Facebook Proves Useful to Texas Politicians
In the minutes immediately after a gunman opened fire on the south steps of the Texas Capitol last week, one of the best sources of information was State Sen. Dan Patrick’s Facebook page.
“An individual came into my Austin Senate office today acting strangely, staff called security, moments later shots fired on Capitol steps,” the Houston Republican quickly posted. The afternoon brought several more updates.
On top of — or perhaps because of — the fact that Patrick has his own radio show, he is one of the, if not the, most plugged-in legislators in Texas. In April 2009, the National ...

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TheProfessor
It's a shame that Senator Patrick also believes in censoring those that may disagree with him. When people post an opposing view, they are "un-friended" and the comments are deleted.
All because many people disagree with Patrick's bashing of Debra Medina.
It seems that Dan Patrick must have thinner skin than Obama...