Texas Pride
Former Texas Governor George Bush had a fight with a plastic poncho at the inauguration.
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has talent, too, by gosh.
New Energy Secretary Rick Perry found a way to stay busy during Donald Trump’s inauguration and the benedictions and prayers that went with it.
Perry, a former Texas governor, appears to have spent his time chewing gum and blowing bubbles.
The chewing can be seen in a video of a rabbi’s benediction during the ceremonies on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Brad Jaffy, an NBC news senior writer and producer, captured the clip and posted it on Twitter.
I’m so proud.
And here I thought that Rick Perry couldn’t chew gum and blow bubbles at the same time.
I guess it’s walking he can’t do at the same time.
History Note: Lyndon Johnson once said, “Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.” The press, used to sanitizing LBJ’s salty language, reported this as “Gerald Ford can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.”
I miss LBJ. I wish the days when Dems had spines.
1Perry is an idiot!
2I love his eyes being closed which suggests he’s reaaally concentrating on that blow or he’s reaaally enjoying his chew. I guess tobacky was out of the question, cause, y’know, no where to spit.
Was Gov. A-butt there? Probably not. He’s got a job.
3300+ million people from whom to choose, so Donnie nominates brigands and a clown brigade with some belonging to both categories.
4Jane & PKM: Change the lyrics. We’re now the Land of the Me and the Home of the Knave.
5Poor man. He looks like a jackrabbit wearing glasses. About that smart, too, but maybe not quite.
6And that man will be in charge of our nuclear stockpile. Oy…
7JAKvirginia, we’re still groundhogging in Nov. This ain’t happening …
8LynnN says:
“I guess it’s walking he can’t do at the same time.”
Exactly. It shows his great skills as an administrator and planner. He knew he would have to walk later, after the event concluded.
9LynnN: After scrutinizing that clip, he can’t even blow a bubble. Even after closing his eyes in concentration. Or maybe he was channeling Ford, and trying to fart. So now I’ve gotta wonder if he had any success with that. Yay Texas!
10Maybe, he was trying to fart in the bubble?
Or, he is just trying to see how bigly he can get it….in public.
11Watched the prayer service, but didn’t notice Perry. Noted that Trump seemed quite bored throughout. Sang very little of the hymns, discarded the bulletin, didn’t take part in the congregational responses, slumped like a dejected teenager. Melania’s demeanor was much, much more appropriate.
12Gum? Or was he still fighting with something left over from breakfast? Either way, what a maroon!
13Ruh roh. We may be in trouble for failing to compliment Donnie’s do. If he had hair, where there would normally be a part is that a caterpillar pasted on to fill in the gap? Sad.
14I can’t even comment on this junta of evil fools, so I’ll just mention Betty Ford’s birth control method: before going to bed, she’d give Jerry a stick of gum.
15Mmph. I understand we are going to renegotiate NAFTA (as soon as we abandon Tel Aviv for Jerusalem) w Can and Mex. They have a Hhyyyyuuuuuge advantage, dammit! Their leaders are both EXTREMELY easy on the eyes, and practically dreamy, in Canada’s case. We, meanwhile, are stuck with…oh forget it, I’m giving up for today. 1458 days y’all!
16Off topic, sorry! I followed a link about Spicer’s little tantrum and now even with ad blocker I’m getting an advertisement for wedding receptions at the Old Post Office Hotel ballroom. My youngest, who is the only one of us who still might be likely to want such a thing, photographed his two roommates and a friend flipping the bird in front of the sign for the hotel yesterday on the way back from the March on the Mall. I’m so proud the boy went and sent me the pictures.
17I want to know what pRick did with that wad of chawin’ gum when he finished with it. Did he just drop it, and it wound up on some dig-nit-ary’s shoe, slip it into someones (hint hint) jacket pocket, smoosh it on something or somebody?
18Dayum pRick, do a GWB pretzel trick with it at least, comeon boy, you can do it…
Aggieland Liz,
19We’ll be going from SHAFTA to SCREWUSALL.
Slightly off topic – Anyone notice how much pancake makeup donald is wearing? Tacky. But hey, did we expect anything else?
@ austinhatlady 12, I couldn’t bring myself to watch that blasphemy but I’m not surprised. donald doesn’t really know how to behave anywhere, least of all in a worship service. A worship service is ostensibly to worship god. donald is his own god. Makes things kind of awkward.
20pRick probably did what most juveniles do with gum. From my experience as a teacher, I learned he hard way not to touch the underside of a folding chair or desk. If only an enlargement of the above picture could be displayed at his confirmation hearing,
21his fellow gumwads might be too embarrassed to support him.
And Trump scowls throughout. He can’t even pretend to appear humble during the benediction. His default expression is a scowl. I guess he thinks it makes him look serious. I think it makes him look like an SOB. Oh wait …
22Okay. Last thought. Blazing Saddles. Recruitment scene for thugs. Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr.
Hedley: Wait a minute. What have you got in your mouth?
Thug: Nuffim.
Hedley: Nuffim, eh? Taggert!
(Taggert takes object from thug’s mouth.)
Taggert: Gum!
Hedley: Chewing gum online. I hope you brought enough for everybody?!
Thug: I didn’t know there was gonna be so many!
(Hedley shoots thug dead.)
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