Hmmm. This may be a bad news day for Texas Governor Rick Perry (R). One of the stunts that initially started to raise red flags about the manhunt for the Texas Democrats was the decision to send state troopers to the neonatal intensive care unit where Rep. Craig Eiland’s two premature newborns were being treated.
Apparently, the order to go hunt Eiland down at the hospital came directly from Governor Perry.
Last week, Rep. Kevin Bailey, D-Houston, chairman of the House General Investigating Committee, was investigating various questions surrounding the manhunt. He interviewed Lt. Will Crais, the state trooper who also made the call to Homeland Security.
This from Monday’s Houston Chronicle …
Bailey said Crais told him, in an interview last week, that Perry had a letter that Eiland had previously written to Craddick, informing him that attention to his hospitalized infants could cause him to miss some House sessions.
“Perry gave him (Crais) the letter and said, `This is the hospital, send the Texas Rangers there and see if Eiland’s there,’ ” Bailey said.
“Crais told me that directly,” the lawmaker added
The Governor’s spokeswoman Kathy Walt denies the charge.
