Perry gets number of justices on Supreme Court wrong, flubs Sotomayor’s name

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Perry gets number of justices on Supreme Court wrong, flubs Sotomayor’s name
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, December 9, 3:38 PM

DES MOINES — Presidential contender Rick Perry said there are eight Supreme Court justices, not nine, and flubbed Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s (SOHN’-ya soh-toh-my-YOR’) name in an editorial board meeting at The Des Moines Register.

Perry met with the board Friday. He struggled for six seconds to come up with Sotomayor’s name, then initially called the justice “Montemayor.” A member of the newspaper’s editorial board helped him out with the correct name.

He went on to criticize “eight unelected and frankly unaccountable judges.” Nine justices sit on the Supreme Court. They are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

Similar gaffes have plagued Perry. On Thursday in South Carolina, he corrected himself after saying the U.S. is at war in Iran instead of Iraq.



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[Liberal Veteran]

1. I guess 8 is correct if you count Scalia-Thomas as a single entity. -nt

[UTUSN]

35. Bwah-ha-hah!1 (Rueful laughter) n/t

[tanyev]

2. You think the voters should pick Supreme Court justicies, Rick?

OK, get ready for Judge Judy.

[Marie Marie]

22. Oh that was a good one

:rofl: :rofl:

[Botany]

3. 8 justices?

So how do they get 5 to 4 split decisions?

Rick Perry like a bag of wet dryer lint but only a little dumber.

[Big Orange Jeff]

4. Prediction on the spin from the Perry camp

"There are eight justices and one chief justice, so the Governor was actually correct."

Let's see how long it takes...

[hughee99]

9. I wonder if they'll just say he was tired?

As I understand it, politicians can flub basic names and numbers on the campaign trail if they're tired.

[Faygo Kid]

5. These assclowns are who they would foist upon us for president?!?

Of course they are. Bought and paid for by the Kochs and Fox News.

[KansDem]

6. How much more of this are we suppose to endure?

If this were a vaudeville act, the hook would have been used long ago...

[dtexdem]

7. Well, maybe he thougtht that one was elected and accountable.

;-)

[Critters2]

32. That was my thought.

Eight unelected and unaccountable. One elected and accountable. :)

[greiner3]

8. Please, please, please;

Let Perry be the Republican nominee.

[unblock]

10. honestly i think republicans get foreign-sounding names wrong on purpose

some sort of xenophibic/racist dog whistle real-americans-don't-know-how-to-pronounce-furrin-names thing.

[provis99]

11. I think I'm starting to like Perry.

he seems to have a casual, flippant attitude towards reality.

Heck, how can you not like a Republican who gives a speech in New Hampshire that makes him look like he's high on crack?

[RufusTFirefly]

12. There are three branches of government: The Executive, the Legislative, and, uh,...

Oops!

[Samba]

19. uh uh - the Navy

[DFW]

13. This is what we sing in Dallas at Christmas these days

to the tune of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas:"

We wish you would take Rick Perry, we wish you would take Rick Perry
We wish you would take Rick Perry, a long way from here

Take him far away from Austin, please send him on beyond Boston,
Where cold arctic snows are frostin’, and keep him all year!

He’s expert at execution, he’s less good on elocution,
He’s brought us some bad pollution, take him far from here

We wish you a Merry Merry, but please take away Rick Perry,
And take him a very, very long distance from here!

[SoapBox]

14. Total IDIOT.

Perry...FAIL!

[underpants]

15. (p}Rick Perry has built a vast empire of croney capitalism that W would only have dreamed of

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026

Great and complete read

[wordpix]

16. you'd think a gov from TX could pronounce Hispanic names but not Rickie

he and * are in a race for the Dumbass of the Century.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

17. Has this asshole ever read anything tat is not Bazooka bubble gum wrappers. Never mind it's rhetoric...

[Samba]

18. 8 isn't that far off when there are so many conflicts of interest

that just about any case has someone recused or should have.

[Aristus]

34. The Supreme Court justices are not numbered by how many have recused themselves from cases,

but by how many sit on the Bench. It's 9. That's how many Justices there are: 9. Shit, I knew that when I was seven or eight years old. But then, at seven or eight, I was already a towering intellectual compared to that moronic dish of skim milk...

[unkachuck]

20. look no further....

....Republicans, you've found your nominee!

[Stevepol]

21. I feel moved to defend Texas because of Perry.

As a former long-time resident of the state, I don't honestly believe that Texas would have put this guy in office but for one of two reasons:

(1) his hair
(2) the voting machines

I strongly feel the second reason is the stronger, more logical reason. Texans have not in the past acquitted themselves well as judges of intelligence in their elected representatives, but I do not think, even with his hair, that Perry would have received the number of votes he is said to have received. I strongly lean toward the e-voting explanation.

[Marie Marie]

23. To say that Perry is as dumb as a box of rocks would be a compliment at this point.

How in the world did this guy ever get elected to anything?

[Big Orange Jeff]

38. And an insult to the rocks.

nm

[deacon]

24. '...and, and, Supreme Court Justice Monte Hall' Rick, pack it up and go home. n/t

[jmowreader]

25. So, who's the justice he likes?

I think it's Scalia. Thomas thinks exactly like him but since Perry probably thinks he's as conservative as he is to fight off his obvious liberal tendencies, Thomas is lumped in with the other seven.

[fishwax]

26. lol -- sadly unsurprising

but still pretty funny :rofl:

[uncle ray]

27. not nearly bad as The Washington Post's flub.

they called Perry a Presidential contender.

[Frank Cannon]

28. So long, and thanks for playing, Rick.

Here's a year's supply of Rice-a-Roni and the home version of the President of the United States game.

[JI7]

29. if he ran in 2000 all this would probably help him

just like it did Bush with fools talking of wanting someone as stupid as them.

[DCKit]

30. Head Moran. First Moran. El Presidente de Morans. nt

[BootinUp]

37. oh dear, stop!

:rofl:

[Drahthaardogs]

31. The stupidity of this man is almost breathtaking to behold.

It also makes me lose respect for Texas and its citizens. How could they elect this fool in the first place.

[livetohike]

33. Not a gaffe. He truly doesn't know the answer. Add it to the long

list of things he doesn't know. Such an embarassment.

The media uses the term gaffe...it suggests it's a mistake. They should just call him a dumb ass :-).

[BootinUp]

36. I am surprised he was that close to the correct number! nt