Go Wendy Davis Go! (1 Viewer)

[SaintsInDome2006]

Why is Davis getting into it with Bristol Palin?

The story is the Morning News ran the report and what's in it. All this is aftermath. Davis screaming, "(Bristol) Palin is being mean!" is kind of ridiculous.

Bristol attacked her on Twitter.

Think about that - if Bill Maher, Jay Leno, whoever attacked Gov. Perry on twitter or on tv - Perry attacks back? Think he does? Doubt it.

That's Perry (cmon!) and those are tv stars. Bristol Palin is the daughter of a political/media personality with a blog looking for attention.

No, don't even pay attention to it.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Why is Davis getting into it with Bristol Palin?

The story is the Morning News ran the report and what's in it. All this is aftermath. Davis screaming, "(Bristol) Palin is being mean!" is kind of ridiculous.

THAT'S what you take from this? Wow.

Yeah, she should leave that alone, BP isn't worth it.

 

[NCCommish]

Why is Davis getting into it with Bristol Palin?

The story is the Morning News ran the report and what's in it. All this is aftermath. Davis screaming, "(Bristol) Palin is being mean!" is kind of ridiculous.

Bristol attacked her on Twitter.

Think about that - if Bill Maher, Jay Leno, whoever attacked Gov. Perry on twitter or on tv - Perry attacks back? Think he does? Doubt it.

That's Perry (cmon!) and those are tv stars. Bristol Palin is the daughter of a political/media personality with a blog looking for attention.

No, don't even pay attention to it.

Really? How do you come to this opinion? Do you think that when one of them goes after a Republican the republicans all sit back and say "it isn't worth it?". That doesn't square with my experience at all.

 

[Godsbrother]

Yeah Bristol Palin is definitely someone who should be talking.

Bristol set a fine example for young women.

Yes her drunken night with no protection and a red neck was a sterling example for all young women. Blessed be the grifter and her griftettes.

Exactly. Although in her defense she was able to to make a quick buck and become a "celebrity" which is what most Americans seem to admire these days.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Why is Davis getting into it with Bristol Palin?

The story is the Morning News ran the report and what's in it. All this is aftermath. Davis screaming, "(Bristol) Palin is being mean!" is kind of ridiculous.

Bristol attacked her on Twitter.

Think about that - if Bill Maher, Jay Leno, whoever attacked Gov. Perry on twitter or on tv - Perry attacks back? Think he does? Doubt it.

That's Perry (cmon!) and those are tv stars. Bristol Palin is the daughter of a political/media personality with a blog looking for attention.

No, don't even pay attention to it.

Really? How do you come to this opinion? Do you think that when one of them goes after a Republican the republicans all sit back and say "it isn't worth it?". That doesn't square with my experience at all.

[SIZE=medium]Yes, actually I think if for some reason say Rand Paul was attacked in a tweet by oh say John Edwards’ daughter I’d say yeah leave it alone rather than get into a media slap fight with her. - Now if it was considered politically advantageous (ahem, "Palin", cough), maybe RPaul’s advisors would determine that engaging her was the right way to go.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Are any voters in TX actually reading Bristol Palin's tweets?[/SIZE]

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Fyi this is the actual DMN article.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20140118-as-wendy-davis-touts-life-story-in-race-for-governor-key-facts-blurred.ece

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When she was accepted to Harvard Law School, Jeff Davis cashed in his 401(k) account and eventually took out a loan to pay for her final year there.

“I was making really good money then, well over six figures,” he said. “But when you’ve got someone at Harvard, you’ve got bills to pay, you’ve got two small kids. The economy itself was marginal. You do what you have to do, no big deal.”

The daughters, then 8 and 2, remained with Jeff Davis in Fort Worth while Wendy Davis was at Harvard.

...

Jeff Davis had once served on the Fort Worth City Council, and Wendy Davis expressed interest in running for a seat in 1996.

“I opened some doors for her with people, knew how bright she was and knew she’d do a good job,” he said.

She lost in 1996 but ran again two years later and won. The council seats were nonpartisan but in terms of voting, she was a Republican. Davis said she voted in GOP primaries because she supported mayor and congressional candidate Kay Granger, a Republican, and as a lawyer, she wanted to have a say in selecting judicial nominees in a county where the judges were often Republicans.

