Rick Perry doesn't realize that he is Pope Urban VIII

Scene from last night's Republican debate:

Jon Huntsman: Listen, when you make comments that fly in the face of what 98 out of 100 climate scientists have said, when you call into question the science of evolution, all I'm saying is that, in order for the Republican Party to win, we can't run from science....

Rick Perry: Well, I do agree that there is -- the science is -- is not settled on this. The idea that we would put Americans' economy at -- at -- at jeopardy based on scientific theory that's not settled yet, to me, is just -- is nonsense. I mean, it -- I mean -- and I tell somebody, I said, just because you have a group of scientists that have stood up and said here is the fact, Galileo got outvoted for a spell.

Boy, you couldn't make this stuff up. Recall that Galileo was hounded by the Catholic Church, who objected to his scientific theory because it conflicted with their religious ideology. Catholic Church, meet the 21st century Republican Party and the American Petroleum Institute. Pope Urban VIII, meet Rick Perry.