All they've got left is Pestilence.

Trying to shut down the gummint.

Perry's son funded some tea party nut cases in a local school board election in my county http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/05/04/fun-with-the-perry-family-battleground-texas-starts-here/

At their last accounting to the Texas Ethics Commission, they had raised $27,200. Which sounds impressive until you realize that $20,000 of it came from one man. (Click the little one to get the big one.)



Ding, meet Dong. The bell going off in your head asks, “why would someone who lives in Tomball, Texas, care about a school board race in Rosenberg, Texas – at least 15 school districts away?” Perry Homes … hummm, I’ve heard of that.

Bob Perry died last month and by all reports is still trying to explain to Sweet Jesus about the whole Swift Boat Veterans for Truth thing, but his name lives on – as does his money and political philosophy.

This whole thing is nothing but a front for Perry Homes money and political philosophy.

The good guys won three out of four of the contested races and the winner in the other race has now rejected the support of the Perry backed PAC http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/05/10/oh-and-tomorrows-school-board-race-just-got-better/

It seems that one of their candidates, who has taken at least $2,500 from them, is now disavowing them. I can’t show you the whole story because you have to subscribe to read it online, but here’s a PDF of part of the story.

It’s a great story. Katheryn Kaminski, their candidate for District 1, has “disavowed” the PAC and Vannerson. Although she admits that she would not have been able to run without their money, she promises not to take any more money from them. It’s Friday. The election is tomorrow. Big heaping thanks.

The Perry and Simmons money has not gone away totally and I would not be surprised to see the heirs of these GOP contributors backing crazies in the future

I won't lose any sleep at night.

which might leave the field open for the more extremist teabaggers running against them. Such a scenario would benefit Democrats in a national milieu, but Texas is a state where the majority of the liberal-leaning population doesn't vote and where gerrymandering takes care of those of us who do. Very bad news. While there is some hope that Texas might go blue in national elections, internally, teabaggers will probably hold sway in the state lege, many other elected positions and school boards for decades.