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marmar

(77,091 posts)
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:02 AM Jun 2015

They need a clown 747 .......


Former Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday announced his second bid for the U.S. presidency, seeking to rehabilitate his image nationally after a series of stumbles and gaffes ended his campaign in 2012.

“I am running for president because I know our country’s best days are ahead of us,” Perry said in a statement on his website ahead of a midday kickoff event in the Dallas area.

Perry, 65, has been visiting early nominating states, including Iowa and New Hampshire, to tout his record as Texas governor from 2000 to January 2015. He assumed the governorship as President George W. Bush resigned to become U.S. president, winning reelection three times by double-digit margins to become the longest-serving governor in Texas history. ................(more)

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-04/republican-rick-perry-expected-to-announce-presidential-bid




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They need a clown 747 ....... (Original Post) marmar Jun 2015 OP
Please don't give them anything that flies. lonestarnot Jun 2015 #1
Put 'em on a cruise ship. House of Roberts Jun 2015 #2
Fox News viewers will have to take off their shoes to keep track now underpants Jun 2015 #3

underpants

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3. Fox News viewers will have to take off their shoes to keep track now
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:08 AM
Jun 2015

Perry and, soon, Jindal make the official count 11.

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