Rick Perry

Things Are So Bad That Even Sean Hannity Doesn’t Defend Trump After E. Jean Carroll Verdict

Things Are So Bad That Even Sean Hannity Doesn’t Defend Trump After E. Jean Carroll Verdict

The E. Jean Carroll verdict was so bad for Trump that Sean Hannity pretended like it didn't exist and didn't…

10 months ago

Rick Perry Busted As The Source Of “Aggressive Strategy” Coup Text

Former Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry is believed to be the source of the aggressive strategy coup text to Mark…

3 years ago

Opinion: Texas Fiasco Highlights Need for What Biden Calls Unity: Mutual Care Modeled by Government Leaders

In a small sentence, Biden made a huge point. Let’s serve people, not presidents or politics.

4 years ago

Trump Is Blaming His Ukraine Call Impeachment On Rick Perry

Trump is trying to pin all the blame for the Ukraine call that touched off the whistleblower complaint that resulted…

5 years ago

Special Counsel Is Now Investigating Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal

The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) has opened an investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to pursue a nuclear…

6 years ago

Rick Perry unsure if Saudi nuclear approvals came after Khashoggi killing

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers on Thursday he did not know whether any of the approvals he authorized…

6 years ago

Opinion: After Leading the Nation in Renewable Energy, Rick Perry Targets Solar and Wind Power

Wind and solar have combined with natural gas to produce virtually all the nation’s major new electrical capacity; coal and…

8 years ago

After Perry Pick to Replace Nuclear Physicist Trump Falsely Claims His Cabinet Has Highest IQ Ever

On the heels of nominating former Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) to replace nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as Secretary of Energy,…

8 years ago

ETP’s Response to Army Rejection of DAPL Easement ‘Most Dickish…Most Childish’ Ever

If you wondered what kind of Energy Secretary Rick Perry would be, now you have your answer. He would be…

8 years ago

In 2011 Rick Perry Couldn’t Remember Energy Department’s Name – Now He’ll Head It

"Reading Rick Perry, who infamously forgot the existence of the Dept. of Energy, is Trump's pick to lead it. You…

8 years ago

One Idiot Throws His Support Behind Another As Rick Perry Endorses Donald Trump

Rick Perry, who is currently facing felony abuse of power charges in Texas, has grudgingly endorsed Donald Trump for president.

9 years ago

The Question of Secession Comes up at Texas State Convention in May

Think of the advantages: Cruz can't be president, those Texas Open Carry guys won't be American citizens, and the NFL…

9 years ago

As He Faces Prison Time Rick Perry Blames Democrats For His White House Bid Flop

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is blaming Democrats for his spectacular presidential campaign crash and burn while ignoring the fact…

9 years ago

Not So Smooth Criminal: Indicted Rick Perry Drops Out Of White House Race

Indicted former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced that he is suspending his 2016 presidential campaign and dropping out of…

9 years ago

Trump’s New National Co-Chairman Questioned His Moral Center in Emails

Trump's new national co-chairman raised doubts about his "moral center" and his "foundational beliefs" lacking a foundation in Christ

9 years ago

Indicted Rick Perry Quits Paying His Staff Because His Campaign Is Going Broke

Rick Perry is no longer paying his staff, because his campaign is running low on funds.

9 years ago

Republican JV Debate Gives Lower Tier GOP Candidates Final Chance To Stay Relevant

A candidate who stumbles in the field of lesser candidates will have the dubious distinction of losing on a stage…

9 years ago

Hillary Clinton Slams Jeb Bush And Scott Walker While Supporting Planned Parenthood

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Rick Perry while strongly opposing the Republican bill to…

9 years ago

Rick Perry Loses As Court Rules That He Must Face Felony Abuse Of Power Charge

A Texas appeals court tossed one charge against Rick Perry but ruled that he must go to court to face…

9 years ago

Donald Trump, Who Deferred His Way out of Combat, Attacks John McCain’s War Hero Status

Donald Trump has attacked just about everyone you care to mention at this point, and now he is taking a…

9 years ago

GOP Donors Preferred The Dumbed Down 2012 Rick Perry To The New Improved Rick Perry

Rick Perry raised just 1.07 million dollars in the 2nd quarter of 2015. In 2012, he raised 17 million during…

9 years ago

Here’s The Proof That Donald Trump Is Destroying The Republican Party’s Chances In 2016

A quick look around at the mass Republican implosion on the Sunday shows provided ample evidence that Donald Trump is…

9 years ago

Rick Perry Ignores Supreme Court Ruling Vows to Enable Discrimination Against Gays

Rick Perry vowed that if he were president we would not have to worry about progress or equal rights, because…

9 years ago

Rick Perry Self Destructs And Blames His Flaming Stupidity On Having A Bad Back

Rick Perry imploded today when during a Fox News Sunday interview he tried to blame his stupidity on the fact…

