This is what happened:

This is how Perry's "stock" was trading on Intrade immediately after Perry's "Bill Buckner" moment:

Here's the thing: the real gaffe in my mind wasn't that he couldn't remember that he wanted to totally dismantle the Department of Energy (as well as Commerce and Education); the real gaffe is that he ACTUALLY proposes doing those things. 

I mean, has anyone considered what that would actually mean?