"For exercising his constitutional prerogative by threatening to veto, and then vetoing, an appropriation to support the public corruption unit in Travis County’s district attorney’s office...."
The Travis County district attorney’s office has long been a cesspool of corruption. It was that office, controlled by the Democratic Party machine, that infamously indicted Tom DeLay for nothing. It took years before DeLay could finally clear his name, and his career was ruined.
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nstapundit writes:
Even many of the Dems on my Twitter feed think this indictment is a reach. But, as with Scott Walker, the Democratic Deep State is trying a spoiling attack aimed at clearing the 2016 field.
But if threatening a veto is indictable, well, how many vetoes has Obama threatened?
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Indicted for politics because reasons.
"It took years before DeLay could finally clear his name, and his career was ruined."
And they are going to get away with it again.
People that engage in Lawfare seem to think legal recourse is the last resort. They think they are playing hardball and then whine when they catch a round to the knee.
President Thomas Jefferson had a solution for such tyrants as are in that Gestapo office.
A fact that no one cares about:
Travis County is the location of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre house.
1. Does anyone know why Gov. Perry couldn't simply fire this person?
2. Does either major party have a monopoly on the we'll-take-any-scandal-nothing-is-too-small-we'll-try-to-make-it-stick approach?
I'm shocked its taken Travis County this long to get Perry, he's tougher than a ham sandwich.
Eick Perry is a saint
Imagine having to go home to this every night.
Amirite, fellas?
This sounds like it'll backfire on the Democrats big-time. They'll be stuck rallying behind a drunk driver.
Dem scumbags
Travis County is Pelosi-ville in the heart of Texas/
Texas high stakes poker. What a great State.
Utube has the drunk and. hostile DA arrest clips. She is a Hitchcock worthy mean woman stereotype and this is her revenge. And she is the sole DA with power over "ethics"investigations of Government servants.
Tell Garage this is how it's done.
We're going to need both Perry & Hercules to clean up the Augean stables of socialist Austin, an embarrassment to the nation of Texas.
MisterBuddwing:
1. She was elected to her office and not appointed by Perry's admin. so he didn't have the power to fire her. I encourage you to watch the many videos of her arrest and initial detention, though, and defy you to conclude that she shouldn't have voluntarily stepped down if she was at all a decent person.
2. While I agree both sides are willing to stretch to pump up a scandal to damage the other fellows, it does seem like one side in particular uses the instruments of the State to that end (IRS, EPA, state DAs, DeLay, Ted Stevens, etc); if I didn't know any better it'd almost seem like Big Gov. has its thumb on the scale...
This is one tough broad. She delayed her blood test until a trip to jail, booking, and a wait for a search warrant to be signed by a judge, and after those 2 or 3 hours she still tested at 2.3. that means she was about 3.8 when she drove blind drunk. That is near death.
The investigators found she bought her vodka at many different liquor stores, but charge card purchases at only
one store, not counting cash or other stores, had her consuming 26 gallons in 18 months.
My money is on Rosemary. Perry is not tough enough to beat her.
You have to be a moron or a democrat but then again I repeat myself to think that trying to prosecute a governor acting in his lawful capacity to try to get a prosecutor who was jailed to resign is a bad thing. I'm sure this going help Perry, not hurt him.
Fuck you where's your degree?
Your betters will gore an ox, and you will be satisfied Justice has been, is, and will be served.
So shut it.
The deep state strikes again, and given the context from which the veto arose, only people without the benefit of two brain cells to rub together can be pleased about this.
And there's the problem with those who believe this will be to Perry's benefit. The left counts on MSM coverage to take this far enough to not only damage Perry, but create a broader anti-GOP narrative. Look at the headlines. "Perry Indicted on Two Counts". LIVs won't have the interest needed to get past the headline.
The people cannot be all, & always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.
Too stupid to know your stupid, and you wonder why your betters sometimes act unseemly.
IT IS BECAUSE OF JEW.
I mean YOU.
It's you yo.
Our county DA had three DUIs... in office. He finally decided to not run for reelection. In the meantime, we were stuck with him.
Why? Reasons.
Good for Rick Perry for finding a way to get rid of a corrupt law enforcement official.
Mister Buddwing, there is almost nobody in the entire state of Texas that Perry can fire. There are essentially no substantive administrative posts under the authority of the governor of Texas.
It says a lot when this DA can get the governor indicted for what essentially looks like nonsense, yet we can have a multi year investigation (or is it two investigations?) into our governor here in Wisconsin and they still couldn't get a grand jury to indict him.
The Travis County DA, a law enforcement official, is arrested for driving blind drunk and does not resign. Gov. Perry threatens to veto an appropriation for her office if she does not resign and then carries out his threat. The DA then convinces a grand jury to indict the governor for failing to let her office receive the appropriation.
If that's right, who indicts the DA for an abuse of office?
Why? So this banner can pop up all over the internet:
Rick Perry: Gov. Rick Perry of Texas Is Indicted on Charge of Abuse of Power"
Obama lickspittle Jim Messina loves it. Batter the Dems over their support of a very drunk driver.
BTW what have they found in the recently released John Doe emails?
Perry was never going to lead the GOP to the promised land as a presidential candidate anyway.
Perry the candidate thus becomes a reminder, a sacrificial lamb in this easily recognizable travesty that is likely to ward off other Democrat scandal mongering.
And how much vetoing will Obama have to threaten if there's a Republican house and senate?
