For Perry, being governor has perks

Pollutico ^ | 9/12/2011 | KENNETH P. VOGEL

[free me]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s humble origins and down home straight talk are central to his political identity, but for years Perry has enjoyed lavish perks and travel — mostly funded by a group of deep-pocketed supporters — that are allowed under his state’s lax ethics and campaign rules.

Some of the same Texas donors who have funded Perry’s political rise also have footed the bills for Perry and his family to jet around the world, stay in luxury hotels and resorts, vacation in tony Colorado ski towns, attend all manner of sporting events and concerts, and to maintain, entertain — and even pay the cable bill — at the 4,600-square-foot mansion with a heated pool that taxpayers are renting for him at a cost of about $8,500 a month.

And that’s to say nothing of the wide range of sometimes-expensive gifts Perry has accepted over the years, including 22 pairs of cowboy boots, Stetson hats, belt buckles, cuff links and at least nine hunting trips.

[Oldpuppymax]

The media sees a dangerous enemy in Perry. A true threat to its Whitey House hero, Barack. The attacks we can expect to see over the next months will probably dwarf even those launched at Sarah Palin!!

[Oldpuppymax]

The media see a dangerous enemy in Perry. A true threat to its Whitey House hero, Barack. The attacks we can expect to see over the next months will probably dwarf even those launched at Sarah Palin!!

[CowboyJay]

I’ve posted repeatedly on FR (based on the preliminary digging I’ve done) that Perry’s candidacy will not survive the thorough media vetting he will surely get sometime between now and next November. His electability is being WAY overstated.