Over time, the Davises’ marriage was strained. In November 2003, Wendy Davis moved out.

Jeff Davis said that was right around the time the final payment on their Harvard Law School loan was due. “It was ironic,” he said. “I made the last payment, and it was the next day she left.”

Wendy Davis said that as a lawyer, she contributed too.

“I was a vibrant part of contributing to our family finances from the time I graduated to the time we separated in 2003,” she said. “The idea that suddenly there was this instantaneous departure after Jeff had partnered so beautifully with me in putting me through school is just absurd.”

In his initial divorce filing, Jeff Davis said the marriage had failed, citing adultery on her part and conflicts that the couple could not overcome. The final court decree makes no mention of infidelity, granting the divorce solely “on the ground of insupportability.”

Amber was 21 and in college. Dru was in ninth grade. Jeff Davis was awarded parental custody. Wendy Davis was ordered to pay $1,200 a month in child support.

“She did the right thing,” he said. “She said, ‘I think you’re right; you’ll make a good, nurturing father. While I’ve been a good mother, it’s not a good time for me right now.’”

Wendy Davis declined to discuss the circumstances or terms of the divorce.

“When I decided to run for governor, I promised my girls we would not revisit a time that was terribly difficult for them,” she said. “I will tell you it was very important to me that Dru stay in her childhood home. It was a very difficult time in our life.”

She said: “I very willingly, as part of my divorce settlement, paid child support. That was at my request, not any court telling me I needed to financially support my daughters.”

A former colleague and political supporter who worked closely with Davis when she was on the council said the body’s work was very time-consuming.

“Wendy is tremendously ambitious,” he said, speaking only on condition of anonymity in order to give what he called an honest assessment. “She’s not going to let family or raising children or anything else get in her way.”

He said: “She’s going to find a way, and she’s going to figure out a way to spin herself in a way that grabs at the heart strings. A lot of it isn’t true about her, but that’s just us who knew her. But she’d be a good governor.”

Davis’ daughters, now adults, are supporting their mother’s campaign for governor. Both appear in a campaign video on her behalf.

Jeff Davis said the financial difficulties that Wendy Davis faced before her second marriage were real.

“A lot of what she says is true,” he said. “When she was 21, it became a little easier for her. The first 21 years were about working one, two and three jobs, trying to get through, raising a kid, driving an old Toyota pickup truck that was the smallest you could find.

“She got a break,” Jeff Davis said. “Good things happen, opportunities open up. You take them; you get lucky. That’s a better narrative than what they’re trying to paint.”

I think the more interesting part is the suggestion she let her husband pay for her Harvard Law education and then dropped him almost the moment he paid off the final cent.

Maybe other things that might bother people left right and middle is a mother leaving her 2 year old daughter for 3/4's of a year for three years, and then maybe also painting herself as a struggling mobile home living workin' class gal when in fact she married a guy who was doing pretty well and even on the Dallas city council when she was still in her 20s.

Lots there in her defense and even in her favor so don't get all offended and whatnot.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Fyi this is the actual DMN article.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20140118-as-wendy-davis-touts-life-story-in-race-for-governor-key-facts-blurred.ece

...

When she was accepted to Harvard Law School, Jeff Davis cashed in his 401(k) account and eventually took out a loan to pay for her final year there.

I was making really good money then, well over six figures, he said. But when youve got someone at Harvard, youve got bills to pay, youve got two small kids. The economy itself was marginal. You do what you have to do, no big deal.

The daughters, then 8 and 2, remained with Jeff Davis in Fort Worth while Wendy Davis was at Harvard.

...

Jeff Davis had once served on the Fort Worth City Council, and Wendy Davis expressed interest in running for a seat in 1996.

I opened some doors for her with people, knew how bright she was and knew shed do a good job, he said.

She lost in 1996 but ran again two years later and won. The council seats were nonpartisan but in terms of voting, she was a Republican. Davis said she voted in GOP primaries because she supported mayor and congressional candidate Kay Granger, a Republican, and as a lawyer, she wanted to have a say in selecting judicial nominees in a county where the judges were often Republicans.

