that's pretty good.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Rick

[SoapBox]

7. ...hmmm, well...that's some kind of mouthful, that you're work'n on there, Gov. Fart.

*cough, cough*

[calimary]

8. rick perry IS just barely a fart.

Not even bright enough to know that's a photo-op you do NOT want to pose for...

GEEZ, these political consultants need to issue an all-points-bulletin: NO CORNDOG EATING ON THE CAMPAIGN!!! It just invites too much trouble. But he strikes me as pretty stupid, all told, so it doesn't surprise me that he has political consultants with heads full of powdered corndog batter.

[ashling]

17. A greasy fart at that

[sheshe2]

11. They Aren't the Brightest Bulbs on the tree...

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Michele Bachman

[JohnnyRingo]

18. Never eat on the campaign trail

Not hot dogs, popsicles, or anything. There's no upside to it.

...Especially true for homophobes:

[Fuddnik]

9. Silent, but deadly.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. California has extremely expensive media markets, especially in the populated areas

$24,000 ad buy?

[sheshe2]

12. "Barely a Fart"

Thank you, Newsjock.

[tblue]

13. Trying to make California like Texas.

This lifelong Californian says 'never gonna happen.' California is a place people dream of and write love sings about. They always have. We've got the weather and the wealth and the rich cultural mosaic that we actually celebrate. If someone wants to invest $24K here in a useless ad campaign it's okay but prolly won't work. Could even backfire.

[KurtNYC]

14. Perry just wants "goats for our computer industry" of course...

[oldandhappy]

15. Got what he wanted

Media gave Perry massive exposure on his fart. Good for Brown!!

[Buzz Clik]

16. Jerry Brown figured out how to give Perry the high road.

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It's hard to do.

[cloudbase]

19. Rick likes to talk about

all the jobs he's created down here, but the reality is that he hasn't created sweet fuck all; he's managed to poach plenty of low-wage jobs from other places.

[Blue4Texas]

21. Perry barely a fart LOL

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. "Come to Texas!....

...We have lower taxes, guns and,....uh.....I can't remember the third thing."

[another_liberal]

23. The Koch brothers have bought-and-paid-for Rick Perry . . .

The Koch brothers have bought-and-paid-for Rick Perry, and, by god, they intend to use him!