Perry builds tv ad around debate gaffe

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Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, is using a debate gaffe that many thought might end his presidential campaign to appeal to Iowa voters by emphasizing his outsider status.

The ad opens with video of Perry forgetting the third government agency he would cut as president (Energy Department) and closes with the governor saying, “I’m Rick Perry and — what’s that line again? I’m Rick Perry and I approve this message.”

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