Rick Perry has compared himself to
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, who is a devout Christian.
Perry made the comparison while
defending his debating skills during Thursday night's Fox News GOP
presidential debate.
“I'm kind of getting to where I like
these debates. As a matter of fact, I hope Obama and I debate a lot
and I'll get there early and we will get it on and we will talk about
our differences, which are great,” Perry said.
“There are a lot of people out there
… I understand it … There are a lot of folks who said Tim Tebow
wasn't going to be a very good NFL quarterback. There are people who
stood up and said, 'Well he doesn't have the right throwing
mechanisms.' Or he doesn't have, you know, he's not playing the game
right. And he won two national championships, and that looked pretty
good. We were the national champions on job creation back in Texas.”
“Let me tell you, I hope I am the Tim
Tebow of the Iowa caucuses,” he added. (The video is embedded in
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