During former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) confirmation hearing Thursday, the energy secretary nominee accidentally let slip a “’Saturday Night Live’ sound bite” that temporarily derailed questioning.
“Did you enjoy meeting me?” Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) asked Perry.
“I hope you’re as much fun on that dais as you were on your couch,” he responded, to a grimace from Franken.
“May I rephrase that, sir,” he asked after a beat.
“Please,” Franken replied dryly. “Please. Oh my lord.”
“Well, I think we found our ‘Saturday Night Live’ soundbite,” Perry told the senator, who was a cast member on the famed comedy show.
Watch the exchange below:
Perry may be dumber than a pile of rocks, but he is comedy gold.
This will all seem ironic after Perry is extorted out of nuclear warhead information later.
The difference in intelligence between Franken and Perry can only be measured in light-years, and Perry is in a galaxy far, far away…
Well Perry will be the Secretary of Oops Energy.
The glasses don’t make Perry look smarter.
Perry makes the glasses look dumber.
(h/t Jim Davis)