(not talking about you here gawken) There are many libs who are saying Texas has a weak governor role, so Perry really hasn’t accomplished anything, the Lt Gov has all the power, etc. I fully expect the same people to start saying Perry needs to resign since he won’t be able to devote full attention to his job while running for President.

It’s kind of like another contradiction/double standard/whatever you want to call it. We’ve heard all the whining today about how people like Warren Buffet are forced into paying less than their fair share of taxes. As many people are saying, just write a check for whatever extra amount you feel you owe, or just fire your accountants and take the standard deduction on your tax return and file a two-pager instead of using all the loopholes we are apparently holding a gun to your head to choose. Lefties are wailing over how this proves the rich aren’t paying their fair share, so we need to blast through a few trillion in tax hikes.

On the other hand, note how the lefties are also wailing about Michele Bachmann voting against stimulus, but then once it passed trying to get a piece in her district. Trying to have it both ways, eh?

Buffet et al are keeping their own money when they could volunteer to give more. In Bachmann’s case, the money is already confiscated and is going to be spent somewhere, so she might as well make sure some it goes to something that isn’t just a vote-buying scheme/union giveaway in some liberal district.

Heck, while I’m thinking about it, perhaps there should be legislation from applying the Bush tax cut extension to people who voted against it. Surely a millionaire like Pelosi would be happy, right? How many times have we heard her asked about this?