Jason Stanford writing in Politico: Nobody Died and Made Rick Perry King

[flpoljunkie]

Emphasis mine

Nobody Died and Made Rick Perry King
Call it a liberal vendetta all you want. We still have a separation of powers.
By JASON STANFORD

August 18, 2014

It this point it might be helpful for the Washington punditry to take a deep cleansing breath, because virtually nothing they’ve heard from Perry and his legal team actually addresses the charges.

Perry can absolutely veto whatever he wants. That’s not the issue. And if he thinks this is a liberal vendetta, then Perry should explain why a Republican judge appointed Michael McCrum special prosecutor. McCrum once served in the George H.W. Bush administration, and in 2009, Sen. John Cornyn, who said the indictments smacked of prosecutorial overreach, nominated McCrum to be a federal prosecutor again in the Western District. For a Democratic conspiracy, there sure are a lot of Republicans in key roles.

But just for a second, forget Lehmberg and her troubles with booze. Forget that the only thing Texas Democrats have won since 1994 is church bingo. If you focus on the facts, you begin to realize that Perry might face some legal peril.

First, Lehmberg was investigating a publicly funded cancer research agency and had indicted one official for improperly directing an $11 million research grant to a company owned by people who had given $440,000 to the campaigns of Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.

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[BlueJazz]

1. Every time I see Rick Perry, I think of Mary Tyler Moore. (Ted Baxter)

At least Ted had the good grace to also be funny and likable....Rick is neither.