Tag Archives: Rick Perry

Happening Right Now In Texas…

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Ben Carson Prays For Rick Perry

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry: My Indictment For Abuses Of Power Is An Abuse Of Power

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TEXAS: Gov. Rick Perry Indicted On Two Felony Charges Of Abuses Of Power

Via the Houston Chronicle: A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two counts of Friday, accusing him of abusing his veto power by threatening to withhold funding from the Travis County’s public corruption unit if the district attorney did not resign following her drunken driving arrest. The Travis County grand jury, led by special prosecutor Mike McCrum, indicted Perry …

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FRC Announces 2014 Values Voters Summit Lineup: A Cavalcade Of Crackpots

Tony Perkins fancies himself to be a GOP presidential candidate kingmaker, so it will be interesting to see if any not entirely crazy Republicans will join the above careening clown car crowded with the cavalcade of crackpots who failed in 2012, some of whom (Paul, Perry, Santorum) are expected to make a 2016 run. Ted Cruz won last year’s Values …

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Rick Perry Remix

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Funny Or Die Mocks Rick Perry

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Erick Erickson Defends Rick Perry

“I already know the sh-tstorm this post will cause online. The gay mafia keeps my twitter feed on file somewhere ready to summon the forces of Mordor to drown out the usefulness of my twitter feed every time I dare say anything they disagree with. In fact, that is an intentional and organized pattern and practice. They wish to wear …

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry: I Stepped In It

“I got asked about an issue, and instead of saying, ‘You know what, we need to be a really respectful and tolerant country, and get back to talking about, whether you’re gay or straight you need to be having a job, and those are the focuses I want to be involved with,’ instead of getting — which I did, I …

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Is Rick Perry Moving To California?

According to an article in New York Times Magazine, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is considering a move to California when his term expires. “Perry told me that he loves California, vacations in San Diego annually, visits the state about six times a year and might even move here in January when he’s done with his 14-year stint running Texas,” writer …

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NJ Gov. Chris Christie Slams Texas Gov. Rick Perry On “Ex-Gay” Comment

Via the Los Angeles Times: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who signed legislation barring “gay conversion therapy” in his state, disagreed Friday with Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s comparison of homosexuality to alcoholism, saying it was wrong. “I disagree with him, and I don’t believe that’s an apt analogy and not one that should be made,” Christie said during a San …

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Tony Perkins Defends Gov. Rick Perry, Concedes Homosexuality Is Not A Choice

“Obviously, homosexual attractions are not a ‘choice’ in the vast majority of cases. But it should be insulting to people with same-sex attractions to claim that they’re compelled to act on those attractions. Homosexual or heterosexual, people are responsible for their conduct. Have we come to the point that we are nothing more than our sexual urges? And that’s essentially …

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Dan Savage Vs Rick Perry

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Rick Perry: Gays Are Like Alcoholics

At an appearance in San Francisco, yesterday Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he doesn’t know if “ex-gay” therapy works. And then he compared homosexuality to alcoholism. The Texas Republican Party this month adopted a platform supporting access to “reparative therapy” for gays and lesbians, a widely discredited process intended to change sexual orientation. In response to an audience question about …

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Rick Perry Booed By Kimmel Audience

At a show taped in the Texas capital, no less.

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Rick Perry Rants At CPAC Day Two

Outgoing Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened today’s CPAC session with an eleven minute rant that got rantier and rantier as he ranted, in an obvious move to set the stage for his 2016 presidential bid. Start near the end at 10:00. And the crowd goes wild.

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Rick Perry Has The Texas Sadz

“Texans spoke loud and clear by overwhelmingly voting to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman in our Constitution, and it is not the role of the federal government to overturn the will of our citizens. The 10th Amendment guarantees Texas voters the freedom to make these decisions, and this is yet another attempt to achieve …

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Bryan Fischer: Rick Perry Should Refuse To Recognize Any Same-Sex Marriage Rulings Because I Love Black Men

I’m just gonna append that last bit to all Fischer-related headlines until it stops being funny.

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