There’s a website, well actually it’s a Twitter feed, that I enjoy called White Whine.

Sometimes I do that.  I found myself whining about having to feed the swimming pool every day because it’s been so hot and dry.  I have a damn swimming pool and I’m whining.  I slapped myself upside the head and sent a check to the Salvation Army to make amends.

The problem with Rick Perry is that he’s the King of White Whine but he’s not smart and/or aware enough to know it.

Yesterday he compared a tax cut to civil rights.

Seriously.

“Listen, America’s gone a long way from the standpoint of civil rights and thank God we have,” said the Texas governor. “We’ve gone from a country that made great strides in issues of civil rights, I think we all can be proud of that. And as we go forward, America needs to be about freedom. It needs to be about freedom from overtaxation, freedom from over-litigation, freedom from over-regulation.”

Taxes are the lowest they’ve been in 30 years, but Rick Perry thinks they are too damn high because paying your fair share to keep America running is a whole lot like Bull Conner turning fire hoses on you.

Yep – exactly alike.

In the struggle to defend greed, Rick Perry is right out there, out front, unafraid, grabbing every dollar bill he can, subscribing to Gourmet Magazine at taxpayer expense, living in a $10,000 a month mansion at taxpayer expense, handing out taxpayer money to his friends.  I’m sure it was just a slight overlook that they aren’t dedicating a monument to Rick Perry, Defender of Greed, this weekend in DeeCee.

One other thing.  When folks like me like to remind people that Texas ain’t the Great State anymore since Bush and Perry took over, Perry says —

According to the AP, Perry said, “When the liberal pundits start trashing Texas … I want you all to stand up and say that dog won’t hunt.”

We’re not trashing Texas, Rick, we’re trashing your governing ability.  Remember?