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Judi Lynn

(160,621 posts)
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:15 PM May 2015

'American Sniper' widow Taya Kyle endorses Rick Perry for president

Source: Houston Chronicle

'American Sniper' widow Taya Kyle endorses Rick Perry for president
By Joshua Fechter | May 29, 2015

Taya Kyle, widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, has endorsed former Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president, according to media reports.

She will also attend a Thursday event in Addison where Perry is expected to launch his second bid for the White House, Breitbart Texas and USA Today report.

In an email to Perry supporters, Kyle calls Perry "one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced" and praises the governor and his wife Anita Perry: "I've had an up-close view of their humility and commitment to doing the right thing for people regardless of who gets the credit."

"Believe me, they are a breath of fresh air in a political system full of people playing games and twisting the truth," Taya Kyle said.

Chris Kyle, regularly touted as the deadliest sniper in U.S. history, was killed Feb. 2, 2013, at a shooting range near Glen Rose. Eddie Ray Routh, 27, was convicted in February on capital murder charges and will serve a life sentence, The Associated Press reported.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/American-Sniper-widow-endorses-Rick-Perry-for-6294481.php?cmpid=rrhoustontx

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'American Sniper' widow Taya Kyle endorses Rick Perry for president (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2015 OP
Oh, that poor woman..... MADem May 2015 #1
My sympathy for her loss is surely tempered by the exploitation/expropriation of those hlthe2b May 2015 #22
I don't know why people do that shit--exploit survivors to gain some kind of "reflected glory" off MADem May 2015 #29
I agree with you Worried senior May 2015 #48
She supports the most stupid man in the universe. Excellent still_one May 2015 #2
No, I thought the holder of that record Big_Mike May 2015 #46
Then she's as much of an idiot JustAnotherGen May 2015 #3
1 book and a movie yeoman6987 May 2015 #14
The Kennedys AND Dr King did FAR FUCKING more that some "sniper" who... Cooley Hurd May 2015 #16
Indeed... What kind of liberal progressive would equate the two with this sniper's wife? hlthe2b May 2015 #23
Well, I was talking about her husband... Cooley Hurd May 2015 #26
Someone who doesn't even bother to pretend to be a liberal progressive Tom Ripley May 2015 #44
Nope perfect example yeoman6987 May 2015 #27
^^^THIS^^^ Tom Ripley May 2015 #43
Not one eff to give about this woman JustAnotherGen May 2015 #31
She's fair game? What? yeoman6987 May 2015 #32
How does endorsing Perry help feed her kids? SunSeeker May 2015 #34
You think Rick Perry cares if people starve? JustAnotherGen May 2015 #36
I have never heard of Perry being a "breath of fresh air" Angry Dragon May 2015 #4
Apparently that's what they call farts in Texas CanonRay May 2015 #15
HA! LiberalElite May 2015 #28
Maybe they meant...."breath of fresh HAIR" yourout May 2015 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author guillaumeb May 2015 #5
I guess Ann Richards and Molly Ivins aren't good enough for your list. Paladin May 2015 #6
I should have qualified the statement to read Republican Texans. guillaumeb May 2015 #8
Why bother? Nobody else does. Paladin May 2015 #9
Jim Hightower, Barbara Jordan, LBJ. Been some mighty fine Texans. mountain grammy May 2015 #19
Yes... correct... unfortunately the current "crop" is ... largely lacking hlthe2b May 2015 #24
What about Wendy Davis? SunSeeker May 2015 #35
Oh yes, I agree! Sorry for the omission. mountain grammy May 2015 #40
I guess its alright turbinetree May 2015 #7
Gee, what a surprise that a woman married to a guy who gets off on killing people mnhtnbb May 2015 #10
Really. Cha May 2015 #38
Stupid is as stupid does project_bluebook May 2015 #11
And the stupid lives on. nt valerief May 2015 #12
That would be 'the indicted candidate' Texano78704 May 2015 #13
Of course she does chapdrum May 2015 #17
Well that says all I need to know about her "one of the great leaders...ever produced" eom Maeve May 2015 #18
Wife of a psychopath endorses a hairdo with no brain underneath. Aristus May 2015 #20
It's just so wrong. SoapBox May 2015 #21
Why would this be news? muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #25
Earlier this year, a day named for him by current Texas governor: Judi Lynn May 2015 #30
Poor thing..outed herself as a bigot and easily duped if she thinks 1 2 ooops Perry does Cha May 2015 #37
Well both Perry and her hub had a thing for killing people and feeling all moral about it dembotoz May 2015 #39
Wonder if she's visited the "n*ggerhead" vacation digs. Vinca May 2015 #41
FMJ awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #42
LOL Skittles May 2015 #45
Humility?! n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #47

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. Oh, that poor woman.....
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:17 PM
May 2015

Well, on the bright side, she won't be doing TOO MANY personal appearances.

