Perry will deliver State of the State address on Tuesday; is it his last?
And what will he say? He will no doubt take credit for the flourishing economy and the things that contribute to it: low taxes, low spending, a favorable regulatory climate, and a judicial climate that is hostile to lawsuits. He will touch on his legislative priorities; in particular, the fetal pain abortion bill (later today he’s speaking at the Texas Alliance for Life rally). He will wax maudlin about old friends, as he did on the opening day of the session. He will warn against excessive spending and urge members to sign onto his budget compact and its spending limits. He will give the green light to infrastructure improvements, especially the water plan. I think he will get a good reception, and he deserves one. His career is unmatched in American state government politics. But he has stayed too long, and his brand has lost much of its value.
Beerman says:
Oops has been the most hypocritical politician of my lifetime. He created problems and then campaigns against those problems. RE: education and public roads to name a few examples.
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John Johnson says:
He needs to be chastised for his blatant cronyism, commended for his adeptness at gaming the system, given credit for his political prowess (up until the Peter Principal came into play), thanked for training so many good lobbyists, patted on the back and sent out to collect on his debts.
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Beerman Reply:
January 26th, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Your points pretty well cover his tenure.
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Whoa, Nellie! Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Exactly. Perry’s made out like a bandit while the working people of this state languished (and are left picking up the bills now and in the future).
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Debbie says:
We all pray that it is! Term limits in Texas!!!!
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Distinguished Gentleman Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 12:25 am
Absolutely correct, Debbie.
We desperately need term limits in Texas, especially for the position of Governor, but really for ALL elected positions at the State and local levels of government.
But I see Perry running again in 2014 and, regrettably, being re-elected.
Only term limits can stop this type of thing from happening again in Texas’ future.
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paulburka Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:21 pm
No chance of him running in 2014
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 11:08 am
Debbie and Distinguished,
Both of y’all know damn well that most of our state lawmakers have too much EGO to put term limits in Texas because they don’t want to give up their seniority and experience in committee posts, etc.,
Hell, look at Iowa’s Terry Branstad, who is in his 5th term: Branstad is the nation’s longest-serving governor by 2014.
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Dolores Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 4:08 pm
Amen! I hope we never have this MOFO ever again.
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The Mustache That Dare Not Speak Its Name says:
Will he bring a bottle of maple syrup to the speech? Because that would be awesome.
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ghostofann says:
Let’s hope.
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Patriotone says:
Texas will pay for the selfishness and lack of foresight of this administration for the next 50 years. I fear he is going nowhere and Texas Republicans are just sufficiently backward to give him another term. Perry has cultivated no friends. He has to establish his next stop before he thinks about leaving this one. Once he loses the office they are going to drop him like a bad habit.
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Mofus says:
Almost anybody but goodhair for anything-!
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jpt51 Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Be careful what you wish for. Abbott will be a clone of Perry.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 11:08 am
Will Abbott be a two termer or three termer if elected in 2014 ?
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Tom says:
I bet he takes credit for his huge successes in fighting crime except for that slight mishap when someone burned his house down.
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Alan Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
If that house had been allowed to carry an assault weapon, that never would have happened.
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Kenneth D. Franks says:
“He has stayed too long and his brand has lost much of its value.” This is about enough that needs to be said about this topic.
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Smokin says:
“His career is unmatched in American state government politics.”
For what, exactly?
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Whoa, Nellie! Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 4:06 pm
That’s what I thought when I read it. Can Burka not decide if he’s cheerleading or criticizing?
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paulburka Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 8:55 pm
I just wrote the truth. His career is unmatched in American state government politics and he has stayed too long and his brand has lost its value.
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Distinguished Gentleman Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 12:28 am
Smokin raises an interesting question, Paul.
Paul by “unmatched in American state government politics” do you merely refer to the longevity of his tenure in the office of Governor?
Or do you have other things in mind?
