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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) erred when trying to name the criminal charges he's facing during his recent visit to New Hampshire ahead of a potential 2016 presidential bid.
"Ive been indicted by that same body now for I think two counts, one of bribery, which Im not a lawyer, so I dont really understand the details here," he said, as quoted by ABC News on Friday.
In actuality, Perry was indicted on one count of "abuse of official capacity" and one count of "coercion of a public servant." Not bribery.
The word bribery is not mentioned in the language of either of the two statutes.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/rick-perry-criminal-charges-oops
update to add toon:
napi21
(45,806 posts)Im surprised he doesmt get lost trying to find his house from his office!
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Now he is 0 for 2.
Classic Perry at 1:00 here:
Cirque du So-What
(26,065 posts)What else do you have on your guilty conscience? Rhetorical question, considering that (p)Rick Perry has a conscience at all. Still, these Freudian slips are amusing.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,238 posts)I made that joke a week ago, and it would break my heart to see truth emulating fiction.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)not up to the top job!
unblock
(52,611 posts)"also I never killed anyone and there are no bodies buried in my backyard. no point at all in digging *right over there*, nothing under there but dirt!"
deminks
(11,039 posts)is there something else we should know about? Hmmm?
bullwinkle428
(20,632 posts)Good luck with that, Goodhair!
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