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MADem

(135,425 posts)
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 02:19 AM Apr 2012

Was Rick Perry high as a kite when he got all flaky in those debates, etc? [View all]

His people deny it vociferously, of course.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/04/report-rick-perry-allegedly-us.html

"It became an open secret that he was using painkillers in sufficient dosages to keep him standing through the two-hour debates," the eBook says, according to The Daily Caller.

The eBook also describes the "manager of a rival campaign" encountering Perry singing "I've Been Working on the Railroad" in the bathroom before a New Hampshire debate..."The campaign manager made a hasty exit; as the bathroom door closed, he could hear Perry still merrily singing away: "I-I-I've been working on the ra-a-i-i-l-road, all-l-l the live-long day," the excerpt says.

In mid-December, Perry acknowledged that lingering side effects from the surgery had left him "pretty fatigued" and that he became "different candidate" after recovering more fully. He also admitted in February that his campaign suffered from him having the surgery so close to his presidential bid.

But Perry's aides have been adamant in denying the governor's use of painkillers, particularly in connection with his public debates and speeches. And the governor himself dismissed the rumors in November, after an animated speech he gave in New Hampshire.
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Kennedy and Nixon were seated denem Apr 2012 #1
Good grief. MADem Apr 2012 #3
Ferry underwent back surgery in July 2011. denem Apr 2012 #6
You failed to pull the string in your initial commentary. MADem Apr 2012 #12
Reminds me of this scene from The West Wing... Drunken Irishman Apr 2012 #2
"I wasn't supposed to take them both?" nt MADem Apr 2012 #4
"Was I just saying something?" sarge43 Apr 2012 #7
Toby, Toby, Toby, Toby, Toby. Toby's a nice name. charlie and algernon Apr 2012 #10
naw; he is just stupid Skittles Apr 2012 #5
Yeah, you don't need pills for The Stupid. n/t sarge43 Apr 2012 #8
I'd never seen him act that goofy before. tanyev Apr 2012 #9
I think he was high, myself. He can deny it all the live-long day. MADem Apr 2012 #11
Compare him to the world standard of stoned: Mopar151 Apr 2012 #13
Barris seems much more ... lucid! nt MADem Apr 2012 #16
Surgery for what?? Major Hogwash Apr 2012 #14
Supposedly, his back...? nt MADem Apr 2012 #15
Yeah, right. Major Hogwash Apr 2012 #17
Maybe he fell off the crapper after taking a serious strain. MADem Apr 2012 #20
I pegged him as an oxycontin user SoFlaJet Apr 2012 #18
Good for you! MADem Apr 2012 #19
Back surgery libodem Apr 2012 #21
Ouch--sorry for your pain, that can't be fun. MADem Apr 2012 #22
Thank you sister girl libodem Apr 2012 #23
Awwww man....I miss Perry.....he was so entertaining Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #24
He was funny, I will give him that~! nt MADem Apr 2012 #25
Why deny, it's a reasonable excuse. timesup Apr 2012 #26
It probably would have been better for him if he had so done. MADem Apr 2012 #27
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