There's nothing racist about using a Taco Truck analogy to describe Obama's lack of qualifications and I don't think anyone ( especially after the last 6 years ) now equates a Harvard education to having the qualifications to be our President.
Everyone agrees Harvard qualifies one to run a Taco Truck, so your statement doesn't make any sense except as a racist remark.
While I thought the comment was stupid, I don't see how it's racist.
Since when has keeping a promise to do something become a "threat?" That's one of the most unusual definitions I've ever heard. In other words, if he didn't do what he said he would, he becomes a wimp or a liar or something? :weird: This new PC word definition thing is so confusing....
Oh, really?
As I said, we're done here.
I should mention that I am Canadian and in this country I would be considered a small c conservative. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative.Sangha doesn't need any sort of reason or facts to slam and falsely accuse conservatives or Republicans, same as nearly any other liberal / progressive / Democrat, speaking of which, the district attorney is a Democrat.
I also predict that this indictment will come to naught, but don't think the prediction that it won't damage him politically will come to pass, which may be the entire reason for the indictment to be brought. With the information presently available, it's not clear, but I have a feeling that it'll come out in the wash, eventually.
Okay, granted. By her conduct, she failed in her duty to bring honor to her elected position. To that, I agree with yourself and others that she should have fell on her sword and resigned. But she didn't which is her choice not to do so as a duly elected official. Which takes me back to this public veto threat and subsequent follow-through by Gov. Perry to withhold state funding as a way to pressure a DA to vacate her position. He doesn't have that power. This woman wasn't appointed by him nor the TX state legislature. It's a clear illustration of abuse of power.
No one's arguing that Gov. Perry can't exercise his veto power. It's the way he did it and for what purpose that people are questioning and/or standing against.
She was the frontrunner to replace Ronnie Earle, and she did. From the Texas Observer in 2008:
Each of the four candidates to replace Earle has a different view on the role of the integrity unit. The early front-runner is Rosemary Lehmberg. She has worked in the Travis County DA’s office for three decades (preceding even Earle’s arrival by six months). For the past 10 years, she’s served as first assistant district attorney-Earle’s second in command. He gave her his enthusiastic endorsement after the filing deadline in early January. A stately woman of 58, Lehmberg is the most experienced candidate. She has worked in and supervised every division of the DA’s office, including the integrity unit. “She has the most experience. She has the best judgment that has been tempered by steel,” Earle told reporters. “So I think she would make the best district attorney for Travis County.”
Lehmberg characterized the integrity unit as one of the office’s most important divisions. “I feel very strongly that our government is not for sale, that our democracy is not for sale,” she said. “I have always viewed our role as somewhat the guardian over the state Capitol. And that doesn’t mean you’re heavy-handed, that doesn’t mean you overreach. But that separation, that balance, that mutual oversight is healthy and necessary.”
She argued that such power must be used delicately. She noted that the office receives numerous complaints of corruption-many of them politically motivated-that must be weeded carefully. “In the political world, the mere fact of an investigation can destroy a career. We try to thoroughly ferret out the facts and the law before [a case] goes too far and it winds up on the front page of the paper,” she said. “That doesn’t mean we hide it, but I have learned how sensitive they can be.” Replacing Ronnie Earle - The Texas Observer
I ordinarily wouldn't make a comment on a politician's looks, but the article refers to Lehmberg as "stately." This is a most generous word. She looks like a man wearing makeup. I am not kidding. Maybe the writer meant her hair?
Everyone agrees Harvard qualifies one to run a Taco Truck, so your statement doesn't make any sense except as a racist remark.
It was obviously a bit of hyperbole and no, using a taco truck as a analogy is not racist.
Its no more racist than saying he wouldn't be qualified to run a lemonade stand or Bake sale.
I should mention that I am Canadian and in this country I would be considered a small c conservative. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative.
I do not like most American Republican officials.
I agree though that this case will go no where.
If it was a bill to limit interest rates charged by payday loan companies vetoed by a Govenor who owned such "businesses" then there may ne a case of some sort. If a Govenor was paid to veto a bill then there would be a case. Both for abuse of power.
That is not at all similar to this.
But I'm just a Canuck Komrade, what do I know.
What exactly is the issue here? What is stopping him from carrying through with a threat to veto whatever the **** he wants? Why can he not threaten to veto everything that crosses his desk and carry through with it? How is that abusing his power? This is somehow dumber than the "I lost the e-mails" crap that the IRS recently pulled.
Really government officials, the goal here is not to one up each other in doing dumb ****.
There's no other reason to choose Taco Truck.
False.
Lol...
Its a truck that sells tacos.
There's no racist designation to that description what so ever, unless you add one.
Taco trucks are not innately racist or derogatory and their existence alone doesn't malign a race of people.
It sounds like you're the one struggling with a racial hang up.
Excellent video! :thumbs: Thanks for posting it!
Greetings, Dibbler. :2wave:
If only Obama had been Taco Truck material, then things would not be so bad. Yeah, that's not racist.
Notice she blames the Cop for " ruining her career. "
She doesn't take personal responsibility for her actions, she blames the arresting officer. ....
Wow.
Perry could have denied funding to the " public integrity " ( Conservative Gotcha Committee ) department long before this partisan drunk got popped for driving with a blood alcohol level 3 times the legal limit.
He's allowed under the State Constitution to do just that, but didn't until this DA embarrassed herself.
perry may be acting according to other motivations.
mainly that the district attorney in charge of the public integrity unit is a democrat, and is one of the few positions in state government that the republicans do not have complete control of.
Why didn’t Lehmberg resign?
In a word, politics. Lehmberg is a Democrat, and if she stepped down, Rick Perry would be the one to appoint a replacement. Moreover, the Travis County DA—as the prosecutor in the state’s capital—has special responsibilities over a variety of statewide legal issues. Foremost among these powers is the DA’s control of the Public Integrity Unit, which investigates the ethical breaches of state politicians, among a number of other charges.
So?
The Public Integrity Unit might be the most important office in state government run by a Democrat. Gov. Perry has been in office for 14 years—every nook and cranny of state government is filled with his appointees. The Public Integrity Unit is the rare piece that he doesn’t control. In 2005, the work of the Public Integrity Unit led to the indictment of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. So naturally, for years, Republicans in the state have tried to strip that power from the Travis County DA and fold it into Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office.
What’s more, the Public Integrity Unit was in the process of conducting an investigation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. CPRIT received a ton of money from the Legislature to award grants to high-level medical research projects. The problem: a lot of that money was going to people who shouldn’t have gotten it. And some of those folks had close ties to Perry. Just a few months ago, Lehmberg’s office indicted CPRIT’s former director over his allegedly improper disbursement of an $11 million grant. But when Lehmberg got pulled over with the potato juice in her car last spring, the investigation was just underway.
When Lehmberg’s DWI went public, Republicans saw a way to get rid of a pesky, entrenched foe. (Though they couched this in terms of their deep, abiding concern for the office’s integrity.) Meanwhile, Democrats who would have happily seen Lehmberg canned if the Travis County Commissioners Court could have appointed her replacement rallied around Lehmberg as if she was the last warrior for righteousness on Earth.
Everything You Need to Know* About Rick Perry's Newest Scandal - The Texas Observer
If your looking for Governor that defunded the public integrity department for nefarious reasons, look no further than New York. Personally, I think it's hilarious.
It's just one more indication of how corrupt the Liberal ideology AND the Democrat party are.
It's just one more indication of how corrupt the Liberal ideology AND the Democrat party are.
Wait, WHAT? The recession, which started before the 2008 election, was caused by people voting for Obama?
And?
If that were the case he would have threatened before this even happened.
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