Reagan Library Crowd Goes !WILD! For Perry’s 234 Executions

[kpete]

Reagan Library Crowd Goes Wild For Perry’s 234 Executions

The big Politico/MSNBC debate Wednesday was not a good night for death penalty opponents. Texas Gov. Rick Perry — who has overseen more executions than any other governor during his three terms in office — stood firmly behind his state’s vision of justice.

And the crowd was with him.

Here’s how it looked in the transcript:

Moderator BRIAN WILLIAMS:
Governor Perry, a question about Texas. Your state has executed 234 death row inmates, more than any other governor in modern times. Have you…

(APPLAUSE)

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[PRETZEL]

1. I remember that exchange

he had that same gloating face that Bush had.

[MerryBlooms]

2. Blood thirsty crowd; it was very disturbing.

I'm always so disappointed in the moderators - they never ask the hard follow-ups. I wanted to hear how much those 234 executions cost Texas vs the cost of life imprisonment.

[Inuca]

3. That was incredibly horrible

I could not believe my ears and felt like :puke:

[CanonRay]

4. If you were looking for compassion from that bunch

you were very misguided. I'm not shocked at all.

[Ineeda]

5. The only deaths rethugs are against are 'in utero'. n/t

[pipi_k]

11. Yep...manage to make it out of utero, however...

and you're on your own.

Even if you're only 1 day old.


If you manage to live one day and then end up as "collateral damage" in a war or something...Oh, so sorry. Too bad. Better luck next time. On to the next poor defenseless fetus....


yech

:puke:

[OwnedByFerrets]

6. Makes me sick to my stomach....this is half of America

that loves this fucking shit

[qb]

7. And the concession stand ran out of True Blood.

[polmaven]

8. Disgusting, wasn't it?

"Oh, YESSSSS!!! He killed HUNDREDS all by himself!!! We're SO proud!"

:puke:

[MatthewStLouis]

9. What a bunch of idiotic hypocrites...

I always marveled at how much this supposed Jesus loving crowd loves capital punishment.

It must cost Texas a fortune to keep up with all those appeals, etc., that are required for capital punishment cases. It would be a cheaper and a more fitting punishment to lock murderers up in bare 5x5 rooms with a sink and a toilet.

[pipi_k]

10. I wonder if that disgusting assclown

also mocked them all like W mocked Karla Fay Tucker just before she was executed.

Whatever one thinks about the death penalty, THAT was wrong.

The day I saw that video of him, mocking with smirking lips...that was the day he earned my everlasting loathing.


There are so many things about Perry that remind me of W. I can't even look at the man without feeling sick.

[moondust]

12. GOP: Death Cult.

Delighted by the macabre!

[Hepburn]

13. I wonder how many did not merely applaud, but also orgasmed over this?

:shrug:

Something beside executions, fucking over the poor, disabled, children, unions and people of color must turn these idiot bigots on.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. "Crucify Him!" "Crucify Him!"

"Oh wait, where have we heard those words before?"