I will admit this is not the first time that Rick Perry has confused me.

Okay, so let’s start out with the dead certain guaranteed fact that Perry hates the federal government, often threatens to secede, and says that Texas doesn’t need the federal government, no sire, not even to help take care of our sick children by accepting $100 billion in Medicaid money.

But, he’s begging for federal help with the border?

I would go for that if every new federal border patrol agent could bring a couple million dollars of Medicaid money under each arm.

You know, there are more border patrol agents on the border under Obama than there were under Bush.

And that doesn’t seem to be working.

So, Perry, who thinks the federal government does nothing right, wants more federal government.

No wonder he’s grumpy.