9 years ago

Why Bill Maher is Right, and Joseph Farrah is Wrong

Bill Maher poked the Religious Right's persecution myth full of holes. Joseph Farrah's attempt to discredit Maher only discredits himself

9 years ago

Reject the Absolute Moral Corruption of the Republican Cult

The GOP is nothing more than a modern, reactionary cult designed to give religious justification for willful ignorance,bigotry, and bad…

9 years ago

Why Rick Perry Is More Likely To End Up In Prison Than Be Elected President

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his 2016 presidential candidacy today as he is currently facing 109 years in prison…

9 years ago

Washington State Out Of Reach For GOP As Hillary Leads All Candidates By Double Digits

A PPP poll released on May 21st, finds Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead over all potential GOP opponents in…

10 years ago

One Bush is Like Another: Jeb Doesn’t Know. Jeb Doesn’t Care

It is hard to believe Jeb Bush really wants to be president, with the things he says. Maybe it's just…

10 years ago

32% Of Republican Voters Think The U.S. Government Is Trying To Take Over Texas

A national PPP poll finds that 32 percent of Republican voters believe "the government is trying to take over Texas".

10 years ago

Republican Map Shrinking As Hillary Clinton Puts Red State Arizona In Play

A Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released on May 6th finds Hillary Clinton is competitive in the traditional red state…

10 years ago

Republican Presidential Hopefuls Put Their Buffoonery on Display in South Carolina

Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Lindsey Graham, and Ted Cruz, got together and agreed to collectively sound like Elisabeth…

10 years ago

Bob Vander Plaats Says Exercising First Amendment Rights Mocks God

Yes, actually exercising your First Amendment right to have your own beliefs is a "huge concern" with "spiritual ramifications" in…

10 years ago

Iowa FAMiLY LEADER Event Showcases Presidential Hopefuls’ Religious Bigotry

Crass ignorance is enshrined in the Iowa Calendar as Family Leader invites GOP presidential hopefuls to spew to the delight…

10 years ago

Republicans Offer No Plan To Deal With Iran Other Than Spouting Saber-Rattling Rhetoric

The Republican presidential contenders offer no alternative policy for dealing with Iran other than saber-rattling rhetoric.

10 years ago

GOP Descends Into Madness As Ted Cruz Vaults Into Top Tier Of 2016 GOP Candidates

A PPP poll shows Ted Cruz pulling into contention with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

10 years ago

Humiliating Home State Poll Numbers For Jeb Bush As He Trails Hillary Clinton in Florida

Even if they put Jeb Bush at the top of the ticket, Republicans are in obvious danger of losing Florida…

10 years ago

GOP Iran Letter Was A Push For A Regime Change War And Defense Industry Profits

The truth, and true purpose of the letter, has really never been in question; specifically because the filthy little neo-con…

10 years ago

Scandal? Use of Private Email is Pervasive Among 2016 Hopefuls

It turns abouta whole slew of Republicans looking at the White House in 2016 has used private emails for government…

10 years ago

Marco Rubio Flip Flops On Immigration Reform, Recasts Himself As Border Hawk At CPAC

Friday morning, at CPAC, Senator Rubio told an audience that he had learned that his previous support for immigration reform…

10 years ago

While GOP Candidates Pander To The Right At CPAC, Hillary Still Leads All 2016 Matchups

A PPP poll, released on the eve of CPAC, shows Hillary Clinton leading the entire GOP field by margins of…

10 years ago

57% Of Republicans Say Dismantle Constitution And Make Christianity National Religion

A PPP poll found that 57 percent of Republicans want to dismantle the Constitution and establish Christianity as the national…

10 years ago

John Boehner Shares his Scott Walker-Like Delusions About Foreign Policy

You might remember how John Boehner went all Stepford-like on Fox News Sunday and screamed that he was going to…

10 years ago

The Republican Cult of the Penis Has Replaced Christianity

The GOP has concocted a religion that has nothing to do with Jesus and everything to do with what you…

10 years ago

It’s Time to Break Up With Texas

Suspending a boy for threatening with a magic ring that doesn't exist to trying to change the nature of math…

10 years ago

Please Pass (On) The Popcorn: Democrats Need To Take 2016 General Election Seriously

It is time that the left started taking this election seriously, along with Romney and Jeb Bush and the rest,…

10 years ago

CNN Dumps Rick Perry and Lindsey Graham For Coverage Of Missing AirAsia Plane

CNN was the only Sunday show to dump interviews with Republicans Sen. Lindsey Graham and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry…

10 years ago

Lynching Obama

Republicans just can't get over the fact that they can no longer get together and lynch the black guy they…

