katybee
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Post by katybee on Aug 16, 2014 2:34:15 GMT
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SabrinaP
Pearl Clutcher
Busy Teacher Pea
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Location: Dallas Texas
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Post by SabrinaP on Aug 16, 2014 2:36:36 GMT
Ug. He's an embarrassment.
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Post by spitfiregirl on Aug 16, 2014 2:37:59 GMT
Texas justice...lol
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stittsygirl
Pearl Clutcher
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Location: In the leaves and rain.
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Post by stittsygirl on Aug 16, 2014 2:49:09 GMT
I guess it's a good thing he won't be going up for reelection.
There are lots of things I like about Texas. He's not one of them.
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tenakee
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Aug 9, 2014 2:05:19 GMT
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Post by tenakee on Aug 16, 2014 5:56:15 GMT
bwaaahhhahhhahhahahahhhhaaa
(as a former long-time Texan that lived there through his entire time as Governor Good Hair, I feel qualified and justified in saying that.)
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Post by lindywholoveskids on Aug 16, 2014 8:47:20 GMT
very sad situation. I hope you get a better Governor soon.
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Jennifer
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Post by Jennifer on Aug 16, 2014 13:19:41 GMT
The only real comfort in these charges is that they will hopefully also tank his presidential run for 2016. The man is useless and needs to just go away.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 16, 2014 13:29:36 GMT
At least your (Texas) guy has hair. We have a cadaver that I call "Governor Voldemort." I don't like him one little bit.  |
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Post by withapea on Aug 16, 2014 13:30:54 GMT
All that maneuvering to squash the CPRIT investigation and his big mouth really did him in. I'm sure he was shocked yesterday. It's good to see some of his shadiness and his super ego biting him in the butt. |
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 16, 2014 13:36:06 GMT
At least your (Texas) guy has hair. We have a cadaver that I call "Governor Voldemort." I don't like him one little bit. Here is hoping that our Governor Voldemort is also indicted soon. That man is sooo sleazy and abuses his power, too. Not to mention that he models his governorship on Rick "Good Hair" Perry's style and keeps introducing similar uber-conservative legislation. |
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Post by gypsymama on Aug 16, 2014 13:44:15 GMT
glad to see it and hoping my fellow texans can wake up to how truely wretched greg abbott is!
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Post by Sharon on Aug 16, 2014 13:53:13 GMT
glad to see it and hoping my fellow texans can wake up to how truely wretched greg abbott is! I'm not excited by him......but I could never vote for Wendy. She's just too liberal and sleazy for my taste.  |
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Post by SabrinaM on Aug 16, 2014 13:58:27 GMT
Abuse of power? I don't know of anyone else who uses their seat to make an end run around the law.
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Pearl Clutcher
Not my circus, not my monkeys ~refugee pea #59
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Jun 25, 2014 19:51:11 GMT
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 16, 2014 14:21:50 GMT
So it is ok then for a law enforcement official to be arrested for a DUI and to continue in her capacity of DA down there is Texas? Since she refused to do the right thing. resign, Perry would have been remiss if he allowed the funding to go to her office when she clearly has a drinking problem and has exhibits poor judgement.
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Post by gypsymama on Aug 16, 2014 14:47:24 GMT
just heard this quote on cnn "the most liberal part of texas? is that a two block area??" haha.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2014 15:53:01 GMT
Coming from the drunk DA in Travis county, this is totally political (and I am not a Rick Perry fan). Completely laughable and pathetic.
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Post by doxielady on Aug 16, 2014 15:57:45 GMT
I'm trying to understand what went on here that led to the indictment. But I'm sure there are pieces missing from the story.
But this:
How can someone who is sitting in the passenger seat of a car, in a parking lot, be arrested for drunk driving? There has to be more to that. And if she WAS drinking and driving, I would probably be concerned about her ability to lead a Public Integrity Unit. I would think they would be held to a higher standard.
And this:
According to the state comptroller’s website, the governor’s office has paid his lawyer, Mr. Botsford, nearly $80,000 since June. Legal experts said that other state officials who have been accused of crimes relating to their duties have had to pay for their own defense, and this was one of the first times Texas taxpayers were paying the bill.
If I was a Texas taxpayer, I don't think I would be happy about that. I wasn't at all happy when the local taxpayers were forced to pay the legal bills of an ousted mayor recently.
I'll have to find a few more links to see if there is more background on this. Although I'll bet the media will have a field day with this. 
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scraptag
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Jun 28, 2014 23:03:10 GMT
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Post by scraptag on Aug 16, 2014 16:24:58 GMT
I read that as the bottle was in the passenger seat. She was in the drivers seat.
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Post by kamper on Aug 16, 2014 16:29:03 GMT
I'm a republican and I didn't vote for him the last two elections. I can't wait for him to be gone.
He wasn't indicted for vetoing that office's budget he was indicted for threatening to do so. Yes, she should have resigned but, she is an elected official (not appointed by Perry). It's up to the people of Travis county to decide if her arrest makes her unfit to serve. The fact that she is still in office says that they aren't so bothered by it. I'm sure the fact that he defunded that office had nothing to do with the investigation of CPRIT.