Over time, the Davises marriage was strained. In November 2003, Wendy Davis moved out.

Jeff Davis said that was right around the time the final payment on their Harvard Law School loan was due. It was ironic, he said. I made the last payment, and it was the next day she left.

Wendy Davis said that as a lawyer, she contributed too.

I was a vibrant part of contributing to our family finances from the time I graduated to the time we separated in 2003, she said. The idea that suddenly there was this instantaneous departure after Jeff had partnered so beautifully with me in putting me through school is just absurd.

In his initial divorce filing, Jeff Davis said the marriage had failed, citing adultery on her part and conflicts that the couple could not overcome. The final court decree makes no mention of infidelity, granting the divorce solely on the ground of insupportability.

Amber was 21 and in college. Dru was in ninth grade. Jeff Davis was awarded parental custody. Wendy Davis was ordered to pay $1,200 a month in child support.

She did the right thing, he said. She said, I think youre right; youll make a good, nurturing father. While Ive been a good mother, its not a good time for me right now.

Wendy Davis declined to discuss the circumstances or terms of the divorce.

When I decided to run for governor, I promised my girls we would not revisit a time that was terribly difficult for them, she said. I will tell you it was very important to me that Dru stay in her childhood home. It was a very difficult time in our life.

She said: I very willingly, as part of my divorce settlement, paid child support. That was at my request, not any court telling me I needed to financially support my daughters.

A former colleague and political supporter who worked closely with Davis when she was on the council said the bodys work was very time-consuming.

Wendy is tremendously ambitious, he said, speaking only on condition of anonymity in order to give what he called an honest assessment. Shes not going to let family or raising children or anything else get in her way.

He said: Shes going to find a way, and shes going to figure out a way to spin herself in a way that grabs at the heart strings. A lot of it isnt true about her, but thats just us who knew her. But shed be a good governor.

Davis daughters, now adults, are supporting their mothers campaign for governor. Both appear in a campaign video on her behalf.

Jeff Davis said the financial difficulties that Wendy Davis faced before her second marriage were real.

A lot of what she says is true, he said. When she was 21, it became a little easier for her. The first 21 years were about working one, two and three jobs, trying to get through, raising a kid, driving an old Toyota pickup truck that was the smallest you could find.

She got a break, Jeff Davis said. Good things happen, opportunities open up. You take them; you get lucky. Thats a better narrative than what theyre trying to paint.

I think the more interesting part is the suggestion she let her husband pay for her Harvard Law education and then dropped him almost the moment he paid off the final cent.

Maybe other things that might bother people left right and middle is a mother leaving her 2 year old daughter for 3/4's of a year for three years, and then maybe also painting herself as a struggling mobile home living workin' class gal when in fact she married a guy who was doing pretty well and even on the Dallas city council when she was still in her 20s.

Lots there in her defense and even in her favor so don't get all offended and whatnot.

I read about this a couple weeks ago and thought it was interesting that I never heard it again. Maybe it was a bigger story in Texas.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Fyi this is the actual DMN article.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20140118-as-wendy-davis-touts-life-story-in-race-for-governor-key-facts-blurred.ece

...

When she was accepted to Harvard Law School, Jeff Davis cashed in his 401(k) account and eventually took out a loan to pay for her final year there.

“I was making really good money then, well over six figures,” he said. “But when you’ve got someone at Harvard, you’ve got bills to pay, you’ve got two small kids. The economy itself was marginal. You do what you have to do, no big deal.”

The daughters, then 8 and 2, remained with Jeff Davis in Fort Worth while Wendy Davis was at Harvard.

...

Jeff Davis had once served on the Fort Worth City Council, and Wendy Davis expressed interest in running for a seat in 1996.

“I opened some doors for her with people, knew how bright she was and knew she’d do a good job,” he said.

She lost in 1996 but ran again two years later and won. The council seats were nonpartisan but in terms of voting, she was a Republican. Davis said she voted in GOP primaries because she supported mayor and congressional candidate Kay Granger, a Republican, and as a lawyer, she wanted to have a say in selecting judicial nominees in a county where the judges were often Republicans.

