Rick Perry's 'oops' is no bar to office - just ask George Bush | Simon Tisdall

not forget the long tradition of Texans, whose presidential ambitions exceeded their intellectual and verbal

embarrassing gaffe

Texas Governor Rick Perry in the debate of Republican candidates in Michigan follows a long tradition of presidential campaign bloopers that politicians Lone Star State have often played a role. Whether or not pratfall Perry ended his hopes of winning the White House, his performance clumsy - like others before him unhappy - eight inspire lively debate was as flat as Texas Blackland Prairie

Texas United States what they are Yorkshire, England - a country self-proclaimed of God, which the vain presumption of superiority to irritate and amuse in equal measure. This is particularly the football team the Dallas Cowboys. But it is politics. The leaders of Texas dating back to former President Lyndon B Johnson tends to take a God-given right to rule. When Perry put his name, which immediately obtained the status of favorite. No more.

This confidence, which some call arrogance, survives the most extraordinary blunders. George W. Bush, former governor of Texas, was a renowned master of the genre, a man who, in his words, should never be "Misunderestimated." This is the national leader, who told an audience of Michigan in 2000: "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." On another occasion, Bush turned to education. "Rarely question : Is our children learning? "

For many fans of Bush-ism, his speech to Pentagon leaders are in a class by themselves:

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so do we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

Ross Perot, the maverick right-wing independent Texan, who ran in 1992, came in hot water when he attended a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP ) meeting in Nashville. Perot moved the finger to the delegates and called them "you". His hopes of getting the black vote has never been higher. After this remark, which did not exist.

• Ann Richards, another governor of Texas, speaks of him as a future president after his Democratic convention speech hilarious 1988 satire in which the style of offense of the future president and East Coast patrician George HW Bush . "Poor George, I can not help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth, "I threw it.
• Bush, a famous pseudo-Texas, made an error on greater things. During the campaign 1992, ranted that his dog Millie knew more about foreign relations, "these clowns" - ie, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. As president, farmers angry and won the heart children everywhere with the following note:

"I do not like broccoli and I have loved since I was a kid and my mother made me eat. And I am the President of the United States and I will not eat more broccoli. "

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