A note to the rest of the country.
Personally, I believe that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is pulling all this stuff simply to survive a Republican primary challenge in the Texas Gubernatorial race as almost everyone but the far right wants to throw him out, but, in case he's looking beyond that, I feel the need to warn the rest of you.
Rick Perry is worse than George Bush. Beware
Rick Perry is worse than George Bush. Beware
posted by mikevotes at
8:30 AM
4 Comments:
Chuck Norris is insane:
"He says, "I may run for president of Texas. That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not me, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star state, if the state of the union continues to turn into the enemy of the state."
Dude. All due respect, what's in the water down there?
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-epm, at 8:57 AM
It's the crazy right. We're the only big red state left.
A combination of country music and born agains makes Texas a fertile ground.
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mikevotes, at 9:02 AM
You are the one that needs to be careful, Mike. The eyes of Texas are upon you, all the livelong day.
As I understand it, the fundamentalists completely screwed up the Texas GOP years ago by forcing all candidates to sign a pledge supporting the platform, which includes a lot of really crazy stuff.
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Todd Dugdale , at 2:51 PM
Pretty much. But there's some specific stuff to Perry.
He's "within the law" crooked, channeling stuff to allies and forcing unnecessary stuff.
Remember the cervical cancer vaccine that was going to be forced on every Texas child?
Most moderate Republicans would be happy to have anyone but him. He probably wouldn't have won his last election except that there was Kinky Friedman taking 11 % of the vote and Carol Strayhorn as an independent Republican taking another 23%.
The odds are fair that he could even lose the primary to Hutchinson who is no great shakes, but at 55% approval greatly overshadows Perry.
That's what this is all about. Riling up the Texas base to survive his primary.
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mikevotes, at 3:42 PM
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