Jim Hightower: "Perry Tales: Rick Is Not Who He Says He Is"

[in_cog_ni_to]

:rofl: "Perry Tales" Gotta LOVE Jim Hightower! :rofl:

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Interestingly, even his tea-partyish hatred — nay, loathing! — of big government's intrusion into the lives of ordinary citizens turns out to be just another Perry Tale. In fact, there would be no Rick Perry without the steady "intrusion" of government into his life.

Local taxpayers in Haskell County put him through their public school system — for free. He and his family were dry-land cotton farmers, and federal taxpayers helped support them with thousands of dollars in crop subsidies — Perry personally took $80,000 in farm payments.

State and federal taxpayers financed his college education at Texas A&M, even giving him the extracurricular opportunity to be a cheerleader. Upon graduation, he spent four years on the federal payroll as an Air Force transport pilot who never did any combat duty.

Then, in 1984, Perry hit the mother lode of government pay by moving into elected office — squatting there for 27 years and counting. In addition to getting regular paychecks from taxpayers for nearly three decades as a state representative, agriculture commissioner, lieutenant governor and governor, he also receives platinum-level health care coverage and a generous pension from the state, plus $10,000 a month for renting a luxury suburban home, a covey of political and personal aides and even a publicly paid subscription to Food & Wine magazine.<snip>

Much more at link:

http://www.nationofchange.org/perry-tales-rick-not-who-he-says-he-1315406767

[Hepburn]

1. Wow, Rick Perry is a phony...

...whodda thought.

:sarcasm:

[SpiralHawk]

2. Perry (R) has a socialist public subscrition to Food & Wine?

How very special for a special kind of eeeeeeleeete Republicon to use public money to keep him informed about caviar and champagne.

Guess it was not -- prudent -- to spend that taxpayer money on the firefighters he gutted.

[blogslut]

9. I'm guessing that by now

...Texas taxpayers have doled out a cool million to pay for Goodhair's fancy Barton Creek mansion. Up here in the Panhandle that'll buy you four very nice middle-class houses.

[demwing]

3. Think we could get Hightower to Run for Texas Governor?

or maybe President?

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Oh man...a President Hightower would make me happy.

I'd settle for Governor of Texas too though.

[demwing]

6. He's got national name recognition

his politics are perfect
he's as smart as they come
he's got real Southern charisma
and he looks like Teddy Freaking Roosevelt (or is that just me?)

Best of all, he's as outside as outsiders come

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Let's draft him! He would be a perfect candidate.

:hi:

Teddy



Jim

[Zambero]

5. Rick Perry, or Prairie Prick?

I sense the latter.

[ChillbertKChesterton]

8. I love Jim Hightower

He's got radio clips all the time in Austin, TX

[Kat45]

10. Another Texas cheerleader who got a cushy military gig.

Getting some pretty bad deja vu here.