I have a feeling he'll crash and burn early.

hlthe2b

(102,357 posts)
22. My sympathy for her loss is surely tempered by the exploitation/expropriation of those
Fri May 29, 2015, 07:27 PM
May 2015

who suffered at the hands of her husband... and her constant "cashing" in on his memory.

Sympathy or no, she is a non-thinking fool.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
29. I don't know why people do that shit--exploit survivors to gain some kind of "reflected glory" off
Fri May 29, 2015, 08:04 PM
May 2015

of them. She no doubt wants to believe that her loss has some kind of meaning, and those jerks are trying to suggest that it does, when all it is, is a damn shame.

It's a common chickenhawk ploy--and Rick Perry has that game wired.

No matter how much she touts that hateful, mouth-breathing moron, it ain't gonna bring her husband back, so I'm just going to and ignore her. She's already in her own personal hell, I'm sure. She doesn't need me to pile on.

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)
48. I agree with you
Sun May 31, 2015, 03:18 PM
May 2015

It's sad she lost her husband but she had been using this every chance she gets and I really don't care who she endorses.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
14. 1 book and a movie
Fri May 29, 2015, 06:15 PM
May 2015

Many make money on their loved ones. Heck look at the Kennedy's and Martin Luther King. Do you think the families should stop because you feel they made enough. Would I rather her support Hillary? Yes but she isn't.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
16. The Kennedys AND Dr King did FAR FUCKING more that some "sniper" who...
Fri May 29, 2015, 06:28 PM
May 2015

...made up half the shit he said. And, both Jack Kennedy and Dr King were MURDERED by snipers.

False-equivalency much?

 

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)
44. Someone who doesn't even bother to pretend to be a liberal progressive
Sat May 30, 2015, 07:27 PM
May 2015

You can always count on that clown and former9thwarder to chime in with some conservative horseshit.
Yes, that was a callout. I really don't care.

JustAnotherGen

(31,879 posts)
31. Not one eff to give about this woman
Fri May 29, 2015, 08:49 PM
May 2015

Her lying husband, or Clint Eastwood!

I think she's going to be as much of a grifter as Sister Sarah Alaskstan - and I don't worship at the Altar of war!

If you and she don't like it - tough.

That man is out to get me - she's with him. She's my enemy.


She's fair game. I'll make fun of her and put her down as much as I want. Rest assured - that Stepford is not a member at DU. So she's fair game.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
32. She's fair game? What?
Fri May 29, 2015, 09:40 PM
May 2015

She obviously loved her husband and was murdered. She is just trying to make a living as most poor people do especially when they become a widow. We don't know if she went to college or anything and she also has children to consider or would you rather they starve due to their parents?

SunSeeker

(51,697 posts)
34. How does endorsing Perry help feed her kids?
Sat May 30, 2015, 01:47 AM
May 2015

If she voted Dem, she would not only do better by her kids, she would do better by all kids.

I don't see the analogy to JFK and MLK. They were great men who were assassinated. Kyle was a egomaniacal dumbass who got himself killed handing a gun to a guy he himself said was "straight up nuts." But Dr. Kyle thought a little time on the gun range cured mental illness...because he knew better than mental health professionals.

I do feel sorry for her kids. They did not choose their dad nor the life they were born into.

JustAnotherGen

(31,879 posts)
36. You think Rick Perry cares if people starve?
Sat May 30, 2015, 06:53 AM
May 2015

You think she cares?

She's in the public eye - and she's fair game for anyone to make fun of her.

She's hanging her hopes on a man who does not care about poor people. So she can't that poor.

She had a few million on hand when he died. National Review exposed he kept the majority of the profits for himself.

You know - we are millionaires - but we aren't enemies of the poor and don't affiliate with people who are.

