Perino: ‘math is not my strong suit.’
By on Jan 23rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Perino: ‘math is not my strong suit.’
In today’s press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the new CBO estimate on the skyrocketing deficit. Perino didn’t have much of an answer, however, and simply replied, “Well, I don’t know how they come to all of their numbers at CBO. It’s a little bit — math is not my strong suit.” Watch it:
Poor math skills obviously run in the Bush administration. In September, President Bush said he couldn’t predict whether there would be a recession because he “got a B in Econ 101.”
UPDATE: Perino isn’t so hot at history either.
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her stupidity makes her just that more less attractive.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 pmSo Dana, what exactly is your strong suit?
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 pmSo Dana, what exactly is your strong suit?
No one in GDumbya’s Keystone Kops gang has a strong suit. It just wouldn’t be good to have anyone in the White House showing up GDumbya so they all have to have the IQ of a rock.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:55 pmClueless, rudderless, the ship of state flounders, broaches and generally just gets pounded by the wind and waves.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 pmSo Dana, what exactly is your strong suit?
Comment by Shayne — January 23, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Uh, clubs?
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:57 pmmath is not my strong suit.
neither is responding directly to questions, apparently, since the answer the reporter sought didn’t ask for the Lying Sack of Cuteâ„¢ to calculate anything.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:57 pmPerino must be the only person who will take the job of defending Bush everyday.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:57 pmPresident Bush said he couldn’t predict whether there would be a recession because he “got a B in Econ 101.â€
Alas, like the lies in the runup to the Iraq War, this, too, is a lie.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:59 pmCare to admit your “gentleman’s C,” Mr. Preznit?
JANE CURTIN:”Mr. President, you said that the Humphrey-Hawkins bill will cost a possible $60 billion, but assuming a job growth of 5% over a period of seven years with net annual incomes ranging from $20,000 to $32,000, isn’t it true that the jobs provided by the bill will create up to $150 billion in increased tax revenue?”
CHEVY CHASE as GERALD FORD:”It was my understanding that there would be no math.”
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 pmLet me see Dana…that is math, grammer, geography, temper, hairstyle, make up, that you are NOT good at.
You are, however, an excellent LIAR……
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 pmSo Dana, what exactly is your strong suit?
Comment by Shayne — January 23, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Donna Karan?
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:10 pmOh come on, Jack Jett… Dana is pretty good at makeup.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pmPerino didn’t have much of an answer, however, and simply replied, “Well, I don’t know how they come to all of their numbers at CBO.
It’s very simple Dana, all you have to do is add.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:14 pmAnd then you subtract your bills from the money you have.
If you don’t have enough money, that’s when it gets complicated.
Dana Idunkno
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:17 pmGood grief. What a retarded little POS!!
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:25 pmAnother “Oh, Dana” moment.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:25 pmDon’t know much about history,
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:39 pmDon’t know much Biology,
Don’t know much about Science Books,
Don’t know much about th ………
Being fair means noting that no one can predict the future.
#9 is right. Unless I see a scanned copy of his transcript I will never believe he got a B in economics.
Also, a person cannot maintain good health lying for a living.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:41 pmMs. Perino: Math is not her “strong suit”; Truth is also not her “strong suit”. Maybe it’s time for her to get her effin suit out of there since she’s making a blathering idiot of herself?
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:47 pmTruthfulness isn’t her strong suit EITHER! ;)
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:02 pmI wouldn’t exactly call a fuschia suit strong.
Trollopish perhaps, or tawdry…
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:06 pmfuchsia…..
I tried that, but it came out looking to much like phucksya, so I spelled it my way.
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 pmCorrect spelling is fuchsia.
Comment by sjc001 — January 23, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
This does not appear to be a sentence. Best to leave typos alone as they are to be expected and open you up for the same
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:21 pmAs my family would say, “More stupid that a paper bag of hammers!”
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:26 pmDana’s strong suit:
http://www.fredericks.com/ product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Holiday2002&category%5Fname=Clothing%2DParty&product%5Fid=23737
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 pmDoes she have a strong suit?
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 pmI am so glad the ladies stopped wearing those stupid shoulder pads in their strong suits.
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm#7 ralph - ha!! - i like that ‘lying sack of cute’ description - why do the press even bother asking her anything? - she knows nothing,and she comes out with more muddled,bumbling cringeworthy non-answers than the chimp does - i can make more sense out of a dr. seuss book
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:58 pmShaun, credit where credit is due — I stole that title from Stephanie Miller. I think she may have gotten it from one of her listeners.
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm#31 - fair enough ralph - but regardless of who said it,it is still funny
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:58 pmSo Dana, what exactly is your strong suit?
Probably that Bush and Cheney scream her name as they’re getting one off solo style. Oh wait, that’s Ann Coulter.
Perino, the amazing blonde dumbshell has no strong suits. Oh wait, she lies like a cheap rug. That has to be it!
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:07 pmBarbie doll says “Math class is hard”.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:09 pmSo Dana, what exactly is your strong suit?
Taking little RapeubliNazi dix in her bvt.
She LIKES them tiny, just like her bvtplug collection.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 pmI have to confess I don’t know how they come up with those numbers at CBO either! And I’m good a math! I think they just make them up! :)
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:31 pmHmmm… lessee here
History… F
Math… F
Ethics… Hey, what’s lower than an F?
I really didn’t think they could find anyone worse than SnowJob.
As usual, I misunderestimated the ShrubAdministration…
January 24th, 2008 at 12:09 amBush only thinks he got a B in Econ101 because what he really got was an F in Alphabet.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:54 amWhat the hell IS her strong suit?
January 24th, 2008 at 11:49 amSUCH A STUPID BIMBO THIS WOMAN IS…
January 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm