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In reply to the discussion: Report: Rick Perry used painkillers to help him get through debates [View all]SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)33. was he in some kind of genuine pain or was he abusing prescription medication?
how/why did he have pain killers of the sort that rendered him a blithering idiot? And if he required such medication, why did he not just keep his butt at home--or better still, not even try to run for office if routine functioning meant that he had to be doped up?
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Rush sounded for years like he was drunk on the air. His listeners never noticed. Then he told his..
freshwest
Apr 2012
#45
The Repubs are just using this as an excuse. I know him; Rick Perry is that dumb, ALL the time
Brettongarcia
Apr 2012
#31
Exactly. Painkillers enabled you to function at your job. You were not high, you were working.
aquart
Apr 2012
#56
i think the "untruth" may have been that he was singing "Oh, Susannah" instead of
wordpix
Apr 2012
#19
I went through a period of time post-op that I had to take painkillers. I wasn't singing.
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#26
"Dubya Dumber"? Dumb and Dubya Dumber? Got to be a good pun in here somewhere....
Brettongarcia
Apr 2012
#41
was he in some kind of genuine pain or was he abusing prescription medication?
SemperEadem
Apr 2012
#33
He was wasted half the time on the stump as well. Remember his speech from October?
pa28
Apr 2012
#43