The Oops Diaries: Anita Perry — Spouse, Adviser
"Anita was all in, not only as a confidante and surrogate, but as an adviser and protector. This wasn’t another race for governor. The kids were grown. The klieg lights were on. She and her husband would be beamed into people’s living rooms from Boca Raton to Seattle."
— Excerpted from Oops! A Diary from the 2012 Campaign Trail.
From Chapter 15: "The Missus"
When Gov. Rick Perry ran for re-election in 2006, one of his opponents, the humorist and writer Kinky Friedman, commissioned the manufacture of an action figure in his own likeness.
When you pushed a little ...
Comments (4)
Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The Perrys have become as much a national joke as Sarah Palin
Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry could have been our candidate, but he had some bad advice about immigration........... America was tired of feeding freeloaders.........
Sergio Hernandez De Santos via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The secessionist and the bigot always make TT comments The Onion-like, Perry failed cause he's a cretin
karen Browder
Anyone that actually knows the two, nita and ricky, knows they hate each others guts. She only stayed after he gave her carte blanche after catching him with his gay lover . She has no where else to go and she loves the power she has too much.