Of course, Governor Perry is just another crazy damnable Jew Zionist who should be ignored...(According to Plain Ol)
Perry Says Terrorists Could Be Entering the U.S. From Mexico By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN <http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/author/emmarie-huetteman/> and DAVID MONTGOMERYAUG. 21, 2014 Photo Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Thursday. He discussed immigration, as well as the indictment last week accusing him of abuse of power.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times - WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas warned Thursday that militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and other terrorist groups may have already slipped across the Mexican border. Mr. Perry said there is “no clear evidence” that terrorists have entered the United States illegally across the southern border. But he argued that illegal immigration should be considered a national security issue as well as a social and economic problem, and as evidence he cited the increase in violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants. “I think there is the obvious, great concern that — because of the condition of the border from the standpoint of it not being secure and us not knowing who is penetrating across — that individuals from ISIS or other terrorist states could be,” he said during a conference on border security and immigration at the Heritage Foundation. pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of abusing his power on Tuesday after being indicted by a grand jury last Friday <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/us/gov-rick-perry-of-texas-is-indicted-over-veto-of-funds-for-das-office.html>, making him the first Texas governor to face criminal charges in nearly a century. Mr. Perry has called the charges a “farce,” and he is contemplating a second run for the Republican presidential nomination. He is scheduled to appear in New Hampshire this weekend. To bolster security, the United States should add more law enforcement personnel at the border and use drones to monitor the situation, Mr. Perry said. But he also said the nation should step up its military involvement in Iraq to eliminate the threat from ISIS with more airstrikes before they can launch an attack on American soil. “Air power is a major part of it, but it’s also going to take more special operations, intelligence and advisory support than we’ve offered so far,” he said. Mr. Perry aimed much of his criticism at President Obama, for everything from abuse of his executive authority to failing to better aid Syrian rebels. “When laws are treated this way, what usually follows are chaos and grief, and that’s exactly what we’ve got right now,” he said. Mr. Perry opened his remarks by addressing the indictment, saying he was “very confident” and dismissing the charges for what he called “an exercise of my constitutional veto authority.” The charges stem from the governor’s attempts to force out Rosemary Lehmberg, a district attorney, after she was arrested on a drunken-driving charge. Mr. Perry threatened to cut off the funding for her office unless she resigned, and when she refused, he vetoed $7.5 million designated for the Public Integrity Unit, an organization tasked with fighting corruption, which she led. Critics allege Mr. Perry abused his power by pressuring Ms. Lehmberg while the unit was investigating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, one of the governor’s signature initiatives. Mr. Perry’s supporters accuse Democrats of criminalizing politics. Mr. Perry’s defense lawyers on Thursday released an affidavit from a former county investigator, who said the unit did not target or find evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the governor or anyone in his office as part of its investigation of the scandal-ridden cancer center. edit Democrats’ story line that the real reason Mr. Perry wanted to veto funding for the anticorruption unit was to avoid being implicated, pushing back against what the defense called an “outrageous,” weak case against the governor. The governor’s office also announced Thursday that the rest of Mr. Perry’s legal bills would be paid using funds from his campaign account, not with taxpayer money, as had previously been the case. “Further legal bills will be paid for with campaign funds,” said Lucy Nashed, Mr. Perry’s spokeswoman. She said Mr. Perry had more than $4 million in his campaign account at the end of June, and has spent about $80,000 in taxpayer funds so far on legal fees. Mr. Perry’s high-profile legal team <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/texas-gov-rick-perry-enlists-help-of-high-profile-lawyers.html> is led by Tony Buzbee, who wasonce described by The New York Times Magazine <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/magazine/07oil-t.html> as one of the most successful trial lawyers in the country. It also includes Ben Ginsberg, a well-known Washington lawyer who served as counsel to the campaign of George W. Bush, whom he represented during the 2000 presidential election recount. Emmarie Huetteman reported from Washington, and David Montgomery from Austin, Tex. A version of this article appears in print on August 22, 2014, on page A17 of the New -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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