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Rick Perry turns himself in to authorities: Does he lose in the end?
Hotair ^ | 08/19/2014 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 08/19/2014 2:52:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Even the New York Times editorial board thinks the grand jury indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry is baseless. In an editorial dripping with contempt for their own conclusions, the Times is compelled to confess that there is really no there there.

“One has to read this editorial to appreciate the angst it engendered in the Gray Lady’s panel of handwringers,” Ed Morrissey observed. “It’s an expert lesson in the use of weasel words.”

Conservatives have rallied to Perry’s side following this baseless indictment. Democrats have scrambled to disassociate themselves from his accusers. Many thought that Perry may end up emerging, paradoxically, in a better political position for having been indicted on corruption charges.

But Rosemary Lehmberg, the local district attorney who managed to secure this indictment and who many believe was exacting political retribution against Perry after he sought her removal from the bench for her DUI arrest, may end up with the last laugh.

“Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to turn himself into authorities Tuesday afternoon at a local Texas jail on the heels of his indictment for alleged abuse of power, a member of the governor’s legal team told Fox News,” a report read on Tuesday. “Fox News has learned Perry will have his mugshot and fingerprints taken.”

That’s really bad news for those who backed Perry’s prospective 2016 presidential campaign. No matter how frivolous the charges Perry faces, and they are frivolous, few politicians can recover from having a police mugshot follow them around wherever they go. And Perry’s mugshot will do just that in 2015 and 2016.

Life isn’t fair, and neither are high-dollar Republican donors – the kind of people a prospective candidate needs to woo in order to mount an even remotely competitive presidential campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: indictment; rickperry; texas
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To: cripplecreek
Photoshop

darn. :-(

(although, I realized how much like an Internet n00b my question made me sound, about 20 seconds after I clicked "Post"...)

41 posted on 08/19/2014 3:47:51 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Gentlemen may cry, "Peace, peace," but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rick Perry mug shot

http://lintvkxan.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/8-19-2014-james-richard-perry-booking-photo.jpg?w=480

very handsome


42 posted on 08/19/2014 3:48:16 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: SeekAndFind
Noah Rothman needs to put on a pair of diapers so he doesn't wet his pants. This is the perfect opportunity for Perry to show he's a man of backbone and b*lls. Don't cry, Noah.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

43 posted on 08/19/2014 4:05:00 PM PDT by wku man ("Weenie in a Hybrid" by 10 Pound Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWdLDSB_6gY)
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To: Zenjitsuman
So all see it.


44 posted on 08/19/2014 4:12:27 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Give ‘Em Hell Rick, We’ve Got Your Back!


45 posted on 08/19/2014 4:13:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jetson

It isn’t happening to Obama because the Republicans in Congress have no gonads. They are a weak bunch of wussies!


46 posted on 08/19/2014 4:14:08 PM PDT by Catsrus (A)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Perry’s been mugged. Let’s hope he learns the lesson.


47 posted on 08/19/2014 4:19:13 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: SeekAndFind

This guy has to be kidding. Perry is now a rock star. People were lined up cheering him as he went into the police station. This will launch his 2016 Presidential campaign. He is going to get mega free time on all the talk shows. The Dems have really stepped in it this time.


48 posted on 08/19/2014 4:38:49 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Zenjitsuman
THE MUG SHOT

49 posted on 08/19/2014 4:50:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy.


This particular Alinsky tactic is a fail for the Lefties targeting Gov. Perry.


50 posted on 08/19/2014 5:01:44 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, at last Rosemary Lehmberg is getting the national attention she deserves....Travis County’s drunken bimbo DA hits the national stage!


51 posted on 08/19/2014 5:06:32 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (If you are reading this then you are probably one of the NWO designated 6.5 billion excess people.)
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To: SeekAndFind

A gentleman at all times...even in a mug shot. :)


52 posted on 08/19/2014 5:16:47 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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To: dfwgator

He should call the legislature into a one-week special session to begin Sept. 3 and seek repeal of the law that empowers the Travis County DA. But he won’t.


53 posted on 08/19/2014 5:34:21 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: deport

whatever happens, Soros and his socialist have done pissed on themselves!


54 posted on 08/19/2014 5:44:03 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Catsrus

You know they’re scared out of their minds to go to far. Obma has been in the making for so long, all the helpers have been put in place to cover his azz.
Whether it’s bribes, threats to family members, you name it. I’d bet my last nickel on it!


55 posted on 08/19/2014 5:50:06 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Fai Mao

Now THAT’S an excellent idea!


56 posted on 08/19/2014 6:10:40 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.)
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To: dfwgator

Who is this “we” you claim has his back?

Isn’t this the same Rick Perry who tried to force an experimental vaccination on every female child in Texas?

That Rick Perry?

You can have his back all you want.

I won’t ever vote for his sorry ass, no matter how badly he is treated by putrid Texas Democrats.

Any Republicans in Texas who continue to try to inflict him on the nation as a potential POTUS need to be drug tested!


57 posted on 08/19/2014 6:19:15 PM PDT by sarasmom (The Benghazi Brief – (Extortion 17 also partially explained))
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To: sarasmom

Never said he was perfect. But he’s a helluva lot better than the other garbage that ran last time.


58 posted on 08/19/2014 6:25:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Good to know where you set the presumably new low bar for potential future Republican POTUS candidates.

Another lessor of evils....


59 posted on 08/19/2014 6:35:26 PM PDT by sarasmom (The Benghazi Brief – (Extortion 17 also partially explained))
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To: sarasmom

He sure smacked down “Abortion Barbie”, I gained a lot of respect for him after that.


60 posted on 08/19/2014 6:39:28 PM PDT by dfwgator
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