[Labyrinthos]

Rick Perry’s downward spiral begins. His indictment was his high water mark.

His downward spiral began when he stopped wearing western boots (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/us/rick-perry-gives-up-his-cowboy-boots.html) and started wearing those ridiculous thick framed glasses that all the so-called hipsters and cool people seem to be wearing these days. That says to me that he is not a leader, but a follower; more concerned about getting people to like him for his image than for his message.

[Ben Ficklin]

He started wearing those glasses because he wanted everyone to think he was Barry Goldwater’s illegitimate son.

[CatherineofAragon]

"and started wearing those ridiculous thick framed glasses that all the so-called hipsters and cool people seem to be wearing these days. That says to me that he is not a leader, but a follower; more concerned about getting people to like him for his image than for his message."

You know, I don't particularly like those glasses on him, either, but he can't exactly find a pair of big goggle-like 1980s aviators. What Perry is wearing is what's available now.