Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he thinks Congress should spend its time “securing our border” rather than investigating whether Roger Clemens lied about his steroid use.
Yeas & Nays chatted with Perry by phone late last week as Congress considers whether to go after Clemens, the former Houston Astro and Texas native, for perjury. “That’s a tough one for us down here,” he said. “I understand having rules and following rules, but it seems to me that Congress has more important things to
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deal with than whether somebody took a substance so they could heal quicker or whatever.”
Perry has been making the media rounds promoting his new book on the Boy Scouts, “On My Honor.”
Inspired by the “rash of lawsuits” the Boy Scouts have been subjected to in recent years, the Eagle Scout said he thinks it’s time “to espouse the virtues of this movement, and to expose the virus of human secularism.”
“Trustworthiness,” he responded, when asked what politicians can learn from the Scouts. “If you can’t trust someone, then nothing else really matters,” he said. “If you trust, then you have faith.” He added that everyone should follow the 12 elements of the Boy Scout Law (being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, etc.) “whether they’re in public office or the guy you’re buying your doughnuts from.”
Speaking of public office, we couldn’t resist asking Perry whether bad-boy rocker Ted Nugent should play at John McCain’s inauguration (should he win) in 2009, just as he did at Perry’s inauguration a year ago.
“If it turns his crank,” replied the governor, although “he might cause a little controversy.”
Perry called Nugent “one of the more intellectually stimulating individuals I’ve ever had a conversation with. I’m not sure the guy’s not a genius.”
