I think the term is animal husbandry. Animal sex, well, ... animals are all pretty much A students right out the gate.
As to your point, Perry's a successful three term governor of Texas and he did graduate Texas A&M. He might not be sitting around computing Pi in his spare time, but people who grow up poor and dumb don't rise to his level. Ever.
On paper, at least, he's more qualified than Barack Obama or Sarah Palin, and at least as qualified as George Bush or Hillary Clinton. I suppose if you like 'business' talking corporate raiders, then there's Mitt Romney. Any of those five are well above average in intelligence (if not common sense, perhaps), and I don't see any of them exactly blowing Perry out of the water in that column, either.
“At least as qualified as Bush or Hillary Clinton”. Bush was a colossal disappointment, and Hitlery is a creep and a lunatic who speaks to Eleanor Roosevelt, and who thinks that Basher Assad is a reformer and Al Jezeera is where you can peruse real news. You surely know how to make a case for Rick “Pander” Perry! PALIN/RUBIO ‘12!!! Bob