Rick Perry’s candidacy for the presidency has been in a downward spiral for weeks. So it’s only natural that he’d start experimenting with ways to regain his spot among the top tier candidates. But his latest move is not only desperate, it’s just downright nonsensical.
Yes, it is odd that Gov. Perry once wanted Texas to secede from the same United States he now wants to be president of. But it is also odd that Perry is now hanging around with Donald Trump and bringing up an oldie but goodie/blast from the past — the Obama Birth Certificate brouhaha.
In an interview this week, Perry acknowledged he has recently lunched with Donald Trump, and that both men question if Mr. Obama’s birth certificate is legitimate. REALLY???
Since he first ran for the White House, America’s first black president has consistently faced the “are you really an American” question. Mr. Obama originally released the short version of his birth certificate to the press, which is what his birth state of Hawaii provided. But Trump and others hounded the president for more and stirred up the pot that Barack Hussein Obama could not possibly be president because he is not a valid U.S. citizen. However, President Obama shut Trump and everyone else up, when he surprisingly released his long form birth certificate, effectively putting to rest for good all talk that his citizenship and presidency are both illegitimate. But now, Rick Perry thinks it’s a bright idea to revisit the idea — looking for a way to stir up his base and garner some attention for himself.
Is Rick Perry so desperate and so in trouble that he must now regurgitate old and stale Republican tricks, hoping against hope that although it didn’t work the first time, it will somehow magically work (for him) the second???
Please tell me this fool is not back on the birth certificate? He's really pulling at straws now.