Rick Perry: GOP's Hockey "Goon"

Gunslinger Turned Goon?

Since Rick Perry has raised all this money but cannot win the nomination due to his his own incompetence, he and the Republicans have a new strategy for this election season: use all that corporate and pac money to trash the President of the country. And if his attacks are incorrect or untruthful, neither he or the party will have to tak responsibility for the sleaze because he is not going to be the GOP candidate. He can just sit back there on his hunting reserve and take pop shots as the President. (By the way, Rick, if your youth was so poverty-stricken, why does your father have a hunting preserve. My middle class friends can't afford that kind of luxury.)


In hockey the goon is a player of moderate, or even lees, skill whom the team can put on the ice simply to pick a fight with one of the skilled players on the other team. His job is to get the skilled opponent in the penalty box or, better yet, injure him. Once he has accomplished his goal, he is pulled and replaced by a real hockey player.


Rick Perry had every intention of being a real player, but given his ineptitude, it is apparent he is not going to be the GOP nominee. However,  he can still attempt to help the Republicans by being the "goon,"  attacking the President with a barrage of falsehoods a  la the "Swift Boat" crowd. His recent TV ads are indicative of the new strategy.