Texas Gov. Rick Perry could go to jail for decades. We don’t really think he will. These scoundrels rarely see justice. But we’re all still having a heck of a time watching this story?unfold, and almost no one is enjoying it more than the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.
As Perry smirks for a mugshot and asks reporters “how do I look,” fishing for compliments, we watch in fascination. In Stewart’s?coverage earlier this week, he’said:
?I think Perry’s gonna make a bit of a creepy inmate, if you ask me,? Stewart said. ?A little bit of ‘Orange Is The New Blecch.’?
Rick Perry was indicted by a grand jury in Austin, Texas on felony counts of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. The maximum punishment on the charge of abuse of official capacity is five to 99 years in prison, and the maximum punishment on coercion of a public servant is two to 10 years in prison. You can read the full story here.
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