Tag: Rick Perry

Oops! He Did It Again!

Just had to take a break from all this relaxation and bring you some breaking news…..

Back in 2011 the leader of the pack for the GOP was Rick Perry….he was a very qualified candidate….at least on paper and before his official announcement…..and then he made it official and the wheels came off his bus….so to speak….on the campaign trail he looked goofy and his debates were uninteresting and after all this he decided to back out and go back to being governor of Texas……

Fast forward to 2015…..enter Rick Perry one more time…..this time he was not the front runner at any time…….and last weekend he did what he does best…..drop out of the race……

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is dropping out of the race for president, ending his second bid for the Republican nomination and becoming the first major candidate of the 2016 campaign to give up on the White House. His struggling campaign has been strapped for campaign cash and stuck polling at near zero. Perry’s campaign said the longest-serving governor in Texas history would tell a group of conservative activists in St. Louis tonight that “some things have become clear.”

“We have a tremendous field, the best in a generation, so I step aside knowing our party is in good hands, and as long as we listen to the grassroots, the cause of conservativism will be too,” Perry planned to say according to remarks released by his campaign. Earlier, two people familiar with his plans told the AP that Perry would be dropping out of the race.

Say good-bye to one less clown in the car…..

Who of the bottom tire candidates will be next?  Jindal?  Graham?  Pitaki?

OOPS! One More For The Circus

Yes, Irene another clown has joined the GOP circus for the 2016 nomination……this time it is our great friend the ex-governor of Texas, Rick Perry.

Rick Perry is hoping America will forgive an “oops” moment: He’s trying again for the country’s top spot. A senior adviser speaking on condition of anonymity to the AP says the ex-Texas governor will announce today in Dallas that he’s jumping into the presidential fray—and he’ll likely push his policy record as he tried to do during his 2012 candidacy. That is, as he tried to do before he flubbed a 2011 debate in Michigan when pontificating about the three federal agencies he would close: He couldn’t remember the name of one of the agencies and instead simply said, “Oops.” “It’s going to be hard to make a first impression a second time,” a Republican strategist tells the news agency.

But it looks like Perry is all in this time. His website sports a “Perry President” logo ahead of today’s announcement and says, “I am running for president because I know our country’s best days are ahead of us.” (The Houston Chronicle’s Brian Rosenthal wryly tweeted, “Rick Perry’s new site features three nouns you’ll hear a lot: “farmer,” “veteran,” “governor.”) The AP notes that he now dons “comfortable footwear” instead of his usual cowboy boots, sports eyeglasses that give him gravitas, and has been meeting with economic and business experts to bone up on certain issues. His 14-year stint as governor resulted in Texas churning out a third of the nation’s new private-sector jobs since 2001, which Perry says was partly the result of lower taxes and less regulation, per the news agency.

Oh boy another one for the death pit of failed candidacies……can hardly wait to see his debate performance this time or his love of maple syrup……

Turn the page!

Yes Irene, There Is A God!

I am breaking my tradition of trying to stay away from politics and such on the weekend and only post on stuff that is interesting or humorous or just damn right fun…….

But the news coming out of Texas just tickled my fancy and so I had to let my readers know……

(Newser) – A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry today for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption—making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state’s first indicted governor in nearly a century. A special prosecutor spent months calling witnesses and presenting evidence that Perry broke the law when he promised publicly to nix $7.5 million over two years for the public integrity unit, which is run by Travis County District Rosemary Lehmberg’s office. Several top aides to the Republican governor appeared before grand jurors in Austin, including his deputy chief of staff, legislative director, and general counsel. Perry himself wasn’t called to testify.

He was indicted by an Austin grand jury on felony counts of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. Maximum punishment on the first charge is five to 99 years in prison. The second is two to 10 years. Perry said Lehmberg, who is based in Austin, should resign after she was arrested and pleaded guilty to drunken driving in April 2013. A video recording made at the jail showed Lehmberg shouting at staffers to call the sheriff, kicking the door of her cell, and sticking her tongue out. Perry eventually carried out his veto threat. No one disputes that he is allowed to veto measures approved by the Legislature, including part or all of the state budget. But the left-leaning Texans for Public Justice government watchdog group filed an ethics complaint accusing the governor of coercion since he threatened to use his veto before actually doing so in an attempt to pressure Lehmberg to quit.

Surprise!  Surprise!  All I can say is…..Yes Irene…There Is A God!