Is Rick Perry actually dumber than G W Bush?

[edhopper]

What is with Texas and repeatedly electing morons into their highest office?

[yardwork]

1. I think he is, yes. Or perhaps his addictions are not as well controlled. Or something.

Anyway, when you're as far on the extreme side of "incredibly stupid or really drunk or on serious drugs or just bat shit crazy" it doesn't really matter which of them is slightly stupider, drunker, or crazier than the other.

[madokie]

17. +1

[TheWraith]

50. He really is stupider. That's the entire reason he's in office, actually.

He was Bush's Lieutenant Governor, and according to the Bush people, he was expressly selected for the purpose of being able to make Bush look smart on stage.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. There are 3 answers for this. Yes. Affirmative. and um um er um I forget.

[Wind Dancer]

5. LOL!

Good one!

[izquierdista]

3. I've seen smarter sacks of charcoal.

[Javaman]

35. True, at least charcoal serves a perpose. LOL nt

[Kurmudgeon]

40. Well, there's dumb then there's Texas GOP Governor Dumb.

[Nye Bevan]

4. In Texas, cowboy boots and swagger are more important than intelligence (nt)

[demosincebirth]

7. That seems to be the criteria (and cocky).

[Ishoutandscream2]

24. Ah, another expert on Texans at DU

Thank you for educating us.

[Nye Bevan]

31. I apologize. Instead of saying "In Texas" I should have said "for Bush and Perry voters".

I don't like stereotyping Southerners either. And I loved Ann Richards. And of course the Bushes are actually from Connecticut.

[snooper2]

28. In Connecticut, people actually wear sweaters around their necks

:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

6. I didn't think it was possible, but I was wrong.

[inna]

8. dumber - and even more dangerous (and nothing to do with Texas;

it's the system, not a bug)

[Ishoutandscream2]

26. Thank you. So many broadbrushers and bigots at DU

So called experts on Texas and Texans. I appreciate your post.

[HopeHoops]

9. That's sort of like asking if a cucumber is dumber than a yellow squash.

[Mendocino]

10. Rick Perry is channeling

Will Ferrell doing GWB, while drunk and stoned.

[blogslut]

11. Yes

But, Ann Richards was not a moron.

[Marrah_G]

12. Yes

[CanonRay]

13. Well, W was dirt, so I guess he's dumber than dirt?

[sarcasmo]

46. Joe Dirt is smarter than both Perry and W.

[peace13]

14. * had longgggg moments of silence during his debates.

The next morning the press would say that he won! Folks want a dumbed down version in the WH, don't ya know!

[seabeyond]

15. Rick Perry actually dumber than G W Bush?... that is the word. nt

[get the red out]

16. Dumber or drunker?

I can't decide. :shrug:

[kentauros]

18. So long as Mr./Mrs. Moron has that (R) after their name

then they will get elected. At least, that's the case for the rural parts of the state. The major cities are either blue, or turning blue.

[Marrah_G]

19. Ron Paul made him look like a buffoon

I suggest that makes him dumber then a rock.

[MoonRiver]

20. I'm starting to think so. And I NEVER thought I would say any candidate was dumber than *!

[WinkyDink]

21. I'll get back to you on that.

[liberalmuse]

22. Never in my wildest nightmares...

did I ever think the Republicans could barf up one, never mind an entire slew of candidates that actually make W look good. It's mind boggling!

[TheKentuckian]

23. Easily

[denverbill]

25. Bush wasn't dumb. He was lazy and incurious. Perry is dumb. n/t

[easttexaslefty]

27. Yes. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

29. His brain must have been the one used in those anti-drug commercials.

[timtom]

30. My model runs like this:

Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, and George W. Bush stand in a circle. Each one is stupider than the one to his/her right.

Now, add Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mitt Romney to that circle and it becomes each one is sleazier than the one to his/her right.

[MilesColtrane]

32. Yes...yes he is.

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. He's meaner and more vindictive and yes, probably dumber.

I know repugs in this state who despise him.

Yet, he managed to get 'elected' again. :banghead:

[Javaman]

34. I'll give you some insight...

Since I live in Austin.

I have had a few friends work as lobbyists in the Tx Capital over the years and in no uncertain terms they all, both Dems and repukes, state that cement head perry is dumber than a mud fence during a rainstorm.

As one friend succinctly put it, "rick perry is so stupid he makes george w. moron* look down right average".

