Rick Perry Cleared

"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell." TRKOF

Rick Perry Cleared of Governing While Republican After costing him time, money, effort and possibly tarnishing his presidential bid, former Texas Governor Rick Perry on Wednesday was finally cleared of charges that he abused his office when he threatened a veto and then issued it in 2013. His real crime? “Governing While Republican.” Some liberals are no doubt disappointed to hear that a Texas appellate court today, on a 2-1 vote, reversed the conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. They shouldn’t be. There were good reasons to think that DeLay’s prosecution in Texas for violations of state campaign finance law, like the federal prosecutions of former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, involved politically motivated charges brought by overzealous prosecutors. Today’s ruling is a window into the world of corporate access to elected officials, for sure. But it confirms that the big problem is not what’s illegal, but what’s legal. [Liberal California law professor Rick Hasen] To a Democrat-influenced grand jury, Perry’s actions of, well, governing, meant he coerced a public servant and abused his office, and they issued an indictment. But Judge P.J. Keller, who wrote the court’s majority opinion dismissing the case, disagreed. “No law passed by the Legislature can constitutionally make the mere act of vetoing legislation a crime,” Keller wrote, and the court system cannot “examine the motives behind the veto or second-guess the validity of a veto.” Nevertheless, the frivolous prosecution did serve the Left’s goal: to stall a strong conservative’s political career. How much more support could the cowboy-boot wearing governor have generated if donors and voters weren’t wary that the indictment would stick? Texas  Rick Perry Travis County (Austin) Democrats are among the most blatantly corrupt people on God's earth. Drunk driver District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg used a malleable Democrat-influenced grand jury to effectively knock Perry out of his presidential bid, just as former prosecutor Ronnie Earle (now in Hell), "an unabashed partisan zealot," indicted DeLay (it took 3 grand Juries!) forcing him step down as House Whip.  In fact, Dem prosecutors in Austin have tried to indict (and failed)  virtually every elected GOP Senator.  My caveman solution: put another Charles Whitman in the Texas Tower with instructions to clean up Dodge. It's the Texas way.

Rick Perry Smelling the Roses

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Ham Sandwich Indictments Perry has moved up considerably in my election calculus

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Rick Perry squashes media reptile

Rick Perry squashes media reptile

“ If you don't burst into a round of applause at the end of it, I don't wanna be your friend anymore.   Kim Thanks Kim.  I feel closer to you now than ever.  Er—  hey! How about them Bears? And while I'm here, the idea that Iowa, a state that dismissed Tom Harken's fabricated "war hero" story, and his way left-of center politics to reelect him for 50 years,  could have some relevance in who the GOP nominee will be shows just how fkd-up the whole process is.  And oh yeah, Rick Perry for President (now that Sarry has excused Michelle from the race). ”

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I want to like Perry, but LOLing videos ain't helping

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ALSO- "Look, there goes my nomination!"

Perry Wins hands down ...

The Term Ponzi is Scaring Old Farts BOO!

“ ” Leaving out Obama's unfortunate appearance in the lead in., one of these guys represents the tea party manifesto (if there is one) "Let's stop this crap and start over," while the other guy is a smarmy gopparatchik reprising the role of ghosts past,  like Rockefeller, Dole, Bush, McCain. and Romney (George).  I report, you decide.  By the by, if Sarah Palin does not get into the race by, say the next week, I will have to commit to the better of these two guys.  My gut instinct is that we need someone like Palin—   where there is no chance whatever of letting the establishment  serve up another good old boy. We need someone like me, but with gravitas.  More by the by.  Truth be known, we need a Caesar to cross the Rubicon.  Sorry, but it's come to that.

Perry Supported by CAIR? SAY IT AIN"T SO - Okay, it's not.

