A tip for Rick Perry and the rest of wingnuttia

[Playinghardball]

Gov. Rick Perry: We don't need laws to prevent violence. We just need prayer. http://t.co/...
— @drgrist via TweetDeck

Dear conservative hand-wringers and impeachment-grumblers: If you think there's just nothing we can do to curb mass murders, that just means it doesn't bother you enough to try.

You're not fooling anyone.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/16/1179502/-A-tip-for-Rick-Perry-and-the-rest-of-nbsp-wingnuttia

[Dpm12]

1. Not surprised

I'm not surprised. Republicans don't have hearts.

[longship]

2. They also want to pray teh gay away.

Logical next step is to pray the gubs away.

Gubs!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. he also held a day of prayer for rain.

If I recall, some hurricane came up the gulf coast, moved to the coast of Texas and died out with no rain falling in the state.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Funny, how the states with the greatest numbers of church goers are

the ones with the most violence. Guess Rick would just say to pray harder.

[sanatanadharma]

6. Going to church but lacking trust in God...

...these people need compassion. They are fear-based individuals who claim a faith in God but fill the gun stores and shooting ranges rather than the churches and prayer stools.
Likely some will feel the need to pack heat when they arrive at the pearly gates.

non-sequitur cartoon on this
http://assets.amuniversal.com/e8cd6ce03c0e01300ca9001dd8b71c47?width=900.0

[Make7]

5. "Gov. Perry supports appropriate, just punishment as a strong deterrent to criminal behavior."

 
[div class="excerpt" style="border: 1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius:0.4615em;"][font size="4"]Gov. Perry on Criminal Justice[/font]

Gov. Perry supports appropriate, just punishment as a strong deterrent to criminal behavior. Texas has strong laws that protect the innocent and ensure convicted murders serve their time.

• Life without Parole Option. Gov. Perry signed legislation allowing juries the option of sentencing capital murderers to life without the possibility of parole, thereby eliminating future parole for persons convicted of capital murder.
• Jessica’s Law. In 2007, Gov. Perry signed Jessica’s Law to increase penalties on child sex offenders. Under this law, Texas can seek the toughest punishment allowable for the predators who commit crimes of this nature, including the sentence of life without parole.
• Protecting People against Drunk Drivers. As Lt. Governor, Perry backed lowering the legal blood alcohol limit to keep drunk drivers off Texas roads. As Governor, Perry signed legislation banning open containers of alcohol in vehicles, requiring interlock devices for drivers with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or higher, and allowing prosecutors to seize and forfeit an offender’s vehicle after a third DWI conviction.

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http://www.rickperry.org/issues/criminal-justice[/font]
Perhaps he feels a better use of his time would have been to pray...