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Let’s talk about something truly insignificant for a moment.<\/p>\n

I’ve had a busy day doing one of my part-time jobs. I am a bit worn out, so I thought I’d share my view on former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s portrait unveiling at the State Capitol in Austin.<\/p>\n

He’s not wearing the glasses he donned prior to running for president the second time.<\/p>\n

No, his portrait depicts him barefaced. No specs.<\/p>\n

That’s all right with me. I came to know the governor without the corrective lenses. I always thought he donned the glasses prior to running for president for effect, anyway. They were intended to make him look<\/em> smarter.<\/p>\n

Actually, he didn’t need\u00a0them for that purpose.<\/p>\n

It’s not that I believe the former governor is a dummy. I don’t … and he isn’t.<\/p>\n

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As a glasses-wearing individual myself, I am kind of partial to\u00a0eye wear on politicians.<\/p>\n

Now for a quick aside: I’ve worn specs since the eighth grade. I want to salute Mr. King, my science teacher at Parkrose Heights Junior High School in suburban Portland, Ore., for noticing I was squinting one day while watching a film strip.<\/p>\n

The bell rang for the next class and he took me aside and asked, “Can you read what’s on the blackboard?” I responded incredulously, “Well, no-o-o-o<\/em>,” as if he thought I should<\/em> be able to read it.<\/p>\n

He sent me home that day with a note to my parents.<\/p>\n

Looking back on it\u00a0many decades later I am convinced I was born blind.<\/p>\n

I got the glasses. I threw up in the car on the way home from the optometrist. Why? Seeing the leaves blowing in the breeze made me sick to my stomach.<\/p>\n

The glasses might have made me<\/em> look smarter, too. They didn’t make me a better student.<\/p>\n

Back to the former governor …<\/p>\n

I’m glad the portrait shows him without the eyeglasses. I made his acquaintance in 1990 when he campaigned for Texas agriculture commissioner without them.<\/p>\n

He did pretty well over the years in Texas — politically speaking — without dressing up his face.<\/p>\n\n

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