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Latest Texas Forum Posts

Topic	Started By	Last Comment By	Replies	Views
How well do you know Ron Paul?	Schmidt 12/26/2011 9:04:18 PM	zzz 1/24/2012 6:54:51 PM	18	816
A resolution condemning the RNC for arguing against the constitutionality of the Tillman Act o...	EL PREZIDENTE KABOOM 1/14/2012 5:02:50 PM	Schmidt 1/18/2012 1:47:13 PM	9	238
Illegal Imogration vs. legal Imogration	lbh123 11/18/2011 9:08:13 AM	EL PREZIDENTE KABOOM 12/15/2011 4:21:17 AM	14	462
James Leininger's Impact on Rick Perry's Politics	ChristyR 8/29/2011 12:53:53 PM	TXIndVoter 10/1/2011 3:48:57 PM	3	472
Rick Perry's stimulus hypocrisy	Schmidt 8/17/2011 6:24:22 PM	Hafar 8/27/2011 3:36:40 PM	1	1501
Sanger ISD Calls Out Rick Perry	ChristyR 8/25/2011 9:24:38 PM	ChristyR 8/25/2011 9:24:38 PM	0	282
Perry vs. Bush: A Texas Sized Rivalry	ChristyR 8/25/2011 4:24:46 PM	ChristyR 8/25/2011 4:24:46 PM	0	248
Is life better in Governor Perry's Texas?	Schmidt 8/15/2011 4:18:16 PM	Schmidt 8/17/2011 10:18:41 AM	5	748

Texas Opinion & News Articles

Date	Article	Location	About

12/21/11	The Story Behind Ron Paul's Racist Newsletters	theatlantic.com	Ron Paul
11/29/11	Rick Perry gets U.S. voting age wrong in New Hampshire	washingtonpost.com	Rick Perry
10/03/11	Rick Perry 'Niggerhead' Rock: Is GOP Candidate Racially Insensitive?	huffingtonpost.com	Rick Perry
08/29/11	Rick Perry's God	slate.com	Religion, Rick Perry & 2012 Presidential Election
08/29/11	Perry endorses concept of preemptive strike at VFW conference	blog.chron.com	Military & Defense, Rick Perry & 2012 Presidential Election
08/29/11	Is Rick Perry dumb?	politico.com	Rick Perry, 2012 Presidential Election & Texas
08/28/11	As a States’ Rights Stalwart, Perry Draws Doubts	nytimes.com	Rick Perry, 2012 Presidential Election & Texas
08/27/11	Religious Right Millionaire Backed Rick Perry's Career, Paved Texas Conservative Politics With Money	huffingtonpost.com	Separation of Church & State, James Leininger & Rick Perry
08/25/11	Rick Perry labels Washington "a seedy place"	reuters.com	Rick Perry, 2012 Presidential Election & Texas
08/25/11	Rick Perry's homophobia problem is more serious than originally thought	holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com	Gay Rights, LGBT & Rick Perry

Latest Notable Texas Controversies

Date	Updated	Controversy Name	Type	About	Rank

12/06/11	-	Perry Misuse of Government Resources	Abuse of Power	Rick Perry		0	0
	Rick Perry may have illegally used Texas Government resources just before he kicked off his Presidential Campaign. Phone records show that Perry made numerous calls to donors, business men, and appointees from his Governors office which hints that he may have been campaigning from government phones, which is illegal in the state of Texas.
08/03/11	-	Rick Perry's "Day of Prayer"	Radical Agenda	Rick Perry & Separation of Church & State		0	0
	Rick Perry has announced that he will be hosting a "Day of Prayer" at Houston's Reliant Stadium which has brought up many concerns about political leaders organizing religious events.
08/16/10	-	Driver Double-Dips From Tax Payer Money	Corruption	Joe Driver		0	0
	Driver admitted on August 16, 2010, to taking taxpayer money from the Texas House of Representatives for expenses that had already been reimbursed to him by his own campaign. Driver has plead guilty to 3rd degree felony charges and has been fined $5,000 and sentenced to 5 years probation.
2009 APR	-	Rick Perry's Texas Secession comments	Radical Agenda	Rick Perry & Taxes		0	3
	In April of 2009, Rick Perry met in front of Tea Party members and brought up that Texas could secede from the union, if it ever wanted to. He said it probably will never come to that, but the way Washington keeps thumbing their nose at the American people, who knows what might happen.
09/08/05	-	Tom Delay Campaign Money-Laundering Scandal	Corruption	Tom DeLay & Business & Economy		0	2
	Tom DeLay, a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas from 1979 to 1983 and from 1985 to 2006 and the House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005, was convicted in 2010 of money laundering and conspiracy charges related to illegal campaign finance activities aimed at helping Republican candidates for Texas state office in the 2002 elections.
1996 NOV	2012 JAN	Ron Paul Newsletter Controversy	Radical Belief	Ron Paul		0	2
	At the end of 2007, both the New York Sun and The New York Times Magazine reprinted passages from early 1990s publications of Paul's newsletters, attacking them for content deemed racist. These were the same newsletters that had been used against Paul during his 1996 congressional campaign.

Latest Notable Statements by Conservatives

Date	Conservative	Type	Location	About

08/12/11	Rick Perry	Extreme View	Interview with Andrew Romano	Social Security & Medicare
	Perry says the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid a Ponzi Scheme "I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether its Social Security, whether its Medicaid, whether its Medicare. Youve got $115 trillion worth of unfunded liability in those three. Theyre bankrupt. Theyre a Ponzi scheme."
09/29/10	Pete Sessions	Negativity	At an Ivy league basketball game	African Americans
	Sessions was commenting after seeing an Ivy League team play basketball "How often can you go see a bunch of white guys play basketball?"
04/24/10	Rick Perry	Negativity	Glenn Beck Rally
	Perry uses violent rhetoric at a Glenn Beck rally "Americans can take their country back and send a message to this administration, to this Congress and I consider myself proud to be in that army."
04/16/09	Michael McCaul	Negativity	Tea Party Rally, Austin, TX
	"Michael McCaul said, They fought against tyranny and oppressive taxes, do that sound familiar? We're continuing that revolution right here in Austin, Texas today. Thomas Jefferson said the Tree of Liberty will be fed by the blood of tyrants and patriots. You are the modern day patriots."
04/15/09	Michael McCaul	Negativity	Austin, TX
	Michael McCaul rallies the Tea Party base with revolutionary rhetoric "They fought against tyranny and oppressive taxes, do that sound familiar? We're continuing that revolution right here in Austin, Texas today. Thomas Jefferson said the Tree of Liberty will be fed by the blood of tyrants and patriots. You are the modern day patriots."

Latest Texas Media Content

Judge sentences Tom Delay to 3 years in prison
Monday, January 10, 2011

Texas Moves To Dubai
Monday, March 19, 2007

Texas Hold Em (Terrorism)
Thursday, September 14, 2006

Texas Redistricting
Thursday, June 29, 2006

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