Governor Rick Perry is a very successful Republican in Texas, making the State an economic powerhouse, the destination of choice for a lot of corporations fleeing the high taxes, regulations, and rising minimum wage requirements in liberal left progressive States, and that just won't do. The Democrats have a hard enough time with conservatives like Scott Walker in Wisconsin. The last thing they need is Rick Perry, especially after he deployed troops to the border to stop illegal aliens from coming into his State, to gain some popularity. The recall against Scott Brown didn't work, so they can't try that.
Back to Plan A. The Democrats must criminalize Perry. That is a key page right out of their playbook. The accusations don't have to be true, and they don't have to win the case. All they have to do is accuse Perry of being a criminal, and they figure they've got him.
Historically, bogus accusations usually do the trick. Just ask Dick Armey and Tom DeLay.
The bogus accusation was leveled against Rick Perry when he tried to clean house, deciding the way to get a drunken, disrespectful wreck of a leftist to get with the program was to threaten cutting funding, and then using his veto power to do so.
Bringing integrity to government is a no-no when a Republican does it (and never happens in the world of Democrats). Therefore, Governor Perry, according to the Democrats, needed to be punished for his move against District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg - even though she made a mockery of her position. Oh, and they have to punish him for sending troops to the border, too. How dare he act like a governor and try to protect his State from the illegal alien invasion.
And it is all blowing up in the Democrat Party's face. Not only is it obvious to even lefty politicians and a small handful of media folk that this is totally politically driven, and that the charge against Perry is weak as hell at best, but the attempt to ruin Perry is actually enabling him to gain ground in his popularity.
Oops.
It turns out when the truth is easy to see, even Saul Alinsky tactics can fall face first in the mud.
There is another reason, too.
The liberal left progressive democrats are scared to death of the GOP regaining the White House in 2016, and possibly picking up seats in the Senate this year. Despite their strong arm tactics of government control, the Republicans have been able to keep just a foot in the door to slow down the leftists, while conservatives have worked through the internet and media to make sure the truth about the tyrannical nature of the Democrats reaches a wider audience.
Rick Perry, who has been a very successful governor of a very successful State economy, is talking about running for President in 2016. The Democrats saw this as a chance to kill two birds with one stone. Expose the Governor of Texas for the criminal he is (enough idiot voters will come to that conclusion by a mere indictment. . . nothing has to be proven), and it will kill his chance to run in 2016, plus add another imaginary black mark on the GOP as the mid-terms approach. . . ensuring that the Democrats hang on to the Senate, and perhaps make a little headway in the House of Representatives.
Except, it is not only not working out that way, but the opposite is happening.
Lies and deception eventually can't maintain the intended facade when truth keeps getting thrown around.
Perry's market-oriented principles is a nightmare for the Democrats, and even the import of undocumented democrats across the border hasn't slowed down the Lone Star State. And going after Perry's veto, charging him over it, has proved to be a disaster.
The veto in question was regarding funding for the Public Integrity Unit in Travis County, so as to encourage the resignation of District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. Ms. Lehmberg served jail time for drunk driving, and she made a complete mockery of her position with her actions, words, and sticking her tongue out, while in jail.
Remember, she's a district attorney.
Remember, she's a district attorney.
Unable to destroy the booming economy of Texas, they had to try to destroy the governor of Texas. It would be a disaster for the Democrats if he implemented his recipe for growth on a national scale as President. With free market principles making a comeback in America, it would create a setback that would be almost insurmountable for the Democrats. Changing the United States over to socialism requires a collapse of the capitalistic system, and for everyone to believe the free market was to blame for the crash.
The charges of "abuse of official capacity" and "coercion of [a] public servant" are weak at best, and even some liberal leftists are admitting so. "Unless he was demonstrably trying to scrap the ethics unit for other than his stated reason," said former Obama Campaign Strategist David Axelrod, "Perry indictment seems pretty sketchy."
The charges of "abuse of official capacity" and "coercion of [a] public servant" are weak at best, and even some liberal leftists are admitting so. "Unless he was demonstrably trying to scrap the ethics unit for other than his stated reason," said former Obama Campaign Strategist David Axelrod, "Perry indictment seems pretty sketchy."