Governor Perry's Islam Connection Being a lifelong critic of Islam, red flags popped up in my head at Perry's purported cozy relationship with Islam

“ Another line of argument implying Perry's Islamic leanings, if not his out-and-out support, pertains to inclusion of Islam in the state's educational curriculum.  I looked closely into that claim, because it is indeed a critical juncture where young minds can indeed be influenced. The nuggets of the Muslim history curriculum Perry helped coordinate in Texas are summarized below.  It says:    1. Countries of Western Civilization have secular governments, which means great toleration of cultural and religious differences.    2. Countries of Islamic Civilization for the most part either have religiously dominated governments or demands to make them more religious, which means less toleration of cultural and religious differences.    3. Muslims often lack respect for Western traditions and points of view. The Muslim relationship to the West is colored by the belief that Western beliefs [whether Christian or atheist] are defective and therefore inferior to Islam. [American Thinker Full] PS, from the article - "Although Perry's cordial relationship with the Ismailis is indeed true, it hardly warrants alarm.  What is more disturbing is the claim, nearly all of it originating from one source (Debbie Schlussel?), that Governor Perry is supported by CAIR."

Perry and Palin sittin' in a tree ... .

Perry and Palin sittin' in a tree, A-G-R-E-E-I-N-G It's anybody's guess whether Sarah Palin is actually going to run for president, but she sure isn't fading into the woodwork.

“ Many on the left and some on the right (most notably Karl Rove) have criticized Rick Perry for calling Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s monetary policy “treasonous.” But not everyone disagrees with the Texas governor. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is one example. [Palin rips ‘arrogance’ of Obama’s reaction to Perry, still considering 2012 run] And there's this: Craig Christy and his son Shawn were arrested by the  FBI for making threats against Sarah Palin and her family.

PERRY IN - EPA OUT; There's no downside ...

Perry for President.

“ The climate skeptics can finally get excited about the 2012 election: Rick Perry, their candidate of choice, is about to officially throw his hat in the ring. Perry calls global warming "all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight." Unlike many of the other GOP presidential candidates, he hasn't expressed concern about climate change in the past, so he won't have to do any back-pedaling. [GRIST - a Beacon in the Smog] ” Lisa Hymas of "Grist," the Guardian's Enviro-wacko network does warn  that “ — plugging your ears and going "la la la la" doesn't make global warming disappear. Perry's state is getting absolutely hammered by heat and the worst one-year drought in its recorded history. ” Here's the thing about that, a thing I did not know.  Quoting Ms. Hymas. “ Perry served as Al Gore's Texas campaign chair in the 1988 presidential race, just before switching his party allegiance from Democrat to Republican, but conservatives don't have to worry that Perry holds any residual affection for the former veep. "I've heard Al Gore talk about man-made global warming so much that I'm starting to think that his mouth is the leading source of all that supposedly deadly carbon dioxide," Perry said in 2007. ” Jayzuz H Cripes!  Lisa, you ignorant slut.  AGW  Anthropogenic global warming ( man-made global warming!).  Get it?  Yes Earth  is undergoing climate change and has been 24/7 for 3½ billion years.  Man does not, and can not cause significant and lasting climate change.  We are piss-ants.  You've been played like a banjo by climate change charlatans>  That they are liars, crooks and carpet baggers has been proved.  As Algore is wont to say - that debate is over. But that's not what this is about.  Politicians who jumped on the AGW bandwagon are, must-be, stupid or cynical or both.  Perry is neither.  Point: Perry.  But screw that.  It's another negative issue. If all the global warmists in the country drank Kool-Aid today, it wouldn't help the economy,  This will “ Perry also prays for a rollback of EPA regulations: "Frankly I pray for the president every day," he recently told CBN News. "I pray for his wisdom. I pray that God will open his eyes. I wish this president would turn back the health-care law that's been passed, ask that his EPA back down all these regulations that are causing businesses to hesitate to spend money." But Perry's efforts to hog-tie the EPA haven't stopped at prayer. Last year, his administration filed suit against the EPA to block the agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. The suit centered on claims that the so-called "Climategate" emails undermined climate science, though the whole Climategate faux-scandal has been thoroughly debunked. Perry has also fought the EPA in defense of his state's "flexible" air-pollution permits for oil and chemical refineries. And last month, Perry lashed out against an EPA rule that calls for reducing power-plant emissions that drift across state lines, calling it "another example of heavy-handed and misguided action from Washington, D.C., that threatens Texas jobs and families." ” That boys and girls will  get us rolling again.  Without lifting all EPA and other impediments to using all our resources, we are toast.  Perry for President.

Our Heroes Have Always Been Cowgirls?

Dear Yankee Let me tell you, dryland farming is about as hard as it gets.  When I read that, Perry definitely came up in my estimation.  mary

“Here 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] “ (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 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.