February 20, 2011
Dave McNeely: Dems say Perry piddles while Texas burns
By Dave NcNeely
The Huntsville Item The Huntsville Item Sun Feb 20, 2011, 06:11 AM CST
AUSTIN — “For the first time in history, the next generation of Texans is projected to have less education, less wealth, and fewer years of life than the one before.”
– Texans Care for Children
Republican Gov. Rick Perry’s “State of the State” address to a joint session of the Texas Legislature Feb. 8 sounded like more of his 2010 re-election campaign against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and former Houston Mayor Bill White.
And, his 2011 and 2012 campaign for something.
While school superintendents and hospital administrators around the state are turning ashen over an anticipated $27 billion shortfall in the state budget, Perry is a real Tea-sipping Aggie.
Feds: bad. Texas: good.
President Obama: terrible. Texas under Perry: great.
Washington: broken. Texas problems: Big Brother Washington’s fault.
“(B)y any meaningful measure, the state of our state is strong. . . . (T)he core elements of our economy are strong, Texas is still the envy of our nation,” Perry insisted.
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