why is the media propping up a fool such as rick perry?

[spanone]

he has nothing to offer america.

[temporary311]

1. Maybe

they want to make Stewart's, Colbert's, Oliver's, and Maher's jobs easier?

[Xyzse]

2. I would say that they are offering him up for a slaughter in 2016... but...

W Bush won twice...

I just find it scary now.

[montanacowboy]

3. Didn't they offer up another Texas fool?

and we all know how well that went

[Booster]

4. Because most of the media is run by white rich men & they want another doofus in the White House.

[madokie]

5. You got it right

[Scuba]

15. Bingo!

[malaise]

38. +1,000 n/t

[Cha]

6. 'Cause the "media" is a collective fucking fool.. Rick Perry and his buds..

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. ...

[Enthusiast]

13. That is a good one.

[awake]

29. +++

[Cha]

33. Rofl.. Excellent! thanks SF.

[spanone]

20. bwahHahahaha

[Cha]

34. Hey Aloha..

[JustAnotherGen]

27. Oh dear!

[Cha]

35. ..

Gen

[3catwoman3]

31. I must point out that the cat...

...is smart enough to be turning his/her back to ol' Ricky.

[Cha]

36. The cat's like .. who?

[napi21]

7. 'cause he's from Texas, don't ya know.

For some reason, and I can't imagin what, the media seems to LOVE any Texan who "might" be president.

I don't believe he has a snowballs chance because he's become a joke to most of the American people...even the Pubs, but HE thinks he can do it. Seeing the Pubs who appear to be running, I think we're in for another Pub circus the same as last time. I still remember watching many of the stupid debates those 11 fools had, and they were like watching comedy theater. The sanest one of the bunch was Mittens, and thak god HE LOST!

[3catwoman3]

32. I am thankful every day...

...that Willard lost.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Duh,...Because the media is Big Business and that means Republicans.

[pansypoo53219]

9. EGO EGO EGO EGO. W who they created, made THEM LOOK SHMART. obama makes them look STUPID

+ petty. perry makes them look like jeniusses!

[pnwmom]

11. He has as much to offer as the Shrub or Reagan. The media likes the Rethug puppets. n/t

[Enthusiast]

12. "He has nothing to offer america."

Name one that does.

[Skittles]

14. the bar has been very low since they pimped for Dubya

[Scuba]

16. Rick Perry thinks prayer can protect us from drought, fires and illness but ...

Rick Perry thinks prayer can protect us from drought, fires and illness but only billions in armed guards can save us from child refugees.

I stole that, but can't remember where.

[mfcorey1]

17. Because low information rethugs will think it is gospel and spread it

among themselves.

[meow2u3]

18. Simple. Rick Perry isn't bright enough to say no to the oligarchs

He'll just be a puppet for the whims of right-wing billionaires and war hawks, simply rubberstamping everything they want.

[Kurska]

19. Behind most politician I dislike on the right, I can acknowledge some level of intelligence.

I may not like Rand Paul or Paul Ryan, but behind their actions I can understand that there is thoughtful critical thinking. They may come to radically different conclusions, but their thought process is not that much unlike my own.

Rick Perry on the other hands is an absolute slobbering moron.

[PDittie]

21. He's screechy

In a Real Housewives kind of way. The corporate media loves that.

[tabasco]

22. HE WOULD CUT TAXES ON THE 1%

AND PROVIDE HANDOUTS TO TRAITOROUS, PROFITEERING OFF-SHORING CORPORATIONS.

[abakan]

23. propped up for our entertainment...The media loves some low hanging fruit...

We just don't have anyone stupid enough to have as much fun with....

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. You could say the same thing about a long list of Republicans

like Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, Herman Cain, Rick Man-On-Dog Santorum, George Macaca Allen, Bobby Jindal, Marco Rubio, Jan Brewer, George Bush, Dan Quayle for example. I think the question should be reversed: what Republican fool is the media not propping up?

[Skidmore]

25. He's the spokesman for the current outrage on the right--

border state security and them damned hordes of little kids trying to come across it and steal our way of life. He's a tool that keeps controversy ginned up and helps the GOP party operatives make people numb to facts and sidetracked until Jebbie can come along and pretend to be the grown up. We are working up to a coronation and another Bush v. Clinton race--something that the political operatives and media are salivating over. They'll be able to relive the 90s.

[tridim]

26. He's the best they've got.

Which speaks volumes about the GOP.

[Wounded Bear]

28. Lot of truth in these posts about him favoring the 1%, but i think it's simpler than that...

The 2016 Presidential run looks like it could be another Repub bloodbath. They're scrambling to find someone, anyone with an R after their name to make it look like '16 might be competitive. If it ain't competitive, people won't watch their coverage. If people don't watch, ad revenue goes down and they lose money.

Perry's just the latest fool they've latched onto. Remember 2012. It seemed like every cycle in the primary season, the R's had a new 'front runner.' It was like they were testing to find someone who was competitive. In the end, the Pres race was pretty predictable.

Right now it's about future ratings IMHO. As of now, I have a feeling most people are in IDGAF mode about presidential politics, and ratings are sucking because of it. In the other thread it points out how Sunday morning talk shows are losing ratings and posits it's because of too many Repubs on the air. Possible, but maybe people are just getting tired of all the faux outrage and extremist bullshit.

[Notafraidtoo]

30. Because their advertisers want them to.

For profit media does what their chamber of commerce advertisers want them to do, all stories will have a slight or heavy slant toward their true customers business. This is why even 50% of Democrats hate unions and feminist, they are a perceived threat to business so media demonizes them and unfortunately even liberal Americans are not skeptic enough to fight it.

[misterhighwasted]

37. ..So when Jeb announces his Pres bid, everyone will see him as REALLY NORMAL!

Jeb will emerge and be the one who will save the Republican Party from the crazy Teabag takeover.

And he says he is pro immigration.
hmmm hmmm

[quakerboy]

39. Follow the money.

Why did they prop up palin, McCain, Romney, Bush, etc. Theres good money to be made in crafting controversy and reporting horseraces.

[Bluenorthwest]

40. Why are the people of Texas hoisting him into power? They made him governor of the State

with the longest international border. They've kept him in that office for over 13 years, prior to that they elected him to various other offices. If he was selling used cars in Splendora like he should be, he'd not be on your TV speaking as if he had longstanding authority in the State of Texas.