Posted on 08/18/2014 5:52:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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According to the Associated Press, via the Huffington Post:
Perry was indicted on charges of abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony with potential punishments of five to 99 years in prison, and coercion of a public servant, a third-degree felony that carries a punishment of two to 10 years.
Perry was a presidential hopeful in 2012, and is expected to make a run in 2016. Perry is a Republican; Lehmberg, who was sentenced to 45 days for driving while intoxicated, is a Democrat, and repeatedly refused the governor’s calls to resign.
What follows is booking footage from Lehmberg’s arrest.
There’s an old adage that a prosecutor can persuade a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. This is because it’s solely within the prosecutor’s discretion as to what evidence is presented. Twitter user Charles Watson agrees.
Liberals Trying to Destroy Rick Perry With Bogus Indictment http://t.co/WuAHWwH1s7
— Charles Watson (@cwatson34) August 16, 2014
Even David Axelrod, confidante and former senior aide to President Obama, thought the indictment was lame.
Unless he was demonstrably trying to scrap the ethics unit for other than his stated reason, Perry indictment seems pretty sketchy.
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No he should be playing this democratic stupidity up. Insult democrats for not having the decency to step down after betraying their office as hypocrites.
If this woman wants a national case about her own abuse of power and refusal to step down for the Good of her office. Perry should give it to her.
Perry did the right thing, and he should state it proudly, by pointing out that Democrats have no decency and greedy hold on to power no matter how much they have discrase their office.
Democrats discrase themselves in office, and then have the balls to sue Perry for doing the right thing?
Tell me how does a DA prosecute someone in good faith for crimes they themselves have not only commuted but attempted to abuse their own power to get out of?
I think the Democrats stepped in it here, and Perry aut to make this woman’s disgracefulness behavior known as the reason he lawfully vetoed funding for her department.
Democrats have a real problem in the realm of greedy grasping on to power no matter the cost to the honor, and legitimacy of their position.
This woman’s office should be as reduced in funds as it has been reduced in honor and legitimacy by the hypocrite who refuses to step down from running it.
She clearly doesn’t care about the law, so why should Texans care to fund her ‘efforts’ to enforce it?
Agree they are stuck on dirty tricks and stupidity they can never win on honesty.
Those who have spent in war-torn areas learn to hate war. I am NOT trying to stir rebellion nor am I trying to stir surrender.
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