Griffin Perry, Son Of Rick Perry, Mocks Rick Santorum's Sweater Vests On Twitter

Griffin Perry, son of GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, tweeted a jab at his father's rival on Thursday, using a college sports rivalry to rib Rick Santorum for his campaign outfits.

@griffperry
Griffin Perry

Politics aside, can voters in SC really vote for a guy who's fashion sense comes from Tressel? #scprimary #SEC #BCS http://t.co/6zVUeidz

January 5, 2012 5:13 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite

Jim Tressel is the former head coach of the Ohio State University football team, a Big 10 conference program. He resigned last year amid a scandal involving his players reportedly trading and selling team memorabilia for cash, tattoos and drugs, but his sweater-vested presence on the sidelines is still iconic of OSU football.

For the younger Perry, a Vanderbilt grad, Santorum's recent wardrobe decisions have provided a timely opportunity for him to joke that Santorum represents Tressel and Big 10 football, while his father represents the SEC, to which the University of South Carolina belongs. Teams from the two conferences are often bitter rivals.

The elder Perry, who finished fifth in this week's Iowa caucuses, has decided to stake the success of his presidential campaign on his performance in the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary. On Wednesday Perry tweeted: "And the next leg of the marathon is the Palmetto State... Here we come South Carolina!!!" with a picture of him giving the thumbs-up sign.

Griffin Perry isn't the only presidential surrogate infusing college football into the political sphere this week. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who recently endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, stood before a crowd in South Carolina on Thursday and joked about Clemson University's "victory" in Wednesday night's Orange Bowl. In reality, Clemson got rolled over by West Virginia University, losing 70-33.

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Comments

[donziebear]

06:53 AM on 01/07/2012

Good grief, is the entire Perry FAMILY always this arrogant?

As a citizen of Texas, I can confirm that many conservative Texans do NOT want Perry as President. He deliberately defunded our highway system and tried to ram his TransTexas Corridor and toll road agenda down the throats of Texas taxpayers. It represented multiple taxation on roadways we had already paid for with our vehicle related taxes and fees, but the funds had been misused and diverted. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) was responsible for a vast majority of these problems and bears notoriety for its infamous 1.1 BILLION dollar accounting error several years ago. Incompetence, mismanagement, arrogance, and criminal conduct has reigned within that organization, all at the direction of Perry, and he continues to appoint cronies there who will do his bidding. (http://texasturf.org) People who have not lived in Texas are generally oblivious to this fact, and because no one is confronting Perry with this in the debates and/or in the media, he is getting away with not having to address this topic which is quite a controversial "hot button" with those Texans who are not in Perry's hip pocket. He has managed to stay in office as long as he has in Texas, ONLY because conservatives were terrified of letting another Democrat get in, and he was considered the "lesser of two evils."

[chatafergie]

12:02 PM on 01/06/2012

Would he prefer Ricky wear chaps and a 10-gallon hat? Robert Traynham migh like that!!

[BigBrax]

11:55 AM on 01/06/2012

I wonder does Griffin knows how beloved Tressel still is with Buckeye Nation. Have they already have Ohio primary yet? What a dumb tweet.

[conscioushope]

10:45 AM on 01/06/2012

Is Perry's son in jr. high or what?! As a former jr. high educator, he sounds like one!

[studioh!]

10:36 AM on 01/06/2012

polls...bowls... it's all a big joke for these trolls.

[WhosKiddingWhom]

10:20 AM on 01/06/2012

First of all....Perry has a son? Oh, brother, it perpetuates. I hope it doesn't keep losing spokes!

It's very encouraging to see even 5th-tier candidate's offspring carrying the mantle; you know, hitting on the core problems that plague our nation, and coming up with bold solutions. I gather he told Ricki to take the sweatervest off. I guess he figured out that Ricki can't be the Jesus candidate and be taken serioously wearing that silly-looking thing. Has he ever tried jogging? The Perrys all find them full-body suits very presidential. And the Carhartt jacket? Very Texarchaic. Yee-haw.

"Nevermind flashcarding me in th' limo, driver, jist git me ta th' stage on time.

[Guardian Weasel]

10:18 AM on 01/06/2012

"Griffin Perry" sounds like a law firm. Or an advertising agency.

[studioh!]

10:36 AM on 01/06/2012

madmen.lobbyist.

[Raccoon1]

10:13 AM on 01/06/2012

Why isn't that lad in a military uniform?

[danusgram]

10:16 AM on 01/06/2012

That would be a better question for Romney he has three sons we shall leave the fourth out of it since he is in school ....not one with a uniform!..Oh and they need to start accepting their heritage as they all look like Mexicans which I suspect they are why not embrace what they really are!

[DandaPanda]

10:08 AM on 01/06/2012

Don't let the sweater vest fool you.....

[looiedl]

09:33 AM on 01/06/2012

Good one Grif! At least he didn't attempt a lame birther joke like the Craigster! Perry is fun to watch crash and burn....

[looiedl]

09:31 AM on 01/06/2012

Good one Grif! All of these candidates are losers in my view but Mr. Nine Commandments is particularly fun to watch crash and burn...

[johntangier]

09:28 AM on 01/06/2012

WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS FACING THIS COUNTRY, HE PICKS ON A SWEATER?

[jdevans]

10:51 AM on 01/06/2012

That's because the GOP doesn't have any solutions to the problems facing the country.

[hollace]

07:50 AM on 01/06/2012

twins? Same hairpieces anyway.

[Poindexter718]

07:16 AM on 01/06/2012

Perry's Aggies are going to fare about as well in the SEC as he has on the national political stage. They too started the current season with extremely high expectatio­ns only to choke, repeatedly­, under the glare of the lights.

[kimpjones]

06:56 AM on 01/06/2012

What is with the "kids" (as in adult children) of these politicians? The constant jabs at the other politicians, Perry's son, Huntsman's daughters....it is time for the "kids" to grow up and act like adults.