Must Perry Keep Talking And Proving His Idiocy ?

There's an old saying that goes something like this -- it is better to keep silent and have the world think you're an idiot than to speak and remove any doubt. If there was ever a politician who proved the point of that saying, it has to be Rick Perry of Texas. Perry may think he's a viable candidate for the Republican presidential nominee, but the more he talks the more he just shows he is totally unqualified and a complete embarrassment to the people of his home state.

His latest gaffe regards the importation of oil into the United States. Perry thinks that is a bad thing, and says the importation of oil from foreign countries is "not good policy, it's not good politics and frankly it's un-American." But he has a solution to the problem of importing oil from other countries. He told a crowd of teabaggers in Iowa, "Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source."

And he got a huge ovation from that crowd for making that statement. Apparently it has never occurred to Perry or that crowd of teabaggers that Canada is not a state or a territory of the United States. They are a FOREIGN COUNTRY. And furthermore, I think they like not being a part of the United States -- probably like it a whole lot! Maybe before he gives another speech, someone should tell him that Canada (and other English-speaking countries like Australia and the United Kingdom) are actually foreign countries.

Once again I am left to wonder if Perry's supposed candidacy is just a cover for an effort to rehabilitate the image of George W. Bush. Because compared to Rick Perry, George W. Bush looks almost intelligent (and that's a hard thing to accomplish).