Is Perry as of right now, in fact, the longest “serving” Governor in U.S. history???
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 11:10 am
Distinguished, look at here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Branstad
Edwin Edwards (LA), George Wallace (AL), Jim Hunt (NC), James R. Thompson (IL), Tommy Thompson (WI), Nelson Rockefeller (NY State), and Bill Janklow (SD) all served 4 terms as governors in their respective states.
Branstad, if he wins a 6th term in 2014, will likely break George Clinton’s all-time record (if he hasn’t already) as the nation’s long-serving US State Governor by 2018, which would give him 24 years of service.
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Smokin Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 9:28 pm
George Clinton . . . P Funk!
paulburka Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:23 pm
Longevity
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Patriotone says:
You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately… Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Oliver Cromwell to the Rump Parliament
The people of Texas to the Rump Governor.
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Distinguished Gentleman Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Perry needs a good, swift kick to the rump alright, Patriotone.
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RDH says:
You’ve been calling his ending for 6+ years. #jinx
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 11:11 am
RDH, Burka and others have been calling for Perry’s downfall since 2006.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Perry is a reformed sinner and an ex-dem and some just hate that that he saw the folly of his ways.
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Beerman Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 9:33 am
“Reformed Sinner?”
If so, why does it seem that the so-called Christians with the most religious convictions spew the most hatred and oppose helping those in need?
I don’t believe that the Good Lord is in favor of hypocrites?
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Dolores Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 4:20 pm
He’s the biggest hypocrite I have ever seen, the so called Christians are just as bad has he is. Perry, has gotten rich from insurance companies and Texans. I can’t stand him, let’s hope he runs for president again, I could use a good laugh.
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Anon Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 10:09 am
Beerman, darned well said. The religious right is a pox upon our country.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 1:25 pm
JBB, it is so revealing that you use religious analogies when talking Dem and Rep. I know you are incapable of understanding anything that involves critical thinking, but for all you establishment Reps out there, this is what the Tea Party is, and why it is killing your party. When the Dems got locked into ideology in the 70s, they lost their ability to see the world as it really is, and opened an era of wandering in the wilderness. The same when politics equals religious zealotry, which it obvious does for JBB and the microcephalics like him.
Keep him voting for you, stuffing envelops, and writing small checks. But when you let him take over, you ensure twenty years in the wilderness.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 2:47 pm
no I didn’t. I made a statement that Gov-for-life Perry is a reformed sinner and an ex-dem and for that he is forever hated by dems.
Gov Perry is recognized by most leading authorities for his capable leadership of Texas.
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Vik Verma Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 4:22 pm
who are these leading authorities
Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 7:02 pm
What “authorities”? Name three. Hell, name even one.
Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Oh I hope it’s a lot more than 20 years!!
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JohmBernardBooks says:
well they damn ain’t dems, you don’t any blue states as successful as the Gov Perry led Texas.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 27th, 2013 at 7:03 pm
How do you define “successful”?
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 6:22 am
well it ain’t Illinois
http://wgntv.com/2013/01/26/illinois-credit-rating-downgraded-state-drops-to-worst-in-the-nation/#ixzz2JBRULVTP
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Anon Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 10:10 am
JBB, you really are a fool.
JohnBernardBooks Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Yes, you honestly believe you are so smart that anyone who you don’t agree with is a fool.
rw says:
Four of the top ten cities that people are moving to in the past two years are in Texas. That and winning elections are how I define successful.
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The Mustache That Dare Not Speak Its Name Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 7:27 am
And the big cities of Texas, which is where people are moving to, are generally Democratic. Look who runs City Hall in those cities and look at the county-by-county electoral map in the past two Presidential elections. People aren’t moving to Rick Perry’s Texas, they are moving to Julian Castro’s and Annise Parker’s Texas.
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Cow Droppings Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 10:57 am
I call b.s. These people are mostly moving to the suburbs and the collar counties where the schools aren’t crap, and Republicans control the mayor’s office and the city.
