Perry Unplugged Mississippi Style
And you bet that Rick Perry couldn’t even spell Mississippi.
Hell, he owns it now!
Mr. Perry is moving to establish a “super PAC” to back his effort, and has turned to Austin Barbour, a Mississippi-based lobbyist and political operative to head it, according to three people with knowledge of the moves.
Mr. Barbour’s brother, Henry, is a Republican national committee member who has supported Mr. Perry for years. The brothers’ uncle is Haley Barbour, the former Mississippi governor and a senior figure in Republican circles.
The Bush Dynasty? Pfff! Perry’s got himself the Barbour Dynasty. It’s like the Bush Dynasty, but only pastier and dumber.
You’ll remember Austin Barbour from the vote buying scheme uncovered when he worked for Thad Cochran. After finding reimbursement checks reported to the FEC for $8,000, $10,000 and $15,000, for a total of $53,000 in “get out the vote” cash, Barbour had a logical explanation.
Cochran campaign adviser Austin Barbour says the filings were a mistake by the campaign’s treasurer. He said they should be listed as cash payments to “dozens” of people who helped knock on doors and with other GOTV work.
“Amanda, as director of operations, is like our office manager,” Barbour said. “So she would run to the bank to get cash to pay field workers.
Yeah, that’s what Amanda does.
Thanks to David for the heads up.
Another sterling example of pRick’s judgement and decision making skills.
1The Barbours of Mississippi — think liquified, as in bourbon, as in 24/7. Seriously. No mistake about this. Old Haley has been around D.C. long enough to totally convince us of this trait.
2So the family of former Governor Haley Barbour, who pardoned 4 murderers and provided them with cars upon their release is now involved with former governor Perry, an accused felon.
3Obviously these guys have a lot in common and are not concerned about the company they keep. It might be a bit difficult to persuade donors to invest in such an inauspicious candidate.
Paid ’em in cash, huh. That means under the table, last I heard, which is okay for babysitting and tips but not salaries.
4“It’s like the Bush Dynasty, but only pastier and dumber.”
Hahahahahahahaha! Thanks.
5You’ll notice that he doesn’t claim the field workers actually received the money – just that someone ran to the bank to get money with which to pay them. I’ll bet the funds were reallocated shortly thereafter.
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