From Think Progress:
(1) PERRY ALLOWED THE EXECUTION OF A LIKELY INNOCENT MAN, THEN IMPEDED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER
(2) PERRY WANTS TO REPEAL THE 16th AND 17th AMENDMENTS, ENDING DIRECT ELECTION OF U.S. SENATORS AND THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX
(3) PERRY PROPOSED LETTING STATES DROP OUT OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAID
(4) TEXAS IS THE COUNTRY’S BIGGEST POLLUTER, BUT PERRY SUED THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FOR DISAPPROVING OF THE STATE’S AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
(5) PERRY DESIGNATED AS “EMERGENCY LEGISLATION” A BILL REQUIRING ALL WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS TO HAVE SONOGRAMS FIRST
(6) PERRY GUTTED CHILDCARE SERVICES EVEN AS TEXAS CHILDHOOD POVERTY HIT 25 PERCENT
(7) PERRY WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF TEXAS’S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS
(8) PERRY IS A STIMULUS HYPOCRITE WHO LOUDLY CRITICIZED FEDERAL RECOVERY MONEY BUT USED IT TO BALANCE HIS STATE’S BUDGET
(9) PERRY SAID THAT TEXAS MIGHT HAVE TO SECEDE FROM THE UNITED STATES
10) DESPITE HAVING THE WORST UNINSURED RATE IN THE COUNTRY, PERRY CLAIMS THAT TEXAS HAS “THE BEST HEALTH CARE IN THE COUNTRY”
As I mentioned before Perry is perhaps the only Republican that really concerns me, simply because he is all hair, southern charm, and Texas bullshit, which is EXACTLY the kind of Republican candidate that comes right out of central casting for the GOP faithful.
Essentially he has the looks of Mitt Romney, the swagger of George W. Bush, and the fundamentalist religious credentials of a Sarah Palin. (Yes I KNOW hers are fake, but the bots don't give a rat's ass.)
They take on look at this guy and they will see, almost literally, a cowboy in a white hat ready to ride into Washington and run "Black Barack" right out of town.
However after reading this article I have to admit I do feel somewhat more convinced that he might self-destruct before November as well. And that is how I like my Republican Presidential candidates; Full of hot air, and fatally flawed.
Just what we need..another Big Oil whore in the White House
ReplyDeleteHe has absolutely nothing that should recommend him as president in any sane human being's eyes. Of course, that can be said for all the potential GOP nominees, no matter how "sane" they appear to be. The fact is that they espouse insanely destructive economic policies, which have hurt the states in which those who were governors presided. That alone should tell any sane person to avoid voting for any of them.
ReplyDeleteSo I've really been thinking about that letter "announcing" Trig from God. I cannot think of why she'd write that. Then I think about Heather's letter about parents of autistic kids. And how Sarah seems to feel the hurt for all the people who struggle with things that aren't easy or don't have global support. Then I think of how passionate the whole Palin family is when they defend Trig. I've read the disparaging things people have called him and the jokes people make. I've heard cousins of the family get livid with Family Guy.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I don't get. She wrote that email containing the letter on April 7th. How'd she know the pregnancy was going to be short?
What an ass-wipe. The red party deserves him.
ReplyDeleteAnother comment about the Trig letter. It's actually very endearing and not a bad way to introduce a baby. It shows there was inner struggle, something that would be natural for a mom about to have a special needs child.
ReplyDeleteThing is, those Top 10 things that make us cringe, makes their pupils dilate. This is the kind of government they are searching for, though I don't know how they realize things work if NO taxes are collected and services as mundane as street sweeping and as major as unemployment or emergent care is possible without.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Depression had millions of regular, average Americans living in tent camps and begging for bread - is that what they yearn for with this bullshit bootstrap philosophy?
You can't be strong and independent without a credible infrastructure in the backdrop to prop up your bravado.
His religious cred is bullshit also, too.
ReplyDeleteI hate having this gag worthy butthead as my governor! The people here are stupid as hell to put him back in for a third term. His hands are so dirty with shady land deals and giving state contracts to his buddies. Slick Rick. Blech. There have been rumors for years that he is a closted homosexual, the self hating kind that comes down hard against the homosexual lifestyle when he participates himself. Hypocrite!
ReplyDeleteAs Rick Perry would (and has) say... "Adios, Mofo". I can't stand that guy.
ReplyDeleteThe letter from "God" was immature, unnecessarily grandiose, and silly, not to mention self-serving.
ReplyDeleteYou fogot the biggest rumors about him that have been floating around Austin for YEARS:
ReplyDeleteHis wife is a very lovely beard.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete...The Great Depression had millions of regular, average Americans living in tent camps and begging for bread - is that what they yearn for with this bullshit bootstrap philosophy?
