In His Mug Shot, Rick Perry Comes Out Smelling Like A Texas Yellow Rose

Investor's Business Daily ^ | 20 August 2014 | Editorial

[IBD editorial writer]

Leadership: Texas Gov. Rick Perry smiled confidently for his mug shot, as if to signal he would prevail over politicized big government. In fact, that may resonate as a campaign theme for voters weary of the same abuses. Until now, the prevailing "narrative" was that a governor under indictment on two counts of "abuses of power" would be political toast. Because even if the charges were baseless, as these are, the mug shot and the screeching headlines would bring certain opprobrium. It certainly happened that way for now-exonerated House leader Tom DeLay, whose career was ruined by the same tactics that the same Travis County prosecutor's office is using against Perry. But these aren't normal times. Perry's deft use of his own mug shot, positioned with a tight "I've got you right where I want you" smile, is already being heralded as a campaign poster in an age when government itself is the biggest issue.

[blueunicorn6]

That poor woman. She’s going to be the model for the most popular Halloween costume for girls this year.

“Trick or treat!”

“And what are you, sweetie?”

“I’m a mean, nasty, old, Democrat drunk!”

“Is this Halloween or a Hillary fundraiser?”

[CatherineofAragon]

LOL!

[smoothsailing]

[TexasCajun]

She was a spitter too! ...disgusting.

[CatherineofAragon]

[a fool in paradise]

Doesn’t she look a little like John Belushi in that picture?

John didn't drink THAT much...

[Rusty0604]

Like!

[bert]

“you’re ruining my career” quote of the year

[areukiddingme1]

Rosemary, fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life.

[Uversabound]

Ok you guys I am bored to death at the workplace(its my lunch hour) Comon lets have some fun, can you retirees get some great photos of we beautiful conservative women like on Fox news?

How about the girls on THE FIVE....everyone of them is beautiful.....and smart.

Rick is a good looking man.

[CatherineofAragon]

She should have to wear it on her forehead...typical responsibility-shirking leftwinger.

[Terry L Smith]

In a nation where a queer Communist is shoved into The White House, and a convicted ex-con former governor is now on the ballot for Congress, there ain’t nothing touching Rick Perry!

Democrats attempt to use ‘law-fare’, as it has been termed, and the charges are bogus.

[re_nortex]

The “Yellow Rose” of Texas was a name for a female mulatto.

Was she actually mulatto? IIRC correctly, Emily Morgan was either an octoroon or a quadroon.

[ChildOfThe60s]

fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life

Worked pretty well for Teddy K., that famous champion of women's rights and the co-inventor (with Chris Dodd) of the innovative "waitress sandwich".

[ansel12]

Ok you guys I am bored to death at the workplace(its my lunch hour) Comon lets have some fun, can you retirees get some great photos of we beautiful conservative women like on Fox news?

Work hours is when things get done here, when I was new at FR I thought that people off work were posting and reading, but as a freeper posted to me one day, watch how participation starts and dies with the office clock, and he was right.

[Jane Long]

I LOVE that!!

(Did you make that?)

[blueunicorn6]

“How about the girls on THE FIVE”

Bob Beckel isn’t beautiful. Distinguished looking, maybe.

[Jane Long]

[Uversabound]

But I love Bob just not his political opinion.

Makes me understand Carville and Mary Magdaline though...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Rick is wearing that indictment like a mantle of honor just like Billy Jeff did when he got impeached. This is backfiring so bad on the Dems and I don’t think they have a clue yet. With any luck Perry can ride this and the border crisis right into the Whitehouse.