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Perry's Pandering to the Far Right

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That's the title of Lisa Falkenberg's latest news column in today's Houston Chronicle.  LINKIn a gubernatorial contest against fellow Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Perry is, hands down, the Right candidate. Make that Far Right. Righter by the day, it seems.Late last year, he sought to solidify his self-proclaimed place as ?the most pro-life governor in Texas history,? by endorsing perennially losing legislation to establish the ?Choose Life? license plate. The crusade continued several days ago with his impassioned denunciation of stem cell research.And:But a couple weeks ago, Perry?s shameless pandering to the fire-and-brimstone fringes of his party crossed a line into absurdity.He appointed a Burleson woman to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles whose criminal justice experience doesn?t seem to extend far beyond a stint on the North Texas town?s powerful Morality Mafia...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).