“I promise you this, I will work every day to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential to you as I can.” Rick Perry, Republican Party event, Iowa, 2011
Rick Perry is running for president. Playing a shrewd game of Texas Hold ‘Em – the Governor of Texas held his campaign announcement until the moment that the Lone Star leader could take the sparkle off anyone’s Iowa straw poll victory. ’The Response,’ a prayer rally in Houston’s Reliant Stadium at which he virtually called upon God (and country) for support, saying, “we must come together and call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles.” Abraham Foxman, National Director of the ADL said “He called this rally as a governor. He didn’t try to camouflage anything. He’s pleasant and he’s smart, he has good relations with the Jewish community, but this is a conscious disregard of law and authority. What troubles me most is this is his perception of where America is at.”
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