Jon Stewart isn't quite sure what to make of this Rick Perry indictment. Is it just the trick of a cruel comedy god to keep satirists from having fun during the 2016 primaries, or is it, like his smirking mug shot, actually going to make Perry look even cooler, as the innocent victim of a coldhearted, politically motivated vendetta by a Republican special prosecutor who's out to get him? Following a montage of clips from conservative talking heads saying they thought the indictment made Perry look good, Stewart concludes that it's all just a matter of "rebranding":
From "forgetful douche" to "possible felon." The same trick that worked when, after the BP Gulf oil spill, they renamed themselves 'Amalgamated asbestos and cock-punch, incorporated.”
Jon Stewart's Mind Literally Blown By Rick Perry's Indictment
Is this the same Gov Rick Perry that wanted to immediately have all TX kids immunized by Merck with Gardisil before trials were complete? Cause, gee, gosh, also, too he is/was a stockholder of Merck's? Does that count as abuse of power?
Possibly, but politicians love throwing Merck at each other.