Richard Dawkins, every thinking woman’s hunka hunka burnin’ love, weighed in on Rick Perry’s thoughts – and by thoughts I mean something not even distantly related to thinking – on evolution.

Texans would say that on evolution Rick Perry has his hind part before his front part and neither part is dressed properly.  Dawkins, who has been to Texas several times but hasn’t learned the language, says this instead —

There is nothing unusual about Governor Rick Perry. Uneducated fools can be found in every country and every period of history, and they are not unknown in high office. What is unusual about today’s Republican party (I disavow the ridiculous ‘GOP’ nickname, because the party of Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt has lately forfeited all claim to be considered ‘grand’) is this: In any other party and in any other country, an individual may occasionally rise to the top in spite of being an uneducated ignoramus. In today’s Republican Party ‘in spite of’ is not the phrase we need. Ignorance and lack of education are positive qualifications, bordering on obligatory. Intellect, knowledge and linguistic mastery are mistrusted by Republican voters, who, when choosing a president, would apparently prefer someone like themselves over someone actually qualified for the job.

Awwww … the language of Shakespeare.

In Texas we call that giving somebody a what for lesson.

If ya go read the whole thing, you’ll give it a standing ovation and grin the rest of the day.

Okay, everybody, all together now …. “Go, Rick, Go.”

Louder!

I can’t hear you.

Okay, now I can!

Obama tops Perry

Rick Perry is looking increasingly like the Republican favorite for President- he led in the Iowa poll we released this morning and he leads by double digits in the national poll we’ll release tomorrow. The biggest beneficiary of Perry’s rise? It might be Barack Obama.

In our first national poll pitting the two Obama leads Perry 49-43. That six point advantage is pretty comparable to Obama’s margin of victory over John McCain. Perry has certainly come on strong with Republicans but independents view him negatively already by an almost 2:1 margin, 29/55, and Democrats pretty universally give him bad ratings at a 10/71 spread. As a result Obama leads Perry thanks in large part to a 24 point advantage with independents at 56-32.

I say let’s register buzzards to vote.  That’ll insure that Rick gets the GOP nomination.

Boy howdy, I could love those numbers 365 days a month and 24 hours a morning.

I honestly don’t think that Rick Perry will be the GOP nominee  because surely somebody will notice that the boy’s got more luggage than a Greyhound bus station.  Hell, even a blind squirrel can find acorns and Republican are almost as smart as squirrels.  They’ll figure it out.

But, Darlin’, this gal is rootin’ for Perry right now.

Today’s earthquake led to some very funny comments.  This one was sent by David and came from here,  oddly on Jennifer Rubin’s column on Rick Perry and the Club for Growth.

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President Obama caused an earthquake to strike just west of Richmond today. The quake, measuring 5.9 was “conveniently” timed to strike while Obama was out of town.

A spokesmen for Michelle Bachmann blamed the quake on the USGS and vowed to cut their funding or eliminate the agency entirely. Mitt Romney sad that he was unsure whether he felt the quake but would issue a statement later. Rick Santorum said that the quake was “God’s wrath for the President choosing to vacation among godless rich people in Massachusetts”. Governor Perry said that he was sending out the Texas Rangers to find the person responsible and teach them about causing seismic events “Texas Style”. Paul Ryan reiterated that the earthquake would not change his mind about running for the Presidency, and wishes God would stop trying to get his attention that way.

Funny.

I’ve heard from several of our customers in the earthquake area.

Please check in if you felt it or heard from friends and family who did.

(Me?  I’m just waiting for a way for the GOPpers to blame Obama.)

There’s a website, well actually it’s a Twitter feed, that I enjoy called White Whine.

Sometimes I do that.  I found myself whining about having to feed the swimming pool every day because it’s been so hot and dry.  I have a damn swimming pool and I’m whining.  I slapped myself upside the head and sent a check to the Salvation Army to make amends.

The problem with Rick Perry is that he’s the King of White Whine but he’s not smart and/or aware enough to know it.

Yesterday he compared a tax cut to civil rights.

Seriously.

“Listen, America’s gone a long way from the standpoint of civil rights and thank God we have,” said the Texas governor. “We’ve gone from a country that made great strides in issues of civil rights, I think we all can be proud of that. And as we go forward, America needs to be about freedom. It needs to be about freedom from overtaxation, freedom from over-litigation, freedom from over-regulation.”

Taxes are the lowest they’ve been in 30 years, but Rick Perry thinks they are too damn high because paying your fair share to keep America running is a whole lot like Bull Conner turning fire hoses on you.

Yep – exactly alike.

In the struggle to defend greed, Rick Perry is right out there, out front, unafraid, grabbing every dollar bill he can, subscribing to Gourmet Magazine at taxpayer expense, living in a $10,000 a month mansion at taxpayer expense, handing out taxpayer money to his friends.  I’m sure it was just a slight overlook that they aren’t dedicating a monument to Rick Perry, Defender of Greed, this weekend in DeeCee.

One other thing.  When folks like me like to remind people that Texas ain’t the Great State anymore since Bush and Perry took over, Perry says —

According to the AP, Perry said, “When the liberal pundits start trashing Texas … I want you all to stand up and say that dog won’t hunt.”

We’re not trashing Texas, Rick, we’re trashing your governing ability.  Remember?

You’re gonna love this guy.

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And this one, too.

Thanks to Nancy for the heads-up.