Scumbags.
Via PJM’s Bryan Preston:
The Chicago Tribune leads its editorial on Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s job poaching campaign in their state with this appalling paragraph”
“Laugh all you want about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign to recruit businesses from Illinois to the Lone Star State. We don’t know whether Perry will succeed in prompting a commercial exodus from the Land of Lincoln to the land of droughts, fire ants and deadly fertilizer-plant explosions. Yet Perry’s stunt is another serious wake-up call for Illinois politicians and the inhospitable business climate they’ve created.”
Emphasis added. How insensitive and frankly stupid a line that is. The disaster in West killed 14, which includes 12 first responders who gave their lives trying to save their town. The stricken community will recover, with help from fellow Texans. The Lone Star State has a very large heart.