The two Republican presidential candidates from Texas, who have served the state simultaneously for more than two decades, have never met.
The news surprised CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
U.s. Rep. Ron Paul, who's spent 21 years in Congress, told Blitzer that he's never met the governor. Perry's been leading the state for 10 years, and served as a state representative, agriculture commissioner and lieutenant governor for 17 years before that.
Blitzer seemed amazed. What can we say? It's a big state.
Here's a transcript of the exchange:
BLITZER: So you - did Rick Perry cross the line in talking about treason, talking about getting ugly?
I mean you know your governor. Tell me, is he temperamentally qualified to be president of the United States?
PAUL: Well, it may surprise you I don't know the governor. I don't recall ever having met him.
BLITZER: Really?
PAUL: No, I haven't met him. I didn't know he had an interest, and I don't know exactly what - what he's up to.
So I - I just don't use that language. I - I would think that he wasn't being literal. You know, I just don't believe that, you know, he believes that. But those words did come out of his mouth, as you - as you just revealed. But no, I think - I think it's different.
In politics, it's very easy to target somebody by name and target your opponents and talk about them specifically. In many ways, I try not to do that.
BLITZER: It's hard for me to believe. He's been governor for 10 years and he doesn't know one of the most distinguished members of the congressional delegation.
Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/08/ron-paul-says-hes-never-met-ri.html
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