This is alarming: Perry appoints Nandita Berry as new Secretary of State

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http://www.txdemocrats.org/press/texas-democratic-party-releases-statement-on

Texas Democratic Party Releases Statement on on Rick Perry's Appointment Of a New Secretary of State

Austin, TX – Today, Rick Perry appointed Nandita Berry of Houston as Texas’ new Secretary of State. Texas Democratic Party Communications Director Emmanuel Garcia released the following statement:

This is another example of Republicans’ reckless leadership. Little more than two months before the primaries, we will now have a new chief elections officer. Efforts to enact voter bullying policies by Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have driven the Secretary of State’s office into a tumultuous time. Ms. Berry assumes her new position in the midst of a legacy of voter intimidation, from phantom voter fraud cases that were used to call for cumbersome voter identification requirements to discriminatory legislative and congressional redistricting, to an outright attack on the Voting Rights Act. We can only hope that she will not succumb to the priorities of her Republican colleagues.

The alarming part? Look who she's married to:

http://www.queerty.com/right-wing-radio-nut-michael-berry-involved-in-hit-and-run-outside-houston-drag-club-20120217/

Right-Wing Radio Nut Michael Berry Involved In Hit-And-Run Outside Houston Drag Club

On January 31, Todare Bennett, the bouncer at TC’s, a popular Houston drag bar, saw patron Michael Berry leave the club, hop into his SUV and ram it into Bennett’s car.

Normally that would just be a bad move coupled with some bad luck.

But Berry (right) is a popular right-wing talk show with an anti-gay, anti-minority agenda: He’s aligned with the Tea Party, hosts a local Fox News segment, has appeared on The O’Reilly Factor and even told listeners once that he hoped the Muslim prayer center being built near Ground Zero would be blown up. Back when he was a Houston city councilman running for mayor, he joined other local conservatives in bashing candidate Annise Parker for being a lesbian. (She won anyway.)

Back to the douchiness at hand: Outside TC’s that night, Bennett ran up to the SUV and clearly identified Berry as the driver, but the shock jock sped away from the scene of the crime. Surveillance cameras confirm that Berry had been at TC’s that night and the bar’s owner claims he’s something of a regular—despite being married to Indian lawyer Nandita Berry.

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1. Michael Berry is a right wing nut case

I was surprised that he is married given his history with incidents at gay bars.

I really hate to see a GOP nutcase be in charge of elections in Texas

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2. Granted. Ms. Berry is her own, autonomous person

And the views of her husband are not necessarily her views and whatever goes on in their marriage is their business. Just the same, wow.

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3. The GOP knows it can't win on the merits, so they resort to lying/cheating/stealing.

Remember when they burned down that warehouse full of voting machines in Houston, right before the last election?!!

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4. Michael Berry is Houston's Rush Limbaugh.

He spews Dem/Lib/Obama hate talk and lies just as bad, if not worse. His wife can't be too far from that.

This is just sickening.

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5. Agreed. nt

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6. Juanita's take

http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/12/20/rick-perry-giving-aid-and-comfort-to-stoopid/