Rick Perry continues to be awesome

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2012/03/rick_perry_a_hit_at_gridiron_d.html

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In a hilarious routine, Perry reminded the audience, "with all my gaffes, people forgot I once led the Republican primary. It was the three most exhilarating hours of my life. Awesome."

Perry spoke for the Republicans at the club's 127th annual dinner; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee for the Democrats and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stood in for President Barack Obama.

On having to quit his White House bid, Perry said, "Here is the hardest part for me. It was the weakest Republican field in history, and they kicked my butt."

And on Romney, now the GOP front-runner, Perry laid it on: "I like Mitt Romney as much as one really good-looking man can like a really good-looking man and not break Texas law."

Perry noted that Obama skipped the Gridiron Dinner because he was in Korea--visiting on the trip the demilitarized zone known as the DMZ. Making fun of his penchant for gaffes and lampooning birthers, Perry wondered by Obama had to go to the DMZ.

"Would somebody tell me why do you have to go all the way to Korea to get a driver's license? It must be something to do with that birth certificate thing."

Perry recalled how his presidential campaign was short-circuited by poor debate performances and how he did not catch a break.

"I keep waiting for Mitt to say, 'Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?'"

"My problem is saying stuff that isn't right. Mitt's problem is saying stuff that is."

"My gaffes start countering each other, they are canceling each other out. Some have said that my debating style is similar to that other Texas Cicero," former President Bush.

"The only difference between George and me is I say 'oops.'"

He said Bush is very "hands on" in planning his presidential library in Texas. "My favorite part [of his presidential library] is the petting zoo."

Perry said he enjoyed needling Santorum during the campaign.

"Rick tell me again, which one of the Village People are you? You the policeman or the Indian."

"I do wish I was still in the race," he said, recalling that he is a governor from a big state, a military pilot with a degree in animal husbandry from Texas A&M.

"Animal husbandry. That sounds what Rick Santorum thinks gay marriage leads to."

Perry said after his campaign experience his motto is, "If you can't make fun of yourself, well, there's always Herman Cain."

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