Stephen Colbert To McCain Campaign Manager: ‘Why Did Rick Perry Crap Out So Hard?’
by James Crugnale | 10:07 am, October 5th, 2011
On Tuesday’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert spoke with former John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis to get his take on the 2012 race. “What happened to Perry?” Colbert asked incredulously. “I was so excited about that guy! He was a proven job maker in Texas. He had the evangelical vote. Why did he crap out so hard?”
“Well, politics is tough business,” Davis answered.
“It ain’t Tiddlywinks!” Colbert observed to audience approval.
“It’s not Tiddlywinks so you never know, you could be a wildly successful candidate at the state level, he’s obviously an incredibly popular governor of Texas and when you’ve got to take that on the road, you know, strange things can happen,” Davis said, adding that it was too early to tell what would happen in the GOP race and noted that McCain came back from being first to last to first again.
“Absolutely!” Colbert snarked. “And the first term of his presidency has been fantastic.”
Colbert also asked Davis about a potential Mitt Romney-Barack Obama matchup. “You’ve got Romney versus Obama; a matchup between a Republican that nobody’s excited about and a Democrat everyone’s disappointed in. Who wins?”
“Ultimately, the American people win,” Davis joked.
Despite Colbert’s sarcastic barbs thrown at his former candidates, Davis remained a good sport throughout the interview.
Watch the segment below via Comedy Central:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stephen-colbert-to-mccain-campaign-manager-why-did-rick-perry-crap-out-so-hard/
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