Rick Perry's Greatest Gaffes

[pokerfan]

I'm going to miss that guy. (I say this whenever I knock someone out of a poker tournament, but in those cases, those guys invariably have much more going on upstairs than our dear friend, Ricky.

5. "You can always follow me on Tweeter." —Rick Perry, mistakenly referring to the social networking site Twitter in a videotaped message to a crowd of conservative bloggers and social networkers, Minneapolis, June 21, 2011

4. "No greater example of it than this administration sending millions of dollars into the solar industry, and we lost that money. I want to say it was over $500 million that went to the country Solyndra." —Rick Perry

3. "The reason that we fought the [American] Revolution in the 16th century — was to get away from that kind of onerous crown, if you will." —Rick Perry, getting the date of the American Revolution wrong by two centuries

http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2012/01/19/rick-perrys-greatest-gaffes.htm

[snagglepuss]

1. Bkmkd

[pokerfan]

2. He was pretty much Sarah Palin wit better hair

Completely clueless on foreign affairs.

[lpbk2713]

3. The late night talk show comics will miss Perry.

It was almost like having Dumbya back again.

[jberryhill]

4. This reality show has lost a truly entertaining cast member

The maple syrup speech was one for the ages!

[pokerfan]

5. What might have been...

[jberryhill]

6. Lol

Doesn't every parting candidate get a spot on Colbert's show?