One thing I have to give to Texas Governor Perry is that he did learn at least one lesson. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it was the right lesson for him.
After the Texas legislature couldn't pass an anti-abortion bill in the regular session, Governor Perry called a special session to try and pass a bill that would make abortions basically illegal in Texas. But through grass roots efforts and an heroic filibuster, the special session came and went without the bill being passed. So what lesson did Perry learn as a kid that he could apply? Simply the lesson of, If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's right, Governor Perry simply called for a second session after the Fourth of July. You see, at first he didn't succeed, so he tried again, and he failed. So now he's trying again. But there's another lesson I think he should have learned. This lesson isn't boiled down to an easy sentence, though, so Perry may not have learned it. This lesson is, look at the group that disagrees with you and see how vehemently they're doing it. If you're making the other side bigger, stronger, and making them angry against you, review your position. There's probably something wrong with it. You haven't learned that one, have you Governor Perry? There's talk now, with your stance on this bill, that it won't be 2030 or 2024 that demographics turns Texas to a blue state, but 2016 at the latest. Is that what you were trying to do? No, of course not. So now, not only have you torpedoed your Presidential run with inept political ability, but now you're hurting the state GOP and sounding another death knell in the national party, too.
Governor Perry's stance on the legislature's special session showed he learned a lesson as a kid. Too bad it was the wrong one.
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