Rick Perry: No Veep Ambitions & He Hates Washington

Since early last year, all of the back-fence talk about Rick Perry’s vice presidential ambitions have been the fodder for blogs. In fact, all of the talk started on blogs and then the MainStream Media picked it up last year and it grew legs this year.

So, I find it kind of entertaining that blogs didn’t get a mention in this San Antonio Express News story in which Governor Perry’s staff denies that Perry has any Veep Ambitions.

That aside, I found the whole story most amusing. After all, one must deny their ambitions for higher office when they are seeking “The Second Spot” in order that they not be viewed as too ambitious or distracted.

I was particularly amused by this:

Gov. Rick Perry has no interest in national politics and may seek re-election in 2010, his chief political consultant said Friday.

Dave Carney said speculation that recent decisions by Perry, including his mandate that middle-school girls be inoculated against a sexually transmitted virus linked to cervical cancer, are designed to raise the governor’s profile nationally are “one of the most retarded things about the political observers in Texas.”

“He hates Washington. He doesn’t like to go there,” Carney said.

Number one: I guess we’re all retarded. Number two: Isn’t “I Hate Washington!” everyone’s mantra in government?