Video: Rick Perry's Speech at the Texas GOP Convention
Courtesy of our friends at YNN Austin, full video of Gov. Rick Perry's speech Thursday morning at the state Republican Party convention in Fort Worth.
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Kelley Masters via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The audio blips for me at 13:21, I can't tell what they're booing at.
Rudy Gonzales
I have been booing this boob since Bush went to Washington. A career politician totally out of touch with the nation and Texas. His gross incompetence is preceded by his lack of aura. Having first courted the TEA party and then turning his back on them, he has been targeted for removal by the Treacherous Adversarial Egotist(TEA) party the next time he runs.
The split in the TEA-Republican party can be traced directly back to Ron and Rand Paul, avowed racists, when they stated, “The revolution is working, we have infiltrated the Republican Party, and we will convert the Republican Party to defenders of liberty.” Americans are being subverted into workers for the elite as money is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands while social programs are governed by more conservative people.
Things have gone to hell-in-a-hand basket since the TEA candidates are using (R) rather than (T) when they run for office. The TEA party has taken over the Republican party.
America and American's of color have lost so many voting privileges and rights since the 1960's it's beginning to look too much like the old Germany of Hitler. Every ruling from one judge is countered or appealed to a higher court and soon every law will have to get Supreme Court approval for any implementation.
There are too many lawyers free to think up ways to counter the rights and privileges with wordage and implications that someone will be damaged in a minute way. Suits and counter-suits from the states to the federal government is wasting monies on lawyers and legal proceedings when that money could easily ease the hunger crisis here in America or the failure to adequately fund schools and education. It is interesting, to say the least, most of these frivolous lawsuits are from states with local and state level politicians. Adding insult to injury, many outside agencies have to offer support and money to counter the claims. All the fine tuning of legislation points to bigoted people and lawyers with an ax to grind.
Immigration and voting have been the fulcrum of the TEA-Republican sword to control minority population growth. Wake up Texas! Wake up America! The elite few are pulling out all the stops to get and keep America white!
John Mecklin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I am truly at a loss, trying to imagine why someone would listen to Rick Perry for more than 13 minutes. When he was running for president, there was an entertainment factor; a train wreck could happen at any moment. Now, extended Perry exposure could be classified as a form of brain torture.