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Rick Perry clearly faces an uphill climb to the Republican presidential nomination, but he鈥檚 won another sweepstakes of sorts. The Texas governor鈥檚 campaign ad 鈥淪trong鈥� 鈥� , the so-called 鈥渨ar on Christmas,鈥� and the ban on prayer in schools in one fell swoop 鈥� has hit an unprecedented high for 鈥渄islikes鈥� on a campaign video on YouTube: more than 646,000 (compared with 20,000 鈥渓ikes,鈥� and a total of 4.7 million views).

But if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Governor Perry should feel pretty good. 鈥淪trong鈥� has inspired countless parodies 鈥� or 鈥淧errodies鈥� 鈥� Monday from another presidential candidate who鈥檚 an even longer-shot than Perry 鈥� openly gay Republican operative Fred Karger.

鈥淚鈥檓 Rick Perry, and I鈥檓 ashamed to admit to makin鈥� that ad about gays in the military and all,鈥� says Mr. Karger, putting on a Texas twang and wearing a black jacket instead of Perry鈥檚 trademark tan barn coat. 鈥淚 guess I鈥檓 just desperate because I鈥檓 so low in the polls.鈥�

Another parody, called 鈥�,鈥� dubs over the real Perry with a Perry sound-alike and alternate script. 鈥淎s president I will end Obama鈥檚 war on time travel, fight to stop my hilarious self-contradiction, find Lady Gaga and convince her to become a lawyer, and stop Ryan Murphy from creating 鈥�Glee,鈥欌�� says 鈥淧erry.鈥�

鈥淧erry鈥� also discovers, to his dismay, that his tan barn coat looks just like the one on 鈥�Brokeback Mountain.鈥�

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But Perry may get the last laugh. He鈥檚 got people talking. And the ad still appears on his web site, which means his campaign still thinks it鈥檚 worthwhile. As Perry makes a final swing around Iowa, in these final weeks until the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3, conservative evangelical voters will be a key target group. Certainly, the sentiments expressed in the ad will find receptive ears. 聽