I'm voting for Wendy and Leticia. I think the entire group (Abbot, Dewhurst, Patterson) of them needs to be removed.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 16, 2014 17:00:18 GMT
I don't know what the grand jury saw and heard since those proceedings are all done behind closed doors. I have read that Governor Perry was not called to testify and therefore didn't have a chance to defend himself, which is the way grand juries operate.
Unless there are additional facts that have not been made public, it appears that this case is going to come down to the legal question of whether Gov. Perry abused his power when he very publicly threatened to cut funding for the corruption unit unless the DA resigned. It will be an interesting question, since there is no question but that the Texas Constitution gives him veto power over the budget. It's just not clear whether he can threaten to exercise that veto power if a public official does not resign.
On a side note, I watched the video of the DA's arrest again last night and she was a mess. She is very lucky she didn't kill someone that night. She had no business operating a vehicle. She could hardly stand up and would have fallen several times if a police officer didn't grab her and stop her from falling.
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Pearl Clutcher
Not my circus, not my monkeys ~refugee pea #59
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 16, 2014 17:01:36 GMT
I read that as the bottle was in the passenger seat. She was in the drivers seat. That is some spin (not yours, the reporting). She was driving erratically and someone called 911 to report it. There is video tape of the arrest on YouTube. She was a hot mess and if you want to talk about abuse of power.... |
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stittsygirl
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Post by stittsygirl on Aug 16, 2014 17:05:47 GMT
I read that as the bottle was in the passenger seat. She was in the drivers seat. That is some spin (not yours, the reporting). She was driving erratically and someone called 911 to report it. There is video tape of the arrest on YouTube. She was a hot mess and if you want to talk about abuse of power.... Her BAC was three times the legal limit. She was very guilty, plead guilty, and did her time. Apparently her actions didn't factor as much into the Grand Jury findings, as it was Perry and his actions as a governor on trial there. |
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Post by withapea on Aug 16, 2014 17:07:55 GMT
Lehmberg didn't file the complaint, it came from a watch dog group. Her actions were absolutely disgraceful, she was sentenced, served. She was taken to court and allowed to keep her seat.
She's an elected official ( in a liberal county ) so if she vacated before the next election Perry would have been able to appoint a replacement. The reason he's been indicted isn't because of the veto it's because of the threats he made beforehand.
I'd very much like to know what the grand jury had in front of them.
So you have Lehmberg who was a belligerent drunk in charge of the Integrity Unit and Perry who was being investigated for corruption by the Integrity Unit he defunded.
Oh and Perry's lawyer once turned him into the FBI! ( can't make this stuff up ).
Politics here are never boring, I miss Molly Ivins.
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Pearl Clutcher
Not my circus, not my monkeys ~refugee pea #59
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 16, 2014 17:11:36 GMT
Maybe the old adage about a grand jury indicting a ham sandwich fits here. It is obviously politically motivated. Another current event to keep us chatting here.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 16, 2014 17:17:28 GMT
The old adage "politics makes for strange bedfellows" is true in this case. I just read that David Axelrod tweeted that the indictment seems "sketchy."
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doti
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Post by doti on Aug 16, 2014 17:18:52 GMT
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 16, 2014 17:29:20 GMT
I don't follow Texas politics at all but there have to be some Peas who actually voted for him ~ right? It seems that everyone dislikes him but yet he got elected. Lesser of two evils?
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Post by *KatyCupcake* on Aug 16, 2014 17:39:12 GMT
The reason he's been indicted isn't because of the veto it's because of the threats he made beforehand. Threats that he would veto bills in order to further his agenda? Sounds vaguely familiar. |
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Post by lucyg on Aug 16, 2014 17:50:05 GMT
I don't follow Texas politics at all but there have to be some Peas who actually voted for him ~ right? It seems that everyone dislikes him but yet he got elected. Lesser of two evils? Bingo! I've never heard any Texan, here or in real life, admit to having voted for him ... yet he just keeps getting elected over and over again.  Of course, here in California, we have a Democratic state senator who's been charged with many serious crimes including racketeering, easily enough to send him to prison for life. He is currently suspended from the senate, but still received hundreds of votes in the primary for a statewide position he was running for before all this became public. So to California Democrats, too.  |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 16, 2014 18:02:51 GMT
I don't follow Texas politics at all but there have to be some Peas who actually voted for him ~ right? It seems that everyone dislikes him but yet he got elected. Lesser of two evils? Bingo! I've never heard any Texan, here or in real life, admit to having voted for him ... yet he just keeps getting elected over and over again. Of course, here in California, we have a Democratic state senator who's been charged with many serious crimes including racketeering, easily enough to send him to prison for life. He is currently suspended from the senate, but still received hundreds of votes in the primary for a statewide position he was running for before all this became public. So to California Democrats, too.  I have a feeling most Texans won't admit they voted for Perry. |
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I have a feeling most Texans won't admit they voted for Perry.