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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2597246" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>How about the other two DA's who got DUI's under Perry's watch? Kaufman County DA Rick Harrison was arrested for his second DUI in 2009 and Perry didn't try to remove him from office. </p><p></p><p>How about Terry McEachern (Hale and Swisher Counties as district attorney) who was not only convicted of DUI in 2003 and allowed to stay in office but was also allowed to stay in office after having his law license suspended for the Tulia affair which included using a rouge investigator already under indictment for other crimes and Brady violations that resulted in 38 wrongful convictions and a state payout? Why didn't Perry press for him to be removed? Was it because both those DA's were Republicans? </p><p></p><p>As to Lehmberg she is still a DA and on the payroll but Perry's veto simply means she will be assigned other duties as there will be no funding for a public corruption unit unless she steps down as DA and allows Perry to pick a replacement, think he'd pick a Republican who wouldn't investigate his program? </p><p></p><p>Your statement about the system needing cleaned up "but get back to me when Eric Holder indicts ANYONE in the Obama administration" is the very problem we have on both sides, far too many are of the attitude that we'll get all their criminals first and then fix the system and get rid of ours. When in history has the victor ever dealt with it's own wrongs fairly? They don't they just write the history to their liking and go on. </p><p></p><p>As to my concerns about Texas it's the topic of the of the thread and Perry is interested in the presidency so maybe it should be looked at?</p><p></p><p>The issues you mentioned, Solyndra, TARP, Cash For Clunkers, Obamacare are all issues that need explored, and out of all of them was TARP was the worst. But the fact is TARP was set up by the treasury to save the banks and Wall Street and signed by Bush. Should we ignore the fact that some of those funds went to foreign banks/investors? </p><p></p><p>To simply blame Obama and ignore the fact that there was coercion, secret meetings and threats of martial law if TARP wasn't signed and other underlying issues. </p><p></p><p>A big question remains as to whether the economic world would have really collapsed if TARP wasn't signed or if it was simply a matter of deciding who would win and lose in the "free market"? Maybe what Iceland did and it's results are a clue.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/iceland-financial-recovery-banking-collapse" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/iceland-financial-recovery-banking-collapse</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2597246, member: 1294"] How about the other two DA's who got DUI's under Perry's watch? Kaufman County DA Rick Harrison was arrested for his second DUI in 2009 and Perry didn't try to remove him from office. How about Terry McEachern (Hale and Swisher Counties as district attorney) who was not only convicted of DUI in 2003 and allowed to stay in office but was also allowed to stay in office after having his law license suspended for the Tulia affair which included using a rouge investigator already under indictment for other crimes and Brady violations that resulted in 38 wrongful convictions and a state payout? Why didn't Perry press for him to be removed? Was it because both those DA's were Republicans? As to Lehmberg she is still a DA and on the payroll but Perry's veto simply means she will be assigned other duties as there will be no funding for a public corruption unit unless she steps down as DA and allows Perry to pick a replacement, think he'd pick a Republican who wouldn't investigate his program? Your statement about the system needing cleaned up "but get back to me when Eric Holder indicts ANYONE in the Obama administration" is the very problem we have on both sides, far too many are of the attitude that we'll get all their criminals first and then fix the system and get rid of ours. When in history has the victor ever dealt with it's own wrongs fairly? They don't they just write the history to their liking and go on. As to my concerns about Texas it's the topic of the of the thread and Perry is interested in the presidency so maybe it should be looked at? The issues you mentioned, Solyndra, TARP, Cash For Clunkers, Obamacare are all issues that need explored, and out of all of them was TARP was the worst. But the fact is TARP was set up by the treasury to save the banks and Wall Street and signed by Bush. Should we ignore the fact that some of those funds went to foreign banks/investors? To simply blame Obama and ignore the fact that there was coercion, secret meetings and threats of martial law if TARP wasn't signed and other underlying issues. A big question remains as to whether the economic world would have really collapsed if TARP wasn't signed or if it was simply a matter of deciding who would win and lose in the "free market"? Maybe what Iceland did and it's results are a clue. [url]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/iceland-financial-recovery-banking-collapse[/url] [/QUOTE]
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