Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/11/yelp_macks_perry/
Yelp update ridicules Republican (ex)-hopeful Rick Perry
Two out of three ain't bad
Posted in Government, 11th November 2011 19:26 GMT
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Yelp has released an update for its iPhone app, and in doing so snuck in a not-too-subtle dig at Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry.
For Reg readers either outside the US or living in a cave stateside, Perry uttered an epic FAIL at a Wednesday night debate, forgetting the third US government agency that he planned to eliminate if he were to be elected president:
UPDATE: The stumblin' Perry video formerly available here was yanked from YouTube late on Friday, though the relevant section can be found 1:35 into this longer segment [1] – that is, until it may disappear, as well.
"It's three agencies of government when I get there that are gone," Perry said on national TV at CNBC's "Your Money, Your Vote [2]" confab, "Commerce, Education, and the ... uh ... uh ... what's the third one there? Let's see..."
Perry continued on to dig himself into an even deeper hole, finally ending with a simple "Oops"
Yelp introduced its 5.4.3 update of its iPhone app on Thursday, which featured this description:
Yelp's update gleefully kicks the Texas governor when he's down
When Perry entered the Republican race [3] in August, he quickly shot to the top of polls, passing putative front-runner Mitt "Plain Vanilla" Romney, but quickly sank due to lackluster debate performances and a bizarre – and, to some, apparently alcohol-fueled – campaign speech that became a YouTube must-see [4].
And now he's the butt of iPhone-app-upgrade mockery.
Ah, the vagaries of the American political circus. ®