The Twitter account for Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) posted and then swiftly deleted Sunday what it later described as an “unauthorized” meme mocking the Democratic district attorney at the center of his recent indictment.
The deleted tweet included an image of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmburg, whom Perry is accused of threatening to cut her budget in an effort to force her to resign after she was arrested for drunken driving. Lehmburg’s face was photoshopped into an advertisement for Dos Equis beer.
“I don’t always drive drunk at 3x the legal blood alcohol limit … but when I do, I indict Gov. Perry for calling me out about it. I am the most drunk Democrat in Texas,” the text on the picture read.
Perry’s account then sent out another tweet saying that the first post was “unauthorized” and that the governor did not condone it.
A tweet just went out from my account that was unauthorized. I do not condone the tweet and I have taken it down.
— Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) September 1, 2014
Here’s a screen grab of the original tweet:
As the Houston Chronicle pointed out, the meme actually mischaracterized Perry’s indictment — Lehmburg did not indict the governor. Lehmburg actually recused herself from the case, and a Republican judge then appointed lawyer Michael McCrum to serve as a special prosecutor.
I have to think that the only reason Perry’s skeletons have not been made public is that dems are waiting for him to run the table before they air his laundry. That has to be it.
Lehmberg’s arrest will not help Perry’s case because it’s irrelevant. He threatened an elected public official and then he carried out the threat. That’s a felony.
RE: The “vetoes are legal” defense-
Non sequitur/Red Herring. Vetoes are legal but they can’t be used in the commission of a crime. Would it be legal for Perry to accept a bribe that obliged him to use his veto? Of course not.
GWB was an alcohol and drug addict in west Texas for years, according to some accounts. I’ve had a guy swear to me that he knew this was the case. Rural legend? Maybe. The trunk of his car was where the stuff supposedly was.
GWB sobered up when friends pulled his coked-up ass out of a hot tub filled with women who were not his wife.
oops.