(TX GOP Gov) Perry breaks collarbone in biking accident

[Richardo]

Source: Houston Chronicle

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry was mountain biking near his home in the hills west of Austin Tuesday evening when he broke his collar bone in an accident.

The accident caused Perry to postpone his expected tour of Galveston, Corpus Christi and South Padre Island on Wednesday to sign legislation authorizing spending for hurricane recovery and an overhaul of the Texas windstorm insurance system.

Perry’s office said he also received an abrasion to his right elbow in the 7:30 p.m. accident, which occurred near his home in the Estates Above Lost Creek. Perry Communications Director Mark Miner said there were no more details of the accident immediately available.

Perry was taken to the emergency room at Seton Medical Center in Austin for treatment. The governor was released on Tuesday night.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6467895.html

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Posted without comment except to note that Texas governors and mountain bikes seem to be a dangerous combination, at least for the governor. Next up, a Segway?

[aquart]

1. But never the neck.

[Jawja]

8. True. I was thinking about all of

George W. Bush's biking accidents....

[ejpoeta]

2. When a politician gets injured and has to go to the hospital... my first thought is...

i hope he has health insurance! those bills can sure add up when you don't.

[Richardo]

3. Poor guy doesn't even have a mansion to live in :^(

Perry currently is living in a $9,900-a-month house that the state rented as his residence originally while the Governor’s Mansion was being remodeled. The house has become the unofficial governor’s residence due to an arson that did massive damage to the house on Colorado Street near the Capitol.

:cry:

[ejpoeta]

5. $9900/mo!! glad to know texas isn't being hurt by the bad economic times like the rest of the state.

I mean, geesh!! it must be a tough gig.

[hobbit709]

4. Did he mess up his hairdo?

[kay1864]

19. More important....

Was he wearing a helmet over his helmet?

[Optical.Catalyst]

6. Perry must have gotten into the booze locker Bush left at the State House

Look, I found a secret panel on the wall here by the desk, I wonder what is in side!

It is straight Bourbon whiskey. What harm can one little drink do? ...

[izquierdista]

12. What's inside?

Empty bottles. Just empties. Turn them upside down and shake all you want, but empty, empty, empty.

[DrDan]

7. did you ever notice that spinal injuries are practically non-existant among the R's

[Richardo]

10. !

:D

[T Wolf]

22. Also, no brain injuries. Wonder why. nt

[Optical.Catalyst]

27. Slugs don't have spines

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REPUBLICAN

[a la izquierda]

9. what is it with Texas republicans...

and two-wheeled vehicles?

[Aslanspal]

11. Don't you mean the collarbone broke off and seceded from the Union

[Joe Bacon]

13. You mean Pat Robertson didn't heal him?

Why, Pat heals his Republican pals all the time in the name of Jesus. You telling me that the Big J was goofing off with his fellow Republicans at the Jon Voight/Tooty Frooty Newty Love Fest and wasn't available to heal Helmet Head? I'm shocked, I tell you, just shocked!

[Historic NY]

14. He should eat some prezels too.

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Specialists are being brought in to check for internal hair damage.

[Vidar]

16. "I dedicate this crash to G W Bush."

[Blue State Bandit]

17. Lack of balance...

seems to be a running joke with recent Texas governors as of late.

[WhiteTara]

18. guess he'll discover what it's like

to be human. Not that the lesson will stay with him very long.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Hey Rick, next time try landing on the hair.

[AlexDeLarge]

21. It's carbon fiber, right?

That should disintegrate upon impact thus protecting his real hair, if there is any really.

[Tempest]

23. Would a Hispanic woman have broken her collarbone biking?

Someone ask OxyRush.

He asked the question would a white male have broken their ankle at an airport.

[Xenotime]

24. Now if we could just get the rest of him to break off from the state, there might be hope for Texas

[damntexdem]

25. Trying to one-up Dubya?

Not just falling off his bike but also breaking bones.

But is his hair OK?

[midnight armadillo]

26. He should have been riding a better bike

Something that's fast, comfortable, and sends you off feet first instead of head first in a crash...hmmm...

[underpants]

28. With that hairhelmet does he need to wear a regular helmet?

took the training wheels off did he?

[chascarrillo]

29. Biking? Why wasn't he driving a Hummer like a true Texas Patriot?

That'll larn him.

[crimsonblue]

30. that's too bad

collar bone injuries are painful, and I hope he recovers successfully. I don't relish in anybody's pain.

[sarcasmo]

31. This put a smile to my face.