I don't think the tights will go over well in the South.

Shaggy_C: I don't think the tights will go over well in the South.

Exercise is for elitist liberals!

He stayed in because Bachmann dropped out. If Bachmann hadn't dropped out this morning, Perry would have dropped out. Anyway, he probably figures he can get some of Bachmann's support. Good theory, but Bachmann didn't actually have any support.

Plus he probably still has a couple of million dollars left to blow from the massive haul he got in mid August when the GOP elite had a fantasy that he was a good candidate. You know, before he opened his mouth.

The reason is $.

He just purchased a bunch of ad time in SC a couple days ago. Probably figures he should just stick around for a couple more weeks to see how things work out. It's not like it costs him much money to stay in the race. Besides, he has another debate to flub this weekend.

Anyone who pisses away Republican contributors money on a hopeless cause is okay by me.

He's staying in because America needs a decisive leader like Rick Perry, because he's the only true conservative running, and because...because...well, there was another reason but I can't think of it right now.

Rick Perry's hoping that South Carolina voters won't think he's really stupid too.

This is what happens when you've got your tweets pre-programmed in HootSuite.

He's out. Book it. Done.

Good. I don't want all of the evangelical vote concentrating on Santorum.

RICK PERRY: I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a dumbass - it's a well established fact by now - but you don't need to be in the politics tab every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when I can run for President and get treated as a serious candidate, but our kids can't openly celebrate critical thinking or learn about politics from examples who aren't idiots and charlatans.

As President, I'll - um... ... ... ... oops. Well, I'll fight against liberal attacks on our Rick Perritage, because I have faith. Mostly, faith that I can angle for a Cabinet post. Vice President? No? How about Secretary of Defense? I'm Governor of Texas, dammit. If I stay in this thing long enough, everyone will be over Rick Santorum, and they'll have to find someone else whose most significant political position is sh*tting all over gay heroes.

Ego made America strong. I may have ambitions that don't live up to my talents or reality. And that makes me real Presidential.
I'm Rick Perry, and I approve this message.

Tommy Moo: Good. I don't want all of the evangelical vote concentrating on Santorum.

I swear I read this as "I don't want all of the evangelical vote concentrating on Sauron."

I love being in my brain.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Old enough to know better: Anyone who pisses away Republican contributors money on a hopeless cause is okay by me.

Hell, vote Snarcoleptic_Hoosier for President. I'll piss away more money than any Republican in the field. I'm not even 35, I've been convicted of treason against the United States, I was born in France, and I've only lived here for 6 years! But I love the Constitution so much, that I'm willing to buttfark it like a good Republican.

***Paid for by the "Snarcoleptic for President" SuperPAC***

Hmm... you didn't mention Reagan even once, or any Peggy Noonan-penned clichés. How do we know you REALLY love Reagan? Because Reagan is America.

Rick Perry has assessed that the Iowa voters don't know what they're talking about, stays in the race book tour for some reason

FIFY

I don't get what he hoped to achieve with that photo, but its hilarious non the less.

2wolves: Jon Stewart says fifteen Hail Marys Pontius Pilates...

FTFJew.

he's hoping for the conservative southern evangelicals to whom romney's mormonism and santorum's frothy catholicism are heretical. he looks just as good in a suit as romney but expect to see him in a cowboy hat soon talking 'bout 'real america' and such.

Shaggy_C: I don't think the tights will go over well in the South.

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Making a play for those Palin votes I see.

This is free publicity for the book he is going to sell to right wing christian extremists.

Shaggy_C: I don't think the tights will go over well in the South.

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Looks like he's going to jump in the lake.

Good news, for Obama.

I feel like taking some weeks off and helping Perry win the South Carolina Republican primary.

We need a comic foil for Santorum, mostly.

Holy crap! Is he a complete moro... Oh, right.

Maybe Comedy Central paid him to stay in. Colbert and Daily Show need the material.

