Rick Perry challenges Nancy Pelosi to a "public debate" on Monday

[Kadie]

from twitter...

thinkprogress ThinkProgress
BREAKING: Rick Perry challenges Nancy Pelosi to a "public debate" on Monday thkpr.gs/tfd0Zy #notajoke


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Perry challenges Pelosi to debate

Rick Perry sent a letter today to Nancy Pelosi, challenging her to a public debate next week.

snip...
"I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo.

I think it would be a tremendous service to the American public to see a public airing of those differences. Let the people decide.

If Monday doesn't work, perhaps we could find a time in Iowa over the course of the next month to discuss these issues in front of the people of America's heartland."

http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/11/exclusive-perry-challenges-pelosi-to.html



:rofl:

[tabatha]

1. I bet Nancy is doubled over laughing.

[Kadie]

20. LOL! I know I was when I first read it last night.

:rofl:

[OhioBlue]

2. wow - I didn't realize Nancy was running for the Republican

nomination for President..

what a joke he is.

[madinmaryland]

3. WTF, Ricky? You are running for Nancy Pelosi's seat in Congress?

:rofl:

[ellisonz]

4. She should take him up on it and destroy him.

GO NANCY!

:applause:

[Spazito]

5. This is satire, it just has to be!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TheWraith]

9. No, but apparently Rick Perry is.

:rofl:

[Kadie]

21. The full letter from Perry is now up at the link in my op.

:rofl:

[Zorra]

6. Let us know how that works out for ya, Ricky. Nancy Pelosi is

100 times smarter than you, and she will slice off your cojones without you even noticing, and you will be thanking her for her kind remarks as your stones roll off the edge of the stage.

A debate like this could actually make us feel sorry for Ricky, it would be so painfully embarrassing

[Kadie]

34. Priceless response from Nancy Pelosi...

via twitter...

NancyPelosi Nancy Pelosi
Re: Gov. Perry--Monday I’ll be in Portland. Later visiting labs in CA. That's 2. I can’t remember the 3rd thing.

https://twitter.com/#!/NancyPelosi

[krawhitham]

7. It is not going to look good when he gets his ass handed to him, but I'm all for it

[Response]

8. Why doesn't he just ask for a boxing match instead?

It would be as relevant.

[Kennah]

10. Doesn't the Boner represent Congressional Status Quo?

[JustAnotherGen]

31. My thought exactly

Perry must not be aware of the fact that Boehner is the Speaker of The House and that he has been part of the Status Quo since 1994.

This might be funny - except it shows how stupid the Republicans know people are that would actually vote for them.

[SpiralHawk]

38. Yes, but Teh Boehner said he could not GROPE the concept

and so plans to pull a classic 'Republicon Chickenhawk AWOL MANeuver on Teh Rickster's misbegotten challenge.

[Snotcicles]

40. Thats her answer. good on you Kennah. nt

[applegrove]

11. Will the people around the edgeland be able to watch too?

[Rowdyboy]

12. What a dream it would be if she actually said yes.....

She would annihilate him, chew him up and spit him out without mussing her hair.

I'd pay to see that "debate".

[Old and In the Way]

15. He's counting on her to say no.

He doesn't want a debate, he wants her to decline so he can puff out his chest and say he "won" because she was skeered to debate him. Of course, it would be like debating immigration policies of leprechauns. There's no "debate" to be had because they don't exist. Rick's vision only exists in his mind. It's just another distracting circus act for the rubes under the Big Top.

[JI7]

13. hahhhahaha, first the crap about part time congress and now this, the guy is pathetic, he should

step down already. he is the fred thompson of this primary.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. Coke! Popcorn! Coke! Popcorn!!

:popcorn:

[Tx4obama]

16. K&R. n/t -- LOL :)

[Terra Alta]

17. I hope Nancy told him to go to hell.

Then again, it would be rather hilarious seeing Nancy hand Ricky his ass on a silver platter.

[Downwinder]

18. It is like filing a law suit, anyone can do it.

Let's challenge Perry to a debate here on DU. Think he would respond?

[starroute]

19. And oh my, what a silly plan it is

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rick-perry-unveils-uproot-overhaul-washington-plan-iowa-turn-congress-part-time-gig-article-1.977721

Perry demanded Congress be turned into a part-time operation and slash lawmakers pay in half.

Other major initiatives to limit the government include banning the Transportation Security Administration, which harasses "law-abiding travelers" and replacing the organization with private companies, axing the Internal Revenue Service, changing the life-long terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices to 18 years, and criminalizing insider trading by members of Congress.

