Bad Deeds for 8-31-2010

 

Five of Seven of Rick Perry’s Chiefs of Staff Have Been Lobbyists – Five of seven of Rick Perry’s chiefs of staff have been lobbyists. Bill White has proposed to prohibit the governor’s senior staff from working on issues related to their former employment for two years. And “when departing, they will be prohibited from lobbying the governor’s office or their state agency for two years,” according to White’s plan.

 

Rick Perry Lied About Phone Calls From the White House – Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who seems to relish bashing Washington, suggested a complete lack of outreach by President Barack Obama and the White House in a Fox News Channel interview aired July 13. Speaking to anchor Neil Cavuto, Perry said: “We don’t get a lot of calls from this White House.” Asked about his relations with the Democrat’s administration, the Republican governor said: “I have, frankly, never had a call from them.”

On April 29, 2010, according to a press release on the White House website, the president called the governors of states on the Gulf of Mexico, including Perry, “to discuss the BP oil spill situation and assure the governors that the administration will continue to use every single available resource at our disposal in the response efforts.”

An earlier release, from July 6, 2009, says Perry was among five governors to participate in a conference call with Vice President Joe Biden.

According to a White House spokesman, Perry has been invited to be on a call with senior administration officials involved in the response to the oil spill every day since May 4. Perry “has participated on a number of those calls and has been represented by his staff on many more.”

And Perry’s schedule for June 29 has an 8:15 a.m. entry stating “Phone Call: White House Intergovernmental Affairs/BP Oil Spill.”

 

If the Republican Party Ran a Pretzel Stand … – Don’t pay any attention to the actual pretzels, just believe what we tell you.

Regards,

Jim