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Perry Gets the Names of Three Agencies He'd Cut Wrong Again
Talking Points Memo 1/13/12
Perry Remembers Three Agencies He'd Cut... But Includes The Wrong One!
In a moment that harkened back to his infamous mental lapse during a November debate, Rick Perry blundered once again when an interviewer asked which federal departments he would abolish.
““Three right off the bat, you know, commerce, interior and energy are three that you think,” said Perry in an interview this morning with Bill Edwards on WTKS Radio in Savannah, GA.
The problem: he replaced the Department of Education, one of the most frequent targets of his criticism, with the Department of Interior.
Perry Remembers Three Agencies He'd Cut... But Includes The Wrong One!
In a moment that harkened back to his infamous mental lapse during a November debate, Rick Perry blundered once again when an interviewer asked which federal departments he would abolish.
““Three right off the bat, you know, commerce, interior and energy are three that you think,” said Perry in an interview this morning with Bill Edwards on WTKS Radio in Savannah, GA.
The problem: he replaced the Department of Education, one of the most frequent targets of his criticism, with the Department of Interior.
What a maroon!
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Classic!
taking bong hits before the morning press conferences. 
Rick Perry: Making Ronald Reagan appear mentally capable.
And Ronnie Raygun we know had Alzheimer's, so he had an excuse.
Huffington Post 1/13/12
Rick Perry: Interior Department A New Government Agency He Would Cut
Texas Gov. Rick Perry named a different government agency he would cut as president in an interview on a Savannah, Georgia radio station Friday morning.
"Three right off the bat, you know, Commerce, Interior, and Energy are three that you think," said the Republican presidential candidate to WTKS-AM when asked what he would cut.
Perry later on in the interview talked about the Department of Education, when asked whether he'd do away with it.
"They are blackmailing states with our own money, basically saying here is the national test, and here are the national standards you're going to put into place," Perry said. "One size fits all doesn't work. Well maybe it does in gym socks but it sure doesn't in how we educate our children."
(snip)
In a Nov. 9 debate, Perry infamously struggled for 55 seconds -- which seemed like an eternity -- to name a third agency of government he would cut. "It's three government agencies when I get there that are gone: Commerce, Education and the um, what's the third one there. Let's see," he said. He then looked to his rivals for help. When moderator John Harwood pressed him, Perry said, "The third agency of government ... . I would do away with the Education, the um, Commerce, and let's see. I can't think of the third one. I can't. Sorry. Oops."
Rick Perry: Interior Department A New Government Agency He Would Cut
Texas Gov. Rick Perry named a different government agency he would cut as president in an interview on a Savannah, Georgia radio station Friday morning.
"Three right off the bat, you know, Commerce, Interior, and Energy are three that you think," said the Republican presidential candidate to WTKS-AM when asked what he would cut.
Perry later on in the interview talked about the Department of Education, when asked whether he'd do away with it.
"They are blackmailing states with our own money, basically saying here is the national test, and here are the national standards you're going to put into place," Perry said. "One size fits all doesn't work. Well maybe it does in gym socks but it sure doesn't in how we educate our children."
(snip)
In a Nov. 9 debate, Perry infamously struggled for 55 seconds -- which seemed like an eternity -- to name a third agency of government he would cut. "It's three government agencies when I get there that are gone: Commerce, Education and the um, what's the third one there. Let's see," he said. He then looked to his rivals for help. When moderator John Harwood pressed him, Perry said, "The third agency of government ... . I would do away with the Education, the um, Commerce, and let's see. I can't think of the third one. I can't. Sorry. Oops."
Maybe Goodhair just can't count. Now he says there are four agencies, even though he starts with "three right off the bat".