"I do not believe Washington needs a new coat of paint, it needs a complete overhaul. We need to uproot, tear down and rebuild Washington D.C. and our federal institutions," he told a crowd in Bettendorf, Iowa.

The governor says in addition to cutting legislators' $174,000 pay in half, he wants to "repeal the rules that prevent members of Congress from holding real jobs in their home states and communities."

[mulsh]

33. He sure is good at promoting stuff he has no chance in hell of

ever being able to do, isn't he?

[mmonk]

22. So he is running for House Minority Leader?

[City Lights]

23. Stop talking, Ricky!

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

:dunce:

:rofl:

His ignorance knows no bounds.

[yellowcanine]

24. I don't see why Nancy Pelosi should be debating Rick Perry about Congress.

1. She is not the Speaker of the House.
2. Even if she were, Rick Perry is a governor, why should the Speaker of the House debate a governor?
3. Even if she ignores all that, Nancy Pelosi has better things to do than to debate Rick Perry.

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. If he wants to change Congress, shouldn't he be running for Congress?

[Ganja Ninja]

26. Hey Rick!

What comes after 2?

[Major Nikon]

27. It's amazing how desperate Gov Goodhair is getting

Kinda fun and rewarding watching his campaign swirling the bowl. The silly shit he's spewing as he goes down is just icing on the cake.

[Politicalboi]

28. So now he's running for

House minority? Ok Rick.

[ck4829]

29. They're doing whatever they can to avoid fighting each other

They know that the bitterness from this primary would most likely result in easy reelection for Obama.

Hey guys; Pelosi and Obama aren't running for the nomination.

[stlsaxman]

30. All Pelosi has to do is write a letter back saying "Dear Gov. Perry, It seems your letter was...

somehow mis-directed to my office. John Beohner is currently Speaker Of The House. If you wish, I can forward this to his people or we can furnish you with the correct address."

[hifiguy]

32. You do NOT want to go there, pRick.

You just don't. Whatta maroon. :rofl:

[HappyMe]

35. Oh my god!

She would mop the floor with him.

[Kadie]

36. ***** Nancy Pelosi responds to Rick Perry - *****

via twitter...

NancyPelosi Nancy Pelosi
Re: Gov. Perry--Monday I’ll be in Portland. Later visiting labs in CA. That's 2. I can’t remember the 3rd thing.

https://twitter.com/#!/NancyPelosi


:applause: :rofl:

[NYC Liberal]

37. "Monday I’ll be in Portland. Later visiting labs in CA. That's 2. I can’t remember the 3rd thing."

https://twitter.com/#!/NancyPelosi/status/137205181380177924

Fuck off Rick!

[hobbit709]

39. Juanita's take on it.

http://juanitajean.com/2011/11/17/oh-yeah-cuz-hes-so-damn-good-at-it/
:rofl:

[deacon]

41. This guy needs a Black Friday visit to NutsRus for a straitjacket.. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

42. He must really be getting desperate with this 'Hail Mary'

or is this a joke?

[FarLeftFist]

43. Uh, Uh, Uh, what day does Monday fall on? Oops!

[erpowers]

44. Is This a Joke?

Even after clicking on the link I am not convinced that the whole Perry wants to debate Nancy Pelosi is real. There is a point in the supposed letter where there is a question "Do you believe Washington is broker?" I guess this is supposed to show that Perry has bad grammar; however, it makes me wonder if the letter really came from Perry.

Perry wanting to debate Pelosi is the equivalent of a guy who has lost all his boxing matches demanding a boxing match against Manny Pacquiao. I am not trying to say that Pelosi is the political version of Pacquiao, but she is no Rick Perry. I think she does a better job speaking than Perry.

If true what is Perry thinking? Why would he ask Nancy Pelosi to debate him considering all the trouble he has had during debates? Is he hoping that she will refuse to debate him? Is he thinking that he will look like a strong guy in that he was eager to debate Pelosi even though in the past he had performed poorly in debates? I just do not see the point of Perry asking Pelosi to debate him.

[sammytko]

45. This guy has been on the government teat since the day he was born

What nerve!

His father worked for the county. He went to college under ROTC. Even when he "farmed" he was getting some kind of subsidy.

What a douche!

[librechik]

46. she doesn't strike me as a cruel person--I can't see her torturing any man like that

"although it's tempting"