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quote:The last Texas governor to face criminal charges was James E. “Pa” Ferguson, who was indicted in 1917 by a Travis County grand jury on embezzlement and eight other charges. His case also involved a veto that stirred anger: Mr. Ferguson vetoed the entire appropriation to the University of Texas because it had refused to fire certain faculty members. The state Senate voted to impeach him, but he resigned first. Then his wife was elected governor several times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_A._Ferguson
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comes along bort posted:if that was the case texas would be executing texans left and right thought that was one of perry's proudest achievements
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Aug 17, 2014 00:42
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SaltLick posted:i'm throwing away my vote for Wendy Davis I don't have a lot of hope, but she's the best chance the Dems have had since Ann Richards left office. She has national visibility, and she energizes youth and women voters. We can only cross our fingers and hope Abbott says something stupid about immigration.
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Aug 17, 2014 00:43
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Frackie Robinson posted:Then his wife was elected governor several times. I remember her. She was the one who refused to be present at the last public hanging held in the US. In the Great State of Texas.
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Aug 17, 2014 00:43
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Clitch posted:I don't have a lot of hope, but she's the best chance the Dems have had since Ann Richards left office. She has national visibility, and she energizes youth and women voters. Counter intuitive as it may seem, I think her national visibility might actually hurt more than it helps because it's going to have the Republican base a bit more motivated than it would be otherwise.
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Aug 17, 2014 00:46
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Is the rumor that Perry is a closet case just a goofy liberal Internet thing or is that something Texans are actually aware of?
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Aug 17, 2014 00:47
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Kelfeftaf posted:Is the rumor that Perry is a closet case just a goofy liberal Internet thing or is that something Texans are actually aware of? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCyTQEANlmM&t=68s
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Aug 17, 2014 00:57
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Dr. Faustus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLi83CSaNBA Plz bash his brains in with an Ibanez JEM. Not kidding.
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Aug 17, 2014 01:09
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Clitch posted:I don't have a lot of hope, but she's the best chance the Dems have had since Ann Richards left office. She has national visibility, and she energizes youth and women voters. Ann RIchards owned
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Aug 17, 2014 04:20
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Kelfeftaf posted:Is the rumor that Perry is a closet case just a goofy liberal Internet thing or is that something Texans are actually aware of? only steers and queers and perry ain't got no horns
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Aug 17, 2014 05:04
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Dr. Faustus posted:lol if you think perry wanted her to resign because she got a dui. lmao you can tell this guy is a real d&d level shitlib, because he doesn't know that Perry threatened to veto the budget item for the "public integrity unit" because the head of that "public integrity unit" got a DUI and flipped out, too, lol, so kill yourself
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Aug 17, 2014 05:07
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Kelfeftaf posted:Is the rumor that Perry is a closet case just a goofy liberal Internet thing or is that something Texans are actually aware of? He wears a Brokeback mountain jacket while talking about scary scary homos. Total closet
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Aug 17, 2014 05:07
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gently caress the ROW posted:lmao you can tell this guy is a real d&d level shitlib, because he doesn't know that Perry threatened to veto the budget item for the "public integrity unit" because the head of that "public integrity unit" got a DUI and flipped out, too, lol, so kill yourself lmao you can tell this idiot lacks any form of perspective because our politicians are constantly pulling poo poo way worse than anything you could accuse her of and they don't even apologize, much less resign lmao at this twat because the indictments were handed down by a grand jury so they're convinced he broke the law and deserves to be tried for it... get cucked by Dick Perry you braindead bitch-box
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Aug 17, 2014 05:26
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Picnic Princess posted:He wears a Brokeback mountain jacket while talking about scary scary homos. Total closet liberals should capture him and then set him free in the castro district
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Aug 17, 2014 05:27
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Dr. Faustus posted:lmao because this bitch can't loving read Thank you for this bucket of tears & I'm glad you ahve so little connection to reality that you can cry post about reraplicoids in two different forums at the same time. Sorry for the doxx now kill yourself 
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Aug 17, 2014 05:29
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cool itll be really just and right when he spends like 3 weeks in rich white people jail. he can catch up on his golf swing and get a sweet rear end tan
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Aug 17, 2014 05:30
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ur a dumb rear end bitch if u think theres anything like justice in the world
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Aug 17, 2014 05:31
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soemtimes I wonder if ppl even know rick perry was a democrat in the 80s... and relatively competent governor who, sure, might be a little gay
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Aug 17, 2014 05:37
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Like if he shrieked when he shot that coyote... that'd certainly mean he was gay
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Aug 17, 2014 05:37
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y'all this goon disparaged my connection to reality thank gawd for my fainting couch See ya when The Smoking Gun posts the mugshots I hope he's smiling just like he did when he got his mind-blowing maple syrup!
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Aug 17, 2014 05:42
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Let's not forget this is the guy who decided to shuffle an investigative panel, and appoint more of his cronies, right before they reported on a man he sent to lethal injection...whom the nationally recognized expert arson investigator believed to be innocent. The report was soon after tabled for reasons .
