Texas Governor and future reverse mortgage spokesman Rick "Hair" Perry has decided the best way to the 2016 Rethuglican Presidential nomination is to
We await the photo opportunities of Commander Hair and his deputy commander and winner of the Yellow Heart with chicken feather cluster, Sean "Heil" Hannity, firing rounds over the heads of the women and children at the border. Hopefully, they won't hit either them or the National Guard troops they're using as props in their political theatre.
UPDATE I: Businesses in south Texas are opposing Commander Hair's deployment of National Guard troops. The Rio South Texas Economic Council wants Hair to reconsider the move, saying it would "only create an inaccurate image that our safe and viable border region in the Rio Grande Valley is dangerous, and that the problem is not presently being managed, which is not the case." (emphasis added). Hat tip to P.E.C. for spotting the story.
UPDATE II: It looks like sheriffs in counties along the border aren't crazy about Commander Hair's plan either. Support your local sheriff.
(photo: Hair 'n' Heil pose for the camera)
As an update, I heard on public radio this afternoon that some business group from the area where these troops would be deployed had written to the gov. asking that the troops not be sent because it would kill business and make people think theirs was not a safe place to be or do business. So he got slapped by his own constituents. The group also said that the flow of children seemed to be slowing and that the fed. border officials seemed to be doing a good job of processing the children efficiently. Hee, hee, ha! P.E.C.
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