Fresh off news of money troubles, Rick Perry heads to Iowa State Fair

[TexasTowelie]

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Shrugging off the news that his presidential campaign has run out of money, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced Thursday that he will look for support at the Iowa State Fair next week.

Perry will be holding six events in five of the early-voting state's cities between next Monday and Wednesday, according to his campaign, but the focus will be the fair in Des Moines.

The Republican will be participating in the "Celebrity Griller" event Tuesday afternoon and the "Des Moines Register Soapbox" Wednesday morning.

The soapbox is a tradition that gives candidates 20 minutes to speak to the crowd and take questions. Other candidates to speak include Democratic U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Republicans Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida; Lindsey Graham, a U.S. senator from South Carolina; Rick Santorum, a former U.S. Sen. from Pennsylvania; neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and Mark Everson, a former IRS commissioner.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/us/article/Fresh-off-news-of-money-troubles-Rick-Perry-6443475.php

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. If ya can't pay the staff, feed 'em free corndogs.

[Thor_MN]

2. Oops... If that's a new picture, he is really stupid.

Quick hint for politicians at State Fairs: Avoid corn dogs. If you can't avoid corn dogs, at least avoid cameras while eating corn dogs.

DUH!!!

[PoliticAverse]

3. Can he raise some money with a dunking booth? n/t

[TlalocW]

4. That's just insane

State fairs sell really expensive stuff. He's not thinking fiscally conservatively.

TlalocW