More Texas straight talk from Cousin Bill. He titled this e-mail: Who could understand better than a Texan?
Local news seems to have problems when negative stories regarding the Rickster appear. Seriously. They lose signal. Things happen.
I'd prefer to remain in the shadows on this. Hey I even deleted his name from the title of this e-mail as an afterthought. Texas politics gets mean at times. This is the Wild West.
We have suffered under his absentee form of governing for a long time now. He has this uncanny ability to straddle the fence facing both ways & all with that patented Awww shucks smile. (It's his inner cheerleader shining through. Oh. Pardon me . . . his inner YELL LEADER.)
Nothing's ever his fault. Blame can always be placed on Big Government or Obama.
The Texas legislature had some dirty dealings with public funds recently (SURPRISE). The amazing thing was they shouldn't even have had access to this money. The fund was set up by utility companies to provide citizens with a means to help thier neighbors out who are unable to afford the high cost of utility bills. It adds a dollar to the total of your bill — all with the specific intent of helping those in need.
Apparently [this fund] fell under the heading of "Funds Rick Perry can steal from the people to diminish the state deficit." To the tune of like $250 million dollars! This stealing went completely unreported till a local TV station discovered it! The fund was gutted except for pocket change of $20 million or so.
Perry's response when confronted: "I disagree with this practise, but I don't control the Legislature."
—Yeah right, & as I often say, when confronted with a huge lie: "And I, Bill [last name deleted], have a foot-long [expletive deleted]"
He's also a megalomaniac — totally in control. A power-hungry devil resembling an aging male model. With the blackest hair in Texas! He does what he wants, when he wants. And if you're his friend, you're set up for life.
He reacted in similar fashion when he decided to cut school funding state-wide. No negotiation, no discussion; he just did it because he could. When thousands of teachers were being fired because of this, he calmly blamed the action on local districts & the legislature — not his get-tough-with-the-budget routine. Protesters lined the streets of Austin, so Perry left town to campaign.
Texas was burning for weeks with rampant wildfires while he was on his trail to the White House. He paid no attention till it began showing up in the polls . . . then he made the grand press conference gesture of returning to "save the state" and "couldn't leave till the job was done." Oh brother!
Of course, everybody knows of his attempt to sneak in a bill that would require mandatory vaccination of pre-teen girls for the HPV virus. (But beware of Obama's socialism that will force you to buy health insurance. As in: Socialism Bad / Rip-Off Country Crooks Good!)
The legislature actually had the balls to reject that one! Later it was discovered that one of Perry's best friends owns the ONLY company that manufactures the HPV vaccine AND Perry owns stock in it. Republicans brushed that off as a coincidence. (And yes, of course, you're familiar with my foot-long [expletive deleted])
Perry refused to comment [on the conflict of interest problem] forever. That is his usual tactic.
I loved how he held back on his jobs plan & tax plan & every other plan till he saw all the other Republican candidates' plans & then finally disclosed his. Sort of like somebody copying your paper while doing a test in school. Perry's plans were totally cobbled together out of other candidates' plans & then altered to avoid the negative feedback those plans had gotten.
Transparent and single-minded, that's our Rick Perry.
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