4:39 AM
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Yes, because they are convinced against all logic and evidence that they won't be the ones living in tent camps and begging for bread. Only "others" will be in that predicament.
Rick the Hair is the kind of guy that is involved in shenanigans: sexual, political and personal. He probably has someone polishing his twig and berries as he writes his speeches (is it his wife?).
ReplyDeleteScandal usually follows ardent two-faced xtian Dominionists like Perry. I'll wait for the tabloid reports.
Jaye
Back from sunny CA.
Let's hear it for the Perry/Santorum ticket. DOUBLE ICKY RICKY!
ReplyDeleteOh barf! It's bad enough having this idiot as my governor, the thought of him being POTUS terrifies me.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 4:29 and 4:34, please at least find a thread related to your idiotic comments.
ReplyDeleteThe person who has disparaged Trig the most is Sarah, who only ever talks about how wonderful she is for being his mother and who never talks about his progress or possibilities.
As for getting livid with Family Guy, why? Family Guy portrayed a young lady with Down Syndrome as being an ordinary person with both good points and flaws just like everyone else, able to carry on a full life with adult relationships.
It was you bots and Palin who couldn't accept that the actress providing the voice of the character was intelligent and could make up her own mind not only about what characters to play but also what she thought about Palin's exploitation of little Trig.
Oh goody!! Another clown in the GOP clown car! Just how many clowns can that car hold?
ReplyDeleteGovernor Goodhair (thanks to the late, great Molly Ivins for the perfect nickname for this asshat) also has the stink of corruption around him: he has a slush fund for use at his personal discretion to grant funding (BIG money) to all his friends, supporters and political donors. There's no one here in red-red Texas with the juice to lean into him on issues like this, but he will not be able to pass scrutiny on the national stage. Also, he's an experienced campaigner but his bullshit's pretty thin outside Texas, and even more so outside of the South - and he's just not that bright. He was an Aggie cheerleader at Texas A&M, for crying out loud.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing to know about the new abortion requirement: that sonogram is the invasive intra-vaginal kind where the penis-shaped wand is inserted, not the one where you just lift your blouse for the "belly rub with jelly" version.
ReplyDeleteGovernor Goodhair is a special kind of bad: he'll make you listen to his down home bullshit while he pisses on you
Let's remember dear Molly Ivins today: the first to dub him Rick "Goodhair" Perry.
ReplyDeleteOr at least the first I knew of...
I just love how the GOP/conservatives think their savior (for 2012) will be Perry, Chris Cristie or even Jeb Bush! Pretty frightening! Then they sometimes mention Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan or Mr Rogers from Louisiana. Don't they have anyone center right who might win? Lucky for us, they seem to want the extremists.
ReplyDeleteI'm an absolute Democrat but I don't get the charm people talk about with Rick Perry. He doesn't strike me as at all likeable. I don't get the extreme level of stupidity with Republicans now anyway but Rick Perry seems particularly stupid and offensive. Ever see The Handmaids Tale? That's the world Republicans are trying to create and Rick Perry seems quite like the Commander.
ReplyDeleteRick Perry has been a joke governor for some time. I have a bad feeling that Texas is the testing ground for the kind of election fraud that Bush was able to pull off on a national level.
ReplyDelete@ 5:33, yesh, I am from Austin, and know many gay people in Austin. Several years ago, it was said that his wife moved out of the gov mansion---then she got a new charge card from Tiffany's or a visit form God, and she moved back in. The general consensus is that he has ONE man, and hasn't ever been part of the Austin gay scene for obvious reasons. SURELY all this info would come out---or maybe not---but he has to be a little anxious. But then Sarah------.
ReplyDeleteIn 2000 I attended the reception for all the speakers at the first ever Texas Conference for Women, hosted by Anita Perry, and I still remember the ripple of comments which ran through the assembled crowd of accomplished professional women when Governor Goodhair, in his welcome address, proceeded to speak in the most condescending, patriarcha and patronizing manner possible about his wife, standing at his side, and all the women in the room as well.
ReplyDeleteHe is that smug, and that stupid.
Rick Perry is an interesting guy. He seemed to come out of nowhere. He was Agriculture Commissioner in Texas - one of the races that does not always involve a lot of vetting. During the mid to late 90s, there was a lot of buzz about W running for president (he was our governor at the time). Perry ran for Lt. Governor in 1998 as an extremely popular Lt. Governor (Bob Bullock, Dem.) had retired, so there was no incumbent in the race. We all know what happened in 2000.
ReplyDeleteI've never been impressed with Perry - he seems to be someone who has simply been in the right place at the right time.
Also interesting with Texas politics - Perry started as a Democrat, as did many other politicians. Texas was a very blue state until the mid 80s. Perry was also the first Republican Lt. Governor ever. Bill Clements was elected in 1979 as the first Republican governor since Reconstruction. Of course, all of this mirrors the 80s oil boom.
