“I think we said the door was going to be left open [for a presidential run], but there is a lot of work that has to be done,” Perry said. “2016 is multiple lifetimes away.” He’s right.

January 2013, Full-Time Student after watching the Rodney Dangerfield vehicle Back to School on Comedy Central

March 2013, returns to Texas almost immediately, becomes George Strait impersonator, mistakenly sings only Clint Black songs

November 2012, releases novelty rap single, an extremely late response to Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like”

March 2014, produces and stars in a series of couples videos with his wife Anita, titled Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save Marriage From Boredom

Fall 2014, stars in short-lived Walker,Texas Ranger reboot, as Walker’s new boss, Captain Frank Hahrdass

August 2015, loses his place during speech, ad libs with the last two verses of “The Thunder Rolls” by Garth Brooks, announces the termination of his candidacy