Rick Perry's cowboy show bombs

Rick Perry doesn't seem to know that his 15 minutes of fame expired with "oops" a few debates back. Maybe this will convince him.

Public Policy Polling has just released results of a poll of Texas Republicans in which Perry now trails both Romney and Gingrich for third place in the presidential primary in his own state !!

That's quite a reversal from when he led Romney 49% to 10% in the same poll last September. Now in January, his standing is 3rd place among Texas Republicans:

Romney 24%
Gingrich 23%

Perry 18%

Further, 39% of Texas Republicans said that Rick Perry's campaign for president has hurt Texas' image. They must be pretty mad at the guy down their in pardner land.

Lest anyone still wonder why Perry's fortunes began to fall the minute he opened his mouth in the first debate, Perry obliged with another cringe moment. In the Monday night S.C. debate, he referred to Turkey as "being ruled by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists," and he questioned whether Turkey belonged in NATO.

The State Department was quick to distance itself. A spokesman said:

"We absolutely and fundamentally disagree with that assertion. Turkey is a strong partner in the region. We've seen it make a very courageous stand against what's going on in Syria, for example. It continues to play a very positive and constructive role in the region. And it is often cited as an example of a so-called Islamic democracy in action."

Is Perry simply ignorant about world affairs? Just too dumb for national exposure? Or is he willfully distorting the truth to rev up the ignorant base? Whatever, it isn't working for him, since he's now in last place in the South Carolina polls with 5%.

Go home, cowboy.

Ralph