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December 18, 2005
Rick Perry heckled by students
Houston Tx. What was suppose to be a pre-campaign announcement at a local school, turned into a nasty heckling situation for the Governor. Faced with years of ineffective leadership in the area of education, which has resulted in starving of the Texas education system, Governor Perry was looking for a positive outcome when announcing new initiatives designed to improve student retention.
Instead parents, teachers and even students began asking the Governor hard questions which clearly put Perry on the defensive. "Why did you meet on a yacht with your business buddies but wont meet with our teachers on education issues?" asked Ima Broak, a teacher in the audience. "If you lower property taxes how will you raise money for education?" asked a parent in the audience and "Why don't you cut funding for football instead of orchestra?" from a student, were just some of the questions being asked from the floor.
Perry attempted to answer, but the audience continued shouting questions and the event turned into nothing more than an ugly heckling situation. Perry began getting hit with questions as fast as hungy kids at a pinata hitting contest, requiring a security escort out of the building. According to one teacher heckling the Governor as he quickly left the building, Perry shouted "Adios MoFos".
As the police escorted Governor Perry out of the parking lot, students from the homemaking class pelted his caravan with eggs, lightly seasoned with paprika and a pinch of salt.
Posted by John Cobarruvias at December 18, 2005 07:15 AM | Permalink
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Okay, how much of this is true and how much of it is John trying to be cute?
Posted by: Marie at December 18, 2005 12:08 PM
I try, but not very hard. I thought the last line would have given me away
"As the police escorted Governor Perry out of the parking lot, students from the homemaking class pelted his caravan with eggs, lightly seasoned with paprika and a pinch of salt."
(I mean who in their right mind would put paprika on eggs?)
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Posted by: John Cobarruvias at December 18, 2005 03:17 PM