I guess that whole ‘return to our founding fathers’ spiel didn’t work too well so Rick Perry is going to give a speech today announcing his intention to re-write the Constitution.  And if that doesn’t work to put him back on top, he’ll get three monkeys, a clown, and a bearded woman and open a circus.  Come to think of it, he could find that whole crew among his pals also running for the nomination, including the beard thing.

Rick wants to “uproot the three branches of government.”

Perry said his reform proposal will target “lifetime federal judges who arrogantly rewrite our laws from the bench,” as well as the “permanent bureaucracy of the executive branch, which thwarts the will of the American people to advance a big government agenda.” And he pledged to outline “dramatic reforms for a Congress that not only spends too much but is IN Washington too much.”

Oh yeah, we can’t be having judges free from political pressure.  We need more judges who have to run for office so that corporations can buy them.  And if the boy has ideas about Congressional reform that he’s been keeping secret from the massively Republican Texas delegation, shame on him.

He wants to re-write the Constitution and he’s calling someone else “arrogant?”  Hey pot, meet kettle.

And then there’s the fun part —

… all those overpaid czars and bureaucrats haven’t suffered one bit while we’ve been going through one of the worst economies that this country’s ever seen,” he said.

Uh, would this be a bad time to note that the Texas Governor became a millionaire while in public office his entire life and he’s currently suffering in a $10,000 a month taxpayer paid mansion?  Would it be a bad time to note that the Governor approves of the State of Texas paying for a hoard of lobbyists to go to Washington, DeeCee, so he’s kinda creating that problem?

So, you want to replace democracy with crony capitalism?  Like this?

State environmental regulators appointed by Gov. Rick Perry issued a permit in January for a Houston-area industrial waste injection well to a company whose top investors include some of Perry’s close friends and campaign contributors.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved the permit over the objections of the Texas Railroad Commission and every state and local official representing Montgomery County, and in spite of an administrative law judge’s recommendation to deny the permit because the well might pollute groundwater.

Come on home and reform the government you created, Rick.

Awww, Rick, it’s kinda cute watching you spend money like a madman to get back on top because you have come to believe through governing Texas that there’s nothing you can’t buy.  Hey, Newt’s broke.  Maybe he would be willing to sell the Vice Presidency to you.  He has no ethics, you know, so he’s your kind of guy.

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