Things like this, the investigation of DeLay, Bridge Gate [which received more coverage than the New York corruption case, as an interesting note], Stevens and Palin -- all of these make it so the next time a Republican is accused of a political abuse of power, I'm inherently skeptical. I say: "Well, are you sure?"
I'm normally already a pretty wait-and-see sort of person, but honestly? I can't see how I'm supposed to believe the next trumped up charge against a political opponent brought by a partisan.
Things like this, the investigation of DeLay, Bridge Gate [which received more coverage than the New York corruption case, as an interesting note], Stevens and Palin -- all of these make it so the next time a Republican is accused of a political abuse of power, I'm inherently skeptical. I say: "Well, are you sure?"
Even some Dems NOW are saying this indictment seems like a stretch. That will stop soon and they will all join in on how much of a criminal he is for using his legal powers to zero out the budget of a belligerent lush.
Also, as a rule of thumb: If it's announced on a Friday afternoon, it's likely BS.
Can she be investigated for abuse of power? Getting a grand jury to indict over what is, literally, not possibly a crime shouldn't be legal for any public official.
NPR this morning reported that Perry wanted the DA to resign because she was about to uncover some big corruption involving Perry.
@ Ken..That's OK. When Perry is President he will veto NPR's budget too.
I'm a little confused. I thought that the power to veto is absolute and requires no reason. If Perry wished to veto because his eggs were overcooked that morning, it's within his rights to do so.
DeLay's prosecution was hardly a witch hunt. He was found guilty at trial and only had his conviction overturned on appeal (by a 2 to 1 conviction)
ken in sc said...
NPR this morning reported that Perry wanted the DA to resign because she was about to uncover some big corruption involving Perry.
8/16/14, 8:49 AM
So NPR is now engaging in a whitewash to cover the foolishness of this indictment. This DA is a text book example of why prosecutors should be stripped of immunity.
This seems to me to be a waste of money.
I don't understand how a DA who breaks the law can stay in office.
Not my monkeys, not my circus, as they say.
"DeLay's prosecution was hardly a witch hunt. He was found guilty at trial and only had his conviction overturned on appeal (by a 2 to 1 conviction)"
-- "The Texas Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion released Thursday by Justice Melissa Goodwin, said instead that "the evidence shows that the defendants were attempting to comply with the election code limitations on corporate contributions.""
At the moment, DeLay is innocent of all charges and the prosecution failed to prove its case. You may think that it is fine for a man to be found guilty for years due to insufficient evidence, but most right-thinking people find that finding someone guilty without proper proof is morally wrong.
"Blogger Freder Frederson said...
DeLay's prosecution was hardly a witch hunt. He was found guilty at trial and only had his conviction overturned on appeal (by a 2 to 1 conviction)"
Says the lefty hack who doesn't believe in presumption of innocence. So, I assume you agree that Michael Brown was shot in a justifiable situation because he was on the video ?
Waiting for garbage to chime in that Rosemary Lehmberg is hawt!
"only had his conviction overturned on appeal"
Interesting. In Frederland, people who have their convictions overturned are still kinda, sorta guilty.
Can you imagine if Rick Perry took that tactic to Washington? *popcorn*
This is troublesome. Texas Democrats disgust me. I live in Houston. They can get away with this because people are ignorant of the law and the media has no interest in informing people of this chicanery.
It seems to me that any state law attempting to criminalize political speech would be an unconstitutional impingement of the First Amendment. The statute could be declared void as applied in this case.
Otherwise, any speech that causes discomfort in an office holder is a crime in Texas.
Perfect Progressive thinking.
Other then the threaten of the veto, what are dems saying Perry did that was wrong?
"1. She was elected to her office and not appointed by Perry's admin. so he didn't have the power to fire her. I encourage you to watch the many videos of her arrest and initial detention, though, and defy you to conclude that she shouldn't have voluntarily stepped down if she was at all a decent person."
Even if he doesn't have the ability to fire her, he does have the ability to veto. And she wasn't in fact fired, was she?
Freder Frederson said...
DeLay's prosecution was hardly a witch hunt. He was found guilty at trial and only had his conviction overturned on appeal (by a 2 to 1 conviction)
This is one of your best Freder. From now on any defendant is actually guilty and loses their reputation unless there is a unanimous opinion on appeal? What about other constitutional issues? Roe v. Wade is suspect because it was decided by a one vote margin.
This is a flat out political witch hunt. Even David Axelrod said the indictment was "sketchy." So is the Travis County DA and her grand jury. What a crock.
The left counts on MSM coverage to take this far enough to not only damage Perry, but create a broader anti-GOP narrative. Look at the headlines. "Perry Indicted on Two Counts". LIVs won't have the interest needed to get past the headline.
Bingo.
According to teh TX Constitution, somehwere in TX law there needs be a way for the legislature to impeach lesser officals and remove them from office. (Sec. 7. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS WHEN MODE NOT PROVIDED IN CONSTITUTION. The Legislature shall provide by law for the trial and removal from office of all officers of this State, the modes for which have not been provided in this Constitution.) DA's aren't provided for. Maybe there's a TX lawyer reading this blog who knows where that law is hiding.
The left counts on MSM coverage to take this far enough to not only damage Perry, but create a broader anti-GOP narrative. Look at the headlines. "Perry Indicted on Two Counts". LIVs won't have the interest needed to get past the headline.
I've lost count how many of my leftist friends have told me that Scott Walker is (present tense) being investigated, and will likely be indicted any day.
This tactic, sadly, works. And until leftist voters grow a brain and a conscience, the weaponization of public offices for partisan political purposes will continue to get worse.
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