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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Perry Hopes Combination of Wearing Glasses and Not Talking Will Make Him Seem Smarter-Borowitz
Borowitz thinks this is funny
I, for one, am certain someone suggested it and made him believe it and it is therefore real.
Funny just scrapes the surface on the way to hysterical.
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AUSTIN, Tex. (The Borowitz Report)With an eye toward a Presidential run in 2016, Rick Perry, the Texas governor, is hoping that a two-pronged strategy of wearing glasses and not speaking will make him appear smarter to voters, aides to the Governor confirmed today.
After the 2012 Republican primary, we knew that we needed to solve what we called the Governors smartness problem, said Harland Dorrinson, an aide to Perry. The fix that we came up with was glasses, but, as it turned out, that was only half the solution.
After outfitting Perry with designer eyewear, aides sent him on the road to reintroduce himself to voters, but the response, Mr. Dorrinson said, was underwhelming: The problem was, he was still talking.
A round of focus groups convinced aides that only through a combination of wearing glasses and not emitting any sounds could Perry overcome voters initial impressions of him.
At a recent political stop in San Antonio, the newly minted Governor Perry was on display, wearing his glasses and gesticulating expressively while saying nothing for thirty minutes.
Our focus groups show people no longer know what Rick Perry is thinking, said Mr. Dorrinson. Thats a huge improvement.
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Rick Perry Hopes Combination of Wearing Glasses and Not Talking Will Make Him Seem Smarter-Borowitz (Original Post)
Mira
Apr 2014
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FSogol
(45,480 posts)1. K & R. n/t
tanyev
(42,552 posts)2. Do those glasses even have prescription lenses in them?
I've read that Sarah Palin's don't.
Mira
(22,380 posts)3. yup - correcting lenses for
lackobrain-opia
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)4. I love good satire
Goodhair is easy to make fun of
Cirque du So-What
(25,932 posts)5. Blatant Mark Twain Ripoff
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Or was it Lisa Simpson? Hmmm...
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)6. I have it on double super secret background...
It wasn't Homer...