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we go again [...] So please, heed this advice. Rick Perry, as you have
no doubt already discovered, is not the easiest man to write about. He
is secretive and leery of the media (sometimes to the point of
hostility), and he has a strategically valuable knack for being
underestimated by his critics. I have been writing about him since the
eighties, when he began his career in the Texas Legislature. Along the
way I have learned a few things, which I have arranged in this handy
list of Eight Points to Keep in Mind When Writing About Rick Perry. [Texas
Montly] |
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(I've included item titles only)
1. Perry is not
George Bush.
2. It’s not a big deal
that
Perry was once a Democrat.
3. Perry is cannier
than you
think he is.
4. Texas is not a
“weak
governor” state.
5. Perry is not a male
hair
model.
6. Perry is from the
middle of
nowhere.
7. Perry is an Aggie.
8. Don’t discount the luck factor.
So there you have it. In closing, I would like to
request that you please do your best to avoid tin-ear clichés about
barbecue, cattle, oil, football, and the Alamo. Remember, this is an
urban state of 25 million people. We don’t go to sleep at night
dreaming of William Barret Travis drawing a line in the sand. We do
admire our rural history, as this month’s cover attests, but our
vitality is in the cities. Enjoy your visit, best of luck, and please
get it right this time.
Yours truly,
Paul Burka
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I imagine I'm not the
first person to grin at the juxtaposition of "Our Heroes Have Always Been Cowgirls,"
and the Rick Perry
blurb. Still, this story can only help Perry if
enough non-Texans read it. Thanks mary.
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An Aggie in the White House? The tea-sips will never survive it. After the halfrican, anything is possible.
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"AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry signed into law Monday a measure that will limit frivolous lawsuits by levying some fees on plaintiffs and allowing meritless suits to be dismissed early in the process.
ReplyDeletePerry designated the "loser pays" bill a top priority of the legislative session, saying Texas needs to crack down on junk lawsuits.
Some plaintiffs who sue and lose will be required to pay the court costs and attorney fees of those they are suing. The law also creates expedited civil actions for cases less than $100,000. It goes into effect Sept. 1."
That faint screaming sound you hear is from the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
Perry is a politician. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be the Governor of Texas. Like all politicians, you never trust them if they're out of sight. As far as how he rates: he can be controlled, but you better keep an eye on those that pay for the buttons.
ReplyDeletePersonally, Texas Monthly is a liberal rag that wouldn't exist if Austin wasn't around.
Hence the cover placement ...
ReplyDeleteYanno.... *Some* of US are gittin kinda wore out with the whole "Urban = Civilized" meme.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin...
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Which is why I'm proud to have married my sister (it was annulled, but Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a product of that union). Shhhhh.
ReplyDeleteawwhell... I'd hang it up and go fishin but today all I'd catch is a Bass Turd.
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As a several decades subscriber to Texas Monthly magazine, said subscription I maintain to keep up with goings-on back home, and for the excellent barbecue, steak, Meskin food, and hamburger joint reviews, I think it instructive to note that Paul Burka is probably at least as liberal as Vann Jones, and claimed to vote for Dubya, before he voted against him. Or something like that.
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"Texas Cowgirls Monthly"
ReplyDeleteThen those light days are the
"Rhode Island Cowgirls Monthly"