‘When I Hear 9-9-9, I Want to Call 9-1-1′
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ABC News’ Arlette Saenz reports:
With her husband sinking in the polls, Anita Perry went on the attack today. Her target: Herman Cain, the candidate who is on the rise.
When asked about her husband’s tax plan, Perry turned her sights to the signature economic plan of Cain’s campaign, 9-9-9.
“When I hear 9-9-9, I want to call 9-1-1,” Anita Perry told a group of women at the Cribbs Kitchen in Spartanburg, S.C.
Anita Perry, who is campaigning for Texas Gov. Rick Perry in South Carolina today and Friday, touted her husband’s economic accomplishments and said he’d use his Texas strategies to spur job growth across the country.
“He doesn’t need a 9-9-9 plan,” she said. “He doesn’t need a 59-point plan. He has one plan and he knows how to do it because he’s done it in Texas.”
An audience member expressed her disappointment that Cain’s 9-9-9 plan has received all the attention lately while Perry’s accomplishments have not been as well analyzed on the national scene.
“Mr. Cain’s been in this race longer than we have. Mr. Romney’s been running for six years,” Anita Perry said. “It’s taken us a little time. I’m not going to make an excuse but I will give you the facts. Eight weeks, and we’re behind the power a little bit, the power curve a little bit . That’s why I’m here and he’s somewhere else today. We’re trying to get our message out and the misconceptions that have been thrown at him, that perhaps he hasn’t answered as well as I would’ve liked for him to have.
Perry shared her opinion that the debates have not given her husband the time needed to explain his initiatives and accomplishments.
“I think the debates have been unfair,” she said. “I think he’s been the recipient of arrows.”
When asked by ABC News how the couple have fared the past month, Perry said, “It’s kind of been a brutal month, but we are survivors, and we are warriors and we are climbing up that hill to save America.”
As for the sagging poll numbers, Perry was not fazed, saying they’re working on fighting their way back to the top spot.
“We were ahead in the polls four weeks ago, three weeks ago,” she said, ”and it’s part of the process and, like I said, we’re fighters, and we’re on the way back.”
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Why is Herman Cain getting so much attention because he was a business CEO?. I’m just guessing but I’ll bet Godfathers pizza ranks the in lower 50% of the fast food industry. If he’s elected America will probally rank in the lower 50% of world economies. Now he’s up in New hampshire trying to convince those common sense people that since they don’t have state sales tax they need a federal one.
Posted by: tmferretti | October 13, 2011, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm
Ms. Perry, this article: ““I think the debates have been unfair,” she said. “I think he’s been the recipient of arrows.”
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LOL! …….. Yep… spoken like a true “RIGHT-WHINER”…. hehehehehe!
Ms. Perry, your husband is “toast”. Maybe next time…. OK? :-)
Posted by: Forrest Gump Is A Republican | October 13, 2011, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm
unlike our sitting prsident mr cain actually had jobs in the private sector. mr cain has 5000 pct more experience than obama.nuff said.
Posted by: catman | October 13, 2011, 3:12 pm 3:12 pm
Why is Herman Cain getting so much attention because he was a business CEO?. I’m just guessing but I’ll bet Godfathers pizza ranks the in lower 50% of the fast food industry. Posted by: tmferretti | October 13, 2011, 2:49 pm.
When he became the CEO, Godfathers was losing money. Within 14 months, he made it profitable. How? By CLOSING over 400 locations – approximately half of all Godfather’s Pizzas. I wonder how many people he personally sent to the unemployment line………..?
Posted by: Searambler | October 13, 2011, 3:23 pm 3:23 pm
I just don’t understand why he thinks a 9 % sales tax is constructive. The CEOs, he was one of , keep saying the biggest issue that concerns them is the lack of consumer spending, not taxes not regulatons. A 9% sales tax will slow consumer spending down even more. He just has no common sense.
Posted by: tmferretti | October 13, 2011, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm
Mrs. Perry is hot. Way tp go, Mr.Perry. TX women are the hottest things God give to human kind.
Posted by: acdc2012 | October 13, 2011, 3:56 pm 3:56 pm
Debates have been unfair??? Why, because he comes off looking like an idiot? IF the people of this Nation have a brain, then Mr. Perry will NOT be the Republican Nominee!!!
Posted by: demNme5 | October 13, 2011, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm
It is absolutely surreal reading comments from Obama supporters attacking someone for lack of qualifications, lack of experience(because Obama had so much of it when he was elected) or incompetence. There is no measure by which Barack Obama’s presidency has not been a complete disaster, not one (unless you count number of vacations taken or number of golf rounds played), yet his dwindling number of supporters still act as if they can bash other candidates for incompetence without being utter hypocrites. Even worse is those who are so ignorant that they are unaware that Cain hasn’t been CEO of Godfather’s Pizza in over 15 years. The post from tmferretti is a perfect example. As one commenter pointed out, as least Cain has had a private sector job. As for the idiots discussing the closing of Godfather’s Pizza restaurants, it doesn’t surprise me that liberal morons(sorry for the redundance) believe a business should keep hemorrhaging amounts of money that threaten the existence of the entire business by keeping open stores that are not even remotely capable of turning a profit.
For comparison purposes, let us examine the “record” of Barack Obama. Under Obama we have had: the longest stretch of 9% or greater unemployment in US history. The highest national debt ever, the highest percentage of debt to GDP since the 1940s, the decade we were fighting a war that literally determined the fate of mankind, an increase, in 2.5 yrs, to the national debt of the same amount it took eight years for Bush to “accomplish”, the highest percentage of Americans on public assistance in US history, the highest poverty rate in decades, the largest decline in home sales since the statistic has been kept, one of the largest declines in home prices ever, the highest number of foreclosures in US history, the worst long term unemployment crisis in US history, the largest decline in personal income in decades, a U6 unemployment rate over 16%, the lowest labor participation rate since the Great Depression, minority unemployment rates over 25%, monthly deficits that are greater than yearly deficits under George W. Bush, a record number of uninsured Americans, the highest average health insurance premiums in US history. The list goes on and on and. on.
The bottom line is this: anyone who voted for or supported Barack Obama long ago surrendered his right to make fun of or question the competence of any other politician.
Posted by: Obama is Carter | October 13, 2011, 5:18 pm 5:18 pm
Mrs Perry. I dont know you. I do like your husband. I would like to have faith in him. For him to win the nomination he has to kick butt at the next debate. NO MORE snoozing. He needs a plan NOW.
Come on.
Posted by: smb | October 13, 2011, 6:05 pm 6:05 pm
Ha, ha, ha, another funny quip.
Posted by: MCGIRV | October 13, 2011, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
Obama is Carter says” anyone who voted for or supported Barack Obama long ago surrendered his right to make fun of or question the competence of any other politician.”
So you are saying 53% of this nation should not criticize or critique other potential candidates? Well… if that were the case a Republican might win. Unfortunately for the Motley Crew on the Debate Teams for the GOP, that 53% is well aware of what a New “Bush” would do to this nation… so don’t get your hopes up.
Posted by: DewyB | October 14, 2011, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm