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In New Web Video, Perry Calls Obama 'President Zero' -- VIDEO

Updated: September 21, 2011 | 10:32 a.m.
September 21, 2011 | 10:23 a.m.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry released a Web video on Tuesday that contrasts the U.S. economy under "President Zero" to an imagined one under a President Perry.

The cinematic ad begins with images of boarded-up homes and closed-down businesses over audio of President Obama saying, "We are headed in the right direction." After the series of gloomy scenes, the ad displays more hopeful, patriotic imagery as Perry describes his vision for the future.

Watch to see how the video turns Obama's "O" campaign logo into a zero:

 

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