And I say - what fun is it to have power if you can't abuse the shit out of it?
C'mon, you can't pull the wool over my eyes. I've seen enough Women in Prison movies to know that the warden's abuse of power always leads to all the best scenes.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Texas Gov. Perry says accusing him of Abuse of Power IS Abuse of Power
Texas Gov. Perry says accusing him of Abuse of Power IS Abuse of Power
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I think this is another partisan dick move on the part of the liberal Travis Co. DA's office, which once tried to put Sen. Kaye Bailey Hutchinson in prison for tapping a subordinate on the arm with a file folder. Even David Axelrod called the charge "sketchy," which means he recognizes it will likely help Perry more than hurt him. With that video of the blowsy, drunk-driving prosecutor tussling with the cops all over the Internet (every man's worst nightmare chick), they actually have to make the case that Perry is the one who deserves to be removed from office because he tried to stop $7 million of taxpayer money from funding an office of "public integrity" headed by a cop-abusing, drunk-driving jailbird who refused to step down. I'm not even a Perry supporter, but I'm with him 100% on that.
ReplyDeleteThere's also the minor stumbling block that the Texas Constitution gives the governor a line-item veto, so he can veto anything he wants for any reason he wants. If it's coercion to threaten a veto to get legislators to rewrite a bill, then every President and governor in history would have gone to prison. That's what the veto power is for.
There's always a chance it could hurt Perry if they can get it in front of an Austin jury that's as politicized as their notoriously pliable grand juries. Ronnie Earle jury-shopped until he finally found one willing to indict Tom Delay, and those charges managed to destroy Delay's career and cost him millions in legal fees before they were finally thrown out on appeal. But this is such a transparent example of prosecutorial misconduct that it might blow up in their faces. Not just by strengthening Perry with voters, but also because it's already sparking a grassroots movement among conservatives to strip the Travis County DA's office of all power to prosecute public officials and transfer it to the Texas Attorney General's office. On the bright side for them, it would give Austin DAs more time to get drunk and drive to Democratic Party meetings and strip clubs, and party meetings in strip clubs.
I agree with you completely. I can't see how he has committed any crime.
ReplyDeleteAny why does a county court have the power to prosecute state officials anyway? This seems to be a major flaw in the Texas constitution. Hell, why stop at the state level? Why don't they prosecute Putin for the Crimea invasion?