The Late, Great Molly Ivins on Rick Perry

[kpete]

Must-Reads: The Late, Great Molly Ivins on Rick Perry
—By Asawin Suebsaeng| Tue Aug. 16, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

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Bush was replaced by his exceedingly Lite Guv Rick Perry, who has really good hair. Governor Goodhair, or the Ken Doll (see, all Texans use nicknames—it's not that odd), is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. But the chair of a major House committee says, "Goodhair is much more engaged as governor than Bush was." As the refrain of the country song goes, "O Please, Dear God, Not Another One.

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The Coiffure was in his usual form. As one opponent after another attacked his record, Gov. Rick Perry stood there proudly behind that 35 percent voter support he has so richly earned and simply disagreed. The Coiffure seemed to consider blanket denials a fully sufficient and adequate response.

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First, we Texans would like to salute the only governor we've got, Rick "Goodhair" Perry, the Ken Doll, for vetoing the bill to outlaw executing the mentally retarded.

Such a brilliant decision—not only is Texas now globally recognized for barbaric cruelty, but a strong majority of Texans themselves (73 percent) would prefer not to off the retarded.

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more here:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/08/rick-perry-molly-ivins

[AndyTiedye]

1. Very Very Kicked and Recommended

O Please, Dear God, Not Another One.

[gratuitous]

2. If Perry was truly repugnant to Texans, they wouldn't re-elect him

Would they? Sure, he got less than 40% of the vote in 2006 in a three-way race, but topped 51% in 2010. He apparently appeals to a certain demographic prevalent in Texas. How prevalent is it in the rest of the country? We'd better hope the answer is "not very."

[w8liftinglady]

3. don't forget- they have gerrymandered the shit out of Texas... and are still at it.

Austin is the next target

[pacalo]

4. It's way past time to reach the great big epiphany that's been staring at our faces...

the question, why do the Republicans have such a careless, arrogant regard for speaking such harsh, mind-numbing ridiculous, unpopular words publicly, yet feel safe in keeping their jobs?"

[NV Whino]

5. Molly must be rolling in her grave

To see Governor Goodhair a frontrunner to the presidency.

On the bright side, he provides a built-in icon for Trudeau.

[TexasProgresive]

6. Reposting from my journal-a must have bumper sticker

Send 2 bucks to Glen Maxey and you can be the proud owner of a bumper sticker with these immortal and wise words.






“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president… please pay attention.” – Molly Ivins.

Glen Maxey
P O Box 2505
Austin TX 78768
[e-mail]


http://juanitajean.com /

[w8liftinglady]

7. THAT is awesome!

[TexasProgresive]

8. Jpegs of the actual awesome bumper sticker

You, too, can have one. Put $2 cash American money in an envelope and mail it along with your address to Glen Maxey, P O Box 2505, Austin TX 78768

If you’re a very nice person, you’ll also enclose a stamp, but it’s not required. If you want larger quantities, you can email Glen at [e-mail]

http://juanitajean.com/

[lindysalsagal]

9. I miss me some Molly

"George Bush was born on third base, and thinks he hit a triple."

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. I'm now calling him Chimp II, or the Chimp with Good Fur

Too bad Molly Ivans had to leave us.