And don’t forget, Perry’s call for prayer for rain worked out so well.

Oh.

Wait.

Texas wildfires burn out of control, force Rick Perry to leave campaign trail

And, of course, let’s not forget this

Perry’s budget cuts worsen disastorous wildfires.

“Everything’s bigger in Texas” does not apply to the fire department. The toll of the 2011 Texas wildfires has accounted for at least two dead and 1,000 homes destroyed, a magnitude of which Governor Rick Perry told the AP was “pretty stunning.”

Only earlier this year, however, the presidential hopeful approved a cut that decreased fire department funding by 75 percent.