There is an old warner brothers cartoon with a really stupid cat and a scam artist parrot. The cat does the bidding of the parrot. However, there is one scene where the cat starts turning blue and the parrot has to slap him upside the head and yell, "breath stupid, you forgot to breath!".

cement head perry is that stupid.

and just to go on record, Austin, didn't go for cement head perry.

[kentuck]

36. I think we saw the effects of Vicodin on national stage....

I believe he is still taking these medications from having his back surgery and sometimes, they simply freeze the brain.

[hifiguy]

37. Incredibly, I think he is dumber than Chimpoleon.

Which verges on science fiction.

[Tippy]

38. Equally dumb

[Kolesar]

39. what happened? eom

[Proud Liberal Dem]

41. It's weird how disastrous Perry's candidacy has been

I was fairly certain after he announced that he would be the conservative right-wing alternative to Romney and/or maybe even get the nomination. I thought that media would promote him like they promoted GWB back in 2000. The amount of media scrutiny he has received so far, not to mention his sagging poll numbers have been the biggest surprises of the 2012 GOP primary campaign so far IMHO.

[MilesColtrane]

42. No chops.

That's what he gets for ducking all of those gubernatorial debates over the years.

At least the Chimp had enough ambition to try and look competent. (fail though that did)

Perry just figures his hair and wrinkly smile will carry the day.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

43. I guess it's worked o.k. for him in Texas

doesn't seem to work quite so well on a national stage. :shrug:

[Bozita]

44. "Rick Perry is GWB without the intelligence and the ethics." - Jim Hightower

Jim knows.

[hamsterjill]

45. Yes, most assuredly

But see, Rick, himself is used to playing to like-minded crowds. When he is in a crowd that wants him to really be able to answer a simple question, he can't. Because he's not practiced at doing it on a state level.

If he were on his home turf (i.e., evangelicals who believe him when he says he's been called by God) last night, no one would have made a peep over his screw up.

Rick is bewildered as to why it doesn't work the same way on the national level.

As a Texas Democrat, I am loving it that people are seeing him for what he really is!!!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

47. Yep. I've said for a long time. He really is that dumb

I knew he would melt under a national spotlight, however, he usually can memorize his talking points a bit better than recently. I think his extra ineptness is a result of the pressure from him being so far out of his league. I said, back when he was still thinking of running but had not yet announced, he was in for a big surprise if he jumped in with the big boys.

He's never, not once in his Republican political career, had to prove his competency. In Texas it's more a case of under the table agreements as to who will get the support of the local Republican party. After that you're a shoo-in for governor, since no Democrat can win in this insane political environment. Texan Republican voters are still defending his not debating here and wondering why he should have to on a national level just to be President. After all, he's already said he's "not good at it." I kid you not.

[krabigirl]

48. Intelligence is not highly valued for many people in this country, so it isn't surprising.

[Orsino]

49. Not enough to matter.

Perry might actually be the most intellectually gifted, but he isn't backed by Bush-level money yet.

I would have said that Perry was the more comfortable with the glad-handing, but his last drunken pratfalls have sure made him look more inept. In the debates with Gore, Dubya at least knew to slow down and proceed with caution. Perry won't be a candidate for long enough to learn that lesson.

[WCGreen]

51. What the fuck is in the water down there in Texas to make people

who live there want to vote for the stupidest guy in the room...

[kentauros]

54. It's mostly the rural folk doing that.

One DUer here lives in East Texas (Manifestor_of_Light) and speaks of what they are like all the time. I'd guess most of it has to do with bad education (or refusing to be educated due to pigheadedness.) The cities still do better at educating than the rural areas.

[Throd]

52. Rick Perry is smarter than a squirrel but not a dog.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

53. Did Perry ever talk about putting food on someone's family?

Did he ever talk about gynecologists practicing love with women all across America? Did Perry ever wipe his hands on someone's coat, live on national television? Did he ever say that the problem with the French is that they have no word for "entrepreneur"? Did Perry space out in front of thousands while talking about the beauty of a rainbow in the sky overhead as a sacred sign? Did Perry ever give a head of state a massage? Did he ever refer to "peeance freeance?"

I could go on and on, all morning. I think that Bush is the dumbest piece of shit ever elected to major public office anywhere. It's because we are so wary of electing another Bush now and because Perry superficially reminds us of Bush now that our awareness of his stupidity is amplified a thousand fold.