Obama administration alum Jonathan Prince said, "Have to say Perry indictment seems nuts. Gov has constitutional power to veto. Gov uses power. Grand jury indicts because they don't like reason?"
Nobody seems to be able to figure out what law Governor Perry broke.
ThinkProgress, the liberal-oriented news site, reported that Perry's own attorneys "may have a point" when they argued his veto of the prosecutor funding "was made in accordance with the veto authority afforded to every governor under the Texas Constitution."
"The Texas Constitution gives the governor discretion to decide when to sign and when to veto a bill, as well as discretion to veto individual line-items in an appropriation bill. Though the state legislature probably could limit this veto power in extreme cases — if a state governor literally sold his veto to wealthy interest groups, for example, the legislature could almost certainly make that a crime — a law that cuts too deep into the governor’s veto power raises serious separation of powers concerns," ThinkProgress wrote. "Such laws would rework the balance of power between the executive and the legislature established by the state constitution, and they would almost certainly be unconstitutional."
Congressman Ted Cruz pointed to another reason the Democrats may be pulling this game of deception in defending the drunken DA. "Unfortunately, there has been a sad history of the Travis County District Attorney's Office engaging in politically-motivated prosecutions, and this latest indictment of the governor is extremely questionable," Cruz wrote.
According to the Texas Observer, the charges stem from "a long-running power struggle involving Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg." A power struggle, I am sure, is motivated by the Democrats trying to hold on to the last vestiges of power they have in Texas, which is primarily wrapped up in judicial power, and legal allies.
ThinkProgress, the liberal-oriented news site, reported that Perry's own attorneys "may have a point" when they argued his veto of the prosecutor funding "was made in accordance with the veto authority afforded to every governor under the Texas Constitution."
"The Texas Constitution gives the governor discretion to decide when to sign and when to veto a bill, as well as discretion to veto individual line-items in an appropriation bill. Though the state legislature probably could limit this veto power in extreme cases — if a state governor literally sold his veto to wealthy interest groups, for example, the legislature could almost certainly make that a crime — a law that cuts too deep into the governor’s veto power raises serious separation of powers concerns," ThinkProgress wrote. "Such laws would rework the balance of power between the executive and the legislature established by the state constitution, and they would almost certainly be unconstitutional."
Congressman Ted Cruz pointed to another reason the Democrats may be pulling this game of deception in defending the drunken DA. "Unfortunately, there has been a sad history of the Travis County District Attorney's Office engaging in politically-motivated prosecutions, and this latest indictment of the governor is extremely questionable," Cruz wrote.
According to the Texas Observer, the charges stem from "a long-running power struggle involving Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg." A power struggle, I am sure, is motivated by the Democrats trying to hold on to the last vestiges of power they have in Texas, which is primarily wrapped up in judicial power, and legal allies.
With the midnight judges under John Adams, that's how the big government Federalist Party tried to hang on to its power after it lost the White House to Thomas Jefferson, and Congress to Jefferson's Republicans.
Fox News Channel star Judge Jeanine Pirro went even further in ripping apart the grand jury indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry. She called it “pure, unadulterated hogwash” in her opening comment on August 16th. Judge Jeanine is a former county prosecutor, elected district attorney, and judge who knows how the grand jury process works from three decades of experience.
“I have empaneled grand juries, instructed grand juries, and ruled on grand jury actions. Nothing about this indictment makes sense. A sitting governor facing 109 years in prison because he threatened to veto funding to a drunk District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit? Really? No one disputes that the law gives the governor the power to veto funding. Period. End of the story.”
Judge Jeanine then gives her viewers “a little backstory” to this indictment.
“The D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg is a drunk. Yes, the chief law enforcement officer of Austin County Texas is not just a drunk, she’s a convicted drunk driver. She’s actually spent time in jail. Imagine, the chief law enforcement officer is a convict who has served jail time.”
According to Sarah Palin, "This ridiculous politically motivated “indictment” of Governor Rick Perry stems from the ugly thug tactics of the "politics of personal destruction" that the left is known for.
