While I was having my neighbors over for some home-made chili and Monday night football, our Secessionist-in-Chief Rick Perry was living large in Manhattan, dining with the "other" black hole of evil, Rupert Murdoch. According to the Houston
Chronicle Blog
Rick Perry isn’t worried about Rupert Murdoch hacking him. Backing him–we’ll see.
The Texas governor and Republican presidential hopeful dined with the conservative media mogul last night at an upscale Manhattan restaurant, according to CBS and New York Times reports.
Murdoch, who owns such media companies as Fox News and The Wall Street Journal through his media empire News Corp., ate at a steakhouse a few blocks from Murdoch’s residence, reports said. Perry has been in New York fundraising and expressing support for Israel, an issue that may be key among Jewish voters.
Murdoch has been a major financial backer of the Republican Governors Association, which Perry chaired until last month. However, he has been less visible in American politics recently amid a phone-hacking scandal that has ensnared some of his British properties.
It’s the Texas governor’s second VIP dinner at ritzy Manhattan joints in the past few days. Last week, Perry shared a meal with billionaire developer and reality TV host Donald Trump.
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There's plenty to discuss between these two. One loves money, and can't wheel and deal fast enough to get it, and has no scruples; the other is made of money, and is watching an empire beginning to crumble, and is probably looking for new places to stash some cash, and has no scruples.
What could possibly go wrong?
It's true that some of Perry's pay-to-play schemes, while very lucrative for all concerned, are not as sophisticated as Murdoch's machinations, and perhaps there was some time spent on Machiavellian mentoring. Perry could learn a lot from Murdoch. A guy doesn't survive this long at the head of a family business without having a few tricks up his sleeve.
Fortunately for the aging Murdoch, who probably can't stay up too late, Perry's not one to waste time with long-winded, nuanced suggestions. He'll just blurt out what he wants. Hopefully, he had the decency to wait until the salad was served before hitting up the old man for some campaign cash.
We'll never know what transpired, unless some enterprising waiter or waitress managed to record their conversation. However, just as vampires can't be seen on photographic film, these two Lords of Darkness probably won't show up on audio tape.
NOTE on POLL: The third answer should read: "That Murdoch agreed to cover up Perry's "skeletons"