Posts Tagged ‘Rick Perry’
Redistricting: Hamster Wheel
Governor decrees, legislature disagrees, parties sue, judges rule. Repeat ad infinitum.DAVE McNEELY
Redistricting in Texas is like grabbing a tar baby. Once you pick it up, it’s very difficult to put down. And it sticks on everyone’s hands for years. No matter. Republican Gov. Rick Perry, acting at the behest of Republica...
Marriage Equality: Can We Hurry Up, Please?
JIMMY FOWLERThe most frustating thing about the marriage equality “debate” is being patient. Allowing gay partners to wed has become a no-brainer among most sane, intelligent adults, even those who find the thought of guys kissing guys...
Preacher Perry Comforts His Gun-Toting Flock
JIMMY FOWLERHow moronic is Rick Perry’s response to President Obama’s new gun control proposals? His statement reaches Everest-scale heights of dumbassed-osity that even I didn’t think he was capable of. It’s awe-inspiring. He ment...
Self-Inflicted Wounds
Keep the Texas Legislature away from redistricting.DAVE MCNEELY
Fraud! Shameful! There seemed to be a contest between Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to see who could make the more outrageous comment after two federal courts poured out the Texas Legislature’s redistricting and...
Breaking News: Air Is a Public Issue
Jimmy FowlerIt’s hard to think of a more Orwellian name for a state entity than the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which has apparently been insisting that breathable air is not an issue of “environmental quality” down h...
Rick Perry Helps Us Get Healthy
Kristian LinWell, our genius governor is at it again. Rick Perry announced yesterday that he’s refusing to implement the Affordable Care Act in Texas, joining a list of Republican governors who are trying to act all tough since the S...
Ron Paul Speaking In Fort Worth Today
Jeff Prince The guy that many alternative-leaning Republicans see as the most interesting politician on the scene, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), speaks this afternoon at the state convention in Fort Worth. The speech will be live streamed b...
Star-Telegram Caves In To Fear, Oh My
Jeff PrinceThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram decided not to print this week’s Doonesbury comic strips that reveal the hoops Texas women must jump through when seeking a safe and legal abortion. Texas abortion laws require women to get a ...
Dirt For $1 Million
Jeff PrinceEver smooshed with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison? Hanky-pankied with Sen. John Cornyn? If so, you could get $1 million for blabbing to Larry Flynt. The Hustler Magazine publisher is looking for political sex tales to expose, and he...
Rick Perry vs. The Gays
Kristian LinThis is pretty sad. Our governor is trying to resurrect his gaffe-prone presidential campaign by appealing to Iowa’s evangelical voters, and he has chosen gay-baiting as a way to do that. Yesterday Perry assailed the Obam...