Former Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry's indictiment on coerction and abuse of power charges has been dismissed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, putting an end to a politically motivated prosecution by Democrats who tried to criminalize a political dispute. At issue was Perry's threatened veto of funding of the state's public integrity unit unless one of its members, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg resigned. Lemberg had been arrested for DWI and a series of videos of the arrest and booking showed a drunk, arrogant, violent woman threatening officers and generally making a spectacle of herself. Lehmberg blew a blood alcohol level of .239 - 3 times the legal limit. Perry made good on his veto threat when Lehmberg refused to step down. Angry liberals concocted a prosecution against the governor, taking a political dispute and criminalizing it. Texas Tribune: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on...(Read Full Post)