Over time, the Davises’ marriage was strained. In November 2003, Wendy Davis moved out.

Jeff Davis said that was right around the time the final payment on their Harvard Law School loan was due. “It was ironic,” he said. “I made the last payment, and it was the next day she left.”

Wendy Davis said that as a lawyer, she contributed too.

“I was a vibrant part of contributing to our family finances from the time I graduated to the time we separated in 2003,” she said. “The idea that suddenly there was this instantaneous departure after Jeff had partnered so beautifully with me in putting me through school is just absurd.”

In his initial divorce filing, Jeff Davis said the marriage had failed, citing adultery on her part and conflicts that the couple could not overcome. The final court decree makes no mention of infidelity, granting the divorce solely “on the ground of insupportability.”

Amber was 21 and in college. Dru was in ninth grade. Jeff Davis was awarded parental custody. Wendy Davis was ordered to pay $1,200 a month in child support.

“She did the right thing,” he said. “She said, ‘I think you’re right; you’ll make a good, nurturing father. While I’ve been a good mother, it’s not a good time for me right now.’”

Wendy Davis declined to discuss the circumstances or terms of the divorce.

“When I decided to run for governor, I promised my girls we would not revisit a time that was terribly difficult for them,” she said. “I will tell you it was very important to me that Dru stay in her childhood home. It was a very difficult time in our life.”

She said: “I very willingly, as part of my divorce settlement, paid child support. That was at my request, not any court telling me I needed to financially support my daughters.”

A former colleague and political supporter who worked closely with Davis when she was on the council said the body’s work was very time-consuming.

“Wendy is tremendously ambitious,” he said, speaking only on condition of anonymity in order to give what he called an honest assessment. “She’s not going to let family or raising children or anything else get in her way.”

He said: “She’s going to find a way, and she’s going to figure out a way to spin herself in a way that grabs at the heart strings. A lot of it isn’t true about her, but that’s just us who knew her. But she’d be a good governor.”

Davis’ daughters, now adults, are supporting their mother’s campaign for governor. Both appear in a campaign video on her behalf.

Jeff Davis said the financial difficulties that Wendy Davis faced before her second marriage were real.

“A lot of what she says is true,” he said. “When she was 21, it became a little easier for her. The first 21 years were about working one, two and three jobs, trying to get through, raising a kid, driving an old Toyota pickup truck that was the smallest you could find.

“She got a break,” Jeff Davis said. “Good things happen, opportunities open up. You take them; you get lucky. That’s a better narrative than what they’re trying to paint.”

I think the more interesting part is the suggestion she let her husband pay for her Harvard Law education and then dropped him almost the moment he paid off the final cent.

Maybe other things that might bother people left right and middle is a mother leaving her 2 year old daughter for 3/4's of a year for three years, and then maybe also painting herself as a struggling mobile home living workin' class gal when in fact she married a guy who was doing pretty well and even on the Dallas city council when she was still in her 20s.

Lots there in her defense and even in her favor so don't get all offended and whatnot.

She had graduated law school literally ten years earlier. In the interim she'd worked at a law firm, presumably for a six-figure salary- and helped him found a title company according to her Wikipedia page. It's not like she let him fund her education then dumped him as soon as she had earning potential. If that were the case he could have gotten a boatload of alimony.

He's obviously just creating a narrative to make it sound like she took advantage of him because of the timing of the last loan payment, but it falls apart on like 30 seconds of research.

 

[badmojo1006]

Emmitt Smith gives Wendy Davis's campaign 10K.

 

[Widbil83]

What do you think Wendy fans, worst ad ever?

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis latest television ad directly references gubernatorial rival Greg Abbotts partial paralysis including the image of an empty wheelchair to charge the Republican with hypocrisy. The spot says Abbott filed a lawsuit following the accident that led to his paralysis, but then worked to limit liability to other accident victims. The Abbott campaign calls the ad a historic low.

A tree fell on Greg Abbott. He sued and got millions, a narrator says over the image of a wheelchair. Since then, hes spent his career working against other victims.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-wheelchair-ad-111783.html#ixzz3FmBVxQWv

 

[MaxThreshold]

Emmitt Smith gives Wendy Davis's campaign 10K.