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paulburka Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:27 pm
I don’t think people move someplace because Republicans control the mayor’s office. They move to the suburbs because that is where people want to live, as Cow Droppings says, where schools aren’t crap.
Distinguished Gentleman says:
But, rw, is that BECAUSE of Rick Perry?
Could there be reasons other than Rick Perry that people are moving to Texas?
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 11:12 am
Distinguished, Perry reminds me of Bill Belichik, who tries everything to stay in power, but younger teams have gotten his number recently as Baltimore did to the Pats in the 2012 AFC Championship Game this season.
Abbott is more like Eli Manning.
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Jed Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 1:22 pm
why is it a good thing that so many people are moving to texas?
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 1:57 pm
I came here to near my bany grand daughter and to get away from IN winters. Rick Perry was not an attraction.
And folks, I spend money in Texas.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 2:02 pm
“baby”
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
Does Rick Perry deserve exclusive credit for the Texas economy? Or could other factors be at play?
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John Johnson Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 9:18 am
Just ask yourself the question, “Why is Texas better off than other states?”
Did King Perry have anything to do with placing vast amounts of oil and gas beneath us or developing the new techniques to extract it? New oil and gas plays were being energetically developed here during the U.S. economic downturn which greatly propped up our state economy through jobs, collected tax revenue and lower energy costs. This is what set us apart. Perry had nothing to do with it. In my opinion, we weathered the storm better than most in spite of him.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 10:30 am
actually one of Gov Perry’s greatest accomplishments was running the trial lawyers out of town. That uncapped business growth making Texas #1 in job growth for decades.
Thank you Gov Perry
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John Johnson Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Which saved who, what? It saved the companies bigtime money in payouts and liability premiums that may, or may not, have gotten passed on to the consumer.
In medicine, tort reform saved Perry’s buddies in Big Insurance billions of dollars in payouts. It saved hospitals and physicians and pharmacies and device manufactuers millions of dollars in liability insurance costs. Not one cent in savings was passed down to the consumer. You can see this in the 100%+ rise in insurance rates in the last decade. Redundant testing is still the norm in hospitals and physicians offices even though this was to be ended with tort reform.
Under Perry, we commonbreds have gotten the short end of the stick. We are made to bend over, jabbed in the butt with it, and forced to cough up another hundred.
JohnBernardBooks Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 1:25 pm
JJ who do you think pays for lawsuit settlements, the companies or their customers?
Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
I was of the opinion that Texas had some brakes built into the economy after the bust of the 1980s that kept TX in better shape than other states during the Bush recession. Gov. P. can’t be praised much if that’s true.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 3:01 pm
We have something in the state constitution, going way back, that makes it hard to use your house as a piggy bank because it is difficult to secure a loan with your homestead. (It used to be impossible, except for securing the money you borrowed to buy the house.) That plus the fact we don’t have geographic or regulatory constraints on expanding our cities by throwing up new neighborhoods kept housing prices from spiking crazily during the housing boom and cushioned the fall during the bust.
You’re right that Texas business and political leaders worked to diversify the Texas economy after the oil bust and Texas bankers are said to have been generally prudent after the savings and loan bust that followed the oil bust.
I read that Texas ports have been booming. We could all maybe have a left versus right yell fest some time about how much of that is NAFTA or right to work or public or private investment in infrastructure etc.
Oil, gas, timber, agriculture, maybe work ethic – it’s a big diverse interesting state, warts and all.
I need to avoid at least some of that long Texas summer about like you need to avoid those Indiana winters, I imagine. Some of those high tax high services states are sure nice places to visit for a couple of weeks in the summertime.
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bnrtn Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 5:58 pm
Did Perry & Co. have ANYTHING to do with this status? Probably.
Did Perry & Co. have EVERYTHING to do with this? Probably not.
