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Rick Perry Does Top Ten ‘Excuses’ On Letterman: ‘I Just Learned Justin Bieber Is My Father’

Rick Perry Does Top Ten ‘Excuses’ On Letterman: ‘I Just Learned Justin Bieber Is My Father’

Rick Perry continued making excuses for his poor performance at Wednesday night’s debate by going on David Letterman’s show to poke fun at how many excuses he’s been making.

Perry did the “Top Ten Rick Perry Excuses” on Thursday night’s show, which included: “Actually there were three reasons I messed up last night. One was the nerves, two was the headache and three…uh…uh…oops.”

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