Rick Perry’s presidential campaign releases first ad

by Reeve Hamilton of The Texas Tribune

And if anyone was wondering, it also notes that Perry is "conservative to the core."

In the first ad of his campaign, newly announced presidential candidate Rick Perry takes his fight right to the steps of the White House. The ad is titled "Time to Get America Working Again."

The spot opens with a shot of the iconic presidential abode and the question, "Is this the change Americans voted for in 2008?" After knocking the federal government and the president for economic issues from current unemployment rates to the country's recent credit rating downgrade from Standard & Poor's, the ad transitions into an introduction of Perry.

Starting in his hometown of Paint Creek, where Perry "learned the values of hard work, patriotism and faith in God," the slightly more than two-minute spot moves through his bio all the way to the governor's mansion. For political history junkies, it includes clips from some classic Perry campaign ads.

And if anyone was wondering, it also notes that Perry is "conservative to the core."

The voice-over in the ad is provided by actor D.B. Sweeney, who played "Shoeless Joe" Jackson in Eight Men Out and Dish Boggett in Lonesome Dove.

Here's the full ad:

Rick Perry: Time to Get America Working Again

Video from YouTube user RPerry2012

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u4ea50, anonymous:

Feeling nauseous. Sticking my finger down my throat.

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RobertB, anonymous:

Um, actually, it is the change I voted for in November. I voted to change the Bush-era policies that gave us massive war debt and untouchable tax breaks for corporate jets and their owners, which led to our country's credit rating being downgraded.

I value hard work, patriotism, and faith in God, too. That's why I'm angred by a right-wing fringe that takes the lazy way of obstructionism, rather than the hard work of compromise. I'm beyond angry at the Tea Party's denunciation of all things governmental, because I'm a patriot; I believe my country and its system of government is the best in the world and I'm tired of it being insulted. And I can only pray for forgiveness for those who have used the name of my Savior as a way to get themselves on the evening news.

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Jason Rice, verified:

As I have heard it put beautifully by an Old West Texas Codger :
"I'd be more impressed if he ever went to church without a camera crew."

My school administration friends, discussing his "Education" appearances, confided that he flatly refuses to allow children in the room until it is time for the "end of appearance photo op." Not many fans in that club.

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