Can Texas “go” blue or even purple without sliding down the path to California? That doesn’t look too promising an avenue to me.
Of course, if one believes that “sliding down the path” is not the appropriate term to use for California, there is really no point in further discussion.
Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 9:06 am
Anonymous: Don’t the oil companies have to give big bucks back to the state in the form of support for higher education?
It seems that the “Texas miracle” has a lot to do with geology rather than which party is in power.
We plan to go to WA and BC this summer . . .
Anonymous Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Oil companies drilling on the University Lands give back to the state in terms of royalty payments, so there is a connection there. But it’s not as if California or New York couldn’t set up similar transfer payments if they wanted to — both have large shale formation areas, New York in the Southern Tier and California in the Central Valley. Even if those lands aren’t state-owned, either state could put a drilling tax on that would go into education funding. But politicians in both states eschew allowing new drilling because environmentalist groups that support them don’t want it.
You can’t whine about a shortage of funding or complain Texas is just using its geology to profit, when other states with similar geology refuse to take advantage of those same options to obtain funds (and California is particularly clueless in the energy area, banning new power plant construction along with severely limiting new oil and gas drilling and pushing to tear down hydro-election projects — they want to use the energy, but they want everyone else to provide the sources for them).
Anonymous Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 1:02 pm
Pearl, if there’s a formal mechanism in law that requires the oil companies to pay extra taxes earmarked for Higher Ed I’m not aware of it. There might be what used to be called a gentlemen’s agreement that dates back to tax reforms after the oil bust or the repeal of the statewide property tax or some other watershed event but I’m not aware of that either.
Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island in the summertime sounds like my idea of a good time.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
January 30th, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Don’t know if I agree with you about the geology of NY and CA Anonymous: Oil shale is just coming on board these days as a resource compared with the light sweet crude that’s been under TX for decades, so political structures here have evolved (dare I use that word in TX?) to reflect that ease of access.
We all know that extracting oil from shale is dirty and expensive, don’t we?
I was told recently by a bit of a blowhard that TX required a portion of oil profits to be donated to higher ed in TX.
Check out the Dahlia Lounge in Seattle or Rain City in Vancouver this summer.
Anonymous says:
If Perry’s running again, expect a lot of red meat, anti-Washington soundbites in the speech. He’s got to fire up the primary voters, but he can’t tie Abbott to Washington (Kay Bailey in ’10) or link him to state Democrats (Carole Keeton Rylander Strayhorn in ’06). So he’ll have to run basically as the guy who’s the only thing keeping the feds from taking over Texas.
Might work, but my guess is after last year’s primary performance, the magic is gone and Rick’s not going to simply be able to clinch the conservative GOP primary votes in a face-off with the AG by being the loudest snarler of the two (though thanks to last year’s run, even if it crashed and burned, Rick Perry talking like a drunk in a bar fight about the Obama Administration is going to get more play in the national media than anything Greg Abbott says or does as AG that challenges federal action out of Washington).
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 11:12 am
Anon, Perry will NOT run in 2014 period.
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Distinguished Gentleman Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 4:51 pm
Yes, Perry WILL run again in 2014 for Governor.
And the sad thing is he will actually WIN.
And then, in 2016, he will run again for President, WON’T win, and once again embarrass all of us with his obvious stupidity.
Sometimes the voters must be saved from themselves with TERM LIMITS.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:43 am
Hawaii had the late Daniel Inoyue as their United States Senator for decades from 1963 until his death last month, he was in ninth term when he died in office.
Hell, Alaska had Ted Stevens in the Senate for YEARS until the voters kicked him out in 2008.
Jorge says:
Texas history will regard his tenure as the “dark ages.”
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t tyler texas says:
I’ll have to say that I prefer Governor Bill Hobby’s 18 years of leadership.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 12:57 pm
The former Lieutenant Governor who served an unprecedented 5 terms from Jan. 16, 1973-Jan. 15, 1991 under three different governors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hobby
But you don’t hear folks like Debbie or Distinguished Gentleman talk about that because they keep RANTING and ranting.
