Experts: Perry Camp Put Russian Ship in Web Video

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A warship, believed to be Russian, that originally appeared in Rick Perry's video on the U.S. military.

WASHINGTON – Rick Perry's political operatives have swapped out two seconds in a video touting the former Texas governor's military history. Experts told The Texas Tribune they believed the warship featured in the original footage was Russian, not American.

The current video, produced by Perry's political action committee, RickPAC, shows a battleship with an American flag at the mast. But as recently as 24 hours ago, the video — released to coincide with Perry's Monday speech at the Citadel in South Carolina — showed a ship that military experts said was more likely a Russian warship. Perry is widely believed to be making a second run for the White House.

“I’m 99 percent sure it’s a Russian ship,” Steven Pifer, a Brookings Institution expert in Russian arms control, wrote in an email. “It looks to me like the Moskva (Russian for Moscow, formerly named Slava), a guided missile cruiser that is the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet."

Perry spokesman Travis Considine did not confirm that the ship was Russian, but said in an email, “As soon as our team noticed the error we fixed it."

Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/perry-appears-show-russian-ship-web-video/

[font color=green]So Rand Paul uses German Shutterstock and Rick Perry uses a Russian ship--it makes one wonder which side these Teabillies support.[/font]

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1. Goodhair is too stupid to be the GOP nominee

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2. If you bet on human greed and stupidity, you won't be wrong too often.