21 or 18? Rick Perry misses the mark on voting age

[The Straight Story]

21 or 18? Rick Perry misses the mark on voting age

Reporting from Goffstown, N.H.—
Texas Gov. Rick Perry campaigned in New Hampshire on Tuesday to tout his endorsement from Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., but it was the GOP presidential candidate's misstatement of the voting age that caught the attention of reporters during a speech at St. Anselm College.

Perry, who during a recent Republican presidential debate struggled for nearly a minute to remember the third agency on a list of three federal departments that he said he wanted to eliminate, slipped up just as he was wrapping up his prepared remarks at his third of four events in the Granite State.

"Those of you that will be 21 by Nov. 12th, I ask for your support and your vote," Perry said to a crowd that included college students.

"Those of you who won't be -- just work hard -- because you are going to inherit this and you're counting on us to get this right. The idea that you're looking at a $15-trillion debt, that you're looking at entitlement programs that will not be there for you if we continue on this path, is not fair to you and it’s not right."

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-perry-voting-age-20111129,0,3896561.story?track=rss

[LiberalFighter]

1. Did any of the students challenge him on the age??

[Tx4obama]

2. And election day is NOT Nov. 12th - election day is Nov. 6th :) n/t

[teddy51]

4. Tweety didn't mention the date mistake either, just the age. n/t

[FBaggins]

3. You're really not thinking that through. 21 is the correct age for his statement.

If you're going to vote for Perry, you necessarily will need to go out and get drunk immediately afterwards...

...and of course you need to be of legal age for that.

He was just looking out for the youth of America. :)