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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLebanon-Sequitur: Rick Perry Mixes Up Lebanon And Libya
Lebanon-Sequitur: Rick Perry Mixes Up Lebanon And Libya
The former Republican presidential candidate who couldnt remember a list of three things (not to be confused with the vice-presidential candidate who needed to write the list on her hand) managed to forget a list of one thing on Saturday. Speaking at the Faith and Family Coalition conference, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R-OOPS) was solemnly addressing the crowd on matters of deep concern to him, when he lamented that I fear where weve come to in America, where our administration wont make one phone call to save our men and women in a embassy in Lebanon.
To a smattering of applause, he added, But theyll sure monitor phone calls of 121 million Americans with a secret judicial order.
As it happens, both ends of that couplet are pure fantasy. The embassy hes referring to is, of course, in Benghazi, Libya, and as the Republicans own whistleblower testified, there was no possibility of a phone call that would have altered the outcome of the attack hes setting up his joke with. As for the NSA program hes referencing, no phone calls were monitored, but rather, data on phone calls was collected. Still, it was a funny bit, worthy of Jay Leno. Perry also now has the distinction of bringing to life a recent poll, which showed that 39% of the people who think Benghazi is the biggest scandal ever, dont know where Benghazi is. Even in that poll, Lebanon didnt make the top seven guesses.
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Lebanon-Sequitur: Rick Perry Mixes Up Lebanon And Libya (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
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virgogal
(10,178 posts)1. Re:Libya and Lebanon. We all mistakes . I've certainly
made many of them and even Obama can make them,such as the Austrian language gaffe.
There are no perfect people.
BeyondGeography
(39,376 posts)2. We should have invaded Libanon a long time ago
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)3. Well, they both start with "L."