When she sets up a community kitchen and boosts for a few food banks - get back to me. See - we've had to do that because people of Perry's ilk think its funny to cut SNAP and TANF.

She's showing you WHO she is - who she really is. You need to believe her. And then, proceed from there.

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
8. I should have qualified the statement to read Republican Texans.
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:40 PM
May 2015

Otherwise I would have included both.

mountain grammy

(26,648 posts)
19. Jim Hightower, Barbara Jordan, LBJ. Been some mighty fine Texans.
Fri May 29, 2015, 06:55 PM
May 2015

Most are rolling in their graves, unfortunately. May Jim Hightower live forever.

Almost forgot, the Castro brothers!

mountain grammy

(26,648 posts)
40. Oh yes, I agree! Sorry for the omission.
Sat May 30, 2015, 09:47 AM
May 2015

She even got Willie Nelsen to come out for her. If more than 20% of Texans would vote, there could be some big changes.

turbinetree

(24,720 posts)
7. I guess its alright
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:39 PM
May 2015

to use his political office to intimidate a sitting prosecutor (who got arrested for being under the influence of a drink) by withholding funds from the department for political gains towards an election.

"I've had an up-close view of their humility and commitment to doing the right thing for people regardless of who gets the credit."

"Believe me, they are a breath of fresh air in a political system full of people playing games and twisting the truth," Taya Kyle said. "

And it's alright to tell the execution board for the state to kill people that had tainted evidence presented in capital crimes saying that the person might be innocent----------where-by a father of three children was put to death on suspected evidence -----------because Perry and his pardon's board and the judicial review didn't want the evidence presented during the appeal process----------wouldn't you want to know the question as to, why.
Because maybe in my humble opinion, the zeal of putting over 245 human beings to death under his watch he said, hey, what the hell were hell bent on carrying out the executions to hell with the evidence, I'm the governor.
That's not great humility and commitment, on being a fair and honest governor.

Did she forget that he has a mug shot------------that's a breath of fresh air-he is under indictment for abuse of power for political gain----------------yeah.





mnhtnbb

(31,402 posts)
10. Gee, what a surprise that a woman married to a guy who gets off on killing people
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:43 PM
May 2015

supports a guy who, as Governor, got off on killing people.

 

project_bluebook

(411 posts)
11. Stupid is as stupid does
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:56 PM
May 2015

and who really cares, my aunt endorsed Donald Duck and that didn't make the headlines.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
21. It's just so wrong.
Fri May 29, 2015, 07:08 PM
May 2015

Oh well...I hope she and her wacko friends waste their votes on freaks and losers.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)
25. Why would this be news?
Fri May 29, 2015, 07:46 PM
May 2015

Even for people who admired Kyle, why is the political preference of his widow important? Would they have thought it worth reporting if he were alive? Was it reported in 2012? Hell, was his opinion reported in 2012?

Judi Lynn

(160,621 posts)
30. Earlier this year, a day named for him by current Texas governor:
Fri May 29, 2015, 08:22 PM
May 2015

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declares ‘Chris Kyle Day’ as ‘American Sniper’ continues to surge
By Peter Holley February 2

As Americans elsewhere wrangle over Chris Kyle’s complicated legacy and his portrayal in “American Sniper,” the Navy SEAL sharpshooter’s home state is leaving little doubt about where it stands.

On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) proclaimed Feb. 2 “Chris Kyle Day,” a declaration made to honor the late marksman, whose autobiography, “American Sniper,” is the basis of the box office smash by the same name.

“We can never repay the debt we owe for the lives he saved and the freedom he preserved — but we can honor his memory, his patriotism, his sacrifice and his inspiration,” Abbott said at the statehouse in Austin.

Abbott encouraged “all Texans to pay tribute to the legacy of Chief Petty Officer Kyle, a great Texan and a true American hero.”

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/01/31/texas-governor-declares-feb-2-chris-kyle-day/

Cha

(297,655 posts)
37. Poor thing..outed herself as a bigot and easily duped if she thinks 1 2 ooops Perry does
Sat May 30, 2015, 07:30 AM
May 2015

anything but LIE.

Vinca

(50,303 posts)
41. Wonder if she's visited the "n*ggerhead" vacation digs.
Sat May 30, 2015, 05:35 PM
May 2015

Perry is easily in the top 5 dumbest people to ever run for any office. Anyone endorsing him should be embarrassed.

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