Rick Perry Was Stung By A Bee
Submitted by Carol Morgan on April 28, 2013 - 8:21pm
In the aftermath of the West, Texas explosion, the Sacramento Bee published a political cartoon by Jack Ohman. The graphic used Perry’s own words with an allusion to the tragedy in West. It was a stinging indictment of the negligence of Texas’ state government policies that contributed to, and ultimately resulted in, the explosion.
Perry responded with false indignation. To hear it from our Governor, you’d think Jack Ohman burned the American flag or pushed grandma down the hill in her wheelchair. The real truth is this: Perry was embarrassed. Like the other of his oops moments, Perry faked offense to deflect attention from his poor performance. Or perhaps, it was his guilt he wished to hide.
Perry's indignation wasn't about the explosion and neither was Ohman’s cartoon. Ohman used the explosion as a metaphor. The purpose of the cartoon was to target Rick Perry and his policies, not West’s victims. Most realists in Texas know that Rick Perry is upset by nothing, unless it has to do with Rick Perry and Rick Perry’s image. The cartoon portrayed him as the scoundrel he is, that's why he's mad.
Perry supporter’s reactions were pitifully predictable. It was clear they’d never looked at the cartoon or perhaps they don’t know what a metaphor is or understand its purpose in communication.
The explosion happened on Wednesday, April 17th and the Governor waited two days to visit the town and survey the damage. His concern for “the tragic deaths of my fellow Texans and our fellow Americans” didn’t stop him from embarking upon his economic development trip to Illinois three days later, even though chaos persisted in McLennan County.
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