The Texas Tribune interviewed a very confused Rick Perry last year.  The subject of teaching abstinence only education comes up.  Texas has the third highest  teen pregnancy rate in the nation, but we still do not teach sex education in Texas.

Rick Perry tells us why.

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If you’re at work, here’s what Rick says to Evan Smith, but you really, really need to watch this for the full impact.

When confronted with the dismal statistics [on Texas teen pregnancy] during an October 15, 2010 televised interview with Texas Tribune reporter Evan Smith, Perry’s response was to reaffirm that “abstinence works.”

The audience laughed and Smith pointed out the state’s abysmal teen pregnancy rate. “It works,” insisted Perry. “Maybe it’s the way it’s being taught, or the way it’s being applied out there, but the fact of the matter is it is the best form of — uh — to teach our children.” Smith asked for a statistic to suggest it works, and Perry replied that “I’m just going to tell you from my own personal life, abstinence works.”

Somebody write that down somewhere.  He’s gonna get to eat those words, I betcha.

And, if you’re in the mood for getting scared, Donald Rumfield is Rick Perry’s foreign policy adviser.