'California is looking at our backside,' Texas Gov. Rick Perry says in San Francisco

[Downtown Hound]

133. No, not by any means

Believe it or not, I didn't just wake up and decide to bash Texas. My views stem from personal experience and research. And I also know there are many Texans that are not to blame. Just as there were many Americans that weren't to blame for the Iraq War. Unfortunately, we all have to live with the shame of what Bush did there even though many of us were adamantly opposed to it. And even though I hate being associated with it, I can at least acknowledge that America, my country, has many problems, both with our values and our system. That there are many of us that are aware of it and don't agree with it doesn't mean the problem isn't there.

Same goes for Texas. If you're going to deny that there's a problem with the way Texas does business, well, I can't stop you, but I really think you're kidding yourself. That doesn't mean every Texan is a greedy corporate worshiper, it just means there's a problem in the state. There's a reason why just about every Republican I've ever known thinks the Texan way of doing business is the greatest thing ever. Because Texas loves deregulation and unfettered capitalism, the two things that got us into this mess.