► Gov. Rick Perry’s Hypocrisy re: Austin DA Rosemary Lehmberg |
Gov. Rick Perry’s Hypocrisy re: Austin DA Rosemary Lehmberg A In a lame effort at levity, Ricky would have us believe that his only reason for demanding Ms. Lehmberg’s resignation was to protect the integrity of the Austin DA’s office of Public Integrity, which investigates misconduct by public officials. When various officeholders, both Republicans and Democrats were charged/convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) and/or other offenses, Ricky consistently invoked his Fifth Amendment Right to remain silent. Examples of Ricky’s hypocrisy are as follows: Judge Frederick Edwards (Republican) of Appeals Judge Nora Longoria (Democrat) of State Sen. Troy Fraser of Horseshoe Bay, Texas was found guilty of spending $3,652 at the Texas Clothiers store to purchase suits that he laughingly claimed were for campaign purposes (http://tinyurl.com/ox3ldrz). There’s many more judges and/or members of the legislature that have been found guilty of a variety of misconduct, some of which were criminal misdemeanors. However, Ricky didn’t exhibit and outrage and/or demand that these folks resign. One thing that cannot be denied is that Ricky and various GOP legislators have tried to revoke the authority of the One need not possess an I.Q. in the mid-100s to understand that if corruption investigations were under the authority of Greg Abbot and/or his likely Ricky’s attempt to basically silence DA Lehmberg to prevent corruption investigations is nothing new. A couple of years ago, Ricky signed into law a prohibition against anyone who wasn’t a resident of This absurd law was specifically aimed at silencing this Watchdog due to the fact that he had filed a plethora of ethics complaints with the Texas Ethics Commission that led to findings of guilty against state legislators and several judges. Whether Ricky is convicted remains to be seen. However, there can be no doubt that he is a Certified Hypocrite who had a specific agenda in demanding that DA Lehmberg resign and it had nothing to do with ethics.
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