Well, I’ll just say this. I recently heard Perry talking about a project/company he co-founded, to build a massive AI-data center campus near Amarillo. He was spitting facts, strategy, etc., talking details and also big picture.
My first reaction was, WOW, I didn’t know Perry had this in him.
He sounded MUCH smarter than he ever sounded as governor.
He could ALWAYS give a great speech. And that’s not a small achievement....but he was never really very impressive in a small group talking policy. (I was in meetings with him like that when he was governor). He always seemed a little foggy, a little less than fully informed, not very confident.
So for him to be doing real work, sounding AMAZING and intelligent...at 75...I’ll just say that it was noticeable. I didn’t think it was the same Rick Perry.
This was before I knew anything about his advocacy for ibogaine.
If ibogaine did that for him, I wish, for his own sake, he had gotten it thirty years ago.
I don’t know what injuries he perhaps suffered as a pilot during his service...or whatever was ailing him (comparatively) before, but, now....it’s gone.
He’s very impressive now. Pretty shocking, honestly.
interesting comment.
I listened to “The Way I Heard It” episode with him and he was impressive.