Posted on 12/13/2016 8:30:47 AM PST by RummyChick
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump plans to name the former Texas governor Rick Perry as his secretary of energy.
The selection of Mr. Perry to lead the energy agency would offer a rich irony: During a televised debate in 2011, when he was seeking the Republican nomination, Mr. Perry intended to list the Department of Energy among agencies he wanted to eliminate, but he could not remember its name.
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Maybe Trump picked Perry to shut the department down
I would imagine Governor Perry knows a thing or two about energy, what with him having been governor of Texas and all. Not to mention the guy does have a bit of experience in running a big bureaucracy.
Good pick...Perry can whittle it until it’s All Gone!!
It’s a good idea. DJT needs to bring in loyal ‘pubs before the sick venom of McCain, Graham, and now Rubio spreads any further.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/13/politics/rick-perry-energy-secretary/index.html
(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be his nominee for energy secretary, multiple transition sources told CNN Tuesday, which would make him head of an agency he once sought to eliminate.
Hopefully he won’t introduce himself as “Rick Perry, Secretary of...um...just a moment...Secretary of...sorry, drawing a blank...oops.”
Perry was the guy who said Trump was a cancer on the GOP.
Perry wanted to shut down the DOE 4 years ago
I hope he still does - because to reform it, he’ll probably have to tear it down and re-start from zero.
That’s funny, but Perry just had a bad night then. He’ll be fine.
Perry is a total NWO, Globalist shill that has major ties to the Bush cartel, and is an open-borders thug!!!!!! He is anti-anti-2nd amendment and he is known to take prescription DRUGS!
This pick is disgusting to my sensibilities! Bad pick! Bad pick!
Is Energy one of the three departments Perry wanted to shut down?
I suppose as Energy Secretary there are few reasons for you to accept a bribe from Big Pharma.
Don’t forget Cruz and Kasich
How about T. Boone Pickens?
I think he'll do better than some of Trump's picks and not as well as others. The key is he'll do a competent job without making waves or causing headlines.
but ... “La Raza Ricky is EEEEVULLL!!!!”
I think he’s a great pick.
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