Just lost a lot of respect for Emmitt.

 

[badmojo1006]

What do you think Wendy fans, worst ad ever?

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis latest television ad directly references gubernatorial rival Greg Abbotts partial paralysis including the image of an empty wheelchair to charge the Republican with hypocrisy. The spot says Abbott filed a lawsuit following the accident that led to his paralysis, but then worked to limit liability to other accident victims. The Abbott campaign calls the ad a historic low.

A tree fell on Greg Abbott. He sued and got millions, a narrator says over the image of a wheelchair. Since then, hes spent his career working against other victims.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-wheelchair-ad-111783.html#ixzz3FmBVxQWv

Some of the stuff she says in the ad is probably true, but no way is she going to win using his wheelchair in an ad.

Very disappointing Ms. Davis.

 

[Widbil83]

At an event attended by several disabled supporters, Wendy Davis on Monday brushed aside criticism of her controversial “wheelchair ad” and repeatedly blasted her Republican challenger as a “hypocrite.”

“Despite receiving near-universal condemnation from all sides of the political and media spectrum, Sen. Davis continues to defend her desperate and despicable ad,” says the statement. “Sen. Davis’ decision to double down on her severe error in judgment is shameful and shows that she is unfit to lead.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-wheelchair-111827.html#ixzz3G3xS3c2V

 

[greenroom]

What do you think Wendy fans, worst ad ever?

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis latest television ad directly references gubernatorial rival Greg Abbotts partial paralysis including the image of an empty wheelchair to charge the Republican with hypocrisy. The spot says Abbott filed a lawsuit following the accident that led to his paralysis, but then worked to limit liability to other accident victims. The Abbott campaign calls the ad a historic low.

A tree fell on Greg Abbott. He sued and got millions, a narrator says over the image of a wheelchair. Since then, hes spent his career working against other victims.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-wheelchair-ad-111783.html#ixzz3FmBVxQWv

Some of the stuff she says in the ad is probably true, but no way is she going to win using his wheelchair in an ad.

Very disappointing Ms. Davis.

Going to disagree with you. Mr. Abbott has been using his wheelchair to his advantage in a couple of ads. So if it is good enough for him to be able to us supporting his message. Meaaning that he is using his disability to overcome adversity, then it is fair game to also show that he collected on his disability then closed it for others to do the same.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

What do you think Wendy fans, worst ad ever?

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis latest television ad directly references gubernatorial rival Greg Abbotts partial paralysis including the image of an empty wheelchair to charge the Republican with hypocrisy. The spot says Abbott filed a lawsuit following the accident that led to his paralysis, but then worked to limit liability to other accident victims. The Abbott campaign calls the ad a historic low.

A tree fell on Greg Abbott. He sued and got millions, a narrator says over the image of a wheelchair. Since then, hes spent his career working against other victims.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-wheelchair-ad-111783.html#ixzz3FmBVxQWv

Some of the stuff she says in the ad is probably true, but no way is she going to win using his wheelchair in an ad.

Very disappointing Ms. Davis.

Going to disagree with you. Mr. Abbott has been using his wheelchair to his advantage in a couple of ads. So if it is good enough for him to be able to us supporting his message. Meaaning that he is using his disability to overcome adversity, then it is fair game to also show that he collected on his disability then closed it for others to do the same.

On an intellectual level, I agree that it's fair game. But it's stupid politically. Whoever is running Davis's campaign should have known that this was a no-win line of argument.

 

[dhockster]

What do you think Wendy fans, worst ad ever?

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis latest television ad directly references gubernatorial rival Greg Abbotts partial paralysis including the image of an empty wheelchair to charge the Republican with hypocrisy. The spot says Abbott filed a lawsuit following the accident that led to his paralysis, but then worked to limit liability to other accident victims. The Abbott campaign calls the ad a historic low.

A tree fell on Greg Abbott. He sued and got millions, a narrator says over the image of a wheelchair. Since then, hes spent his career working against other victims.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-wheelchair-ad-111783.html#ixzz3FmBVxQWv

Some of the stuff she says in the ad is probably true, but no way is she going to win using his wheelchair in an ad.

Very disappointing Ms. Davis.

