Rick perry

I AM GLAD TO SEE PERRY IN THIS FIGHT BECAUSE I WAS FEARFUL   THAT WE MIGHT  GET HIM FOR PRESIDENT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. NOT MUCH CHANCE AFTER THIS.....

Republican  Texas Gov Rick Perry vowels to fight a criminal indictment in a response that showed  an 

old slice of swagger that he's kept holstered lately while seeking to remake his image for a potential 2016 presidential run.

Perry called two felony counts of abuse of power issued by an Austin grand jury 'outrageous' and made no apologies for his 2013 veto that prompted a criminal investigation against the longest-serving governor in Texas history.

Perry made it clear he will finish his term that ends in January and said it was the investigation against him — and not his actions — that amounted to an abuse of power.

A Travis County grand jury on Friday indicted Perry for carrying out a threat to veto state funds to the local district attorney, an elected Democrat, Rosemary Lehmberg, who refused to resign following a drunken-driving .arrest.