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Friends of Rick Perry are "standing by their man." Emails from Representatives Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal show their support for embattled Texas governor, Rick Perry, who was indicted this week on felony charges alleging abuse of power. Perry tried to force District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to resign after she was charged with a DUI , and threatened to hold district funds if she did not.  (See also Lehmberg called 'unfit'  to serve). Travis County police mug shot of Texas governor Rick Perry. While both Cruz and Jindal state their belief that the indictment is the action of "liberal politicians", both also expressed their individual opinions. Writes Cruz in an email to constituents, " Unfortunately, there has been a sad history of the Travis County District Attorney's Office engaging in politically-motivated prosecutions, and this latest indictment of the governor is extremely questionable.  Rick Perry is a friend, he's a man of in...

Wants More Offshore Drilling In The Wake of Largest Oil Disaster (Possibly Ever) Governor of Louisiana Piyush "Bobby" Jindal thinks it would be a good idea to continue deepwater offshore drilling. This coming from a politician whose state has already reaped the misfortune of having thousands of barrels of oil saturate the waters in the state he governs. His idea is totally ludicrous.   It's like hearing that an alligator wrestler wants to return to wrestling alligators after having his arm chewed off.  It's like surfers continuing to surf after a shark has beaten off one of their extremities.  (Albeit, people go back in the water. But the risk is great.) Yet Jindal (a nemesis to Obama since before health care reform ) sent a letter to the White House stating that the six month drilling moratorium imposed by President Obama is hurting his state economically. What?   And the millions of gallons of oil spewing into our nations waterway...