And Palin knows the Democrat Party's politics of personal destruction from experience.
The Grand Jury that indicted Perry, it turns out in the end, is also suspect of political motivation in another way.
Rho Chalmers was a member of the grand jury that indicted Texas Governor Rick Perry, and was an active delegate to the Texas Democratic Party convention during grand jury proceedings.
More troubling, however, is the fact that Chalmers attended, photographed, and commented on an event with Democratic state Senator Kirk Watson while grand jury proceedings were ongoing.
Watson was a witness in front of the grand jury.
Fox News Channel star Judge Jeanine Pirro went even further in ripping apart the grand jury indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry. She called it “pure, unadulterated hogwash” in her opening comment on August 16th. Judge Jeanine is a former county prosecutor, elected district attorney, and judge who knows how the grand jury process works from three decades of experience.
“I have empaneled grand juries, instructed grand juries, and ruled on grand jury actions. Nothing about this indictment makes sense. A sitting governor facing 109 years in prison because he threatened to veto funding to a drunk District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit? Really? No one disputes that the law gives the governor the power to veto funding. Period. End of the story.”
Judge Jeanine then gives her viewers “a little backstory” to this indictment.
“The D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg is a drunk. Yes, the chief law enforcement officer of Austin County Texas is not just a drunk, she’s a convicted drunk driver. She’s actually spent time in jail. Imagine, the chief law enforcement officer is a convict who has served jail time.”
According to Sarah Palin, "This ridiculous politically motivated “indictment” of Governor Rick Perry stems from the ugly thug tactics of the "politics of personal destruction" that the left is known for.
And Palin knows the Democrat Party's politics of personal destruction from experience.
The Grand Jury that indicted Perry, it turns out in the end, is also suspect of political motivation in another way.
Rho Chalmers was a member of the grand jury that indicted Texas Governor Rick Perry, and was an active delegate to the Texas Democratic Party convention during grand jury proceedings.
More troubling, however, is the fact that Chalmers attended, photographed, and commented on an event with Democratic state Senator Kirk Watson while grand jury proceedings were ongoing.
Watson was a witness in front of the grand jury.
The grand jury was selected in April of 2014 and its proceedings did not conclude until it returned two indictments of Perry last week. While grand jurors are not generally prohibited from engaging in political activity, Chalmers apparent giddiness at attending an event for a grand jury witness calls into question her ability to objectively scrutinize his testimony. Watson had testified before Chalmers and the rest of her colleagues on the grand jury just one month before Chalmers attended his event. Knowingly seeking out participation in an event featuring a grand jury witness while grand jury proceedings were ongoing also seems highly questionable.
She also engaged in Facebook activity, discussing her activities, including in the Grand Jury, as it was going on, and clearly demonstrating her partisan political leanings on that page, and other pages.
She also engaged in Facebook activity, discussing her activities, including in the Grand Jury, as it was going on, and clearly demonstrating her partisan political leanings on that page, and other pages.
The underhanded methods by the Democrats to try to flip Texas into a liberal left dominated State, and influence national elections with deception, has exploded in their face. It has all backfired, and has made Rick Perry not only look like a martyr, but it is obviously a case of the Democrats playing politics, and using their strategy of personal destruction specifically for political reasons.
Ultimately, Rosemary Lehmberg does not make a very good martyr for Democrats to rally around. A jailhouse video shows her kicking the door of her cell and shouting at staffers. Perry’s statement that he would not fund her office “when the person charged with ultimate responsibility of that unit has lost the public’s confidence” is going to be hard to portray as an act of Nixonian tyranny.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
The Texas Economy Makes Rick Perry a Lefty Target - Real Clear Markets
Liberals Criticize Rick Perry Indictment - Business Insider
Even Liberals think the Perry Indictment looks Sketchy - Daily Caller
Awesome: Watch Judge Jeanine Absolutely Dismantle Rick Perry's Liberal Attackers - Western Journalism
Perry Grand Juror Was a Democratic Party Delegate During Proceedings - The Daily Signal
Rick Perry Indictment is Another Case of the Democrat Party Criminalizing Opposition - Rush Limbaugh
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