Rick Perry's execution record greeted by wild applause from Republicans

[kpete]

Source: Telegraph UK

Rick Perry's execution record greeted by wild applause from Republicans
The execution of 234 people during Rick Perry's tenure as the governor of Texas was loudly applauded by Republicans during a debate to choose America's next presidential candidate.


Brian Williams, who was hosting the debate between candidates for next year's Republican nomination, asked Mr Perry whether he felt guilty about possibly sending an innocent person to their death.

The Texas governor said: "No, sir. I've never struggled with that at all. The state of Texas has a very thoughtful, a very clear process in place of which, when someone commits the most heinous of crimes against our citizens, they get a fair hearing."

He also added: "In the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one of our children, you kill a police officer, you're involved with another crime and you kill one of our citizens, you will face the ultimate justice in the state of Texas, and that is, you will be executed."



Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/8749327/Rick-Perrys-execution-record-greeted-by-wild-applause-from-Republicans.html

[onehandle]

1. Better than Viagra for these animals. nt

[av8rdave]

2. Gotta love those pro-life people!

[MineralMan]

3. K&R for pointing this out.

Sadly, this will make him more popular with the tea party types.

[Nancy Waterman]

4. His callousness parallels Bush's: more wars?

Remember how easily Bush got us into two wars? He also, before Perry, had set a record in the number of executions. I think that a callousness about administering the death penalty may parallel a callousness about getting us into war. Another concern we should have about Rick Perry.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Nothing makes their itty bitty hearts pound faster

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. where Brian Williams totally failed - He didn't follow up and ask

W2 how he feels about the fact that the Texas murder rate is higher than
many states who don't have the death penalty. Or, that he DID
execute an innocent man already (Willingham)

[bongbong]

9. Softballs only

To be a moderator at a repig "debate", you are required to have a solid GOP voting record, your questions must be vetted by Roger Ailes, and you must allow hidden radios & earphones.

To be a moderator at a Democratic debate, you must belittle any candidate who isn't a corporate Dem, and not allow him/her to get a word in edgewise.

[No Elephants]

28. Please make that "where Brian Williams intentionally failed"

[Turbineguy]

7. Maybe the entire audience consisted

of funeral directors who stand to make fortunes if Perry is elected.

[Chipper Chat]

8. I initially thought MSNBC must have added an applause track

following that remark. No way Americans of any stripe would applaud executions. I was shocked. I quickly found out rabid tea party republicans are not human. Scary.

[chelsea0011]

10. and this is the so-called christian crowd

[ChadwickHenryWard]

11. That was deeply chilling.

It's downright frightening.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

12. JUST ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PROPAGANDA FROM THE RIGHT

[krabigirl]

13. These "pro-lifers" are just sick.

[ellenrr]

14. disgusting! n/t

[Worried senior]

15. Their attitude makes me sick

[RaleighNCDUer]

16. And the obvious result of this is

a higher murder rate.

If someone kills someone else, and thinks he'll be caught, and KNOWS he'll be executed if caught, he has nothing to lose by killing any number of people who could implicate him in the first murder. Kill enough witnesses, and there can't be a trial. And if he kills one or a dozen, they can only execute him once. Result: higher murder rate.

If the police are coming after him, and he's facing execution if arrested, he has no reason NOT to shoot it out rather than surrender - he just might escape in the chaos, and if not, going down in a hail of bullets may just be preferable to 12 years on death row, followed by lethal injection. Result: higher murder rate.

If a bad guy is sticking up a 7-11 and somebody pulls a CC on him, and he shoots back and kills him, he is facing the death penalty. Every person in the store could ID him, so he herds them into the back and shoots them all, then takes the surveillance tape (or disk, or chip, whatever), to avoid being identified. Result: higher murder rate.

Is that REALLY so hard to comprehend?

[Trillo]

17. Where's the personal responsibility for wrongful executions? NT

[SoapBox]

18. Kill, Kill, Kill! They LOVE to kill...

The GOPBaggers love to kill, kill, kill...humans...even better, animals.

BUT, save the fetus! However, once it comes out, hell, kill it.

...sickos.

[DeSwiss]

19. Leave to the Repukes to applaud the killing a human being. - K&R n/t

[ellenrr]

21. except it was a democratic pres who signed into law the

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty(AEDPA)Act of 1996 which makes it much easier to execute people!

http://www.mmdnewswire.com/state-attorneys-and-politicians-using-aedpa-act-to-expedite-executions-2178.html

[avebury]

20. K&R nt

[Delphinus]

22. This is

just scary.

[brentspeak]

23. "When someone commits the most heinous of crimes against our citizens, they get a fair hearing."

And what if someone http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/us/26adams.html">doesn't commit a heinous crime against Texas citizens, sub-genius? What kind of "fair hearing" do they get?

[gtar100]

24. We can't forget this about them. They love other people's suffering.

They have an insatiable appetite for seeing death and destruction.

[Zorra]

25. How very republican of them. What an absolutely awful subgroup of human beings they are.

Sad creatures.

[CarmanK]

26. IT TAKES A TOUGH MAN TO EXECUTE AN INNOCENT MAN!

THAT was the response of one of the idiots in a focus group watching the debate. I surely hope that is not the norm for the TBAGGERS. that kind of ignorance is really scary!

[No Elephants]

27. Romans 12:19 (King James Version)

"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."

[fascisthunter]

29. evil/sociopath/psychopath = litmus test for the republican party