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by yongjik 471 days ago
> Rick Perry famously had a list of three departments that he wanted to eliminate, but after naming the first two, he forgot what the third one was.

And that sank his presidential campaign right there. Just think about it. This guy just forgot about his big policy proposal - he had a policy, he didn't constantly change it, he didn't even lie about it, he just forgot about it for a second in the heat of the moment. That sank his campaign.

What a simpler time it had been.