Posted on 08/20/2014 6:19:18 AM PDT by cotton1706
Rick Perry has been on a subtle campaign since November of 2012, and he has done it well. The Texas Governor has wooed away companies from multiple states by showing off the energetic business environment, he has engaged in national political discussions through videos, social media, and op-eds, and he has kept his name, and more importantly, the record of the state he governs, in the news.
But now we have the news of two criminal indictments.
Leading Conservatives Gather For Republican Leadership Conference In New OrleansThis indictment is filled with the distilled essence of progressive projection. An out of control county DA gets drunk and makes a decision to drive, then she is caught and arrested. This DA, who was found to be intoxicated three times the legal limit, attempted to use her title to not only coerce the police to let her go, but to threaten the police for locking her drunk ass up.
Coercion and threats of retribution. That’s what the DA who is at the center of this case did. That is what the Travis County DA is charging Perry with.
How perfectly Orwellian this all is.
I know some are worried that the indictment of Governor Perry, and the subsequent mug shot, will be the stumbling block that preemptively ends his bid for 2016, but I am not convinced.
This indictment plays to Perry’s strengths, not only his serious retail politics skills, which this will allow him to display, but also a naturally conservative but truly populist opinion that some drunk shouldn’t be in charge of jack, especially when drawing a salary from the taxpayers.
I can imagine Perry defending himself on the campaign trail, but I really don’t have to, RickPAC already has an ad up that lays out the case pretty well.
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Yes I agree with this article. The current situation is going to turn Rick Perry into a rock star. Every talk show will be wanting him on and its going to add up to a lot of free national facetime with the public.
I’m sorry I bought into the RINO carpola early in the 2012 race. Everyone who is calling Perry a RINO needs to read his book. He’s a states righter and he does want smaller govt. If we don’t significantly reduce the size of the Bureacracy we will never rid ourselves of the progressives and this police state that has been erected.
a guy can dream :)
We’ll see. I wonder if they’ve asked Tom DeLay how well it worked for him?
We can hope, however, it didn't work for DeLay. I don't think this will work out different for Perry.
I would say its already working actually. People were lined up outside the police dept yesterday cheering Perry as he went in. He is never going to be convicted of anything and the charges will probably just be thrown out. He can campaign on this for 2 years.
Peering in from afar (Georgia), I see Perry as one of the only prospective GOP candidates who is bravely and openly walking his talk, and fighting the fight. From his fantastically prosperous state, to the border situation, to going against King Obama, he’s the fighter we need leading the way.
Debating isn’t leading. Obama is supposed to have been the “great orator”, but without his TelePrompTer, he’s just a disconnected series of “uh’ s and ahh’s”. And, Obama just talks, and never does anything...legal.
I sure don’t want Jeb, or Christie.
I’m all in.
Wasn't Perry on medication for back problems during the last campaign? That would offer some explanation for his vapor-lock during a couple debates. Having been through nasty lower-back problems and muscle spasms, I know first-hand the brain's sharpness diminishes with the pain meds that are needed to lessen the agony.
I agree. Once this mess is deep in the rear-view mirror, part of his message could be legal reforms, to lessen the possibility of political hackery at the prosecution level.
My other fear is that Mitt will get in the 2016 race. If so I think Rick Perry and Ted Cruz are the only other people who could take votes from Mitt. We need to keep that in mind.
You don’t live in TX or you’d be looking elsewhere for a candidate. The first and foremost reason he’s stepping down from gov is because he knows TX has had our fill of his lib ways. The run for POTUS is nothing more than foder for his political ego. BTW, you do know that in TX, the office of the Gov is nothing more than a title. All the gov has to do is sit there and be pretty which Gov Goodhair has done. The real running of the state falls to the Lt. Gov and the Legislature.
The POTUS can’t rely on notes. He MUST be a brilliant off the cuff speaker.
A Perry/Cruz 2016 Team or a Cruz/Perry 2016 Team?
The next time the RNC calls me asking for money I will write a check for Rick Perry for president.
The next time the RNC calls me asking for money I will write a check for Rick Perry for president.
Something to keep in mind: 14 years as governor provides ample opportunities to make enemies.
But one can't deny that Texas has unquestionably been the best governed state in the union across Perry's terms. It's true that the Texas constitution grants relatively more power to the Lieutenant Governor and the legislature at the expense of the governor. But the governor's office is not without power and, generally, his policies have prevailed.
One thing is for sure: If Perry were elected President, the 10th Amendment would enjoy a comeback. The power and size of the federal bureaucracy would be sharply curtailed.
Rick Perry is a politician, to be sure, but he is not a lib.
And, by the way, Perry's problems during his first run for the presidency in 2012 are largely attributable to pain-killers he was taking after a recent back operation. The slurred speech and forgetfulness were not characteristic. He is, in fact, pretty damn quick on his feet.
You think the "Day of Infamy" was off the cuff??
Can't happen. Constitutionally, the President and the VP cannot hale from the same state.
Bush and Cheney could avoid this problem by Cheney changing his place of residence to Wyoming -- which was where he was born, raised and where he served as a Congressman.
Perry and Cruz, however, are both lifetime residents of Texas (save Cruz' birth in Canada, of course).
What Article, Para, etc. of the Constitution says tha?
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves;...
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