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 Ladys panel of handwringers, Ed Morrissey observed. Its an expert lesson in the use of weasel words.
Conservatives have rallied to Perrys 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 governors legal team told Fox News, a report read on Tuesday. Fox News has learned Perry will have his mugshot and fingerprints taken.
Thats really bad news for those who backed Perrys 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 Perrys mugshot will do just that in 2015 and 2016.
Life isnt 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.
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darn. :-(
(although, I realized how much like an Internet n00b my question made me sound, about 20 seconds after I clicked "Post"...)
Rick Perry mug shot
http://lintvkxan.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/8-19-2014-james-richard-perry-booking-photo.jpg?w=480
very handsome
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Give ‘Em Hell Rick, We’ve Got Your Back!
It isn’t happening to Obama because the Republicans in Congress have no gonads. They are a weak bunch of wussies!
Perry’s been mugged. Let’s hope he learns the lesson.
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.
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.
Well, at last Rosemary Lehmberg is getting the national attention she deserves....Travis County’s drunken bimbo DA hits the national stage!
A gentleman at all times...even in a mug shot. :)
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.
whatever happens, Soros and his socialist have done pissed on themselves!
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!
Now THAT’S an excellent idea!
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!
Never said he was perfect. But he’s a helluva lot better than the other garbage that ran last time.
Good to know where you set the presumably new low bar for potential future Republican POTUS candidates.
Another lessor of evils....
He sure smacked down “Abortion Barbie”, I gained a lot of respect for him after that.
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