Enough with the Texas succession crap. Kay Bailey Hutchinson is gaining on Perry, so he felt

[RB TexLa]

he has to do and say something to let people know "I am a man! See how I'm standing up against the government! I have BALLS! BALLS the size of a car!"

He has to win the hard right fundie vote in the republican primary and he has to get them to turn out in high numbers. Hutchinson will attract people to the primary who want Perry gone and see her as a more acceptable republican. He wants to align her with the federal government so he can run against Barack Obama instead of her.

It has nothing to do with succession, it has to do with votes.

[KamaAina]

1. So that explains it!

That whole secession thing sounded pretty goofy even for Gov. Goodhair. Mahalo (thank you).

I have BALLS! BALLS the size of a car!

A Matchbox car, maybe. Maybe. :P

[tammywammy]

2. That's what we've been saying, but there are some that refuse to listen

The poll numbers already show Hutchinson winning easily in a primary against Perry. Plus, since she got in early enough, I'm willing to bet that the big GOP donors are lining up behind her as well.

[RB TexLa]

3. It's going to be an interesting campaign

Perry is going to go hard right to try to hold her off.

I've been amazed at how many here take such a simplistic view of what he said.

[WolverineDG]

16. I'm stocking up on popcorn

:popcorn:

Might even watch the Republican debate so I can see the knives fly back & forth. :evilgrin:

dg

[rucky]

4. He's also part of an effort to whip the wingnuts into a frenzy.

[Renew Deal]

5. It sounds like you want to talk about Texas succession

:shrug:

[RB TexLa]

6. You are wrong.

[question everything]

12. And this, of course, will lead to locking

according to Skinner and his moderators. We are not allowed to talk about it, so just call it... keeping Tex Mex within the U.S. boundaries.

[RB TexLa]

13. I think that is regarding the people who are so simple they think it is about secession.

[Renew Deal]

21. No, it has to do with you writing "succession" instead of "secession."

[RB TexLa]

28. Well I pointed out in another post on this thread most people would understand what it meant

and some would look at it and not be able to understand what was meant to be there.

[tammywammy]

14. If you concentrate on Perry and his statement and WHY he said it

It shouldn't be locked.

But then as someone from Texas, I tried multiple times to explain the motivating of Perry, that he's headed to a losing primary with KBH, to no avail. It's NOT about secession, it's about the governor's race.

[Renew Deal]

22. Is there a ban on secession threads?

When did that happen?

Sorry about the hijack RB. At least you get some kicks. :kick:

[tammywammy]

24. No, there's not

What's not acceptable is broad brush attacks on states and regions, which unfortunately most of the secession threads have turned into.

[question everything]

33. Yes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5516372

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5516421

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5515047

Of course, it depends on which moderator is on duty and what s/he had for dinner

[rainbow4321]

37. Ditto with him refusing the federal stim unemployment money

One word sums it up: Primaries.
The primaries may be 11 months away for **us**, but they are happening right NOW for Perry.

The whole Perry thing has some very deep issues going on..if one chooses to explore/research them.

Background for non-Texans:
Now he is threatening to call special sessions all summer long to keep the TX lawmakers in Austin..revenge for them wanting the stim money and fighting with him over it all. They all but emptied his gov office coffers and last I read, a TX repub said "stay tuned" when asked if they plan on giving the money back. The taking of the funds would hit in September... IMO, the longer he keeps them in session, the less likely he is to get his office funding in the Fall.

[WolverineDG]

19. "Tex Mex"?

Where is "Tex Mex?"

dg

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Secession?

[RB TexLa]

9. didn't pay good enough attention to the spell checker. I bet people will be able to figure out what

it means. Of course some of them won't be able understand what it is supposed to be.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. No offense intended. But, you could edit your OP.

[RB TexLa]

11. No I can not.

[Fleshdancer]

8. Perry screwed up big time with this

75% of Texans disagree with him, he's now an embarrassment on the national stage, and his crazy succession rant actually makes Kay Bailey Hutchinson look like the reasonable, smart choice.

Goddess help us all if our choice this time is between Kinky and either Perry or Hutchinson. :puke:

[tammywammy]

15. Democrats aren't stupid enough to elect Kinky in the primary.

He'd have to get a bunch of independents out to vote in the primary, and I just don't see that happening.

