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Is Rick Perry dumb?

By Charlie Spiering
Published August 29, 2011 4:00am ET
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Is Rick Perry dumb?
The latest from Politico’s Jonathan Martin asks, ‘Is Rick Perry dumb?’ The answer is simple: Democrats say yes, but if you talk to Perry advisors, they’ll tell you ‘no.’ Other Republicans will chuckle and shake their heads. It’s a throwback to media reports during the Bush and Reagan eras: Rising charismatic Republicans are intellectual lightweights […]

The latest from Politico’s Jonathan Martin asks, ‘Is Rick Perry dumb?’

The answer is simple: Democrats say yes, but if you talk to Perry advisors, they’ll tell you ‘no.’ Other Republicans will chuckle and shake their heads.

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