Perry Faces Steep Learning Curve

[DonViejo]

January 18, 2017By Taegan Goddard

“When President-elect Donald Trump offered Rick Perry the job of energy secretary five weeks ago, Mr. Perry gladly accepted, believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry that he had long championed in his home state,” the New York Times reports.

“In the days after, Mr. Perry, the former Texas governor, discovered that he would be no such thing — that in fact, if confirmed by the Senate, he would become the steward of a vast national security complex he knew almost nothing about, caring for the most fearsome weapons on the planet, the United States’ nuclear arsenal.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/01/18/perry-faces-steep-learning-curve-energy-department/

[hatrack]

1. Any learning curve is going to be steep for Gov. Ten-Pounds . . .

As noted elsewhere on DU today, what's worse, that he didn't know anything about DOE five years after calling for its elimination, or that his new boss couldn't be bothered to check, y'know, doe.gov and find out something - anything - about what the job entails?

The new Trump Cosmology - It's incompetent assholes all the way down.

[get the red out]

2. Learning curve

That idiot would face a steep learning curve in a first grade classroom.

[jumptheshadow]

3. Cue meditation video now

Every second of this new administration is going to be stressful.

[Dave Starsky]

4. He'll bring a fresh outsider perspective to the job.

The same way a Taco Bell drive-thru clerk would bring a fresh perspective to your gall bladder surgery.

[Gothmog]

5. Gov. Goodhair is too stupid to do this job

[Sherman A1]

6. Then he seems to fit in with the other cabinet picks

very well, they are all intellectually or ethically challenged in one form or another.

[GeorgeGist]

7. He's a moron. eom

[CanonRay]

8. Hey, he was a C- student at Texas A&M

I'm sure he's a quick study.

[Dave Starsky]

9. He was a C student in animal husbandry.

If he were deemed Secretary of Agriculture, at least we could assume he had some passing familiarity with at least some of the subject matter. I mean, he would at least know what a cow is , what they do, and maybe where you might find them.

But this is beyond ridiculous. This is like walking onto a 727 and finding out your captain is the fabrics manager at Hobby Lobby and has never flown a plane before.

[CanonRay]

10. What could go wrong?

Or, as they'll say later "No one could have imagined....."

[Ilsa]

12. A C- in studying farm animal fucking.

Okay, it isn't that simplistic, but breeding is part of the management and care of animals.

[Vinca]

11. What the hell has this country come to? We've got a reality show POTUS and a

"Dancing With The Stars" contestant in charge of the nukes. But, I'm sure they've got the best words and bigly I.Q.s and will do a beautiful, terrific job as they dance around the missile silos telling people they're fired.