Colbert: Rick Perry’s Degree in Animal Husbandry Will Help in the Nuclear Afterscape

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COLBERT: "According to "The New York Times," Perry originally thought the job of Secretary of Energy was being a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry, but now he knows he'll be in charge of the United States' nuclear arsenal. And as one member of the transition team put it about Perry's education, "It's been a learning curve." But come on, how hard could it be? It's not like understanding our intercontinental ballistic missile system takes a rocket scientist. I mean, the outgoing Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz is only a nuclear physicist. Meanwhile, in college, Perry studied animal husbandry, which means he knows how sheep do it. That could come in handy in the nuclear afterscape. Got to raise the sheep to trade them for, like, potable water and women. Look. Everybody calm down. Look, we can trust the guy with the nukes. He was governor of Texas, for God sakes. He was on "Dancing with the Stars." Tell my wife I love her."