Texas Gov. Rick Perry On Recession: "We're In One?"

You gotta LOVE Texas.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), facing a tough primary challenge from Sen. Kay Baily Hutchison (R), left many puzzled when he declared his state was recession proof.

Said Perry: "As a matter of fact ... someone had put a report out that the first state that's coming out of the recession is going to be the state of Texas ... I said, 'We're in one?'"

Paul Burka of the Texas Monthly: "This gaffe is going to stick. It is going to be national news. It will come back to haunt him in a campaign spot. If Hutchison can't make something of it, the Democrats can. You cannot be callous and cavalier when people are losing their jobs and their homes. I don't care how ideological the Republican base is. Unemployment in Texas just reached the 8% mark. Everybody knows someone who is suffering in these times. Everybody has lost part of their life savings. It could cost him the race."

Here's a video of Perry's remarks:

Only In Texas

Texas seems to be replacing Florida as the political lauginhstock. First secession talk and tea baggings, now this: Sen. Hutchison Forgets Her School's History | Media Matters Action Network

While announcing her campaign for governor of Texas from the high school she attended, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said, "I want to help to create an education system like I had." The only problem? Sen. Hutchison attended a "segregated white school."

Oooops! Oh well, KBH will make a nice first president for the Republic of Texas. And her Lieutenant Governor can be Texas Tom