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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (121195)	3/8/2010 10:57:25 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Perry wants to turn Texas into a third world country instead of a third world state. We have no populists running for top office in this state, which isn't unusual, but we don't even have anyone pretending to be a populist (as Ann Richards did), which is unusual. Perry and White are both career politicians. Kay Bailey Hutchison has politics for blood. Fortunately, we've got oil refining and transportation.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (121195)	3/8/2010 11:27:07 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 132070

California has the king of the hybrid politician/populists running for governor this time, Jerry Brown. There is a lot to admire about Jerry, in that he lives the way he talks. He had a two room apt. while governor, allowing the state mansion to be sold. As Mayor of Oakland, he recovered some shabby neighborhoods and then showed they were o.k. by moving into a loft in one of the areas. As governor, he ran a surplus. He appointed more minorities and women than any previous gov. On the politician side, he's son of a governor, a former governor, a Mayor of Oakland and a state Attorney General. He ran for President, but the rest of America thought they could get a better candidate with Carter, Mondale and Dukakis. I don't know if he could solve the problems, but I know, that unlike Ahhhnold and Davis, he would give it a real try. Of course, the fact that he's a little loony might count against him. But, at least he never dated Linda Ronstadt AFTER she bulked up.