If they don’t like the way statewide officeholders are doing their jobs, VOTE THEM OUT in a democratically free election, other than that move to Florida or Louisiana.
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Distinguished Gentleman Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 4:55 pm
I vote against Rick Perry every chance I get, Blue Dogs.
However, if only weak or non-serious candidates oppose the incumbent, the incumbent gets rubber-stamped back into office.
I thought Kay Bailey Hutchison was serious in 2010 and I voted for her in the Republican primary. Imagine my shock when it became crystal clear to everyone that she was NOT serious at all and proceeded to throw HERSELF under the bus in what has to be one of the most embarrassing campaigns in recent Texas history.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:43 am
KBH’s best shot was in 2006, but she didn’t make the jump because Bush Jr., intervened and told her to stay in the Senate.
Anonymous Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 3:17 pm
His mom was also a great leader.
We generally had racial peace in Houston during the years of civil rights and racial integration. I often suspected the Hobbys acting behind the scenes and acting through the Houston Post and KPRC played a role in that.
When his mother, Oveta Culp Hobby, died some years back the Fort Worth Star Telegram’s story on her life confirmed that in part by talking about how she directed the Post’s coverage after (I think) Brown v. Bd of Education.
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Beanie the Counter says:
GRP does this thing with his voice when he drops his tone to almost a whisper to make his point and add drama to whatever he is saying. The problem is when he does it, he sounds totally insincere and it just sounds like he laying in his BS even thicker. He often will do this on the last phrase of major point of what he is talking about. Perry has been doing this for so long I doubt he is even aware of it.
See if you can recognize when he does this and count tomorrow to see how many times he does it.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
Beanie, who is GRP?
Do you mean James R. “Rick” Perry?
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 11:13 am
James Richard Perry, but he doesn’t use his full name in his inaugurations, he only uses Rick Perry.
David Henry Dewhurst doesn’t use his full name either, just David Dewhurst.
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Anonymous says:
GRP…Governor Rick Perry.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
I thank God every day for Gov Perry and that I don’t live in (D)Cleveland, (D)Chicago, (D)Philly or (D)Detriot.
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Dolores Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 8:34 am
You’re probably a hypocrite just like him, “I will pray for you” The only thing we all need to pray for is that this clown doesn’t get elected again. Rick Perry is a fake christian, who trys to use religion to make bigs bucks.
Rick Perry is in the pockets of all insurance companies.
Please tell me why we have the highest Homeowner and Auto rates in the country?
The most unisured children and the most uninsured american’s period.
Our poor ederly can barely scrape by on a monthly basis because their insurance rates keep are sky rocketing. It’s time for all Texans to get this clown out of office, stop voting for him just because he as an R behing his name.
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Anon Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 10:12 am
JBB, every day we pray you will move to Cleveland, Chicago, Philly or Detroit. It would raised the avarage IQ of Texas by 2 points.
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Anonymous says:
Again with the religious analogies, JBB. You are so funny. In a sad, Chunk from the Goonies sort of way.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
I’m sorry my posts go over your head, I’ll pray for you.
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JohnBernardSucks Reply:
January 31st, 2013 at 11:17 pm
I think Rick Perry hung the moon. My science project was a hypothesis that God loves Texas, and He sent Rick Perry to deliver us from the Yankees. I am in 7th Grade at Davy Crockett Junior High. I am a proud Texan. I eat Nachos, and want to build a fence to keep the Mexicans out. Rick Perry is my leader, and should Texas go to war, I will follow our leader’s call. We should burn Democrats, Yankees, and Mexicans, as they are bad and do drugs. Mommy is mad because we have to pay to drive on all of the roads, but I think she should be happy because the toll roads have Texas flags on them. Gotta go, need to study for my TAKS test, and we don’t have a teacher because he was laid off due to budget custs. Texas AGGIE FIGHTING FARMERS FOOTBALL RULES!
