re: Gov Perry indicted.

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davis is just as much an idiot as perry is ...

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Perry governed one of the largest and most successful states in the Union. Wendy Davis a joke compared to him. And considering Perry is a goof despite his successes, that's saying something.

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Just so we're clear, you believe the drunk's office had nothing to do with the initiation of an investigation or the appointment of a special prosecutor (mother fricking lulz*) to this?

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I love how he thinks special prosecutors are just moving around the state investigating cases.

They are brought in specifically for instances like this where the DA's office would have an obvious conflict of interest. However, they are only brought in at the request of that same office.

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Swing and a miss, again. The investigation was initiated based on a complaint by a liberal watchdog group (TPJ) and Travis County was on the case for literally 24 hours after the complaint was received before they recused themselves. And it wasn't just the DA's office, but the entire Travis County court. They kicked it up to the presiding judge (Stubblefield) who chose a special judge (Richardson) who chose McCrum. Some pretty weak tea you're brewing.

To the extent that the case is about Perry's handling of their PIU funding, the Travis DA's Office is "involved," but I don't see any evidence that they're secretly pulling the strings here. TPJ is liberal, but Richardson and McCrum are both Bush appointees. And if you want to try to incept that shite, Stubblefield was a Perry appointee. (The thing about Travis is it's really an island. You can't kick it very far up the chain before hitting Reps.)

Again, I'm not convinced of the merits of the charges either way. A grand jury indictment in Texas means little, and I don't know the specifics of the corruption statute. But I see zero evidence that this is some partisan scheme beyond fact-free wagon-circling. TPJ is liberal, but their complaint has been pursued entirely by Republican-appointed judges and prosecutors.

I bet your dumb azz likes the POS president we have who is the biggest criminal in the history of US politics.

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why not wait until after the election ?

is there some sort of statute of limitations in play?

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After which election?

This isn't going to affect the governor's race. Abbott isn't really Perry's boy. This isn't nearly the level of force majeure it would take to get Davis into the governor's mansion.

If you're talking about the Presidential election, you'd be running into the time limit for special grand juries. Plus a judge and a prosecutor are going to be disinclined to sit on an indictment for the convenience of the defendant specifically.

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I bey your dumb azz likes the POS president we have who is the biggest criminal in the history of US politics.

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I bet you're wrong. I win!

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secondary question: does TX not have a state policing agency for just this sort of conflict? i just can't see why this is going through a country DA's office

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It's not. Procedure in this case is the presiding judge (who oversees about 20-ish counties) appoints a special judge from outside the county to oversee the case where the DA's office has a conflict. Which is what happened here.

Over/under on how many posts until someone else who can't read says this is going through the DA's office: 6

Do you find it odd/scary that it could be so that a governor using his veto power to maintain integrity in government may be declared a felon and removed from office, but a DA driving drunk and endangering the lives of people in her community doesn't even warrant a moment of reflection on her part, with a very much deserved shameful resignation from her office?

Or since you don't like Perry, it's all good?

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It's not.

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the initial complaint was sent there. why was that complaint not sent to a state policing agency?

does TX have no state policing agencies like the LA Attorney General's Office?

over here, the complaint would almost assuredly be handled by the state Aty General

Sigh.

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Over/under on how many posts until someone else who can't read says this is going through the DA's office: 6

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It's funny, because it is you not comprehending what is being said. This didn't go from a liberal watchdog group to a judge. The DA's office initiated it, and then passed it on. It would have stopped with a liberal watchdog group if it wasn't the fat drunk DA being called to resign.