10 years ago

Michele Bachmann Gets Both Bible and Constitution Wrong in Her Final Speech

Bachmann said the Speaker of the House is under the authority of Moses, something that comes up neither in the…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Quotes Jesus To Justify Income Inequality and Poverty

Perry's message is clear; there is no reason to address poverty, income inequality, or make any effort to help those…

10 years ago

RNC Allies with Christian Nationalist Who Calls U.S. Constitution “the Wrong Train”

David Lane, never mentioned by the MSM, is a big supporter of Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry,…

10 years ago

Republican Media Is Responsible For Muslim Child and African Americans Being Murdered

African Americans are not the only victims of media incitement to murder as was borne out on Thursday in Missouri…

10 years ago

No Texas Messiah: A Requiem for Rick Perry

Rick Perry is another in a growing collection of GOP banditti. In the old days, the Texas Rangers would have…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Getting Ready to Inflict Himself on America in 2016

Rick Perry is putting together a 2016 run that is certain to fail as spectacularly as his ill-fated 2012 run

10 years ago

Texas Republican Proposes Another Civil War By Ending The Union Through Nullification

The Civil War is something a Texas Republican legislator, Dan Flynn, is attempting to repeat through a proposal that empowers…

10 years ago

If Only Santa Anna Had Been a Better General, Texas Would not be OUR Problem

Just think of it: Rick Perry and Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz and Louie Gohmert would all be Mexico's problem…

10 years ago

Cheaters Never Win – Winners Never Cheat? A Close Look At November 4th

This will be my last mid-term general election contribution. At least in my state of South Carolina, it ain't pretty.

10 years ago

Do Not Let Republican Candidates Hide Their Extremism These Midterms

Scott Walker, Sam Brownback, Rick Perry, Rick Snyder, and others, are ideological and religious extremists, and their hate, win or…

10 years ago

Six House Democrats Call on DOJ to Investigate Texas AG- Greg Abbott’s Dirty Dealings with TEF

So far, Greg Abbott has used his power as Attorney-General of Texas to obstruct the release of documents that would…

10 years ago

Greg Abbott’s Cover Up of Texas Enterprise Fund Fraud Cost Taxpayers $222 Million

Greg Abbott's shady relationship with the Texas Enterprise fund is catching up with him.

10 years ago

Pat Roberts of Kansas Goes All Tea Party and Warns of National Socialism

Losing at the polls in Kansas to independent candidate and X-Factor Chad Orman, incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is pulling…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Idiotically Cites Joan Rivers’ Death To Justify Texas Anti-Abortion Law

During an appearance at the Texas Tribune Festival on Sunday, Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry tried to use Joan Rivers'…

10 years ago

The Right of Self Defense in Texas Completely Depends on Race

The Texas cases are telling in that there are two dead police officers as a result of not identifying themselves…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Condemns Democratic Process As Shocking And Underhanded

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was absolutely outraged that a bipartisan election commission in Illinois simplified the voting process that…

10 years ago

Republicans Fearmonger Over ISIS to Distract From Their Ineptitude

What is curious, is that Republicans are campaigning against President Obama who is not running for any political office, but…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Takes a Break from Bullying Texans to Attack Obama

At a Republican gathering in New Hampshire, Perry took time to attack Obama for the economy his party destroyed and…

10 years ago

After Suing Obama Indicted Rick Perry Now Believes Political Disputes Don’t Belong in Court

Rick Perry supported and joined a lawsuit against the Obama administration in 2012, but now that he has been indicted,…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Could Be Facing 109 Years In Prison After Being Indicted For Abuse Of Power

Texas Gov. Rick Perry could be facing 109 years in prison after being indicted by a grand jury for abuse…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Amps Up The Crazy With Claim That Kids Coming Across The Border Are Terrorists

On CNN's State Of The Union, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) claimed that the influx of Central American children arriving at…

10 years ago

Chaos In The Republican Party as Fox News Hosts and Destroys Rick Perry

The Republican Party is crumbling as the crisis unfolds on the border. Fox News Sunday hosted Rick Perry today and…

10 years ago

Right After ‘Constructive’ Meeting On Border Crisis, Rick Perry Runs To Fox And Slams Obama

On Wednesday, President Obama met with Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry, along with other political and religious leaders in Texas,…

10 years ago

Ahead Of Midterm Elections, GOP’s Message Appears To Be One Of Racism And Hatred

Two recent events have brought out the Republican Party's inner racist demon -- the GOP's Senate primary runoff election in…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Caves and Will Meet With President Obama in Texas

After loads of tough talk, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) caved and will take part in a roundtable discussion with the…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Disrespects Obama by Refusing To Meet With The President and Shake His Hand

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has gone beyond conspiracy theories about immigration and is now openly disrespecting the president by refusing…

10 years ago

ABC News Cuts Off Rick Perry In The Middle Of An Insane Obama Conspiracy Rant

Gov. Rick Perry tried to push his claim that the humanitarian crisis involving an influx of Central American children on…

