Another thing. You know those photo shots of Perry that are evidently entirely too masculine and attractive for the NE liberal/RINO crowd, where he has one boot hiked up on the bale of hay? I wish to start a rumor here. Anybody with back pain tends to do the very same thing. I’ve seen it and know it to be true and just wonder if that could be one reason for the more relaxed pose during part of that stump speech. Not that his pose even matters in that casual setting among like minded farmers enjoying their state fair or wherever it was. The fact that he is recovering from back surgery made me think about the criticism he was getting for “swagger”.
I thought of this the other day when I saw that picture of his leg resting on the straw bale. He's recently had back surgery and was wearing a brace (don't know if he still is) so it made sense that it would help to do that.