[Fleshdancer]

17. That's what I'm hoping....

Do we know yet which Democrat(s) will be running?

[WolverineDG]

18. Oh wouldn't that be fun

Rs so divided over who will get their nomination won't be able to cross over & screw up our primary.

I'm luvin' it.

dg

[tammywammy]

20. Indeed

Plus, I can't imagine any blue-blooded Dem voting for Kinky, especially since he f-ed everything up last time.

Screw Kinky!

[ChickMagic]

23. Eww.

I've called her office so many times that they know where I live. :scared:

[myrna minx]

25. How do you think this will play out? Do you think Perry's tactics will work to GOTV?

This will be an interesting primary season.

[Bucky]

26. I've not seen any polls out-- the primary election's still 11 months away. But...

based on my observations (from Houston--so not nutball central), there's an interesting "bullshit ceiling" among Texans for how much nutty right wing pandering they're willing to put up with. My guess is that Perry's plenty safe unless people start directing their general, ambient conservative turboanger at him being in office for 10 years already.

[myrna minx]

27. Interesting. How does KBH fare with the rank and file? I thought she, like Libby Dole

in NC, were kind of seen like Washington insiders. Being from the land of Michelle Bachmann I'm just warning you to brace yourself for all sorts of nutty. This will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

[tammywammy]

29. There was a poll out showing KBH comfortably ahead of Perry

Maybe it was last week or the week before. I'll see if I can hunt it down.

edited to add:

All right, I found an article, it's from Feb 25, so just a tad older than I thought. I'd expect her to have pushed further ahead after his stupid secession talk.

http://www.star-telegram.com/localelections/story/1223231.html

Poll: Hutchison leads Perry among likely GOP voters

Voters won’t get their say for more than a year, but a new poll suggests that a majority of Republicans would like to see Gov. Rick Perry retire.

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has said she plans to run for governor in 2010, leads Perry 56 percent to 31 percent among likely Republican voters, according to a poll released Tuesday by Raleigh, N.C.-based Public Policy Polling.

The firm, which uses automated polling, surveyed 797 likely Republican primary voters Feb. 18-20. The survey’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percent.

Hutchison was viewed favorably by 76 percent of those polled, while Perry was viewed favorably by 60 percent. Hutchison also has a 16-point lead among the 47 percent of respondents who like both candidates.

[rainbow4321]

36. Should be interesting..she's pro-choice and doesn't want Roe overturned

Safe to say every other word out of Gov Goodhair's mouth leading up to the primary will be "Roe".


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison#Abortion_positions


Hutchison is against outlawing abortion.<7> She also believes that the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade was appropriate and secures a constitutional right, and that it should not be overturned.<8>

She has served on the Advisory Board of The Wish List (Women in the Senate and House) a Political Action Committee, which contributes to pro-choice female Republican candidates for Congress, she is no longer on the board <14> and the PAC did not endorse her in 2006. <15>. In the past years NARAL has given her ratings of 0%, 7%, 20%, and 0%, indicating that her voting record mostly favored enacting proposed abortion restrictions. <16>

While in the Texas House of Representatives (1973 to 1977), Hutchison worked, along with Sarah Weddington (the attorney who won the Roe v. Wade case), to protect rape victims from having their names published. She supports some abortion rights, but does not believe taxpayers should fund abortions. Hutchison has also endorsed parental notification laws <17> and in 2006 sponsored legislation to prevent minors from legally being transported across state lines to circumvent such laws.

[WolverineDG]

30. I think most, but obviously not all, have had it with Perry

& his secession talk didn't win him any friends outside the foaming-at-the-mouth nutjobs & maybe some libertarians.

I think KBH will come out on top (dammit) because she'll be seen as the more sane GOP candidate & the one least likely to have her budget zeroed out for saying stupid things. ;)

dg

[JVS]

31. I heard Cenk talking about it. Secession is + for 15% of dems 40% of independents 49% GOP....

in texas according to polling done.

37% approve of Perry's words on this.

[JVS]

32. Here's the clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76icHbZlpMI

[UTUSN]

34. & Kay Bailey "staff-slapper" would be better?!1 (I didn't read the thread) n/t

[HughMoran]

35. beef

never mind