Going to disagree with you. Mr. Abbott has been using his wheelchair to his advantage in a couple of ads. So if it is good enough for him to be able to us supporting his message. Meaaning that he is using his disability to overcome adversity, then it is fair game to also show that he collected on his disability then closed it for others to do the same.

Most people won't get that, though. They will just remember she attacked her opponent for being in a wheelchair, or something like that. Not a smart move, but I think she knows she is going to lose and is going down with all guns blazing.

 

[T Bell]

What do you think Wendy fans, worst ad ever?

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis latest television ad directly references gubernatorial rival Greg Abbotts partial paralysis including the image of an empty wheelchair to charge the Republican with hypocrisy. The spot says Abbott filed a lawsuit following the accident that led to his paralysis, but then worked to limit liability to other accident victims. The Abbott campaign calls the ad a historic low.

A tree fell on Greg Abbott. He sued and got millions, a narrator says over the image of a wheelchair. Since then, hes spent his career working against other victims.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-wheelchair-ad-111783.html#ixzz3FmBVxQWv

Some of the stuff she says in the ad is probably true, but no way is she going to win using his wheelchair in an ad.

Very disappointing Ms. Davis.

Going to disagree with you. Mr. Abbott has been using his wheelchair to his advantage in a couple of ads. So if it is good enough for him to be able to us supporting his message. Meaaning that he is using his disability to overcome adversity, then it is fair game to also show that he collected on his disability then closed it for others to do the same.

On an intellectual level, I agree that it's fair game. But it's stupid politically. Whoever is running Davis's campaign should have known that this was a no-win line of argument.

Or at least there are far better ways to make this point than something that's this heavy-handed.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I bet he doesn't stand at the pledge of allegiance either. What a commie.

 

[timschochet]

Ivan and dhockster are exactly right. It's terrible politics.

 

[Abraham]

It's great politics. She can't win fighting fair. She needs all the Perry haters (like me) and all the Dems and all the independent voters, most of whom have never heard of her. Prior to this stunt she has had essentially no voice, no publicity.

 

[Todd Andrews]

She should have closed the ad by having a shapely lady leg in a high heel kick an empty wheelchair down the state capitol steps.

 

[joffer]

It's great politics. She can't win fighting fair. She needs all the Perry haters (like me) and all the Dems and all the independent voters, most of whom have never heard of her. Prior to this stunt she has had essentially no voice, no publicity.

I'd bet there are a significant number of Texans that either1. Don't know there is an election coming up.

2. Think Perry is running again.

 

[culdeus]

Not sure why he hasn't been called out for this previously. I think honestly though this is the Texas Dems getting this out on the table for the next election.

Dude goes on a walk and a tree branch hits him. Yeah, sue the tree owner and ruin their life too. It was clearly their fault and they set it up to do that.

 

[bigbottom]

Just one more. That's how I'll govern Texas.

http://youtu.be/pAuKRyQgvgU

 

[Fennis]

Just one more. That's how I'll govern Texas.

http://youtu.be/pAuKRyQgvgU

wow. amazing story. he's got my vote.

 

[greenroom]

Just one more. That's how I'll govern Texas.

http://youtu.be/pAuKRyQgvgU

I am sorry, but if you open the door of using your disability, then you also open the door for how you have treated others with disability's as well. You cannot have it both ways, problem with the media is they only show the Davis video and not how Mr. Abbot has been using it as well.

I just wish we had better choices than these two!

 

[culdeus]

Just one more. That's how I'll govern Texas.

http://youtu.be/pAuKRyQgvgU

I am sorry, but if you open the door of using your disability, then you also open the door for how you have treated others with disability's as well. You cannot have it both ways, problem with the media is they only show the Davis video and not how Mr. Abbot has been using it as well.

I just wish we had better choices than these two!

Either is a huge step up from Perry.

 

[RCon]

Just one more. That's how I'll govern Texas.

http://youtu.be/pAuKRyQgvgU

I am sorry, but if you open the door of using your disability, then you also open the door for how you have treated others with disability's as well. You cannot have it both ways, problem with the media is they only show the Davis video and not how Mr. Abbot has been using it as well.

I just wish we had better choices than these two!

