#1:  It’s revealed that you put the “entitle” in entitlements —

If Perry retires at the end of his current term, in 2014, he would be eligible to collect as much as $119,025 a year, according to calculations based on 30 years of elective service and optional provisions. Perry will also receive Social Security, which could swell his total public pension benefits to more than $140,000 annually.

In 2005, Perry signed legislation that increased lawmakers’ pensions.

#2:  They have to send out your parents to do interviews because they are the only ones still saying nice things about you.

#3:  The best even your own mother can come up with is this —

“I may be a little biased, but I don’t think he’s perfect and I don’t always agree with him. But he’s smarter than I am and he wants what’s best for America.”