This is not a case of 'hard-ball' politics. Perry is guilty of abuse of power: Will Hailer

[Bill USA]

Texas Gov. Perry, is claiming that what he did was just 'good ol' hard-ball politics. NO, it's more like abuse of power. That's why the special prosecutor, Michael McCrum (submitted for U.S. attorney by Sen. John Cornyn (R)), decided the case was worth taking to a grand jury. [font size="3"] And there "was not a single Democrat involved in the investigation and indictment".[/font]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/08/19/governor-rick-perry-texas-democratic-party-editorials-debates/14296815/
(all emphases my own)

More than just "hardball politicking," this was abuse of power from a governor who tried to shut down the public integrity unit that is charged with investigating government corruption and fraud —[font size="3"] an agency that was looking into whether Texas' cancer research institute funneled more than $40 million in taxpayer funds to Abbott and Perry donors, without proper oversight[/font].

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[font size="3"]Perry will continue to claim that this is a partisan witch hunt. But there wasn't a single Democrat involved in the investigation and indictment.[/font]

A Republican judge, appointed by Rick Perry, appointed another Republican judge to handle Perry's corruption case.San Antonio attorney Michael McCrum was named as special prosecutor. McCrum was a U.S. prosecutor under George H.W. Bush and was submitted for U.S. attorney by Sen. John Cornyn. And Perry was indicted by a randomly selected grand jury of his Texas peers.

Indicting a governor doesn't happen every day. The last time a governor was indicted in Texas was almost 100 years ago. And while Perry even continues his behavior as a bully by threatening that "those responsible will be held accountable," that doesn't change the fact that a jury of his peers found enough evidence to bring the governor to trial.
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Will Hailer is executive director of the Texas Democratic Party.

[BaggersRDumb]

1. clearly perry is knee deep in it

[blkmusclmachine]

2. This won't stick to Mr. Teflon. He'll call in some favors.