I wouldn't say that I particularly like Rick Perry. But I sure do love the swing-for-the-fences, I-swear-to-God-the-apocalypse-is-just-around-the-corner tone of his TV ads. They practically scream "I am so much crazier than you think I am!" The music in this one is particularly good.
Timothy Noah is a New Republic staff writer and author of The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It.
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