Does anyone close to her work in the oil industry?
Did any of her Oil industry decisions affect them positively?
Of course, the answer is yes to both questions.
Yet it would be a very dishonest stretch to suggest a quid-pro-quo.
And THAT is my point....that EVERY contribution to EVERY politician can be considered a bribe, in that the contributor is expecting something in return.
They are all whores, thus the appellation "second oldest profession".
Perry is the poster child for Crony Capitalism, next to Obama.
We need a better candidate.
I just wish she would run.
Perry is the poster child for Crony Capitalism, next to Obama.
We need a better candidate.
I just wish she would run.
The glaring generalities you have produced aren’t in the least bit convincing.
Perry received donations from Merck. He had meetings with Merck. His former chief of staff was a lobbyist for Gardasil. His chief of staff at the time was the mother-in-law of the state rep who was the Texas chair of a group called Women in Government that Merck used to funnel money into states all over the country. Perry mandated the use of a Merck product through executive order.
I defy you to find anything approaching this with Palin or really any other candidate in the GOP field.
And by the way, here’s a completely unrelated issue of blatant cronyism from Perry:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304760604576428262897285614.html
And let me remind you that we haven’t even gotten started on all the shenanigans behind the Trans Texas Corridor debacle.