Intern Bonathan has just returned from the Dallas County Republican Party luncheon for Rick Perry at Edison’s. Let’s jump.
The Hair Talks
Let’s get it out of the way: The Hair looked good. Sharp pinstripe suit, sophisticated tie, and, of course, the hair itself. Luscious. I think he keeps it together with NASA rocket fuel. The way he was talking was like a mix between used car salesman and preacher. He’s too dressed up for the former but just greasy enough for the latter. Plus today he was selling old lemons and preaching to the choir.
I’ve never quite understood these functions where he gets up in front of Republicans and goes, “Fiscal responsibility, good. Nationalized health care, bad.” We know that’s how you feel. It’s how most Republicans feel. That’s why they’re in the room. It was nothing more than a pep rally except in this one everyone is on the football team, and they like smelling their own farts way more.
His talking points were on how Texas has survived the recession and has been able to expand business by competing with California, and we’re the No. 1 state for job creation, better than all 49 other states combined. It was interesting how he used the word “progress” when describing the transformation of Texas into a Republican state, which came to fruition in 2003. This seems to be the biggest problem with the parties today, and perhaps always has been: the us vs. them mentality that seems to make it a war of just getting in power rather than figuring out how to co-exist productively. Of course, he mentioned that “49 other governors would love to have our balanced budget,” but as Wick would surely be quick to point out, those 49 other governors probably aren’t envious of how deep in Obama’s pocket we are now.
He also mentioned the tax cuts for 40,000 small-business owners. It’s like a broken record of the best of Creed. Terrible, loud, and causes blood pressures to rise. BUT we have to keep taxes low and create stronger public schooling because those are entirely unrelated if we want to keep our current standard of living. He finished by saying, “Fiscal conservatism should be at the point of our spear.” I’m not sure all of that sentence was entirely metaphorical. Just hope whoever he stabs has health insurance. —Jonathan Rienstra
