and...
...he didn't have a history of being pro-ILLEGAL alien.
...he hadn't tried foisting his nanny-state Gardasil mandate on Texas females.
...he didn't support the NAFTA Superhighway.
...he didn't support instate tuition and financial aid for ILLEGAL invaders.
...he wasn't opposed to building a fence at the border.
I could go on but there is far more wrong with La Raza Rick Perry than his tongue. If he were mute his liberal positions would disqualify him.
True, of course. But he was able to get past all that in 2012. The only thing that really killed him was that he was able to speak.