Rick Perry Continues to Prove He's an Idiot

Admittedly, when one is running for the highest office in the land, there are myriad issues that need to be considered and studied. But when you're proposing to axe major departments in government, one would think that you'd have their names at you finger tips and readily in mind. Not so if you're the latest bozo from Texas trying to dumb down political discourse and lead the way in a national embracing of ignorance. Rick Perry would be better served to stop wearing his religion on his sleeve and do some serious studying of issues. He truly is beginning to make Chimperator George W. Bush look relatively intelligent - something that's not an easy feat. Of course, with the GOP base, the dumber and more untruthful one is - e.g., Sarah Palin, Herman Cain - the more the loonies will rally to you. The Washington Post looks at Perry's latest stumble. Here are some highlights:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry made the worst stumble of the presidential campaign on Wednesday, struggling awkwardly to remember the name of a third federal agency he would eliminate if he became president.

At a time when Perry’s team was hoping desperately for a breakout, or at least mistake-free, performance to revive his ailing campaign, the governor’s gaffe could well do lasting damage. Perry’s performance raises more questions about his ability to compete at a time when GOP voters are looking for someone to go toe-to-toe against President Obama in 2012.

“It is three agencies of government when I get there that are gone,” he said, beginning to lay out one of the staples of his stump speech. “Commerce, Education, and the — what’s the third one there? Let’s see,” Perry said. “Commerce and, let’s see,” he continued. “I can’t. The third one, I can’t. Sorry. Oops.”

[I]n a rare appearance in the media filing center after the debate, Perry acknowledged the gravity of the mistake. “Yeah, I stepped in it, man,” he said. “Yeah, it was embarrassing. Of course it was. But here’s what’s more important: People understand that our principles, our conservative principles, are what matter, not a litany of agencies that I think we need to get rid of.”