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Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen. -George Orwell

Monday, August 18, 2014

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: AUGUST 18, 2014

Jim and Greg discuss U.S. air strikes and other successful actions against ISIS, a Texas D.A.'s pathetic indictment against Governor Rick Perry, and crazy comments from new Montana Democrat Senate nominee Amanda Curtis.



Politics as Combat: Perry's indictment shows that anything goes
It has come to this after six years of Barack Obama's Chicago-style community-organizer governance: The hard Left no longer believes it necessary to pretend that the rule of law matters. It is politics as combat. The devolution can be measured from the trumped-up indictment of Tom DeLay to the trumped-up indictment of Rick Perry.
Back in 2005, the idea of exploiting prosecutorial power to criminalize one's political opposition was still sufficiently noxious that Democrat apparatchiks in Austin understood the need for camouflage. Tom DeLay of Texas was among the GOP's most effective leaders and fundraisers, having risen to congressional leadership not long after he helped Newt Gingrich lead the 1994 GOP takeover of the House. Democrats decided he had to be sidelined. They also knew they had the raw power to make it happen: a political operative ensconced as the chief prosecutor in a reliably Democratic county. In politics as combat, raw power is all you need — just cause has nothing to do with it...
Also read:

The Rick Perry Indictment is Textbook Malicious Prosecution

Who Are 'Texans for Public Justice,' and Why Does Their Role in the Perry Case Matter?

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The Travis County Grand Jury that indicted Rick Perry... "Keep Austin Weird!"

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