The Perry Indictment

How the longest-serving governor in Texas history became the longest-serving governor in Texas history to be indicted for a felony.

Kelsey Davis, Mai Schotz and Jeff Salamon

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October 2014

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Tags: Politics, Rick Perry

Comments

JBenningfield

And you had to use that particular image of Rosemary Lehmberg why?
- Just sayin
  
  because like most liberals, the bitch is ugly!
  - JBenningfield
    
    Ah. A comodian in our midst.
- OldBlindBob
  
  What’s your problem? That’s the most flattering photo of her that I’ve seen
Sam Thacker

Lehmberg IS a convicted criminal. It IS appropriate to use this photo to make sure everyone knows that we have a criminal who heads the public Integrity Unit.
- Balcones Joe
  
  They’re politicians, Sam. They’re all criminal.
- silentnonrev
  
  …and in a few months, everyone will know we had one for a governor
bws001

Not sure who is really abusing their power here… sure seems like the drunk is
- dave in texas
  
  Did you not read the article? She recused herself, and a Republican judge from San Antonio is the one that brought the indictment.
  - bws001
    
    She was told to step down and rather then step down she had him indicted… On the flimsiest of charges…
    - dave in texas
      
      Are you kidding me? Look, bud, reading comprehension is your friend. I don’t normally type in all caps, but for you, I’ll make an exception. SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM BEING INDICTED. Also, the governor has no power to tell her to step down. She’s an elected official, and you can rest assured that the voters of Travis County will find someone else at the end of her term.
    - squidpuppy
      
      Read the article. Lehmberg did not indict Perry. She recused herself. Perry doesn’t have the power to force or coerce an elected county official, who works for the people of that county, to resign.
Palmer

And how much — so far — has this cost the taxpayers of Texas? All because that silly drunk women refused to stay home to swill her vodka. It is shameful.
trishfitzpatrick

The Texans For Public Justice! Is that what the cool kids are calling corruption nowadays!? THE TOP county law officer:
Breaks the law by threatening the citizens with gross intoxicated driving,
lies repeatedly by denying having more than TWO drinks (with three different stories) while operating a vehicle with a BAC triple the legal limit,
abuses the poor cops who have to take her into custody,
refuses to cooperate with the staff who must process her,
throws an EPIC hissy fit about the unfairness of life,
DEMANDS special treatment more than a dozen times,
orders everyone within a one mile radius to get “Greg”, the sheriff down there to free her countless times,
wouldn’t LISTEN to the judge trying to explain what’s happening, AND
forced the staff to slap her into a RESTRAINT chair and a SPIT mask,
THIS from someone in the PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT, someone who is SUPPOSED to be the watchdog against CORRUPTION, someone who has in her day THROWN THE BOOK AT THE OTHERS WHO DID THESE THINGS,
THIS is what The Texans For Public Justice say shouldn’t cause the GOVERNOR to judge negatively on? That we grubby little non-law official citizens are supposed to just turn our gaze away from? IF this governor DID NOT try to remove this horrible woman from an agency charged with guarding our system of justice from SPECIAL INTERESTS GROUPS (such as, apparently, The Texans For Public Justice), THEN I think we should remove him from office and throw HIS ass in jail! But NOOOO… the cool kids don’t want to hurt a powerful female public official’s feelings.
GREAT, just GREAT!
- Artguy
  
  In spite of all of your CAPITALIZED words, nothing you discussed has any bearing whatsoever on the fact that GOODHAIR committed a felony. Now go back to watching Hannity.
  - trishfitzpatrick
    
    Hey, I think I just might… (only heard about it before now-FOX, right?) And you can get back to your Kool Aid! Cheers!