As the video notes the mugshot was a "smirking sitting Governor of Texas." While I get the legal strategy of smiling for the camera so you can now sell campaign t-shirts I am disappointed he takes these charges so cavalierly.
Again, as Stewart's clip notes this isn't a political hit job except that it was a Republican judge who appointed the Republican special prosecutor. That's right. The special prosecutor in this case is Michael McCrum was appointed Assistant US Attorney by George H.W. Bush. In every situation related to this case I can find, Democrats have recused themselves from the case.
I am not a lawyer and to date have not played one on TV or in the movies, but this is the same Governor who couldn't even remember which agencies he wanted to eliminate in a debate a few years ago. Rick Perry likes to talk about Texas being open for jobs, but he fails to mention the repeated implication of crony capitalism that stains his administration again and again.
This might be an interesting case to see go forward as Mr. Perry always shoos away questions about Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas. We also get to find out if Mr. Stewart is right. Is Rick Perry re-branding and going from "forgetful doof to felon." In the meantime, the Republican Party needs to admit we have better options than this guy or we are all losers.
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