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Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat [W:613/629]

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gov. Rick perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prosecutors' funds



all i can say is holy crap. This is going to be a political crapstorm.

article is here.

lol!

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Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prosecutors' funds



All I can say is HOLY CRAP. This is going to be a political crapstorm.

Article is here.

It might be a little worrisome for Perry that there is precedent for this type of charge. After reading the article I just can't understand how what he did was wrong, it seems all the shenanigans were going on in the "integrity unit" not in Perry's office, he simply used his legal authority to do what is right. Dems shouldn't stand against him on this one, unless they are just hacks that do not care about right and wrong.
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

You having a fantasy?

No, are you?
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

It might be a little worrisome for Perry that there is precedent for this type of charge. After reading the article I just can't understand how what he did was wrong, it seems all the shenanigans were going on in the "integrity unit" not in Perry's office, he simply used his legal authority to do what is right. Dems shouldn't stand against him on this one, unless they are just hacks that do not care about right and wrong.

Texas is ground zero for the Democrats. There is a massive movement to get those electoral votes and the means by which they are obtained isn't important.
 
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Can someone from Texas tell me if this was in the news or in the political current? It seems to have come out of nowhere this is the first I've heard of it.
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

About as soon as you didn't want Bundy to pay his taxes.
I know, damn us right wingers for presuming someone innocent pre trial. You've altered my view point, totally though. Perry's guilty. So when should we hang him? Tonight? After the weekend? Do have a length of rope handy because I don't.

Or as long as it takes to smear the Missouri teen .
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

As we've seen since Limbaugh had to trash a fragile Nation once again when we were all trying .
BTW, Nim, sarcasm aside, I'm sure you're correct . This thread will divide pretty much right down the ideological line.
 
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Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

Which puts you in the B.I.L. zone since I didn't say that about Brown.
I think ALL of America has seen the distrurbance images of who the "REAL" thugs are.
What an absurd comment.
No right wingers are excusing thug Brown's actions.
As for your "absurd comment" slam, no need for any more of your absurd comments back to me since you started .
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

Or as long as it takes to smear the Missouri teen .
The adult smeared himself by his own actions.
 
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I think ALL of America has seen the distrurbance images of who the "REAL" thugs are.
:doh
You started with the absurd comments.
All I did is point it out.

But yes, here are those moving images again.
Watch as the thug robs a store and manhandles an employee.

 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

Seriously ? Indicted for doing something that he had the authority to do ?
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

Texas is ground zero for the Democrats. There is a massive movement to get those electoral votes and the means by which they are obtained isn't important.

That... Right there. That's on target and the basic fact behind this.
 
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Seriously ? Indicted for doing something that he had the authority to do ?

No. He was indicted because if Lemburg resigned or got booted he'd get to appoint the DA and Travis County wasn't going to have any of that!! This is pure, unadulterated political gamesmanship.
 
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No. He was indicted because if Lemburg resigned or got booted he'd get to appoint the DA and Travis County wasn't going to have any of that!! This is pure, unadulterated political gamesmanship.

The indictment is Political gamesmanship.

He said he would do something that he had the legal authority to do before he did it.

Thats the basis of the indictment.

Good luck with that. Personally I dont think he has anything to worry about.
 
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Like any other serious Republican eyeing 2016, they must be damaged somehow by the Democratic party - a grand jury indictment will damage Perry in hopes that such damage will eliminate him as a potential run for 2016. This is pure politics - nothing more.
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

I'm definitely not a fan of Rick Perry, but even I say this is crap.
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

As the world turns and spins with politicians--and they nailed him on a Friday so the rightist spinners are mute/moot all weekend. I'm sure the current final four of Paul, Bush, Kasich and Christie aren't cryin any tears .
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prosecutors' funds



All I can say is HOLY CRAP. This is going to be a political crapstorm.

Article is here.

You know if found guilty this opens a whole new can of worms. Any veto or even a veto threat from a governor or even the president over financial legislation like the budget if the governor is found guilty means any governor or even the president becomes a rubber stamp.

I can see it now, some little department head telling the government, give my department an extra 100 million or we will take you to court for abuse of official power and coercion. What is this country coming to?
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

Haven't the Republicans in Congress been doing basically the same thing to President Obama since 2009.

Resign or else(to put it nicely).

:thinking
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

The indictment is Political gamesmanship.

He said he would do something that he had the legal authority to do before he did it.

Thats the basis of the indictment.

Good luck with that. Personally I dont think he has anything to worry about.

He's got a whole lot to worry about. He's got the national Democrat party that wants to use him to destroy not only his political career (which would be over at the end of this term anyway) but the whole Republican party. There will be no pulled punches here and I guarantee you that a lot of main stream Republicans will run from him like he's a skunk in heat because they don't want their name to be associated with this.

Sure, the charges are bull**** and everybody knows that but the political motives FAR outweigh any thoughts of integrity or justice. This is simply the world we live in today. If the Democrats take issue with you and your destruction can serve an end goal they have you're going to be pummeled. Right now they are going after Scott Walker and they have Rick Perry on the ropes so the only real question we should be asking is "Who's next?"
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

You know if found guilty this opens a whole new can of worms. Any veto or even a veto threat from a governor or even the president over financial legislation like the budget if the governor is found guilty means any governor or even the president becomes a rubber stamp.

I can see it now, some little department head telling the government, give my department an extra 100 million or we will take you to court for abuse of official power and coercion. What is this country coming to?

Well, isn't that the goal of the Nationalists anyway? If you want one gigantic, unfettered bureaucracy then you have to bump off any obstructions. Right?
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

The indictment is Political gamesmanship.

He said he would do something that he had the legal authority to do before he did it.

Thats the basis of the indictment.

Good luck with that. Personally I dont think he has anything to worry about.

He cut funding to a group investigating him.

Can you imagine the conservative response if Obama cut funding to groups investigating Benghazi?
 
Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose

And a prosecutor can get a GJ to indict a ham sandwich is a common saying for a reason.
LOL.
Except in re the Martin Zimmerman trial.
Then the common saying was that they skipped the GJ so that they could get an indictment.

Also, more pertinent to this issue, Lehmberg faced a GJ and was not indicted.
from the link in theOP
Lehmberg faced "a separate grand jury, which decided she should not be removed for official misconduct."

POLITICAL ... resigned
It's quite possible that Lehmberg could be worthless and the charges against Perry be valid.
Not mutually exclusive

It's fascinating that an ethics complaint was filed against a guy who followed the law while the bitch that got wasted, got busted driving drunk and abused her authority is, apparently, fine and dandy with the Democrats. I mean, I could see that in Massachusetts Democrats but I'm kind of surprised to see it in Texas.
There were these Texan who would indict a ham sandwich who decided that it was fine by them that Lehmberg remain in office.
from the link in theOP
Lehmberg faced "a separate grand jury, which decided she should not be removed for official misconduct."

:shrug:
 
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