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Bill Clinton Thinks Rick Perry Is A "Good Looking Rascal"
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Christopher Robbins
Published Aug 15, 2011
Modified Aug 15, 2011
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Published Aug 15, 2011
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Slick Willie has some thoughts on Governor Goodhair. At a gathering of the International Association of Fire Fighters this morning in Manhattan, William Jefferson Clinton told the audience, "I got tickled by watching Governor Perry announce for governor, for president. He's a good looking rascal." Uh-oh, Rick. Better rescind that fall internship application at the Clinton Foundation unless you want to be "eating pizza" behind closed doors!
According to PolitickerNY, Clinton then assailed Perry's "small government" bombast:
“And he’s saying ‘Oh, I’m going to Washington to make sure that the federal government stays as far away from you as possible -while I ride on Air Force One and that Marine One helicopter and go to Camp David and travel around the world and have a good time.’ I mean, this is crazy.”
Indeed. If Rick Perry gets elected, he must eschew the White House and govern from his home in Texas, just like the last Lone Star president.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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