Go Ahead Governor Perry, Secede Yourself

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that Rick Perry associates himself strongly with CPAC...and that Ron Paul won the straw poll over the weekend at their conference...and that Debra Medina is a Ron Paul Republican. Well, maybe we'll all be surprised by the results on March 2. But, really, I.don't.care.

Have you seen Gov. Perry's latest television ad, Libby? They're really running it a lot. Certainly seems "softer" and lower key than his recent ones. Hardly any razzle dazzle and definitely not any sizzle. Hmmm...I do think it's a little late for Perry to try and sell us his kinder, gentler, less charismatic self and without gazing into our eyes. They did a great job reining him in. How did they do that? What a challenge it must have been.

By comparison, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White is such a natural. So relaxed and confident. And no secession talk! Wow. A normal person.

At the very least, Texans deserve a leader who isn't forever talking about leading a revolution against our own country. You know, a leader who realizes that as Americans, we are all in this together.

But that ad ~ Rick Perry seems to be encouraging all of us to take up the "Don't Mess with Texas," mantra. I guess this is supposed to make us feel safe with Perry at the wheel as he protects us from our fellow American citizens. Is it ever politically smart to threaten the other 49 states with an anti-littering slogan? I need to see some detailed research on that one.

Rick Perry shows all the characteristics of a fictional character. Plain and simple. His latest ad is like a late-inning attempt to appear down-to-earth. But he doesn't seem to be himself. He just looks lost, really.

He seems ready, at any moment, to just rip open his barn jacket?, let loose on his inner-secession self and scream:

"Look at me, Texas, look at me! I can't lose this thing. If I lose, where shall I go? And what shall I do?"

And I'll just have to tell him:

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

And so it goes...

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by: Elsbeth @ Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 07:20:51 AM UTC

I have not seen the kinder and gentler Perry ad yet (0.00 / 0)

As if that side exists. A man who turned down federal extended unemployment benefits for the jobless here is now trying to promote himself as a nice guy when in fact he is worse than Ebenezer Scrooge. Neither would care if people lost their homes, got thrown into the streets and starved to death.

Thanks for a topic for a new diary, a bi-polar mentally unstable Perry.  He says he turned down federal dollars when in fact we have and will receive up to $12,351,370,000. in stimulus money.  

One day he's screaming about secession and the next he's  trying to sound reasonable.  Which one is it Perry?  

In Houston last week we had to suffer through the anti-Warshington ad with a rather shrill dog whistle, i.e. allusions to the 10th amendment. References to the 10th amendment does not reach out and grab people like the word secession does. But inserting it into an ad sends a signal to the secessionists and teabagggers that Perry is on board with the notion of separation.

The truth of the matter is one of the most conservative justices on the Supreme Court of the U.S., Justice Scalia, ruled that secession is not possible.

http://www.newyorkpersonalinju...

I am afraid I cannot be of much help with your problem, principally because I cannot imagine that such a question could ever reach the Supreme Court. To begin with, the answer is clear. If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede. (Hence, in the Pledge of Allegiance, "one Nation, indivisible.") Secondly, I find it difficult to envision who the parties to this lawsuit might be. Is the State suing the United States for a declaratory judgment? But the United States cannot be sued without its consent, and it has not consented to this sort of suit.

As usual Perry is full of hot air.  And so is Medina where this issue is concerned.

You are right about Bill White.  What we see is what we will get. He is a deeply ethical and an honest man.  People will notice as they get to know him better as he campaigns around the state.  

White, unlike Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison, does not suffer from multi-polar disorder syndrome (talking out of all sides of the mouth at the same time) coupled with a heavy dose of shameless hypocrisy.

 

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by: Libby Shaw @ Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 15:57:57 PM UTC

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I do agree (0.00 / 0)

that he's trying to re-define himself midstream. And isn't that a huge mistake? Don't think he's got any choice since Debra Medina seems to be doing the conservative thing way better. And without Glenn Beck. This is great.

The path is being cleared on all sides for Bill White. Sanity and experience will prevail. Looking forward to your next diary about all of it. ;)

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by: Elsbeth @ Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 17:27:12 PM UTC

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I just saw the kinder and gentler ad (0.00 / 0)

you posted above.  While a captive prisoner in a dentist chair, a huge TV hanging in front of me, with machines grinding away in my mouth, with no remote, no ear plugs nor blindfold, I saw the ad 3 times.  I saw KBH's ad twice.

When finally freed from the chair, the ad came on again and I groaned, not again! The dental assistant said she couldn't wait until the primary is over b/c she is sick and tired of the attack ads. "They really hate each other and they make each other look more awful everyday" she said. I said I wish both would go away. She agreed and told me to feel free to cuss them out if I felt like it.  I declined her generous offer.  

The staff have to endure the ads all day b/c there is a TV in every room and it runs all day except when it serves as a screen to display x-rays.  Poor them.

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by: Libby Shaw @ Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 19:06:48 PM UTC

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