//with the sad loss of Crazy Eyes will leave them with just Santorum jokes

See what he can scavenge after Newt throws a few grenades at Romney is my guess.

there's really no reason for him not to stay in and run millions of dollars in ads in Texas. that's what i'd do.

culebra: Making a play for those Palin votes I see.

Why is she running on a path to nowhere? It leads right into the water. Perry, on the other hand, seems to be standing in the midst of a bunch of tall weeds in the middle of nowhere.

because $$$$$$

sprawl15: 2wolves: Jon Stewart says fifteen Hail Marys Pontius Pilates...

FTFJew.

Pontius Pilate was a roman.

FTFharisees.

Perry was going to drop out, but since Bachmann did it first, he thinks the Bachman supporters will go migrate to him. It's all pretty lucky for Romney, who could lose to Santorum if both Bachmann and Perry supporters move to Santorum.

It still won't matter, because Perry and Bachmann's combined votes in Iowa was only 15%

He's only in this to get more contributions.

thoughtpol: there's really no reason for him not to stay in and run millions of dollars in ads in Texas. that's what i'd do.

Yep, that would be a great idea as long as he never said a word himself. But, you realize this is Rick Perry?

Rick Perry comes across as a reasonably decent conservative guy, kind of like my father, when he acts himself. That first-year governor of Texas Rick Perry -- who signed legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to attend Texas colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates instead of paying international fees -- is a decent guy making the best of a difficult situation.

Not that I would vote for him, but I have always wondered why these guys drop out after the first or second caucus/primary/coin flip/lottery. Wouldn't you want to hit a few more of the states, especially the bigger ones, to get a real idea of how the campaign is doing?

"Oh noes! Some farmers in Iowa didn't like me as much as that other jerk, I'm dropping out now!"

Meanwhile us farkers here in STATE I LIVE IN don't get a chance to not vote for him in our primary/bingo game/shoot-out.

Oh please let him double down and do another I'm a persecuted christian and I hate gays video. Only this time have kamikaze eagles and explosions.

Thwack: Not that I would vote for him, but I have always wondered why these guys drop out after the first or second caucus/primary/coin flip/lottery.

When the money flow dries up the candidate has to drop out. Big donors support a candidate only if they think the candidate will win. "Money is the mother's milk of politics." Jesse Unruh.

Mitt Romney: Hey Rick.

Rick Perry: Hey Mitt.

MR: So, I know you said you're gonna suspend your campaign.

RP: Yep. Just makes sense, I guess. I'm not gonna win.

MR: Yeah. Yeah... see the thing is... well, what if I said that I and a lot of our friends would be really appreciative if you hung in there until South Carolina.

RP: Well I appreciate your confidence, but really it's hopeless--

MR: Well, our friends would really like you to reconsider.

RP: Mitt, I don't know who the hell you're talking about. Our friends? I don't think we have a lot of mutual acquaintances. Like I said, I appreciate your confidence in my campaign but--

MR: Look here dumbass! I know you're not going to win, but let me put it to you in plain English... wait, let me put it to you in Retard Talk since you don't seem to understand plain English... We-- and by we I mean the Republican Party and our corporate friends-- can't let some freakshow super Christian win the farking nomination because a bunch of backwards ass yokels think I'm all about killing babies and are retarded enough to let that be their wedge issue. So...we need you to stay in this thing through South Carolina to fracture butt-juice's voting base. This isn't a request. But on the bright side, I'm willing to campaign hard for you in Texas when you're up for reelection or when you decide you want to be in the Senate or whatever. Do you understand?

RP: Did you just say butt juice?

MR: *sigh* Rick, put your campaign manager on the phone...

ORLY TITS: MR: Look here dumbass! I know you're not going to win, but let me put it to you in plain English... wait, let me put it to you in Retard Talk since you don't seem to understand plain English... We-- and by we I mean the Republican Party and our corporate friends-- can't let some freakshow super Christian win the farking nomination because a bunch of backwards ass yokels think I'm all about killing babies and are retarded enough to let that be their wedge issue. So...we need you to stay in this thing through South Carolina to fracture butt-juice's voting base. This isn't a request. But on the bright side, I'm willing to campaign hard for you in Texas when you're up for reelection or when you decide you want to be in the Senate or whatever. Do you understand?

