Rick Perry is right now this minute speaking to the opening session of the Texas Senate.

About 2 minutes into his speech, Perry started bragging about how Texas doesn’t have to raise taxes. At that point, they interrupted Perry’s speech to ask if there was a doctor in the house. There was. It appeared that someone was in a desperate situation in the Senate.

Perry paused and asked people to pray for the sick person. After about 2 minutes, he started up speaking again and said, “See, talking about taxes makes people …. uh, swoon.” There were loud moans.

Good Lord Almighty. Is nothing – except taxes – sacred?

And, as a special added treat, Rick Santorum was on the floor of the Texas Senate today. As if we needed more dumb.