My fellow barbecue historians John Shelton and Dale Reed (authors of the wonderful Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue
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have a knack for turning a phrase. Now they've gone viral thanks to an anecdote about Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry's allegedly saying back in 1992 after sampling the offering at a certain North Carolina barbecue joint: "I've had road kill that tasted better than that."
Google that phrase about roadkill, and you'll see hundreds of hits already in just the two days since the Raleigh News & Observer broke the story (and racked up 139 comments on their site already). I'm happy to dribble a little more oil on the flames!
No response yet from the Perry campaign, but this is the kind of scandal that could wreck a campaign. Stay tuned . . .
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have a knack for turning a phrase. Now they've gone viral thanks to an anecdote about Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry's allegedly saying back in 1992 after sampling the offering at a certain North Carolina barbecue joint: "I've had road kill that tasted better than that."Google that phrase about roadkill, and you'll see hundreds of hits already in just the two days since the Raleigh News & Observer broke the story (and racked up 139 comments on their site already). I'm happy to dribble a little more oil on the flames!
No response yet from the Perry campaign, but this is the kind of scandal that could wreck a campaign. Stay tuned . . .
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