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Gov. Rick Perry flips the script about his brain freeze
Gov. Rick Perry strumming the guitar (photo by Joseph Earnest)
by Joseph Earnest November 10, 2011
Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas --Those who watched Wednesday night's debate will remember it for Texas Gov. Rick Perry's moment of amnesia in regard to naming the third agency he would like to eliminate. Perry somehow could not retrieve the Department of Energy from his memory due to a brain freeze. He later remembered the agency in the next segment, but by then the blogsphere was on fire.
Perry decided he wouldn't let this deter him from continuing to pound his message, so he decided to improvise and make fun of the gaffe. On a Laura Ingraham interview he said he was headed to New York to make an appearance on Letterman, and the Wall Street Journal confirmed the trip. (pop-up)
If Perry does make an appearance on the Letterman show, we could possibly expect him to read the "Top 10" agencies Americans would like to forget. By making fun of himself, Perry will have flipped the script, by removing the sting from the gaffe, and not allowing the media or his opponents to define him.
Should he also make an appearance on Saturday Night Live like Laura Ingraham urged him to do, which he should probably consider doing after Letterman, he will have hit a home-run with the gaffe, allowing him to neutralize any ammunition his opponents would have used against him. SNL will also humanize him more, since most people only know him as the tough-talking Texan, but they will also get to see the lighter side of Perry. Add Comments>>
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