Rick Perry: Presidential Campaign's 'Not an IQ Test'

[IDemo]

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry says life experience is more important than book smarts in a president, telling NBC News he's not the same candidate who ran in the Republican primaries in 2012 and that he can win the White House in 2016.

"Running for the presidency's not an IQ test. It is a test of an individual's resolve. It's a test of an individual's philosophy. It's a test of an individual's life's experiences," Perry said in an interview at the Governor's Mansion, which he's leaving as his term ends. "And I think Americans are really ready for a leader that will give them a great hope about the future."

Perry said he probably has less "margin for error" after he famously couldn't remember one of the federal agencies he said he'd ax during a November 2011 Republican debate. But "I think, over the course of the last two years, people realize that what they saw in 2011 is certainly not the person they're looking at at 2013, 2014, 2015," he said.

Perry also said he'd have no problem convincing Republicans that he can win in 2016, saying potential backers "are pouring in here to sit down with us, to talk to us."

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rick-perry-presidential-campaigns-not-iq-test-n266031

[Kalidurga]

1. Especially if you are a Republican right Mr. Perry?

It's really lucky for him that intelligence is not a very high priority among Republicans. He would have never made it this far.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

17. Well, in that case...

I really hope they nominate the pig with lipstick, that 1/2 term guv from Alaska!

[sendero]

2. Keep talking Rick..

... the more you talk, the less chance you have. Please keep talking.

If you had any REAL life experience, you wouldn't advocate the idiotic policies you advocate.

[BlueJazz]

3. In other words: Look !, Really, I swear, I'm really not as stupid as you think I am.

[djean111]

4. Captain Obvious. n/t

[Orsino]

5. "Resolve"?

Perry's entire career seems to consist of his being bought at every turn. He seems dedicated to nothing more than alcohol or prescription drugs.

[TBF]

6. It's time for you to retire Perry -

some people just don't know when to walk away. But I don't think we will have to worry about him because Ted Cruz will take him out himself.

[NaturalHigh]

7. No, but the IQ of a rutabaga should be a disqualifier.

[leftofcool]

18. LOL! I was going to say lettuce but I think lettuce may be smarter than rutabaga.

[LondonReign2]

8. "he's not the same candidate who ran in the Republican primaries in 2012"

Because glasses!

[BeyondGeography]

9. But, just in case, I got these glasses

[ProfessorGAC]

10. It Sure Better Not Be

Otherwise he's already failed. How do people like this get elected in the first place?

[hobbit709]

11. If it were, Ricky would have failed a long time ago.

[Vinca]

12. Well I'm glad he'll be in the mix.

There's nothing quite as funny as Rick Perry staggering around a New Hampshire stage waving maple syrup.

[GeorgeGist]

13. No shit ...

[MrScorpio]

14. Thanks, Rick, for giving us all a piece of your mind...

And I love the fact that you're such a generous guy... Because it doesn't matter how little you have, you're always willing to give.

And who needs all that fancy book learnin' anyway? Not to mention an IQ above room temperature... None of that ever helped you none.

You're a true inspiration to the intellectually challenged everywhere.

Bravo!

[Man from Pickens]

15. right over the plate

the meta is strong in this one... maybe he can get himself high as fuck again for another nationally televised debate, that's always good for some wholesome family entertainment

[SamKnause]

16. And the people who would vote

for Perry have no need for an IQ test at all.

We know they are;

misinformed
uniformed
not informed at all
believe in failed supply side economics (trickle down)
hope to turn the U.S. into a Theocracy (the candidates receive messages from 'God' to run, the state prays for rain)
do not believe corporations should pay taxes
continue to vote against their best interests
watch and listen to Fox 'news'
do not believe in equality
do not know the meaning of Socialism

[Octafish]

19. Texas Gubmint: Dumbkopf und Dumbkopfer

Stupid movie about life in a movie of stupid is like stupid stupid.

[MillennialDem]

20. Well I counter that with this Mr. Perry

[rock]

21. Obviously not!

Have you seen the former Republican presidents?