Rick Perry Indicted

Off Topic Politics and World Issues
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[quote]magick wrote:

[quote]DBCooper wrote:
And quite frankly, you and others are usually quick to dismiss most things from liberal sources strictly on the basis of their liberality. Why do they suddenly fortify your argument instead of detract from it?[/quote]

When people say things you support, you listen to them.

When people say things you do not support, you find ways to poke holes.[/quote]

Please.

Professor Dershowitz was my criminal law professor at Harvard Law. He, is, by far, the greatest criminal law thinker in the USA.

He is also a bed wetting liberal, but an intellectually honest one (and intellectual honesty is exceedingly rare among all political types and basically a unicorn among liberals).

If he says there is no case against a person he despises (Perry), there is no case.

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LOL

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Perry Grand Juror Was An Active Democratic Party Delegate During Jury Proceedings

http://mediatrackers.org/national/2014/08/20/perry-grand-juror-active-democratic-party-delegate-jury-proceedings

“but she’s not political” ROFLMAO.

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Didn’t the indictment come after Perry took away funding?
If that’s the case, how did he de-fund someone that was investigating him?
What’s the timeline?

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[quote]MattyG35 wrote:
Didn’t the indictment come after Perry took away funding?
[/quote]
Yes.

They didn’t investigate until after he de-funded. Travis County came up with its own money to fund the investigation.

[quote]
What’s the timeline?[/quote]

Drunk DA get arrested for DWI, open bottle of vodka, threatening the cops with retribution, and being a bitch who demanded special favors from the Democrat Sherriff.

DA gets convicted. Spends some time in jail – couple months.

DA gets disbarred, and can no longer practice law.

Everyone calls for DA’s resignation. She refuses.

Perry says he won’t fund the “Public Integrity Office” when it is run by a commode hugging bitch who tries to cash in special favors with the cops, as that is the opposite of “Public Integrity.”

Perry vetoes the spending, per his Constitutional authority to do so.

Travis County Democrats cobble together money to keep her office going and get a Democrat judge to appoint a Democrat special prosecutor.

They spend the money putting together a grand jury led by a Democrat activist.

They indict him for exercising his veto on the basis that . . . .well, they just made up a law. “Because they said so,” is the apparent reason.

Given they have prosecuted two other Republicans for made up reasons and did political damage before, it seems a sound strategy, even though the Republicans (Congressman Tom Delay and Senator Hutchinson) ultimately get everything dismissed.

All legal analysis laugh at this, but politically, they get a mugshot and willing servants in the media to confuse people.

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[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]MattyG35 wrote:
Didn’t the indictment come after Perry took away funding?
[/quote]
Yes.

They didn’t investigate until after he de-funded. Travis County came up with its own money to fund the investigation.

[quote]
What’s the timeline?[/quote]

Drunk DA get arrested for DWI, open bottle of vodka, threatening the cops with retribution, and being a bitch who demanded special favors from the Democrat Sherriff.

DA gets convicted. Spends some time in jail – couple months.

DA gets disbarred, and can no longer practice law.

Everyone calls for DA’s resignation. She refuses.

Perry says he won’t fund the “Public Integrity Office” when it is run by a commode hugging bitch who tries to cash in special favors with the cops, as that is the opposite of “Public Integrity.”

Perry vetoes the spending, per his Constitutional authority to do so.

Travis County Democrats cobble together money to keep her office going and get a Democrat judge to appoint a Democrat special prosecutor.

They spend the money putting together a grand jury led by a Democrat activist.

They indict him for exercising his veto on the basis that . . . .well, they just made up a law. “Because they said so,” is the apparent reason.

Given they have prosecuted two other Republicans for made up reasons and did political damage before, it seems a sound strategy, even though the Republicans (Congressman Tom Delay and Senator Hutchinson) ultimately get everything dismissed.

All legal analysis laugh at this, but politically, they get a mugshot and willing servants in the media to confuse people.[/quote]

Shit yes they do…CNN led ti’s second half hour with “Governor Perry’s LEGAL TROUBLEZZ”

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[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]magick wrote:

[quote]DBCooper wrote:
And quite frankly, you and others are usually quick to dismiss most things from liberal sources strictly on the basis of their liberality. Why do they suddenly fortify your argument instead of detract from it?[/quote]

When people say things you support, you listen to them.

When people say things you do not support, you find ways to poke holes.[/quote]

Please.

Professor Dershowitz was my criminal law professor at Harvard Law. He, is, by far, the greatest criminal law thinker in the USA.

He is also a bed wetting liberal, but an intellectually honest one (and intellectual honesty is exceedingly rare among all political types and basically a unicorn among liberals).

If he says there is no case against a person he despises (Perry), there is no case.[/quote]

Do you do the opposite then?

If someone says something you think is true, you find ways to prove them wrong?

And if someone says something you think is false, you find ways to support them?

That comment wasn’t exactly meant to ruffle feathers. In fact, I think it’s a good thing when one ignores affiliations and rather judge people on the basis of what they say.

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[quote]magick wrote:

[quote]DBCooper wrote:
And quite frankly, you and others are usually quick to dismiss most things from liberal sources strictly on the basis of their liberality. Why do they suddenly fortify your argument instead of detract from it?[/quote]

When people say things you support, you listen to them.

When people say things you do not support, you find ways to poke holes.[/quote]

While that’s generally true, when your political enemies–who have a vested interest in saying things or spinning things to make you look bad and/or convince people to vote you out–agree that your position is sound and/or your opponent’s position is invalid, it serves as a particular strength. After all, their self interests are served by poking as many holes in your opinions as possible and it is counterproductive for their politics tp agree with you.

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While this indictment is a farce, I do hope that it stymies Perry’s presidential aspirations in 2016. It’s bad enough he has been our governor for nearly 14 years.

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[quote]Bismark wrote:
While this indictment is a farce, I do hope that it stymies Perry’s presidential aspirations in 2016. It’s bad enough he has been our governor for nearly 14 years.[/quote]

No worries…anybody that’s familiar with Perry knows that he’ll screw it up himself if somebody else doesn’t do it for him.

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[quote]BlueCollarTr8n wrote:

[quote]Bismark wrote:
While this indictment is a farce, I do hope that it stymies Perry’s presidential aspirations in 2016. It’s bad enough he has been our governor for nearly 14 years.[/quote]

No worries…anybody that’s familiar with Perry knows that he’ll screw it up himself if somebody else doesn’t do it for him.
[/quote]

Keep talking Marx’s lap cat.

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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]BlueCollarTr8n wrote:

[quote]Bismark wrote:
While this indictment is a farce, I do hope that it stymies Perry’s presidential aspirations in 2016. It’s bad enough he has been our governor for nearly 14 years.[/quote]

No worries…anybody that’s familiar with Perry knows that he’ll screw it up himself if somebody else doesn’t do it for him.
[/quote]

Keep talking Marx’s lap cat.[/quote]

Perry is an embarrassment to both the U.S. and Texas. Hell, even a good deal of Aggies feel that way.

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[quote]BlueCollarTr8n wrote:

[quote]Bismark wrote:
While this indictment is a farce, I do hope that it stymies Perry’s presidential aspirations in 2016. It’s bad enough he has been our governor for nearly 14 years.[/quote]

No worries…anybody that’s familiar with Perry knows that he’ll screw it up himself if somebody else doesn’t do it for him.
[/quote]

I do think it ups his status in the Republican Party. This crusader persona that he embraces fighting against Washington or the establish will add to his popularity among the folks who feel disenfranchised.

But I’m not a fan of him.