On an intellectual level, I agree that it's fair game. But it's stupid politically. Whoever is running Davis's campaign should have known that this was a no-win line of argument.

IvanK already answered you on this one. While level-headed, rational thinkers will understand and agree with your point, 95% of voters won't, and her campaign staff should have known that.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Dude goes on a walk and a tree branch hits him. Yeah, sue the tree owner and ruin their life too. It was clearly their fault and they set it up to do that.

Tort reform is only for the little people. Good, decent folk -- like corporations and the wealthy -- need to be protected. You see? Totes diff.

 

[joffer]

Seems like the best place since it's what the thread was originally about

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a federal appeals court ruling that was forcing many abortion clinics in Texas to close.

The Supreme Court’s order, which was five sentences long, will allow the clinics to remain open while appeals proceed.

On Oct. 2, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, provisionally let stand a Texas law that requires all abortion clinics in the state to meet the standards for “ambulatory surgical centers,” including regulations concerning buildings, equipment and staffing.

State officials said the law’s requirements were needed to protect women’s health. Abortion providers said the regulations were expensive, unnecessary and a ruse meant to put many of them out of business.

The Supreme Court vacated the part of the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that had let the surgical-center requirement go into effect. It also vacated a second part of the Fifth Circuit’s ruling, concerning the law’s requirement that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, as it applied to clinics in McAllen, Tex., and El Paso.

Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. said they would have allowed the law to be enforced.

Abortion rights advocates said the development would have immediate practical consequences.

“Tomorrow, 13 clinics across the state will be allowed to reopen and provide women with safe and legal abortion care in their own communities,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. But she added that the Supreme Court’s order was an interim step, saying, “This fight against Texas’ sham abortion law is not over.”

The appeals court’s decision had left only eight clinics open in Texas, all clustered in metropolitan regions in the eastern part of the state. No abortion facilities were operating west or south of San Antonio.

“If the stay entered by the Fifth Circuit is not vacated,” lawyers with the Center for Reproductive Rights told the Supreme Court, “the clinics forced to remain closed during the appeals process will likely never reopen.”

The appeals court’s ruling, the center’s brief said, meant that “over 900,000 Texas women of reproductive age, more than a sixth of all such women in Texas, now reside more than 150 miles from the nearest Texas abortion provider, up from 86,000 prior to the enactment of the challenged act.”

In response, Greg Abbott, Texas’ attorney general and the Republican candidate for governor, told the justices that “it is undisputed that the vast majority of Texas residents (more than 83 percent) still live within a comfortable driving distance (150 miles)” of an abortion clinic in compliance with the law. Others live in parts of the state, he said, that did not have nearby clinics in the first place.

Those in the El Paso area, Mr. Abbott continued, could obtain abortions across the state line in New Mexico.

The appeals court, drawing on the Supreme Court’s last major abortion decision, said the law’s challengers had not shown that a “large fraction” of women seeking abortions would face an unconstitutional burden thanks to the law.

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The law in question, which includes some of the nation’s toughest abortion restrictions, was enacted last year by Texas’ Republican-led Legislature. Before it came into force, there were 41 medical practices licensed to provide abortions in the state.

The law was passed after a marathon filibuster that turned Wendy Davis, a Democratic state senator, into a national political star and set the stage for her campaign for governor.

In August, Judge Lee Yeakel of the Federal District Court in Austin ruled that the surgical-center rule imposed an unconstitutional burden on women seeking abortions. The number and location of the clinics it would effectively close, the judge wrote, burdened the exercise of a constitutional right for many women “just as drastically as a complete ban on abortion.”

Last November, the Supreme Court split 5-to-4 over whether to intercede in a separate case challenging the law, this one centered on the admitting-privileges requirement. In dissent, Justice Stephen G. Breyer said he expected the Supreme Court to agree to hear an appeal in that second case regardless of how the Fifth Circuit ultimately ruled.

A three-judge panel of the appeals court upheld the admitting privileges requirement in March. On Thursday, by a 12-to-3 vote, the full Fifth Circuit refused to reconsider that ruling. In light of Justice Breyer’s comment, Supreme Court review of the admitting-privileges case appears likely.