Rick Perry, the Texas governor appointed by Donald Trump to run the Energy Department, will report to work in January to a department whose name he couldn’t recall in a gaffe that effectively ended his 2012 primary campaign. A rocket scientist he is not.
Rick Perry, Reporting for Duty
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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Let us not forget, the gaffe was in not remembering the name of a department he wanted to shutter – that would be the same one he will be heading. So, will he really do away with his own job?
Every cloud, Ted, has a silver lining….
Henri