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Anonymous says:
Chunk think Dewhurst over Cruz by 6-8 points.
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Anonymous says:
Chunk loves Rick Perry and all the other Goonies!
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JohmBernardBooks Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 6:32 pm
praying harder for the low information poster
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Anonymous Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 8:02 pm
Chunk is low information voter. Like Fox News and Rick “Goonie” Perry.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 28th, 2013 at 9:21 pm
It’s not working. This guy somehow got his Mamma’s password and bypassed Internet parental controls. Seems to have some “Chunk” hang ups. Anyone know who Chunk is?
JohnBernardBooks says:
Amnesty again? Didn’t the progressives promise in 1986
“We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never again bring forward another amnesty bill like this,” Sen Ted Kennedy.
There is no lie democrats will not tell and there is no lie the low information voter will not believe.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/0828/kennedy-and-immigration-he-changed-the-face-of-america
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buy a clue Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 8:52 am
If you look up “low information voter” in the dictionary there is a picture of jbb. Gee, I wonder who stripped out the strict sanctions for the “job creators”???
in 1986, Ronald Reagan signed a sweeping immigration reform bill into law.
The law granted amnesty to nearly 3 million illegal immigrants, yet was largely considered unsuccessful because the strict sanctions on employers were stripped out of the bill for passage.
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John Johnson Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 9:13 am
Let’s see…In ’86, Reagan took care of U.S. employers looking for cheap labor by giving amnesty…and Teddy and the Dem’s didn’t like it.
My, how things have changed.
I guess you also remember when the Democratic Party was a euphemisem for the Klu Klux Klan.
Looking backwards is not going to get us out of the mess we are in.
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buy a clue Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 9:19 am
tell that to your witty provocative hero jbb, gramps.
John Johnson Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 10:24 am
JBB knows this, clueless. He just does it to prick people like you.
Doesn’t your mouth get sore from biting on that hook time after time? You and JS are his prize catches. He ought to have you mounted instead of throwing you back time after time. Paul needs to implement the mercy rule here to protect you guys.
buy a clue Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:53 am
So jbb knows this but you’re positive no one else does. Excellent job Kreskin, can you tell me the winning lotto numbers for tomorrow? Couldn’t be we’re responding to prick him back could it?? Why don’t you start a jbb fan club gramps. Then you can post your dreamy-eyed defenses of him there and stop wasting our time here.
John Johnson Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 1:57 pm
Settle down, kid. You’re going to stroke out.
Put some ice on your swollen, hook scared mouth, think about how many more times you want to look foolish here, and react accordingly. How many more times do you feel like running head first into the wall? It’s not going anywhere; you’re not going to break it down. It calls you stupid and you take off again, full speed, leading with your flapping lips. Funny sight in my mind, but it’s really pretty sad.
JohnBernardBooks says:
At lunch Sat Gov Perry because of a surplus, said he wanted to give tax dollars back to the tax payer. He also said look for a big surpise during his state of the State address today.
I’m betting he challenges President Obama to a skeet match now that we know he shoots skeet all the time….wink wink.
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Another Wilco Voter Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 9:28 am
Oh, for heaven’s sake; the only ones who will be getting any “tax breaks” are Perry’s cronies and campaign contributors. Sheesh!!
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Kenneth D. Franks Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 12:57 pm
I don’t shoot at skeet. The reason I said ‘at’ is because I’ve never had the urge to waste ammunition and have enough expensive habits already. Mainly they are fishing and most years actual hunting. Strauss doesn’t seem to be on the same page as Perry as he says we need to restore some of the 27 billion dollars we cut to in government services last session. “Quality schools, good roads, and clean water should be bi-partisan issues,” He also said that,” A healthy business climate needs more than low taxes.” My take on what he said is that employers know to expect lower taxes than most states in Texas however we need good roads, adequate water and an educated workforce as well as low taxes.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
He and his wing of the party will also be what keeps Texas red instead of purple or purple instead of blue. If quality schools, good roads, and clean water become D issues instead of bi-partisan issues then that’s the wide paved fast highway to Texas turning blue.
