Texas guv throws fit over health reform

Nobody has ever said right-wing Texas Gov. Rick Perry would qualify for Mensa International.

This is the man who denied the people of his state $555,000,000 in unemployment funds from the federal stimulus program. If Perry had half as much brain power as he thinks he does, he never would have thought this was such a grand idea.

But he didn't learn - because most stupid people don't.

Now he's citing "states' rights" to deny Texans the benefits of the Obama administration's health care reform plans.

In other words, if you live in Texas, you'd have to suffer the same broken health care system as before - all because Rick Perry won't let health reform apply in your state.

That's not how "states' rights" is supposed to work, Rick, you idiot.

Where was Perry to scream about "states' rights" when Bush kept using "preemption" to illegally overrule the states' environmental regulations and product liability laws?

(Source: http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1504240.html)