The Brief: Top Texas News for Jan. 6, 2012
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A clearer picture of Gov. Rick Perry's abrupt about-face on Wednesday has begun to emerge.
An air of mystery still hangs over the governor's decision — announced Wednesday via Twitter, to the surprise of some of his own staff members — to stay in the presidential race after saying Tuesday, following a dismal fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, that he'd return to Texas to reassess his candidacy.
But as the Tribune's Jay Root reports, Perry's wife, Anita, and son, Griffin, strongly opposed withdrawing, according to top advisers who spoke on the condition of ...
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Toby Marie Walker via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Not to mention the voter fraud that goes on in Iowa. I've talked to people from different viewpoints on candidates and they were all shocked at what goes on in the caucuses.
Jeff Dean Case via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Rick, how can we miss you if you don't go away?
JoAnn Livingston via Texas Tribune on Facebook
rasmussen poll shows perry has dropped from 9 to 5 percent in sc.
Audrey Fisher via Texas Tribune on Facebook
As long as he has other people's money to spend, why would we expect him to do anything else? JoAnn - maybe when he get's to 1, he'll figure it out. As my TX congresscritter has already endorsed him in a "well he's done so many good things here, why not POTUS", they are all trying to figure out how to save face.
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This actually explains quite a lot. Rick Perry you see has an abusive spouse that he must please. Unfortunately for us this spouse demands Rick Perry make all of us be subserviant to her wishes. This is not a task any mortal can achieve. The result is that Rick Perry must do veritable deals with the devil selling influence just to remain on the treadmill forced on him by Anita.
As they say truth is stranger than fiction.
So what must be done now that we can truly pity the man?
We must redoubled our efforts to stop Anita and her Dick, because there is only one thing worse than a dishonest leader, it is a crazy leader.
SANTORUM. SANTORUM. SANTORUM
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Drudge report says Perry is preparing for his New Hampshire debate with his gun at the shooting range.