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rick perry Archive
Rick Perry’s New Clothes
Posted on February 25, 2010 | 5 CommentsGov. Rick Perry likes to bash Washington, D.C. It’s an old game, of course. He’s gone so far as to seriously entertain talk of secession. That’s an old game, too,...
Secession, Nullification: Perry, Palin and Other Fringies
Posted on February 13, 2010 | No CommentsTexas authors Jim Moore (who graces our site with his fine writing from time to time) and Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris...
Rick Perry’s Race to the Bottom
Posted on January 13, 2010 | 8 CommentsGov. Rick Perry says Texas will not compete for billions in education dollars in the federal “Race to the Top” program. It’s just another pitch to the secessionists, of course....
The Perry Way: Does Reality Matter?
Posted on January 8, 2010 | 8 CommentsThe American-Statesman’s Jason Embry has an interesting observation about Rick Perry’s words versus Rick Perry’s actions with regard to federal stimulus dollars. Perry and the Legislature took billions in stimulus...
Perry: Texas Now All “Urbany”
Posted on December 3, 2009 | 8 CommentsIn Robert Draper’s well-done NYT Magazine piece on Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison, Perry goes on about how under his leadership, Texas is no longer hard — it’s gone...
Godzilla v Mothra II: The Tangle On The Tube
Posted on November 30, 2009 | 2 CommentsWhen we last checked in on Godzilla and Mothra – AKA Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison – they were skirmishing with their histrionic and hysterical press releases. Since then,...
“Take Back Our Country”: From Whom? Oh. The Voters.
Posted on November 22, 2009 | 3 CommentsThere’s a persistent refrain among Sarah Palin fanatics — and New Confederacy governors like Rick Perry — that they want to “take back” America from the thieves who took it...What? No Musical Chairs?
Posted on November 14, 2009 | 1 CommentSenator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced late yesterday that she won’t resign the Senate until after the March gubernatorial primary. She is, of course, campaigning against Gov. Rick Perry. Houston Mayor...
Perry Plays the Socialism Scare Game
Posted on November 12, 2009 | 12 CommentsLike a too-slick Marvel Comics villain, the famously well-coiffed Rick Perry stands in his expensive tailored suit (Italian? English Socialist Tweed?), and leads his Midland Country Club audience in a...
Immune To You: Big Government Conservatives
Posted on November 11, 2009 | 4 CommentsHere’s one thing Big Government Conservatives adore: sovereign immunity. You can’t take your case against the state of Texas to court unless given permission by the Legislature. And in recent...