Countdown Perry
Okay, he’s decided to decide and even tell us.
Perry said he would make a decision to run again for governor before July 1. “Later in the year, if there’s more expansive plans than that we’ll announce at the appropriate time.”
Most calendar watchers are expecting an announcement Thursday, June 27 or Friday, June 28.
Madam Swami Juanita predicts that Perry will not run for Governor, leaving that door open for someone even worse – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, an enormous bully and hypocrite.
Madam Swami Juanita also predicts that Rick Perry will run for President on Texas taxpayer money while he continues to serve as Governor, costing us in travel and security alone about 2,000 teachers, 50 repaired major bridges, health insurance for 1.5 million Texans, the world class status of the University of Texas, enough pocket change to fill the Santa Elena canyon.
Please don’t pollute,
1keep Perry in Texas
Perhaps you could trick Perry into running for President of Texas instead. He wouldn’t know the difference.
2The Wall Street Journal online has a video of a recent interview with Goodhair where he says the reason he didn’t get the GOP nomination for President was 1) he started too late – you need to start at least 2 years before nomination process, 2) he shouldn’t have had major back surgery 6 weeks before the start of campaigning, and 3) Ooops… I forgot his third reason. Honest… he did have 3 reasons….and I think he remembered all three.
He’s running for President.
3The best bumper sticker I’ve seen goes like this: DUMPRICK
4No space. Read it either way.
Lord, how I miss Ann Richards! She would have had so doggone much fun with Goodhair!
5My dream show – an hour with Ann Richards and Molly Ivins, discussing the current batch of Republican yahoos. Think about how much worse the GOP reps have gotten since Daddy Bush. Just imagine those two discussing Cruz, Perry, etc.
6Madam Swami, OK, but why? Perry may truly believe the right-wing crap he espouses. He panders well to the tea party loons whose disproportionate vote in GOP primaries may make him a contender for the nomination, but then what? Once again he would embarrass Texans, but his nomination would be great for Democrats; imagine down-ballot Republicans trying to run on Perry’s coattails. It will be entertaining.
7Greggie Abbott is sitting on $17 million or so in his campaign war chest. The donors who gave him that money clearly expect Abbott to be the next governor of Texas. I would love to see a primary fight between Abbott and Goodhair but that is probably not going to happen.
8I think Madam Swami is right; I would be very surprised if Perry ran again. Texans are tired of him, the Lege is tired of him (that’s why they don’t like his UT Regents), and he really believes all of America is clamoring for his Presidential leadership despite all the evidence to the contrary.
9Dear Madame Swami Juanita,
10How I wish you had some happy forecasts for Texas!
@Uncle Dave even Perry really doesn’t believe most of what he says.
He will run because it makes him money. People he doesn’t even know, or care about….. send him money.
It’s how the Governor of The Great State of Texas…… whose salary is about $115K per year, became a millionaire.
11It ain’t rocket science.
Miemaw,
12You nailed it!
This is the guy who can’t tell the difference between Libya and Lebanon, bad-mouthed FEMA until he needed it and who can’t remember 3 things in a row. He thinks we should entrust him with nuclear power and the leadership of the free world? Really?
13Crash and burn, Perry.
“More expansive plans”? Does that mean at some point Ricky is going to open his kimono again? Spare us. We’ve already had one major episode of his indecent exposure on the national scene.
14Help get Rick get an honest job. Send him an application for truck driver. You know, that could be fun. We deserve some fun in Texas.
15Have the YES MEN paid a visit to Rick?
16Miemaw wrote: “It’s how the Governor of The Great State of Texas…… whose salary is about $115K per year, became a millionaire.”
He’s never had a job outside guv’ment, and he’s a millionaire.
And THAT, dear friends, tells you all you need to know about why he wears that permanent smirk on his face.
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