Rick Perry is officially running for president. I’m not surprised, as he’s been making noises about it for several weeks now. The brilliance of his timing in announcing it makes me understand perhaps a little better how he keeps winning the gubernatorial races in Texas even with 4-way splits and barely more than a quarter of the vote.
But, now that Rick Perry has officially tossed his hat in the ring, he said in Iowa that what we need is a president who is passionate about America, a president who really loves America. And Rick Perry knows exactly how to do that, is the subtext.
He’s got a point, you know. We do need a president who is passionate about and loves this country. And Rick Perry, man, he just loves this country. Thinks it’s awesome. In fact, he loves it so much, he said he wanted to secede. He loves the American people so much he’s willing to default on our debts and pawn off social services to states that often can’t pay for them (did you know that over 20% of Texan children have no health insurance, Mr. States-Can-Totally-Handle-This-Sort-of-Thing? Of course you do, and you’re probably totally fine with that reality, since kids can’t vote or anything).
Forgive me if I maybe am not buying the idea that Rick Perry is going to be good for anyone or anything. I also have to say that, while I’m sure Perry’s run for the presidency is going to be highly entertaining on some levels, I’m mostly kind of dreading it. Because people don’t have a skewed enough view of Texas and its governors already. We need some guy who Republicans call dumb as a sack of rocks to represent the state with extremist views that most Texans don’t actually agree with.
Now, Mary, stop looking at this all rationally and stuff! Rick Perry is awesome and loves America. Really. No, seriously, he does. Why doesn’t anyone believe him?!? /sarcasm
If he and Palin ran together, it would be the most attractive duo either party has put up in a long time. Possibly ever.
Now if only this were a beauty contest…