Looks like another Joe Miller asshole.
ReplyDeleteAll of you love to lie and gossip about Governor Palin but not a single one of you know her. I do. I have known her for a long time. Some of the things you say about her are cruel. Now I´m going to tell you a few truths about her. One of them is very sad.
ReplyDeleteGovernor Sarah Palin was the most popular girl in our middle school. She still is. She was the best friend everyone prays for in life. She still is. During our eighth grade year she came to school one day and something was different about her. Something had changed. And it wasn´t good. That day she gave us a life lesson that I cherish to this day. I will never forget it. She said, ¨________ (a boy´s name I will never repeat) felt me up last night. He put his finger in me.¨ This is when we all started crying along with our dear friend Sarah, who then went on to warn us so we, too, would never be harmed. ¨When a boy puts his finger in you, it messes up your tubes. I probably will never be able to have children. And it makes you go cross-eyed, so I probably will never get married.¨
Thank goodness her predictions never came true. Unfortunately, she has been cockeyed ever since.
(I told you it was a sad story. I hope you feel terrible now for making fun of her.)
5:41
ReplyDeleteThe rumors of his alternate lifestyle are rampant. And have been for years.
He won't run, he is just stalling.
No need to even consider him.
He is the typical GOP gay, all against the gays, for guns, the Confederacy, etc etc.
The standard...."hey everybody look over there!"
7:36 - you are too funny!
ReplyDeleteThis was written in 2008, obviously there is much more to add now.
ReplyDeletehttp://capitolannex.com/2008/07/07/the-top-ten-awesomely-bad-moments-of-the-perry-administration/
The gay rumours don't go away. When Senator Hutchison was running against Perry in the primary for Governor last year, her website had hidden key words. Kay's spokesman deserves a raise for this response:
Sadosky said: "We did not know these offensive word associations were being searched for by hundreds of thousands of Texans everyday nor do we condone the computer-generated existence on our Web site. They will be removed promptly."
The Hutchinson campaign had no idea so many thousands of Texans were curious about how gay Rick Perry is! Whoops!
@7:36 AM
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin doesn't know us, yet she has no problems judging. If God kows everything, why can't he tell her I'm not such a bad guy? If she cares about freedom, why can't she keep her religion out of my life?
Reaping, sowing, etc, etc.
Governor Perry only won again last year because he was a Republican in Texas.The Republican's held their noses and voted for him.He lied to our state about the economy and the voters believed him.We have a 23-27 billion dollar deficit that Perry forgot to tell us about.
ReplyDeletePerry is a horrible debater and communicator and would be buried by President Obama in a match-up.Yes he is cute but is often compared to Sarah.
We have some big problems in Texas.Our state is rated last in health care and education in the country.We are starting to lay off huge amounts of people especially teachers.
Perry will have a lot to answer to about the way he has run Texas down if he runs.
Yet another Texan who shudders when this man is associated with my state. And yet another Austinite who has heard the gay rumors for years. It almost makes me feel sorry for him--how much self loathing do you have to have to act the way he does? And then I remember the terrible things he's done, and what a hideous excuse for a human he is, and I get over it.
ReplyDeletePerry is but the latest great white hype of the GOP. Republicans fantasize that Perry can walk on water - just like the did about Trump, Huckkkleberry, and Daniels. Once Perry gets the kind of scrutiny that a declared candidate gets, his warts will be MUCH more apparent.
ReplyDeleteI lived in Texas when this shithead was Lt. Gov. under W. He is a pandering buffoon. His secession remarks alone will disqualify him.
Ain't gonna' happen, no way, no how.
How about the top question you want to ask Rick Perry when he runs for president:
ReplyDeleteHow is it that you have been governor of Texas for over ten years and Texas ranks at the bottom or near the bottom of nearly every single state ranking?
The rumor that only gets whispered among friends: Rick Perry's love drama resulted in the angry gay arsonists who set the disastrous fire of mysterious origin that all but destroyed the lovely and historic governor's mansion, resulting in the hideously expensive monthly rental of an exclusive estate ($10,000 per month).
ReplyDeleteThe rumor was, if I recall, that Anita walked in on Perry & boyfriend in bed together. She moved out just after that.
ReplyDeleteThen, for "some reason", she moved back in the gov's mansion.
The people in his home county won't vote for him anymore. He pissed them off too much.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Trans-Texas Corridor REALLY PISSED people off. The wrong kind of people.
Cheerleader, as a time (late 60's-early 70's!) and in a place (Texas! A&M Aggies!) not known for being encouraging toward such non-traditional roles for the menfolk. He's always passed himself off as a pretty boy and then a pretty man, pulling all the tried-and-true traditional male camouflage over the truth. It's why he always smirks! Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteSomething looks a little off in that picture, then it hit me - is that a rug?
