http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/09/19/perry_on_recession_were_in_one.html September 19, 2009 Perry on Recession: "We're in one?" Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), facing a tough primary challenge from Sen. Kay Baily Hutchison (R), left many puzzled when he declared his state was recession proof. Said Perry: "As a matter of fact ... someone had put a report out that the first state that's coming out of the recession is going to be the state of Texas ... I said, 'We're in one?'" Paul Burka of the Texas Monthly: "This gaffe is going to stick. It is going to be national news. It will come back to haunt him in a campaign spot. If Hutchison can't make something of it, the Democrats can. You cannot be callous and cavalier when people are losing their jobs and their homes. I don't care how ideological the Republican base is. Unemployment in Texas just reached the 8% mark. Everybody knows someone who is suffering in these times. Everybody has lost part of their life savings. It could cost him the race." Here's a video of Perry's remarks: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/btQIVffY5cY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/btQIVffY5cY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
So you equate someone who made a mistake, with someone who actually thinks Texas is not in a recession... Figures...
Rick Perry on one hand talks of the secessions of Texas and then he gladly holds out the other for TARP money. The guy could not be a bigger twat. But hey, that's what sells these days. And he's quite popular in Texas.
Quite probably you are another idiot republican blindly defending another monkey governor of Texas... http://www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2009/swe0901b.cfm http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6315165.html http://www.caller.com/news/2009/mar/18/texas-recession-deepens-but-not-as-bad-as-much/