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When I was in the Capitol on the first day of the Lege earlier this week, the joke was that it was probably a good thing that Democrat Bill White didn’t get elected as Governor, because the Republicans would have blamed the $27 billion state deficit on him.

He will also fix stubborn traffic lights

That’s right.  Texas is in worse shape than California.

Texas Guv Rick Perry apparently doesn’t know about the deficit because foremost on his mind is the “emergency” that exists with horrifying  “sanctuary cities.”  That means, according to Rick Perry, that there are actually cities in Texas where the police do not ask everyone breathing free air to prove their citizenship.  Lord have mercy!

“So,” begins Juanita in reaction to this information, “Rick Perry cannot even name one sanctuary city.  Not even one.  But, he’s damn near certain they exist and by gawd, he’s gonna stop it before sunrise.”

…when reporters asked him Wednesday to name sanctuary cities in Texas, Perry chose not to.

He also passed on a chance to explain how the state Department of Public Safety’s policy toward inquiring about immigration status differs from the Houston policy for which he criticized White.

“We’ve got ourselves a $27 billion deficit, and here’s our Governor cavorting around like a fat pony in high oats over something that’s gonna cost more money than picture show popcorn and take police officers off the streets fighting real crime.  Rick Perry is wearing his rodeo parade outfit to a burying,” she concludes.

“You know what’s odd?  They call Jerry Brown, the California Governor, ‘Governor Moonbeam.’  I guess we have ‘Governor Goofy’.”