Why I am supporting Rick Perry

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Solid website.

http://www.rickperry.org/

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Texas's growth has come from the rich growing richer. Like any bubble, just below the surface Texas consistently remains a terrible state if you aren't rich and white. 9th largest income inequality gap in the nation, chronic corruption (up to and including Perry himself), and a heap of skeletons in the closet.

It's amusing to see liberals spout that class warfare statement given Obama's own record on 'income inequality' as you put it.

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Solid website.

http://www.rickperry.org/

I checked it out.

How come it doesn't mention the atrocious high school drop out rate or the even more atrocious teen pregnancy rate in Texas?

It didn't mention why Texas leads in number of minimum wage jobs.  Neither did it touch on the $27 billion deficit Perry saddled Texas with.

Maybe he'll update the site.

Maybe you should update your facts. That $27 billion deficit no longer exists.

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He got rid of it, but he also created it.

Also, a .org is a bad choice for a President candidate.  I bet he's working on purchasing the .com from the swindler who owns it.

Certainly. Now, liberals don't like the methods he used. That's why we have campaigns.

I wonder how many more jobs he can take from California in the next year.

http://www.statesman.com/business/ea-sports-expanding-austin-presence-bringing-300-jobs-1618774.html

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Perry is using the same Romney stealth tax strategy.  It will all come out.  Just like Romney he is inventing and raising all kinds of "fees."

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Yawn. Even that's a lot better than places like California, where of course tuition has tripled, along with the regular tax hikes that have been put in place.

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In addition to his atrocious record, this guy might come back to haunt him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Todd_Willingham

You know, that's one of the more ignorant complaints around given that the Texas governor does not have the power to pardon anyone unilaterally.

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In addition to his atrocious record, this guy might come back to haunt him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Todd_Willingham

You know, that's one of the more ignorant complaints around given that the Texas governor does not have the power to pardon anyone unilaterally.

Uh, he actively impeded the investigation.

Not really, but that happened 5 years after the alleged offense. Not that anyone other than the left cares.

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Unless conservatives have turned into the stereotypes liberals portray them as, I highly doubt they are going to be all smiles when they hear that Perry had an innocent man executed and then tried to cover it all up, or that he worked for Al Gore once upon a time.

You're just making up crap now. Because Perry didn't have him executed.

I suggest you read up on the law.

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There's this thing called "stay of execution" that the Texas governor does apparently have the power to issue. If there's evidence that could exonerate someone falsely accused, one can be issues so the evidence can be re-examined in a court of law.

No, they don't, permanently. A single stay can be issued for 30 days.

Of course, the defendant didn't really do anything to convince a court in the 13 years that he had.

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Dr. Gerald Hurst, an Austin scientist and fire investigator, reviewed the case and concluded there was "no evidence of arson", the same conclusion reached by other fire investigators. Hurst's report was sent to governor Rick Perry's office as well as Board of Pardons and Paroles along with Willingham's appeal for clemency. Neither responded to Willingham's appeals. In response to allegations that he allowed the execution of an innocent man, Perry was quoted as stating "he was a wife beater." "The whole case was based on the purest form of junk science," Hurst later said. "There was no item of evidence that indicated arson." Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said the Governor had weighed the "totality of the issues that led to (Willingham's) conviction." She said he was aware of a "claim of a reinterpretation of (the) arson testimony."

From this, one can only gather that you are profoundly ignorant. Once the Board of Pardons and Paroles denies an appeal, the governor has no power to do anything.

Execution warrants in Texas are of course signed by the sentencing court and not the governor as they are in some other states.

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You know, that's one of the more ignorant complaints around given that the Texas governor does not have the power to pardon anyone unilaterally.

Technically yes, the Governor cannot pardon anyone unless he have a recommendation from the Board and all he can do unilaterally is to issue one-time 30-days reprive.

BUT, Perry, just like Bush before, controlled the Board via their appointments and surely could pressure the members if only wanted. 

The entire point of the board is to be immune from pressures of the Governor.

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The entire point of the board is to be immune from pressures of the Governor.

Funny, considering the Governor appoints all members.

Hmm? So is the judiciary, which of course falls under the same line of thinking.