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  • Texans haven't impeached a governor since 1917

    09/01/2007 3:04:10 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 41 replies · 2,549+ views
    Lubbock Online ^ | September 1, 2007 | Dave McNeely
    Even though he didn't get a majority for re-election last year, Gov. Rick Perry's 39 percent was ahead of everybody else. And so he's now in a term that lasts into 2011. In the eyes of some of his detractors in the blogosphere, that's too long. Political activist Linda Curtis has started a website calling on legislators in 2009 to impeach the governor (www.impeachperry.indytexans.org/). That's a pretty rash idea. But since Texas doesn't allow for recall elections, like the one that nailed California Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, Texans' only way to toss Perry out before the 2010 election...