[lbo-talk] yucky press release of the day

[Sean Andrews]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:32, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Mitt Romney opposed Perry's positions and pointed out that Perry's in-state tuition for illegal aliens law was forcing Texans to pay approximately $100,000 in tax monies to support each of the current 16,000 illegal immigrants in Texas colleges.
>
> Which is .002% of the state's annual budget.
>
> I'm happy for Perry's campaign to come off the rails, but this is
> entirely the wrong way.

Agreed.

On the other hand, this was one of the few things that made him seem
halfway reasonable.  That this doesn't pass the TP test (i.e. a
perfectly clean asshole)...

...well, wait, I was going to say it should show middle of the road
voters just how insanely retrograde the TP is.  But then I realized
people should know that by now and yet they still keep winning.  Turns
out many of my compatriots like icky, retrograde xenophobia. So it's
icky, but it may actually be a pretty good strategy.

Sorry to equivocate while everyone's looking.  US politics made me do it.

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