Perry's Spillover Voter Contingency Plan

The mighty warrior campaigner that is Texas Governor Rick Perry has taken a momentary break from seceding from the United States, bankrupting education in Texas, lining the pockets of his business buddies, raising insurance rates and jacking up college tuition, to tend to the the problem that just won't go away - he got only 39% of the vote when he was re-elected in 2006, and damn if he is not facing a credible, smart, popular, well financed opponent this time in Bill White.

So, he activated his Spillover Voter Contingency Plan after he took a trip on the way back machine and relived the last time he got all lathered up about the Texas border - in that storied 2006 campaign season, with the piss poor results, when he did that commercial with him looking all cowboyed up taking credit for "keeping Texas safe". Of course, that time around it was about keeping scary, illegal peeps out of Texas, and this time it's about made up "spillover violence" of the Mexican drug cartels.

Here's the reality of what this is about: Rick Perry is about Rick Perry, not about Texas. He's about keeping and consolidating power, to further his own best interests, which apparently involve dreams of a stint in the White House. He'll cowboy off and do his own thing (see the letter below - click to enlarge -  about how he did not consult the Border mayors when he started this latest round of Perry, Texas Savior) to make himself look strong and effective to Independent voters, who are going to be the key to either a Perry win or a White win in November.

Burnt Orange Report is doing a terrific job calling Perry out on this nonsense - see here and here.