RP: Did you just say butt juice?

MR: *sigh* Rick, put your campaign manager on the phone...

/slow clap

Someone needs to post all the political ads from South Carolina. Two derps enter! One derp leaves! Two derps enter! One derp leaves!

OH, there you are Perry

Delay: Thwack: Not that I would vote for him, but I have always wondered why these guys drop out after the first or second caucus/primary/coin flip/lottery.

When the money flow dries up the candidate has to drop out. Big donors support a candidate only if they think the candidate will win. "Money is the mother's milk of politics." Jesse Unruh.

I understand the money issue, but that does not answer my question. If the candidate is the money and the money is the candidate, why does the money give up because the can't win over a few thousand people in a flyover state? Why does that little place get to decide for the rest of us? My first vote was in '84 and I've had "my" candidate drop out long before the primary in MY BIG IMPORTANT STATE many times in the past. If Iowa has X votes to give towards the nomination of a candidate and my state has X^4 votes, why the fark do they care about Iowa?

Answering my own question: Because nothing really matters. The reptillians decide who wins. Or crab people. Or the Bohemian Grove. Maybe the Illuminati, or Stonecutters. Masons? Bilderberg? Surely not me.

ORLY TITS: Mitt Romney: Hey Rick.

Rick Perry: Hey Mitt.

MR: So, I know you said you're gonna suspend your campaign.

RP: Yep. Just makes sense, I guess. I'm not gonna win.

MR: Yeah. Yeah... see the thing is... well, what if I said that I and a lot of our friends would be really appreciative if you hung in there until South Carolina.

RP: Well I appreciate your confidence, but really it's hopeless--

MR: Well, our friends would really like you to reconsider.

RP: Mitt, I don't know who the hell you're talking about. Our friends? I don't think we have a lot of mutual acquaintances. Like I said, I appreciate your confidence in my campaign but--

MR: Look here dumbass! I know you're not going to win, but let me put it to you in plain English... wait, let me put it to you in Retard Talk since you don't seem to understand plain English... We-- and by we I mean the Republican Party and our corporate friends-- can't let some freakshow super Christian win the farking nomination because a bunch of backwards ass yokels think I'm all about killing babies and are retarded enough to let that be their wedge issue. So...we need you to stay in this thing through South Carolina to fracture butt-juice's voting base. This isn't a request. But on the bright side, I'm willing to campaign hard for you in Texas when you're up for reelection or when you decide you want to be in the Senate or whatever. Do you understand?

RP: Did you just say butt juice?

MR: *sigh* Rick, put your campaign manager on the phone...

Perry knows he's only going to hurt Santorum(and probably hold Gingrich back a bit too) and hand the nomination to Romney. He's running for VP now and knows that Romney will need a southern evangelical on the ticket.

Thwack: Answering my own question: Because nothing really matters. The reptillians decide who wins. Or crab people. Or the Bohemian Grove. Maybe the Illuminati, or Stonecutters. Masons? Bilderberg? Surely not me.

Yep. You got it. Who stands to provide the richest military contracts and the greatest tax cuts for the rich by duping the public? Romney or Perry. It would seem that Romney gets the nomination.

Ninety percent of the Republicans in Iowa weren't buying what Rick Perry was selling.

Just throwing that out there. I hope I move out of Texas before I have to deal with what he's done to our schools.

bsharitt: Perry knows he's only going to hurt Santorum(and probably hold Gingrich back a bit too) and hand the nomination to Romney. He's running for VP now and knows that Romney will need a southern evangelical on the ticket.

I thought Romney's VP was already selected: Governor Susana Martinez. Her husband is a cop.

Shaggy_C: I don't think the tights will go over well in the South.

At least he's not wearing his Brokeback Mountain jacket this time.