23 comments
Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 12:25 am
big bubba tadsworth says:
The Texas Monthly didn’t criticize this guy, until he screwed up. Perry is a simple minded , moron. The idea that this idiot will get the nomination or become president, is ludicrous.
Thursday, January 5th, 2012, 4:50 pm
Micah says:
I think this issues cover was too harsh of Governor Perry. It definitely shows an extreme bias against him. Not cool. The guy had some flubs in the debates and everyone poked fun at him. He certainly dropped the ball, but who hasn’t had a brain fart here and there? I think Texas, and especially Texas Monthly should cut him some slack and show a little support! I think he’s a good guy and he’s doing the best he can. It’s good to be able to relate to someone like Perry because Lord knows most people who would take the stage in a debate like he did would definitely make a few flubs themselves. He’s human like the rest of us. I hope he gets back in this race and people really start to support him. He would make a great president. Keep running Perry!
Saturday, December 31st, 2011, 2:47 pm
Jane Smith says:
I will have to say that as a Northeasterner, one from liberals and preppies (aka Stalin and Hitler supporters, so being educated and articulate does not necessarily make you better), I was a big Mitch supporter, but thought your Governor would make a decent run of it and have a group of people behind him like Mitch and Newt and Bobby Jindahl to help him in the White House. Wrong. Boy what an odd campaign. He and his wife are not the couple I have observed in Texas. Did they get scripting from the Palins? John Kasich seems to be copying this strategy too. Why? It is not a winner. I like the more Christian states of the MidWest and South - they care about other people, unlike the powerstates of the Northeast - CT, NY, MA, NJ, RI. I am tired of the "what benefits me and screw you" attitude of my state and its surrounding neighbors. I am not for religious extremism like Iran, but the anti-religious states and countries have a horrible reputation too. I was looking forward to the budget conservatives and job creators having a whack at it. They should have run somebody from North Dakota instead.
Sunday, December 25th, 2011, 1:02 pm
Pat says:
Of the states in our nation that nurture religious and political fanatics Texas, Florida, Idaho, Utah, and Montana this gobber personifies the nuts. I am surprised that you are surprised, did you not know? As for A&M, two of the worst bosses ever, CHRISTIAN being the most important thing they can claim, drunkeness being the most obvious to those of us observing, I can understand your; What? Who? Me? It would require sobriety, intellect and good character to even begin to get it. As one Texan said, the best part of being a Texan is being FROM there!
Sunday, December 18th, 2011, 1:51 am
Christopher says:
"..and contempt for the way the national media seemed to relish the opportunity to ridicule our state." I have to say your ambivalence flabbergasts me. I am a Texas native, born and raised, and I can assure you, most ridicule heaped on our state was brought upon by ourselves. Perry is a disgraceful excuse for a human being, beyond corrupt and incompetent. He all but threatens that Texas will secede from the union, yet another profoundly embarrassing moment for any THINKING adults, and yet we still defend him? Examples of how the most vocal Texans continue to fight their way, kicking and screaming, against passage to the 20th Century (let alone the 21st) are too numerous to mention. Perhaps we should worry less about looking ridiculous (that ship has sailed) and wonder if our critics might have a legitimate point or two? Perhaps we should ask ourselves why we’ve become so pathologically immune to the obvious?
Saturday, December 17th, 2011, 10:22 pm
Sherron says:
I would like to refresh some of the brilliant minds here , that Gov. Perry had a back surgery approx. 2 weeks before hitting the campaign trail With surgery & pain meds, it does have an effect on memory & performance. I also remember Gov. Richardson’s campaign. Rick Perry has improved in his debates, & I admire him as a Christian man. "In God We Trust"
Friday, December 16th, 2011, 11:02 pm
Penelope Sweeney says:
WE DID NOT ELECT HIM - Perry got only 39% of the vote, thanks to Kinky Friedman’s big ego, making it a 3-way split
Friday, December 16th, 2011, 8:30 pm
Greg B says:
perfect choice for bum steam of the year - why did Texans keep electing such an idiot?
Friday, December 16th, 2011, 7:47 pm
CS Curd says:
I am a Texan. I am not a Rick Perry fan. However, I cancelled my subscription to Texas Monthly several years ago because I could no longer stand to read all their Democratic/leftist loving articles. So their "awards" are meaningless to me.
Friday, December 16th, 2011, 12:01 pm
twotimes says:
Governor Richards did our state proud whenever she took the national stage. Take a few minutes to listen to her 1988 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/27252-1
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 5:49 pm
Hart Williams says:
Perry has talked the talk, but the walk’s been more like falling down stairs. Just goes to show that if you worship blustering ignorance long enough, you just may get your wish.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 4:54 pm
Bob Green says:
Certainly fits into the "It’d be funny if it wasn’t so sad" perspective. How can anyone condone such stupidity? I guess it depends of what criteria you use. For those who never go beyond wordshiping God & hair (not necessarily in that order) ... Mr dumbcoif is a swell candidate. How very embarrassing!
