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The Texas Governor Massacre: Video Tribute To Perry

Rick Perry

He charged in to the race with a glorious “thumbs up” and faded out with the same gesture.

Rick Perry stayed as positive as he could throughout his campaign despite…well… pretty much every single thing that happened once he got in to the race.

From a “loopy speech” on a bit too much “back medicine” to his attack on gays in the military, you could always expect that Governer Perry would throw out something surprising.

TPM trawled back through an eventful few months and here we bring you our favorite moments from Rick Perry For President 2012.

Michael Lester

Originally from Scotland, Michael was a freelance video editor before joining TPM in the summer of 2011. He lives in New York with his wife and two cats and is a lifelong fan of The World Famous Dundee United.

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