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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:28 PM
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Top Obama aide fires preemptive broadside at Perry
Source: Raw Story

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama's top reelection strategist charged Friday that Republican White House hopeful and Texas Governor Rick Perry had "very little to do" with his state's economic success.

"There's a specific reason that Texas has done so well, and that's because the oil industry has done so well in the last few years, and the military has grown because of the challenges that we have had overseas," said David Axelrod.

"And so he's been the beneficiary of things that he had very little to do with," Axelrod told ABC television.

The preemptive strike came one day before Perry, who succeeded George W. Bush in the Texas governor's mansion in 2000, was to formally launch his bid for the Republican nomination to take on Obama in the November 2012 elections.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/12/top-obama-aide-fires-preemptive-broadside-at-perry/



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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:30 PM
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1. They got to find a scandal and then maybe we could get a new governor in Texas.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:31 PM
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2. A holy roller Governor from Texas - what POSSIBLY could go wrong?
:-)
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:36 PM
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3. Texas has all the blessings of Socialism
Edited on Fri Aug-12-11 02:37 PM by SpiralHawk
...but its ReThuglican governor pisses on the American taxpayers who give his state so much help.

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:37 PM
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4. Not to mention all the federal $$$ largesse Bush and his Texcronies sent Texas' way
throughout his two stolen terms.
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:38 PM
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5. Memo to White House: It is vital..
refer to Perry at all times as "Gov. Rick Perry, former Texas state chairman for Al Gore's 1998 presidential campaign..."
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flamin lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:52 PM
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6. Texas received more stimulus $$ than any state except CA.
Then there was the Federal emergency money for the wildfires and disaster money because of the drought. Shit, us Texans can't afford to secede.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:53 PM
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7. Don't forget WalMart!!!!
Those numbers are BS when people aren't making a living wage and have to rely on Medicaid for their healthcare, Rick, you shitbag.
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