Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Before reading this one should keep in mind that this is not a political hatchet job. Rather it's a description of the reality of southern conservative politics and the logical or rather illogical progression of public corruption under the Republicans southern strategy. What Taibbi is describing has gone on for generations. It accurately describes what southern conservative politics are and have been for many generation. A clutch of crony capitalist and corrupt property owners completely divorced from the competitive free market who use divisive social issues and religion to build a political coalition largely from ignorant rubes and rural hicks who unwittingly permit these corrupt goons to feather their own nests with the tax payers resources and to their own and the publics detriment. It also beggars the question "Why would anyone bother to mess with Texas when it's for sale?"
Behold the modern Republican party and what America will become under its leadership.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026
Behold the modern Republican party and what America will become under its leadership.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026