Sadly, the cowboy hat and the assless chaps went by the wayside -- along with "the best schools in America"-- a long time ago.
Update: Now we know why the camera in the very first ad is positioned at belt-buckle level:
Those first, early ones remind me of Lyle here:
Update: Now we know why the camera in the very first ad is positioned at belt-buckle level:
I first met Rick Perry in 1985. He was a Democratic freshman state rep, straight off the ranch in Haskell, Texas. He wore his jeans so tight, and, umm, adjusted himself so often that my fellow young legislative aides and I used to call him Crotch.
Those first, early ones remind me of Lyle here:
