Gotta love it. No one can bring the crazy like a desprate Rick Perry!

[RB TexLa]

Turkey's envoy to the United States expressed disappointment and concern over comments made by Texas governor Rick Perry in Monday's GOP debate. The candidate described Turkey's moderate Islamic leadership as "Islamic terrorists." A Turkish American group called on the candidate to apologize for his "appalling" and "uneducated" comments, which have been greeted with disbelief, ridicule and anger by Turkey's press corps.

Turkey is "a country that is being ruled by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists," Perry said, in response to a question about whether Turkey, a top American ally, should remain a member of the NATO alliance.

The NATO ally had moved "far away" from the strict secular tenets that governed it when he served there in the 1970s as a U.S. Air Force pilot.




http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/turkish-columnist-calls-perry-idiot-monday-debate-comments-152639505.html

[gateley]

1. I don't know what you're specifically referring to, but I just heard on the radio some whack thing h

said about Obama starting the war against religion and I thought boy, he's desperate! Throwing everything out there hoping something will rally the troops. Just crazy.

[RB TexLa]

2. added the story

[gateley]

5. None of these candidates seem to have a grasp on real, CURRENT world affairs. nt

[RZM]

3. Perry doesn't know shit

If real 'Islamic terrorists' tried to take power in Turkey (even if they were elected fairly), the army would remove them before you could say Molly McButter.

That being said, it's interesting that they reacted this way. I wouldn't be surprised if there are political figures in Turkey who say the same thing about Obama and the American government.

[JI7]

4. he is a fucking idiot , and he is governor , hahahahah

[Tx4obama]

6. Romeny speaks French, Huntsman speaks Mandarin, and Perry speaks gibberish. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

7. None of the GOPers qualy for the job...sorry....none...nada, nui, puka, zilch