In State Politics, Outsiders Become Insiders in January
Many of the state’s incoming legislators campaigned against government — or the federal government, anyway. They picked up themes that worked in recent campaigns at the top of the ballot, from Ted Cruz’s beheading of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in this year’s U.S. Senate primary to Gov. Rick Perry’s win over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the 2010 Republican primary for governor.
Now they will be part of the government they complained about on the campaign trail.
Drew Darby was on the San Angelo City Council before he came to Austin as a legislator. He says ...
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Mauna Loah
Their delay in passing the "Voter ID" bill is probably the reason we cannot use it this election. When it FINALLY went to Eric Holder, he didn't want it anyway and just delayed doing anything about it for months. When he finally denied the bill, it was getting to late to get it approved. Obama controlled the Courts. Of course the Democrats had that planned, but the Republicans should have been smarter. The Legislature refused to pass E-Verfiy simply because HEB, Bob Perry and Insurance Cos. did not want it passed. That is probably the most low-downed thing the Legislature has ever done to the State of Texas. It was denied for self serving purposes (campaign contributions) - not for Texans.
Adele Roberson
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/ten-wsj-ed-writers-forgot-say-theyre-
The Wall Street Journal has been criticized by senior US journalists for failing to disclose that 10 of its op-ed writers are Mitt Romney advisers.
According to an inquiry by Media Matters, 23 pieces in the WSJ’s op-ed pages attacked President Obama or praised Romney without the writers acknowledging their political connections to Romney.
I am always amazed at the dishonesty inherent in the fanatical right-wing world. The fact that they always yap about their "piety" and their Christian "values" is so funny as to make one laugh out loud if this was not such an important issue to try to resolve. But how can honest, decent people cope with this crap? The crap that Republicans are so full of??? Maybe God will sort them out. On the other hand, probably even God is exhausted trying to deal with this lunacy.