All My Exes Live In Texas

Gov. Perry's agenda leans to the hard right

It's a great song: "All my exes live in Texas." George Strait goes on to explain that's why he lives in Tennessee.

Now we have Rick Perry , who proves some excess lives in Texas. At the moment, he's tippy-toeing around the idea of trying to leave the Lone Star state, after more than 10 years as governor, not for Tennessee but for D.C., which he basically promises to shut down if he became president.

So far, he's just a campaign tease, spreading the gospel about limited government and his version of economic success, while his many detractors bitterly complain that he is trying to use the Gospel to preach discrimination and telling a glaringly incomplete story about how good things are back home.

His latest controversy swirls around that massive Aug. 6 "Call to Prayer" he is fronting in Houston's Reliant Stadium. He calls it "apolitical" but defenders of the separation of church and state call it unconstitutional, citing his clarion call to "come together and call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles and thank Him for the blessings of freedom."

That might leave out a whole lot of Americans who are free to not call upon Jesus as their personal savior. This is an event that is sponsored by the American Family Association , an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center calls an anti-gay "hate group." Rick Perry makes no bones about his hard-right agenda. He's all for teaching Intelligent Design . On the "anti"-side there are gays, abortion and the federal government unless he's accepting federal money for the state. Otherwise, as he told the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, "Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington."

He pushes "anti-groping" state legislation that would prohibit TSA security people from conducting controversial pat downs at airport checkpoints. Never mind that U.S. officials say they would refuse to let planes fly out of Texas if Perry signs the law.

Perry not only believes that states can nullify federal security laws but has even flirted with the idea that Texas could secede from the United States.

That's all music to the party faithful's ears and their shouts of "Run, Rick, Run!" are probably music to his, although he's still trying to decide whether he wants to. After all, he'd have to leave the Texas paradise he describes, with its strong employment jump and no state income tax , light business regulation and union-unfriendly climate.

GEORGE STRAIT ALL MY EX´S LIVE IN TEXAS | Island Property Real Estate

GEORGE STRAIT ALL MY EX´S LIVE IN TEXAS ALBUM STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX 1987 ALBUM Ocean Front Property ALBUM The Very Best of George Strait “All My Ex’s Live In Texas” is the title of a single released by country singer George Strait in 1987. A version of the song recorded by its co-author Sanger D. Shafer appeared in the 1989 film Road House and the 2004 videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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