In the UK they have very strict libel rules so newspapers rarely accuse someone of being drunk, instead they call them "tired and emotional". I just love that phrase, and perhaps he is just tired and emotional.
@11 I believe Texas is the home of the drive-through liquor store, and doesn't have any laws against driving with an open container of alcohol. Drunken Texans is a stereotype I run across pretty frequently.
I mean, not as much as drunken Wisconsinites, but still pretty frequent.
@stirwise you are thinking of Louisiana, I think. Texas actually has pretty restrictive alcohol laws (blue laws, as they are called), put in place as part of the prohibition movement and never repealed due to pressure from the restaurant/bar industry. For the sake of correctness only, it doesn't really matter.
I mean, not as much as drunken Wisconsinites, but still pretty frequent.
Anyway, drunk Rick Perry! hahaha!