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Aug 17, 2014 05:47
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gently caress the ROW posted:soemtimes I wonder if ppl even know rick perry was a democrat in the 80s... and relatively competent governor who, sure, might be a little gay yea but u gotta admit that nigga dumb as gently caress and he talks like a nancy
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Aug 17, 2014 06:03
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like why republicans decide its a positive pr move to fake like ur dumber than a sack of poo poo so u seem "homesy" or w/e. these b*tches biting my steez
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Aug 17, 2014 06:06
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ilikedirt posted:like why republicans decide its a positive pr move to fake like ur dumber than a sack of poo poo so u seem "homesy" or w/e. these b*tches biting my steez
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Aug 17, 2014 06:11
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If you haven't read Taibbi's piece on Perry you need to do that http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026 motherfucker is guilty guilty guilty
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Aug 17, 2014 06:21
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ilikedirt posted:cool itll be really just and right when he spends like 3 weeks in rich white people jail. he can catch up on his golf swing and get a sweet rear end tan It's two felonies, a first degree and a third, added together sentencing ranges from 5 to 109 years if convicted. Kelfeftaf posted:Is the rumor that Perry is a closet case just a goofy liberal Internet thing or is that something Texans are actually aware of? It's an unconfirmed rumor from DPS Troopers who protect the governor that when Anita goes out of town he has male overnight visitors and Larry Flynt took out full page articles asking people to come forward if they banged Gov. Goodhair. But yeah to answer your question.
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he named it after his favorite thing to recieve at truck stops
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Aug 17, 2014 06:32
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Zen Punk posted:If you haven't read Taibbi's piece on Perry you need to do that lolling at seeing Obama cronies like Axelrod defending Rick Perry.
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Aug 17, 2014 06:34
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I'm imagining dozens of chubby white pieces of poo poo sheathing their katanas, as the demon rick perry is finally defeated
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ilikedirt posted:he named it after his favorite thing to recieve at truck stops lol
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ilikedirt posted:he named it after his favorite thing to recieve at truck stops he had to change the name slightly since "polishing the bowling ball" wouldn't fit on the sign
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Aug 17, 2014 06:49
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does he still wear those doofy looking glasses?
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Aug 17, 2014 07:07
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Didn't he cut funding for the fire dept during a wildfire and replace it with prayer for less fire? Rick perry? Same guy?
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:Didn't he cut funding for the fire dept during a wildfire and replace it with prayer for less fire? Rick perry? Same guy? he is a bad governor
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Aug 17, 2014 07:13
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Philthy posted:does he still wear those doofy looking glasses? being bush 2.0 didnt work last election because he somehow appeared leagues dumber than even bush so he figured some hipster glasses toning down the accent and getting rid of the boots would make everyone forget
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etalian posted:It's also a jury indicted meaning the evidence had to be compelling enough to get enough votes to proceed to the next legal stage. actually it dosnt mean anything. prosecutors could get a grand jury to indictma ham sandwich their powers have been curtailed to the point that its a formality. perry is a corrupt shithead but that democrat lady violated the law and the governor has the right tto remove her for being convicted of a dui as well as vetoing budgets for any dept. this isnt going to go anywhere
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:Didn't he cut funding for the fire dept during a wildfire and replace it with prayer for less fire? Rick perry? Same guy? not only that, he then asked for federal aid cause it turned out the wildfires couldn't be prayed away
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^^ One of my favorite Perry gently caress-ups ^^Kombotron posted:perry is a corrupt shithead but that democrat lady violated the law and the governor has the right tto remove her for being convicted of a dui as well as vetoing budgets for any dept. It may not go anywhere, that's true; but at least two of your premises are demonstrably false: First, a governor definitely has the right to veto funding to an agency; but is definitely prohibited from using that power to coerce another government official or to use as a threat, or to misuse funds. Republicans in TX have been trying to defund this little blue area of Texas government for decades already, I guess Perry thought he finally had the justification TX Republicans have been so desperate to find. It's backfiring. There is legal precedent for this action against him in TX, and unfortunately for him, Perry has openly admitted what he has done and why in the press already. He can't walk that back now, it's public record. Second, you are also wrong that he "has the right to remove her" for that drunk-driving crime. He does not have that power, as hers is an elected position; not an appointed one. He has no power to remove her, which should seem obvious enough considering if he'd had such a right, he'd not need to threaten or coerce her the way he admits he has. He'd have just demanded her resignation and she'd be required to tender it. "Coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity in connection with the threat and veto" are felonies, and that is what the indictment alleges. So, while indicted for something he freely has admitted he has done, is he stepping down? Is he resigning? Can he perform his duties as governor while defending himself from this case (selfishly and abnormally using TX taxpayers' money instead of his own?) Should he step down? Why or why not? I still agree it may come to nothing in the end, but I don't imagine it will help his Presidential bid (except with the GOP base that rallies behind any GOPer who they deem to be unfairly attacked, in the same way they have somewhat allowed Christie back into the fold due to the investigations against him.)
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Dr. Faustus posted:lol if you think perry wanted her to resign because she got a dui. actually he didn't really want her to resign at all, he wanted the excuse to close down the entire anti corruption office pretty sure. Dr. Faustus posted:Republicans in TX have been trying to defund this little blue area of Texas government for decades already, I guess Perry thought he finally had the justification TX Republicans have been so desperate to find. It's backfiring. e;f,b Flesh Forge fucked around with this message at 10:48 on Aug 17, 2014 |
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