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Governor rick perry sheed up on the late show with david letterman, last night, using humor to do a little damage control after this weeks debate. >> rick perry excuses -- number 10... >> there are three reasons i messed up last night. one was the nerves. and two was the headache and three... ummm... hey, listen. you try and concentrate with mitt romney smiling at you, that is one handsome dude. >> the number-1 rick perry excuse... >> i just learned justin bieber is my father. >> but was perrys ...

Prime ministers house 90 minutes late. >> wow. >> to send a message. meanwhile, john edwards former aide may soon be sent to jail for contempt. andrew young who has been on this program a couple of times has until friday to explain how he handled numerous items belonging to edwards former mistress rielle hunter. i dont know if shes former or not. >> i dont know either. >> alleged former mistress. that covers it all. the big thing is a sex tape featuring edwards and a woman believed to be hunter....

Belligerent. another class made said its not credible for you to say you didnt have memory lapses. so drinking is one thing. >> i dont -- i actually dont think that second quote is correct. >> drinking is one thing, but the concern is about truthfulness. and in your written testimony you said sometimes you had too many drinks. was there ever a time when you drank so much that you couldnt remember what happened or part of what happened the night before? >> no. i remember what happened and i think...

Drinking in high school and college and many people even struggle with alcoholism and binge drinking. my own dad struggled with alcoholism most of his life and he got in trouble for it and there were consequences. he is still in aa at age 90 and hes sober. in his words, he was pursued by grace, and thats how he got through this. so in your case, you have said here and other places that you never drank so much that you didnt remember what happened, but yet we have heard, not under oath, but we ha...

Many people even struggle with alcoholism and binge drinking. my own dad struggled with alcoholism most of his life and he got in trouble for it and there are consequences. he is still an aa in age 90 and he is sober. in his words, he was pursued by grace, and thats how he got through this. so in your case, you have said here and other places that you never drank so much that you didnt remember what happened. but yet, we have heard, not under oath, but we have heard your college roommate say tha...

Here and other places that you never drank so much that you didnt remember what happened, but yet we have heard, not under oath, but we have heard your college roommate say that you did drink frequently. these are in news reports, that you would sometimes be belligerent. another classmate said its not credible for you to say you didnt have memory lapses. so drinking is one thing. >> i actually dont think thats the second quote is correct. >> okay. drinking is one thing, but the concern is about ...

>> hypocrisy is the life blood of politics. you just cited another great example of it. >> you teach them well. because that is fundamental to campaigns and what folks said years ago. it seems like they have memory lapses going forward. >> yeah. >> you know, its really amazing. but long-term, do you think this is going to just be one of those situations where got another step and lets go on? >> theres another bump in the road. heres why it wont go on. the loads of republicans, in fact, majority ...

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