[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

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[Sgt_Schultze]

Cruz is next. Don’t doubt it.

[Friendofgeorge]

God Bless Rick and Ted.

[MuttTheHoople]

Just a dirty trick. Travis County is the People’s Republic of Texas, Pyongyang on the Colorado.

[jmaroneps37]

I just have a feeling this will blow up in their face and end up being a “bloody shirt” for Rick and Texas Republicans to wave. The stink of desperation on this is very thick. We’ll see.

[RitaOK]

The money line is, “if this drags on....”.

THAT is the strategy. The Tom Delay treatment is Texas tradition.

Rick gets buried under Leftist legal eagles, Cruz gets worn down eventually for carrying on any long term, meaningful support, meanwhile turning Texas blue remains on the march.

Democrats are thugs to the core.

[exnavy]

Wasn’t Rick Perry that guy in the band Journey?/sarc

[Sacajaweau]

The Dems are going to go after him. IMHO, he has the best chance of beating Hillary.....Yes, I believe the polls are cr**.

[nhwingut]

[Usagi_yo]

This has got to be a GOP dirty trick to make the dems look stupid. Those charges don’t even stand up to the lightest of scrutiny.

[Sooth2222]

While every one of the Republicans on the short and long lists would be much better at the job ("president", not "golfer") than the current resident, I don't see any really outstanding candidates yet.

By August 1950, Eisenhower hadn't even started his last job (1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe) before being elected President.

[Regulator]

there has been a sad history of the Travis County District Attorney's Office engaging in politically-motivated prosecutions

Yup. Ronnie Earl may be gone, but his criminality lives on in that office.

[skeeter]

The suspicion, raised by some, is that the indictment is little more than political payback for Perry’s opposition to Obama administration policies, especially where it concerns the southern border.

You don't say.

[buffaloguy]

The Integrity unit is going to be transferred to the control of the State AG where it belongs rather than the Travis County Prosecutor’s office. Too much Prosecutor abuse of authority.

Kay Bailey Hutchison was also charged with something or other during her term in the Senate by the Travis County Prosecutor and other Republicans have been the subject of the ire of this Demo outhouse. Just normal for Texas politics if you are a Republican.

[reagandemocrat]

A prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.

[Menehune56]

Now I understand the creepy slogan “Keep Austin Weird.”

[Katarina]

Good for Cruz, he is a good man. God bless Cruz and Perry.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Cruz’s endorsement of Perry suggests that, at least in the short term, Perry’s indictment has had the effect of raising his popularity among conservatives

I think it shows that Cruz will attack liberal overreaches of power, rather than any great conservative endorsement for Rick Perry.

That said, supporting Perry is easy in this case. Clearly a political prosecution on behalf of a liberal who has no business holding public office.

[Candor7]

The same county in Texas screwed Tom DeLay the same way, and DeLay was exhonerated years later on appeal.DeLay was just too hood at being a majority whip in the house.

Now the Dems want to do the same with Perry, because he is an campaign/election threat to the Dems in Iowa and in Texas.

Perry should file a federal civil suite claiming “ malicious prosecution,” and ask for a federal court order to stay the prosecution until after November 2016, or to vacate it entirely.

[lonevoice]

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