It is not true, so it looks to me like you're the only idiot here tonight.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/sep/07/legend-al-gore-and-rick-perry/
http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=14215
Perry, 50, is also a microcosm of recent trends in state politics. The state chairman of Al Gore’s 1988 presidential bid, Perry comes from a family of Texas Democrats.