Will Rick Perry become our best buddy?

[jobycom]

I'm just looking forward to a bloody Texas Republican primary.

To catch everyone up, Scott McClellan's mother is Carole Keeton Rylander McClellan (found myself another) Strayhorn. She's running against Rick Perry for the Republican nomination for governor in 2006.

Perry is a dirty street fighter when it comes to politics. To squash rumors that he is gay, he has launched a massive assault on gays in Texas, even advising gay veterans that they may want to live elsewhere. Disgusting man, but almost amusing in his ruthlessness. He got where he is by being very loyal to Bush, but never really becoming friends with Bush.

He's expected to lose to Strayhorn, or at least have a very tough battle against the self-proclaimed "one tough grandma."

Perry is the type to bash an opponent's family to win an election. He's crass, wily... Frankly, he's the kind of crafty scoundrel you love to read about in history books but hate to see in your own time.

So let's say for the sake of things that McClellan gets to hang around through the 2006 primaries as press secretary. Let's say Rove goes down, and let's say charges are being considered by the end of this year and the beginning of next.

WHo will Bush support? Will he turn on his press secretary's mom, or will he turn on his former friend? Most likely, he will stay neutral, and both will try to claim they are really Bush's best buddy.

But what happens when Perry is trailing, and attacks McClellan to demonstrate how untrustworthy the whole family is. That will flow into an attack on Rove, and indirectly on Bush.

Perry is shrewd enough to see this possibility. He's shrewd enough to turn on Rove and Bush before it gets to that point. And Rove and Bush (well, Rove, anyway) will see that possibility.

So what might happen? Perry could turn on Rove and Bush. Rove could have McClellan canned before it comes to that, and that could make Strayhorn turn on Bush. And Scottie knows so many secrets if that happens. Bush could back Perry, in which case Strayhorn could turn on him.

Or, two Republicans can run a clean, honest, fair campaign and avoid using wedge issues that could divide the party.

My money is on Bush cutting McClellan soon, and maybe even discrediting him. After all, Scottie hasn't helped Bush much, he has lost the confidence of the press, and he has lied--which means Bush either has to admit that he ordered the lies or he has to blame Scottie for them. Scottie knows a lot, though. Bush can't make him too mad.

Just a heads up on something that could be a minor sideshow, or could become the blockbuster of the campaign season.

[acmejack]

1. We're eager to let the bloodsport begin!

"two Republicans can run a clean, honest, fair campaign and avoid using wedge issues". Best laugh I had today! You're killing me!

[jobycom]

2. It was hard typing that. My fingers kept slipping

on the tears of mirth falling on my keyboard!

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Definitley

If people think that'd happen they don't know now day republicans. This will be a good race! They will probably use all of their money to defeat each other and then when the actual campaign starts they won't have any more money to defeat their real oppoinent. It will be a great thing to watch!! Get the popcorn! :popcorn:

[jobycom]

9. I wish

we had a real candidate to run against them, to capitalize on it.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

10. I think Chris Bell

the former Congressman who starting the ethics ball rolling over Delay, has announced his candidacy.

[jobycom]

12. Yes. I get an email a week from him

He should do as well as Garry Mauro did.

[Obamarama]

3. And since Perry, Scotty and Bush are all gay....

It'll be one grand bitch fight!

[blm]

4. Major factor you may not have remembered.....Scott's FATHER is a BFEE man

who wrote a book about JFKs assassination that implicated LBJ as being the mastermind.

The story was invented to distract and cover for Poppy Bush and all the REAL evidence that has pointed at his involvement, including from Hoover's own FBI files on the JFK case.

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Interesting

So do you think they'll turn on Scotty because of that? So much could come out with that if Scotty's mother wins the race. They take care of number one first.

[jobycom]

7. Didn't realize that

Without getting into it, I think Oswald acted alone. I worked for a while for Senator Yarborough just before he died. He was in the motorcade, and was close friends with Kennedy (and a fierce rival of LBJ). He had no doubt the Oswald shot JFK. He did, however, refuse to answer any questions about whether anyone put Oswald up to it.

Just an aside. I know no one agrees, and I know all the evidence that could be cited, so not much point in getting into it.

That does make Perry seem like the odd man out, doesn't it? But Perry knows a few things about W, too.

[TheFarseer]

8. Yes you are probably right

don't expect Stott to hang around much longer. I can't see Rick Perry attacking Rove/Bush. Maybe try to frame McClellan as someone disloyal to bush. I don't know. I DO know you won't get much milage in Texas out of attacking bush.

[Rosco T.]

11. Is this the real meaning of "Being Caught between IRAQ and a hard place"??

oops.. didn't mean to bring Jeff Gannon into the convo.

[shance]

13. Those scenarios work in Chris Bell's favor.

If anyone is resoundedly well liked and well respected in Texas, its Chris Bell.

Texas has to work on election reform so there will be a fair election.

If so, I would without hesitation put my money with Chris Bell.

He's the one who was gutsy enough to bring the ethics charge again Tom Delay, which showed he's not afraid to do what's right.

Perry and Rylander on the other hand, are not adored by mainstream Texans as a rule. In fact, they aren't liked. They are of a more extreme Radical Republican faction when you look closely at their records.

[0007]

14. Both these guy will soon be history......


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