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Anon says:
JBB’s job at Jack In the Box does not give him the financial whereabouts to be one of Oops donors and recipients of cronyism. Conservatives in Texas do love the payoff.
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Tom says:
“As Governor of Texas, I, Rick Perry promise to return surplus taxes to three groups or individuals greatly in need of some relief from our state taxes.
First, will be my wife, Anita, for having to put up with me all these years.
Second, will be all my donors who have secured state appointments, and thus have labored long and hard to seek the benefits of crony capitalism.
Third will be, ah, oops. Oh, well.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:45 am
Tom, you can watch Perry’s FINAL State of the State address on his youtube page or the governor’s office website.
He will RETIRE by not seeking a 4th term because he knows he can’t win after his horrible presidential campaign or lack thereof.
Plus, Price Daniel tried a 4th term in 1962 and didn’t make it to the runoff because folks were pissed at him.
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Texian Politico says:
Burka, any tweets or perhaps a blog reaction to Perry’s address?
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paulburka Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 11:37 pm
Blog post is written, will be posted tomorrow.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
But, Blue Dogs, back in the days of Price Daniel, the Texas Governor’s term consisted of only 2 years. Since 1974, it has been 4 years. To me that is a significant difference.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 12:53 pm
Distinguished, Perry does count as the 4th Texas governor to serve 3 terms even though Daniel, Connally and Shivers served 2 years.
Perry has NO chance in hell of winning again because all of the GOP donors, the Bush family machine and KBH backers are rallying behind Greg Abbott.
I’m betting Abbott goes 2 terms at best unless he runs for higher office after that.
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Pat says:
That was a lame state of the state speech. Perry looked old.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Great speech by Gov Perry he knew his mention of “giving taxes back to the tax payer” would drive the liberals apoplectic causing them to turn purple.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 2:02 pm
So just to be clear: in Texas, long a low tax low spending state, in the cyclical years when we have a surplus in revenue and the choice is between giving taxes back to the taxpayer by further cutting taxes on the one hand and on the other hand addressing our needs for quality schools, good roads, and enough clean water, you and the people you speak for choose further cutting of taxes. Correct?
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John Johnson Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Good question.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 3:53 pm
JBB, I just wish he would refund all the billions he funneled to his buddies in CPRIT, the Texas Enterprise Fund, and other socialistic interventions in the free market system to help his contributors. I just wonder when constitution loving patriots will rise up and get rid of socialists like Rick Perry.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Now this could turn Texas purple.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 4:19 pm
Parliamentary inquiry.
State your inquiry.
Is there currently before the blogosphere a specific substantive question put to JBB by the Eisenhower Republican caucus and seconded by the Conservative Populist caucus that remains as yet unanswered?
That is correct.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
JBB = socialism = Rick Perry.
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Jim Sirbasku says:
CPRIT/CTNet=Solyndra
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JohnBernardBooks says:
I believe the question was put before the voters and they choose Gov Perry over Sen Kay (My husband makes money off Metro) Hutchison and Bill(Why yes I sit on boards and receive pay from companies while holding elected office) White.
Gov Perry is one of the many republicans responsible to Texas being successful.
If you hate that have Sen Van Putte file a law suit in Bro-in-law Justice Orlando Garcia’s court, like she did on re-districting.
You low information voters need to do more than the personal attacks on me, you need to listen to my wisdom and learn.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 30th, 2013 at 7:06 am
I just want a direct answer to my substantive, clarifying and non-condescending question. Why not just directly answer such a relevant political and policy question?
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