Rick Perry's disastrous bid for the White House in 2012 was foiled by back surgery and a spotty memory, but the man is giving it a shot again. Today, Perry officially announced his plan to run for president in 2016's upcoming election, packing himself into a clown car already overstuffed with Republican presidential hopefuls. Perry made the announcement Thursday morning on his official website, which features an introduction video that leans heavily on Perry's military background and political experience, and shows the presidential hopeful looking smart and bespectacled. He has a speech later today at an airport in Addison, a Dallas suburb, to more formally announce his plans. It remains to be seen if Perry has done enough to move past his 2012 stumble, but one thing is pretty clear—the dude really, really, really wants to be president.

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