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 4:50 pm
Miss J. in DFW says:
To "mr_e_m_t" - Gov. Goodhair is more likely to show up in College Station dressed head to toe in UT Burnt Orange than he is to get the G.O.P. nomination for President. Heck, he’s more likely to publicly denounce the death penalty on national TV than he is to win a primary outside of Texas. In fact as bad as he has made Texas look, I should hope my fellow Texans don’t vote for him in the Republican Primary. I never have voted for him nor will I ever do so. Texas needs term limits in the worse way.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 3:56 pm
mr_e_m_t says:
Announcing your choice DURING his campaign? You sure dont have much regard for trying to show what kind of bias you have I see. Perry wins, that is a lot of crow you will be eating. And next year you can give the bumsteer of the year award to TexasMonthly for giving negative press to the Home Team during his campaign.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 1:57 pm
Tom says:
Thank you Texas Monthly for bestowing this honor upon our governor. Frankly, I’m glad he decided to run for the Republican slot for President. Now, its clear to more and more Texans what he is really all about. He has made it very clear that he views all Texans as part of "The Good Ol’ Boys Club", as that seems to be the only Texas citizens he wants to make this country a better place for. Unfortunately that is a very small, exclusive extremely wealthy club. He doesn’t seem to be interested in the majority of the people of this state, and making sure our lives our going to be more stable or comfortable or secure, now, or in the future. If his answer to the less than wealthy citizens of this state is to safeguard large corporations and protect the money of the wealthy, then he has the wrong game plan in front of him. Perhaps he and all his wealthy cronies can buy an island somewhere and live out their fantasy of governing a land where the welfare of non-wealthy citizens does not have to be a priority or concern. But who would serve their meals, clean their cars, remove their trash, make their beds and mow their lawns? That fantasy would soon come to an end. Lets hope Perry’s fantasy of continuing to govern and influence the laws in this state (or the nation) will soon come to an end as well. May God Bless America with this.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 1:26 pm
says:
Thank you for being fair. As a new generation texan, I am sad to see and hear from others that Perry is hurting Texas by keeping the stereotype of old country bumpkin attached to texas. the rest of the country thinks we are all like that. Also, he sets us back when he stands in the way of progress, equal rights for all Americans, and the ability to provide for our citizens. Never hear Perry tout the awful record of almost 30% of texans having no health care, and then make a statement about the evils of social programs. Never does he include medicare, medicade or social security, all social programs that Texans rely on. Especially those without healthcare. Thank you Texas MOnthly for allowing us to believe you are a credible publication worthy of subscribership.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 1:05 pm
Katy says:
Congrats, Rick. Sadly for Texas...you earned it.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 12:41 pm
Daniel says:
If ten years of idiotic and reprehensible policies wasn’t enough (apparently it wasn’t), maybe making us a national laughingstock will be. Wake up, Texas! Get out and vote him out of office!
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 12:30 pm
Matt says:
Not sure why y’all debated until the 11th hour to give this award to Governor Goodhair. Who else was in the running? Perry had this locked down BEFORE he announced he was running for prez.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 12:26 pm
Robert Crawford says:
You’re giving Rick Perry the Bum Steer award for his campaigning? Making "sanctuary cities" a priority issue, with all the legislature had to deal with, wasn’t enough? Blandly stating that school districts were going to be laying off teachers, not the state, wasn’t enough? All the documented cases of favors given to campaign donors wasn’t enough? I resent stereotypes as much as any loyal Texan, but Perry qualified for this award before he crossed the Red River.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 11:14 am
Peter Calvet says:
As a Northeastern liberal Yankee type I can assure Texans that I don’t subscribe to the Texas stereotypes. I have very fond memories of Texas where I went to school for a year in the late sixties. I met some incredibly interesting people, including conservatives, liberals, left-wing radicals, and even Nazis. I found all of them fascinating and unlike the caricature, quite gentle. That is why I don’t get how Perry slipped through the cracks in Texas. He is an embarrassment to Texas which has all the ingredients of being a progressive state even staying moderately conservative. There is nothing about conservatism that requires it to be retrograde. Perry is clearly a throwback to a different era. Texas deserves better.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 10:34 am
Ellis says:
You gotta’ admit, he has been entertaining, in an embarrassing sort of way. It was long overdue.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 9:46 am
Tedd Kidd says:
How strangely appropriate that at the bottom of the column is an ad for Texas A & M with the slogan, "We Have Texas Covered". You certainly do... Texas A & M... Governor Perry. No Thanks!
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