Can someone remind me why Governor Rick Perry is running again?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Thank you in advance.

[arcane1]

1. Super-PAC cash. Also known as newly legalized money laundering n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Or the standard fall back...He's auditioning for a FOX gig./NT

[arcane1]

8. Or the ubiquitous "speaking gig"

Though it might be more like stand-up comedy in his case

[rurallib]

15. or a high paid lobbying gig

although you might need a brain cell for that.

[HornBuckler]

9. Why do I find your reply highly plausible?

I initially laughed and thought that was a succinct but humorous reply and then I started thinking of the reality of it.

[dawg]

2. There are three reasons ...

1. He wants to go down in history.
2. He wants to promote the Republican agenda.

and ... er .... um .....


Oops! I forgot the third one.

[jberryhill]

5. lol

beat me on the button.

[jberryhill]

3. For three good reasons

1. He's over 35,

2. He was born a citizen of the US, and

3. Ummm, oops.

[Ilsa]

23. Bwaaaahahaha!

Best answer yet!

[polichick]

38. Perfect.

[westerebus]

6. You can not fix teh stupid.

He is, there for, he does.

[HassleCat]

11. So he's a platonist?

[westerebus]

25. Evangelical.

Close enough.

[Solly Mack]

7. Because every shit-pile draws flies.

That's why all the GOP contenders are running.

[Duppers]

17. Good one.

[HassleCat]

10. To paraphrase Warren Zevon

His hair is perfect. Ahhhh-ooooo!

[lovemydog]

32. I saw Rick Perry drinking a pina colada at Trader Vick's

Ahhhh-ooooo!

[Laurian]

12. Money.

Probably the motivating factor for most of the clown car occupants. Citizens United created a new career path for "has been" politicians (and neurosurgeons and failed CEOs).

[Thinkingabout]

13. OOPS, he forgot the reasons or he is trying to give competition to Cruz.

[MoonRiver]

14. He's not smart enough to know better?

[Man from Pickens]

16. he gets off on tripping balls while on stage for a live nationally televised Presidential debate

at least that's what I suspect based on his last go-around

[Coventina]

41. LOL! I look forward to more syrup lovin'!!

[OutNow]

18. He assumes that his new glasses make him smarter

at least that's what his handler told him.

[okasha]

19. Because there ain't no cure for stupid.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

20. Cause he didn't embarrass us enough the first time?

That's my guess, anyway.

[angryvet]

21. since he once

recommended Secession...that is a "puzzlement!" I can't imagine someone wanting to secede from the US being wholeheartedly in support of the country. He's a moran.

[valerief]

22. Too stupid for a lobbyist gig? nt

[Ilsa]

24. Texas A&M refused to make him their new

Prez.

Evidently there are a few smart Aggies out there.

[randys1]

26. Isn't most of the clown car under investigation for one crime or another?

And those who are not criminals are just plain stupid, or both

[Avalux]

27. Because he needs cash to defend himself in court.

That's the only reason I can think of - he'll create a PAC and rake in the dough. That's why most of them are jumping into the GOP clown car; they know they don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.

[Rex]

28. The clown car holds 25 clowns and there were a few extra seats.

I had three reasons...but I can only remember two.

[tanyev]

29. 'Cause Murrka! YEE-HAWWWWW!

[Kalidurga]

30. To keep comedians employed.

To remind us that if we pray for rain we might get floods. To prove that stupid conservatives are a little less scary than smart ones.
To be the first presidential candidate to run his campaign from a jail cell.

[Warpy]

31. Money, honey

plus the attention that running a loser campaign that won't get off the ground will afford.

He doesn't have a prayer even in Texas, where prayers mean something.

[sendero]

33. There is nothing quite as unseemly..

.... as dumb ambition. This guy is too thick to realize that to have average smarts he'd need to add a few IQ points.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. He actually believes he can be POTUS

Bless his heart, most politicians that are that ambitious rarely say no.

[Vinca]

35. According to Perry, he wants to unite the country.

[AngryOldDem]

36. Because he can?

Why are any of these tools running?

[lovemydog]

37. He's tough on crime.

Especially homosexuality.

[CK_John]

39. Trying to get a better deal for Club Fed or maybe witness protection program.

[Iggo]

40. Money?

[Buns_of_Fire]

42. He did something horrible in his past.

And his spiritual adviser has told him that, to atone, he must humiliate himself in front of as many people as possible, time after time, for the rest of his life, lest he spend eternity locked in the fourth layer of hell with Michele Bachmann and vicious corn dogs with very large teeth.