Rick Perry, manly man - Atlantic

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Garance Franke-Ruta Aug 15 2011, 7:47 PM ET twice in his speech in Waterloo, Iowa, who moved to Texas Governor laughs with gender prejudices, which could play well elsewhere

DES MOINES, Iowa--Paul Begala reported that Texas Governor Rick Perry was wearing such tight jeans and "adapted so often" young Democrats in the Texas called him state legislature Begala and a group of other helpers "Crotch."

This is an interesting data point, such as two turns of phrase from the now Republican Governor of Texas yesterday evening to a GOP dinner in Waterloo, Iowa, suggest that the kind and way, the Perry speaks about women and puts his masculinity on the stump, wear is in the coming months to observe.

First, Perry called the old "Girls have Cooties" stereotype at the beginning of his speech of Waterloo:

I was eight years old, and my mom decided that I needed, to have some musical influences in my life. So, I took piano lessons. MOM drove 16 km us out in the country to the city, and I was sitting blond headed by a little girl.

I'm pretty sure that I was not really happy about that at the moment have a girl sitting, when I was eight years old.

Eight years later, I had my first day in my life with her.

And 16 years, that I married her. Now, the whole ' nother story about how long it took that long.

But it is just kind of say that ya sometimes, that kind of me awhile it takes something to get like this presidential campaign. But let me tell something, if I, I am in all!

Then, after he talk stops and was going to entertain questions, Perry moved his jacket and from the stage to his wife at front-row table, that it is back to his daughter passed, that a sleeveless dress was passed.

"Excuse me, my daughter cold, so I gave her my jacket." And if this shirt got's, it is not a few wrinkles in it my wife fault "Perry joked." The audience laughed.

Perry's cocky persona and apparent relish for the reproduction of gender stereotypes for laughs competition could sit with women in a general election restless. Of course, there is no evidence that any call to democratic women in Texas or Democrats it quite general - he has half of winning but is avoiding vandalized enough to force the other side turn out to be against you.

In any case, to keep something, an eye on.

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