10 years ago

Paul, Santorum, Perry, Romney: Republicans Offer No Imagination for 2016

As Charlie Brown despairs from time to time, "Good Grief" or if times get truly stressful, "OH, Good Grief." From…

10 years ago

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wants to Invade Mexico

Sheriff Joe doesn't say how, precisely, U.S. troops would accomplish their mission once we've got boots on the ground but…

10 years ago

Wendy Davis Shows Leadership in Her Letter To Rick Perry on the Influx of Unaccompanied Children

With children fleeing violence and poverty in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador; there is a humanitarian crises in our border…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Doubles Down On Stupid During Same-Sex Marriage Discussion

Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is contemplating a 2016 run for the White House, appeared on CNBC Monday morning…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Believes That Homosexuality Is Like Alcoholism And Can Be Treated

Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry addressed the Commonwealth Club of California Wednesday night. He shocked the crowd, and perhaps put…

10 years ago

As San Diego Burns Republicans Refuse to Acknowledge Climate Change

Republicans will continue to deny climate change even though glaring examples are more and more common each day. Case in…

11 years ago

Lone Star Lunacy as ‘Obama=Hitler’ Candidate Leads Democratic Senate Primary

Kesha Rogers, a LaRouche supporter who equates Obama to Hitler and calls for his impeachment, is leading the Dem Senate…

11 years ago

Republicans Who Praise Ted Nugent Should Be Regarded as Nazi Sympathizers

There is a saying that a person is known by the company they keep, and the Republicans praising, excusing and…

11 years ago

Obamacare Delivers Knockout Blow To GOP As Majority Of States Have Expanded Medicaid

The further we go along into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and more people see what it offers…

11 years ago

Texas Republicans Would Murder Truth – And the Biblically Unapproved

The Texas gubernatorial race features very little science and more than a little bloodshed

11 years ago

Rachel Maddow Highlights AP Story Showing Red States Sabotaging the Uninsured

Rachel discussed an AP story that was published earlier in the day showing that the rate of participation in the…

11 years ago

Maxey Scherr is the Only Democrat Worth Supporting for US Senate in Texas

Only one of the five Democratic candidates seems worthy of support from progressives, liberals and centrists interested in flipping the…

11 years ago

Rick Perry Accuses Obama of Fraud While Denying 1 Million Texans Healthcare

Rick Perry accused President Obama of fraud today, at the same time that he is refusing to expand Medicaid and…

11 years ago

Of Reasons and Treasons – Why Ted Cruz is the Common Enemy of Humanity

When he says he is going to shut down the government and then shuts down the government and then says…

11 years ago

Rick Perry Compares Obamacare to Titanic

Rick Perry and Martin O'Malley engaged in a debate over Obamacare on CNN's Crossfire and Rick Perry promised Texans the…

11 years ago

Republicans Take America Back (To the 19th Century) By Cutting Education and Paved Roads

Since 2011,Republican governors have taken their country back with the systematic demolition of the public education system and for Texas…

11 years ago

Rick Perry Under Investigation for Coercion of a Public Servant

It is no surprise that Rick Perry now finds himself being investigated for abuse of office charges and coercion revolving…

11 years ago

Rick Perry Goes For 2016 With a Big Speech Where He Forgot What State He Was In

The more things change the more they stay the same for Rick Perry. While at the RedState conference, Perry talked…

11 years ago

Eric Holder Puts Texas On Notice: Everyone’s Voting Rights Will Be Respected

Republicans see threat to white privilege in Eric Holder's announced plans to make Texas obtain federal approval for changes to…

11 years ago

Ted Cruz Warns Marriage Equality Means Pastors Will Be Imprisoned

Ted Cruz (R-TX) believes that pastors will be in jail for speaking up in defense of what extremists like himself…

11 years ago

Christian Nationalism Defines the Rhetoric of Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio

The tenets of Christian nationalism - control of the government for Jesus - is behind the political aspirations of Rand…

11 years ago

Devout Christian Jimmy Carter Calls Out The Use of Religion to Attack Women’s Rights

The 39th President and devout Christian addressed a human rights event and lashed out at all religious doctrines that contribute…

11 years ago

The True Jeffersonian Face of Religious Freedom

For Thomas Jefferson, religious freedom was neither freedom to coerce nor a coerced mind, but rather a free mind

11 years ago

What the 4th of July Means To Me: By A. Republican

Today, our nation celebrates its birth. Our Conservative Christian founding fathers created the most durable, long-lasting, and unchangeable documents in…

11 years ago

The Tyranny of Flag Waving Rights Stealing Republicans Tarnishes Independence Day

A growing segment of the population are exploring new ways to subvert other citizens' freedoms and expressing their desire to…

11 years ago