ReplyDeleteI have friends in TX who hate his guts. Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteTexas is a very gun friendly state!
However he is a grass roots guy and many love that!
Lyndon would have drowned him in a pool of oil.
More today from Think Progress on Rick Perry.
ReplyDelete"Gov. Perry: Economic Crisis is Part of God's Plan To Return Us To Biblical Principals"
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/13/234883/rick-perry-gods-plan/
As Perry is poised to sign the most draconian state budget in recent history that slashes essential services for the poor and middle class while potentially laying off 100,000 teachers, Kyle Mantyla of Right Wing Watch Kyle digs up this gem of an interview from May in which the governor sheds some light on his motivations. During an appearance on James Robison’s Life Today television program, Perry says he sees a silver lining to the devastating recession that has cost millions of families their jobs, homes, and livelihoods: it will return America to “Biblical principles” and free us from the slavery of big government:
The direct quote from the linked video:
PERRY: I think in America from time to time we have to go through some difficult times — and I think we’re going through those difficult economic times for a purpose, to bring us back to those Biblical principles of you know, you don’t spend all the money. You work hard for those six years and you put up that seventh year in the warehouse to take you through the hard times. And not spending all of our money. Not asking for Pharaoh to give everything to everybody and to take care of folks because at the end of the day, it’s slavery. We become slaves to government.
But some spending by the Pharaoh is just fine with Perry. Governor Perry and the taxpayers of Texas will be subsidizing Formula One racing with $25 Million of the taxpayers money each year for the next ten years.
Bloomberg:
Texas, which may balance its budget by firing thousands of teachers, plans to commit $25 million in state funds to Formula One auto racing each year for a decade.
Four years after motorsports’ most popular series left the U.S., Texas investors including Clear Channel Communications Inc. co-founder B.J. “Red” McCombs are building a 3.4-mile (5.5-kilometer) track to bring the event to Austin. Comptroller Susan Combs has agreed to pay $25 million for races through 2022, a subsidy questioned by critics and lawmakers as the state cuts costs to close an estimated $15 billion two-year deficit.
“I don’t understand why 25 people in Austin could not put up $1 million each if they thought this was a good opportunity instead of the state making a $25 million commitment,” said Senator Dan Patrick, a Houston Republican. “The developers should find the money through private sources.”
As many as 100,000 teachers in Texas may be fired because of spending cuts to cope with the state’s budget crisis, according to Moak Casey & Associates, an Austin-based education consultant. For $25 million a year, the state could pay more than 500 teachers an average salary of $48,000.
“I have to wonder why the state of Texas is all over funding for this racetrack and not the school-funding crisis,” said Ewa Siwak, 44, who teaches German in the Austin Independent School District and whose job at Bowie High School is being cut. “Tax dollars for education should be a higher priority.”
Bloomberg reports on some of the other "major events" financed by the "Major Events Trust Fund": "...business meetings such as a Chick-fil-A Inc. convention. "
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-11/texas-taxpayers-finance-formula-one-auto-races-as-schools-dismiss-teachers.html
I am a gay man living in Austin. A native Texan, I've lived out of state about half of my life, but kept coming back because I love our capital city.
ReplyDeleteI am responding to all the quotes on here about "gay rumors" about Perry. How about if I simply say that I know a man here in Austin, in an upper level management position, who had a sexual fling with Gov Goodhair back before he was Lt. Gov. Personally, I couldn't care less who Mr P drops his drawers with, or even if he has a special financial arrangement with his wife to look the other way and go shopping. What does incite me to speak out is Perry's blatant GOP gay man/gay bashing. An article in today's Huffington Post (August 11, 2011) announcing RP's intent to run for president caught my eye. According to this article, "Perry is a full-throated critic of both Democratic and Republican politics in Washington..." (direct quote) Which somehow dovetails perfectly with the fact that he's a deep-throated gay bashing/gay sex enthusiast, backed up by the Ministry of Hatred, the American Family Association. Voila, the RepugnantCon mindf**k.
It's going to be an interesting campaign, Ricky. Just try not to let yourself forget how many gay men in Austin know your real story (we do network, bubba, it goes with the territory of being a targeted minority, strength in numbers, nowutimsayin?), even if your backers have somehow turned a blind eye to it (those who are even capable of actually seeing and recognizing the truth). How can you stand to face yourself in the mirror? You truly have no shame.
As for my ID, you can find me on the Huffington Post, with a photo, as "MuscleJockTX" (I'm happy to come forward if anybody cares to track me down for credibility).
"They take on look at this guy and they will see, almost literally, a cowboy in a white hat ready to ride into Washington and run "Black Barack" right out of town."
ReplyDelete^^Finishing strong with the race card! Well played!