Kyle City Limits
by BRENDA STEWART
Someone needs to let the governor in on the fact that coy is not attractive. Ever. It’s irritating and embarrassing and his handlers should discourage it across the board. I physically winced when, in response to whether he was thinking about running for president the other day, he fluttered his eyelashes and demurred that he “thought about a lot of things,” bat bat.
Like a high school girl being asked to prom, knowing that, jeepers, she really wants to go, but not wanting to seem too eager ... You’ll find out soon enough, you silly boys. Now run on so I can sit here and look coquettish and, well, thoughty.
So, I guess he pondered long enough to realize that, although he is basically unqualified, if he is going to jump into the race, he is going to have to harness not only the arch conservative fundamentalist voters, but the fastest growing demographic in the nation, those pesky Democratic-leaning Hispanics.
So he got his people to set him up at a massive, predominantly Spanish-speaking anti-choice rally in LA last weekend (kind of a lengthy jaunt for someone not courting votes). And although the other speakers addressed the audience in their native tongue, Perry delivered his remarks en Inglais in a smooth maneuver to cover his backside with all the folks lining his pockets in Texas, trying to keep looking tough on immigration.
I guess realistically, it wouldn’t have been prudent for Perry to announce his presidency before the debate Monday night. Taking a page from his most recent gubernatorial playbook, I would imagine that his campaign staff continues to be a bit gun-shy at the prospect of Perry getting behind a microphone and speaking unscripted. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool ...
Which leads us to Palin, touring the country in a bus but not “campaigning” either, who skipped the debate as well. I would imagine that, after her recent cringe-inducing gaffe about Paul Revere (and her later refusal to admit that he was not ringing a bell to warn the British) her staff is breathing a collective sigh of relief.
Actually, between the two of them, the Perry/Palin circus might just offer some comic relief throughout the upcoming 2012 campaign season. The pistol toting Perry swaggering in with his Mama Grizzly, each trying to out-folksy the other. The site gags alone would keep the late night pundits busy for a long time. You betcha.
