Top 10 Things Texas Gov. Rick Perry Doesn’t Want You To Know About Him

Source: Think Progress


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(1) PERRY ALLOWED THE EXECUTION OF A LIKELY INNOCENT MAN, THEN IMPEDED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER: In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Huntsville, Texas after being convicted of arson and the murder of his three children. Even after significant evidence emerged showing that arson had not caused the fire (thus exonerating Willingham), Perry refused to grant a stay of execution. Five years after Willingham was executed, a report from a Texas Forensic Science Commission investigator found that the fire could not have been arson. As the commission prepared to hear testimony from the investigator in October 2009, Perry quickly fired and replaced three of its members, forcing an indefinite delay in the hearing.

(2) PERRY WANTS TO REPEAL THE 16th AND 17th AMENDMENTS, ENDING DIRECT ELECTION OF U.S. SENATORS AND THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX: In his 2010 book Fed Up!, Perry called the 16th and 17th Amendments “mistaken” and said they resulted from “a fit of populist rage.” The 16th Amendment allows the federal government to collect income taxes, which is the single biggest source of revenue, accounting for 45 percent of all receipts. The 17th Amendment took electing U.S. senators out of the hands of political insiders and allowed the American public to decide their representation instead. If Perry had his way, the federal government would be stripped of its current ability to fund highway construction projects, food inspectors, and the military, and the American public would not even be permitted to elect their own senators.

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(5) PERRY DESIGNATED AS “EMERGENCY LEGISLATION” A BILL REQUIRING ALL WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS TO HAVE SONOGRAMS FIRST: In January, Perry proposed requiring all women seeking abortions to have a sonogram at least 24 hours before the procedure. Under the bill, doctors would be required to “tell a woman the size of her fetus’ limbs and organs, even if she does not want to know.” Before a woman is permitted to have an abortion, physicians are also forced to provide an image of the fetus and make the woman listen to the sound of its heartbeat. Perry designated his proposal as “emergency legislation,” allowing the bill to be rushed through the legislature. He signed it into law last month.

(6) PERRY GUTTED CHILDCARE SERVICES EVEN AS TEXAS CHILDHOOD POVERTY HIT 25 PERCENT: Facing a $27 billion budget deficit this year, Perry decided to gut child support services, despite a report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities that found nearly one in four Texas children lived beneath the poverty line. Instead of raising revenue like California, a state facing a similarly sized deficit, Perry scaled back more than $10 billion of child support over two years. As Think Progress’ Pat Garofalo noted, these cuts were proposed despite Texas’ possession of a $8.2 billion rainy day fund.


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wretchedness. :patriot:

Item 1 above should be "enough" to remove the SOB from the national stage and relegate him to scrubbing toilets in the jail somewhere in Po-dunk TX.

Those Republics who claim to have the strongest Christian faith need to have their asses kicked.

Perry is far from being alone.

And based on his record here in Texas, I'd have to agree.

The idea that he could become president makes me physically ill. This might be enough to get me volunteering for Obama again.

n/t

"High-functioning moron."

And it's got the nice ring of truth to it.

must be something about the Texas Governorship that attracts "high functioning morons" lol!

wow.. he's really a piece of work.. i've read about some of those horrifying stories but didn't realize it was all one man that created them...

I recently heard a commentator describe him as a combination of GW Bush and Liberace ha ha!

man the pukes can really pick em... he fits right in with the loony crowd.

Perry is and slick as a used car salesman.

:thumbsup:

recommended.

Cameron Todd Willingham

Anderson Cooper AC360
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyc2PzM593g

Hardball 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWNLQdmQBG8

More here
http://camerontoddwillingham.com/

:hi:

all this shit...in the general election, though, he'd rather this was kept quiet.

all these questions, and when asked again will say he already answered them.

How much did the same kind of shit hurt GWB. None.

Gore and Kerry?

;)

I forgot to kick your Aneruca post!

of Perry. Although my former employer was generally quite conservative over economic issues - he had been very much involved in a lot of alcohol and drug rehab work. Apparently Perry had completely gutted those programs - even the ones that were clearly producing tangible results. Apparently within the Texas State correction system - Perry had ended all rehab programs for inmates. Although Mike was generally not a big fan of government backed social programs - he could see where real human needs that were necessary for society as a whole were just plain collapsing under Perry's tenure.

It just boggles the mind that republicans cannot see the disastrous social and economic impact of not implementing these types of programs.

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He was an AWOL, coke monkey, horrible oil corpo who couldn't ride a bicycle and he took to the office TWICE.

:shrug:

:kick:

More people need to know what kind of a low life creep this guy his. Him and his little stool Dave Carney too. Carney is Karl Rove on steriods. This race will be the ugliest ever.

:puke: on all of Rick Perry's houses.

And that would be his private life. Or should I say, his not so private life. I'm fairly bothered to go this direction, because I do believe candidates should be evaluated by their policies, not their sexual orientation. But, alas, closeted isn't the same as gay and it's important we go with what is going to work in Puritan America, because this man is a smooth talker and he's purdy, to use the southern vernacular. I really, really didn't think he would actually choose to run. He certainly has chutzpah, that and a long suffering wife, but that's a bit of a tradition with wives of Republican candidates.

At the time it became clear that Perry was cheating on his wife, I really should have committed the name of the man he cheated with to memory. It's most likely down the memory hole now. I remember that he was blond and in the governor's employ but I can't remember anything else. Anyone else remember more - it was about 5 years ago and his long suffering wife almost left him because of it. Maybe, even back then, she decided the ultimate prize (FLOTUS), was worth being a beard. Thing is, Republican or Democrat, I just don't get how people think these things will just go away.