Tag Archives: Rick Perry
Adios, Mofo: Perry Cashes Out
Was Perry too good for this world, they’ll ask? Rick will be fine. He should know that politics is cruel: He’s been the one wielding the meat cleaver too ma...Read More
Ted Cruz: Trump Hurts Conservatives, and I Love It!
If Cruz has enough brainpower to know that Trump is bad for both conservatism and the Republican Party — and there’s ample reason to believe that he does â€...Read More
The Borderlands, So Far from Austin
Many a Lone Star politician has made, or boosted, his career by treating border communities as a theater of operations, where the normal rules don’t apply....Read More
Greater State: Rick Perry Emerges as GOP’s Voice of Reason
Maybe Rick Perry’s hipster glasses cleared up his vision in more ways than one. After a lifetime of governing Texas like a bully — and a brief period as a n...Read More
Meet the Millionaires and Billionaires Behind Ted Cruz, Rick Perry and Jeb Bush
Of the $217 million raised by the top 10 Republican presidential Super PACs, more than $50 million, or 23 percent, came from Texas. Some of them are well-known ...Read More
Ken Paxton Suddenly Finds Himself with Few Friends
If Texas politicians are refining the art of how to get indicted, Paxton showed us what not to do. He communicated Monday that he was on the defensive....Read More
Off to the Races
GOP primary season is almost upon us. Duck.
For much of the next year, Texans with a high tolerance for bullshit will have the opportunity to follow along with the finest still-legal bloodsport in the sta...Read More
Texas Public Policy Foundation as the Underdog?
In addition to building luxurious new headquarters, the Texas Public Policy foundation has attempted to rewrite history, making themselves the underdog when, in...Read More
Don’t Laugh, Rick Perry is Running for President Again
In announcing his presidential bid, Rick Perry's task is this: to be taken seriously again....Read More