Debate will go on without Perry

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7092557.html

AUSTIN — The first debate in the Texas governor's race will be between a pair of Houstonians in the Hill Country on Monday, minus Gov. Rick Perry.

Democratic nominee Bill White and Libertarian Kathie Glass, both lawyers, are scheduled to face off in a Kerrville Area League of Women Voters debate at 7 p.m. at the Cailloux Theatre in Kerrville.

The debate will be carried live on Kerrville's KVHC-TV and will be streamed live on the station's website.
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Perry spokesman Mark Miner said the governor will not debate White until White releases his personal income tax returns for the years he was assistant U.S. secretary of energy and Texas Democratic Party chairman, a period covering the mid-to-late 1990s. White has released his returns for the years he was Houston's mayor.

"We will discuss debates when Bill White comes clean with the people of Texas and releases his tax returns for his years on public service," Miner said.

White spokeswoman Katy Bacon said Perry is just playing games to avoid a debate.

"Next he'll be asking for Bill's tax returns when he was running concession stands as a teenager, or saying he'll only debate if Glenn Beck is the moderator," Bacon said. "If he doesn't want to debate, he should just say so instead of playing games like a typical career politician."
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The KVHC-TV website states that it will be on Monday, July 5th at 7:00pm.

This would be almost unbelievable, but then again, this is goodhair!

[blogslut]

1. Hey, Rick!

Bwack, bwack, bwack.

[hobbit709]

2. They should have an empty chair with a picture of a chicken,

[sonias]

3. I'm sure the chicken suit will make an appearance

But they will force him/her to be outside the debate.

Here Ricky, Chicky, Chicky...... Come out and debate you little chickenshit!:rof:

The real truth here is that Ricky, Chicky, Chicky is so arrogant and full of himself that he doesn't think the voters in Texas deserve to measure him and Bill White together. You know give the voters of Texas a real opportunity to see them go mano a mano (brain vs brain) on serious topics.

No the chicky wants it to be all about his ad buys. Which is why he needs to go!

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[tbyg52]

4. How far back are tax records normally released?

What does the law say? How far back has Ricky released *his*?

[WolverineDG]

5. What they should really do is

put up a podium & chair for Goodhair, then when someone asks him a question, have the camera show that he's not there & keep the camera there until time to answer has elapsed. Okay, this will mean a lot of dead air, so maybe they only do it once or twice....folks will get it & Perry won't be able to whine that they didn't give him a chance to answer.

dg

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6. I like your idea

and I found the perfect chair...



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7. Chicky Rick no show

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[CoolOnion]

8. Debate "Flat Rick"

Take any full sized stand-up celebrity publicity cut-out and put Rick Perry's face on it. Drive it around in a flat bed truck and hold debates with "flat Rick."

That would be a good way to get "earned media" for this race.

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9. "White rips into Perry for no-show in governor debate"

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7095168.html

KERRVILLE — Gov. Rick Perry, absent from the first candidate face-off of the general election, became the target of the Democratic and Libertarian nominees for governor Monday night as they chided him for being unwilling to take questions from taxpayers.

The League of Women Voters forum before about 275 people at the Kathleen C. Cailloux Theater in Kerrville gave Democrat Bill White and Libertarian Kathie Glass, both of Houston, the opportunity to make their case against Perry without rebuttal. The event was carried only on local television, but was available statewide on the Internet.

White chastised Perry, saying he has run his office as a "political machine" and a "revolving door" for lobbyists. White said Perry wants to avoid accountability for his record of 10 years in office.

"Rick Perry will see how many times he can say (President) Obama and liberal in slick T.V. commercials and see if that will get him by with 51 percent of the vote," White said. "In prior elections, he attacks his opponents with negative campaigns, takes credit for what's good and accepts no responsibility for a lot of mismanagement."

White said Perry should not be allowed to avoid forums where the questions come from citizens in the audience.

"If you don't have the guts to get up here on stage and answer to the taxpayers who pay your salary, then you shouldn't be re-elected governor," White said.

Glass, who opposes national healthcare and believes the state should block its implementation, was equally hard on Perry. She said Perry has talked a good game in opposing federal policies, but she said talk is all he is.

"Our governor may have said some things that sound comforting, but everyone knows ... he doesn't mean it, and he won't do it," Glass said. "You know you're voting for the man you wish he were."

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Darn! I missed it. There should be a video up sometime.

[sonias]

10. Not a video of the debate but this great White ad

Texas Voices: I Work Harder than Rick Perry
You Tube ad

He thinks he can get away with working 7 hours a week. He has lost his mind. He's lost his mine

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