In a bid to rebuild confidence in a possible campaign for President, Rick Perry has once again stepped in it. This time his campaign tweeted out a photo of his nemesis Rosemary Lehmberg as being the most drunk Democrat in Texas.
While his campaign has since deleted the tweet my question is has the staffer in question been fired? If the tweet was as offensive and unauthorized as you claim Governor, why not fire the staff member for the total lack of judgement? You are Mr. Law and Order, right?
Perry who is in legal trouble - not because of Democrat Lehmberg - but because of a Republican appointed special prosecutor should understand that this is the type of thing that is umimpressive to the voters that will win or lose an election for you.
While his current situation supposedly surrounds the question of whether or not Lehmberg should have resigned after his suggestion and whether she could run her office and the Public Integrity Unit after her own arrest for DWI, I do not remember Perry calling for the resignation of Kaufman County District Attorney Rick Harrison or Swisher County District Attorney Terry McEachern.
Harrison was arrested in Seagoville after driving the wrong way down a street and hitting another car. That was his second conviction for DUI.
In November 2002, Swisher County District Attorney Terry McEachern was arrested in New Mexico after failing a field sobriety test and refusing a breath test. He was found guilty of aggravated DWI in June the next year.
The problem in both of those cases was they were Republican office holders. So much for law and order.
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