It’s only been a few weeks since he entered, but Rick Perry quickly vaulted to the top of the Republican field. He seemed like the dream candidate for Tea Party voters: he denies the existence of climate change, he calls top government officials treasonous and hints that they should be roughed up, creationism should be taught side-by-side with evolution, and women seeking an abortion should be subject to seeing an ultrasound of the fetus. Social Security is not only a Ponzi scheme for him, but it is unconstitutional. If the Tea Party were a graduation class, Rick Perry would graduate valedictorian.
But wait… in that shiny sheen of right-wing nastiness there lies a potentially mortal weakness for this living Tea Party messiah. In 1988, Rick Perry was the campaign chairman for a Senator from Tennessee… a certain Albert Gore, Jr.
Yes, that Al Gore. Cue attack ad!
If there’s one thing that Teabaggers hate more than anything, if one person unites them behind their small-minded ideology, that person would be Al Gore. Perry talks a good game today, speaking to the core concerns of a Republican Party that has been hijacked by right-wing extremists, but he is eventually going to have to answer for his past. Why did he not only support Al Gore, but act as his campaign chairman in Texas?
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