Statesman: national tea party group targets Straus
I’m probably guilty of overusing the word “crazy” these days, but sometimes there is no other word to describe what is going on in Republican circles. FreedomWorks, a Washington-based group chaired by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey, has set its sights on defeating Dewhurst and Straus, the newspaper reports. Matt Kibbee, the organization’s president, says, “The citizens of Texas want to see real reform. They look at other states that are doing more, and they ask: ‘Why not Texas?’”
And what does FreedomWorks regard as “real” reform? It’s–the (s0rry, but there’s no other word for it) craziest bill ever to be debated by the Texas Legislature: David Simpson’s attempt to criminalize invasive searches by Transportation Security personnel. This was an attempt by a state to override federal agents carrying out their lawful duties. A U.S. attorney in San Antonio wrote a letter threatening to shut down Texas airports or cancel flights, leading Senate sponsor Dan Patrick to say, “I don’t cave in to heavy handed threats by the federal government.” So I guess Patrick thinks it is just fine for the feds to shut down Texas air travel. He’ll show them.
From the Texas Tribune story of May 24, 2011:
Two TSA officials visited Patrick at the Capitol earlier today to discuss the legislation. They warned him that the legislation “could close down all the airports in Texas,” he said. After their departure, U.S. Attorney John E. Murphy sent a letter to Speaker of the House Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst saying the bill would “conflict directly with federal law” and that if it became law, “TSA would likely be required to cancel any flight or series of flights for which it could not ensure the safety of passengers and crew” until the agency could seek a court order stopping the measure from being carried out….Straus said that the bill would have made Texas a laughingstock.
Okay, I won’t say it’s crazy. How about “plumb loco?”
Anonymous says:
A mad, mad, mad grasp to regain power and even relevance by a few ‘leaders’ who will settle for nothing less than everything on their not so little wish list. Everything.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:08 pm
I don’t think using the Democratic process to try to get rid of an establishment crony capitalist is “crazy” or “loco.”
Maybe FreedomWorks see Straus is all about raising TAXES as he has signaled and they want to send a message.
I wish David Simpson were the Lt. Governor. Maybe James White Speaker of the House.
And Don Zimmerman governor of Texas.
And Debra Medina one of our 2 US Senators.
That would be pretty cool.
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paulburka Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:51 pm
I like Debra Medina, and I expect to see her in statewide office in the near future.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 11:24 am
Medina could run for Texas Comptroller in 2014.
Texian Politico Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Zimmerman is working towards becoming governor by serving as the SREC man for most of Travis County.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Who in the hell is Don Zimmerman ?
Besides, the TX Dems don’t have a strong contender for the Governor’s Mansion in 2014 unless Bill White runs again.
Steve Howerton Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 3:47 pm
And FreedomWorks’ astroturfing efforts, so heavily funded by corporate lobby interests, aren’t aimed to perpetuate the “crony capitalism” you despise?
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Robert Morrow Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 10:20 pm
That is a big problem with Freedom Works … I’m gonna have to take the crony capitalism they dish out over the one Straus does.
Good point. Politics is always the lesser of 3 or 4 evils.
Ideally, I am with Ron Paul, but he is one of 435 in Congress and NONE like him in the Texas statehouse.
Steve Howerton Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 5:59 pm
And Straus is the lesser of the evils because he’s closer to home?
Who’s pushing to preserve billions of dollars of corporate tax breaks, Joe Straus or FreedomWorks?
Helen Wheels says:
As a public service, I offer the following synonyms for crazy, all of which can be aptly applied to the current politics of the republican party:crazy, foolish, unwise, silly, senseless, irrational, wild, cracked, stupid, outrageous, outlandish, ridiculous, bizarre, peculiar, weird, odd, daft, idiotic.
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Willie James Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 10:17 am
Whackjobs, nutcases, daffy, dingaling…..
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anita Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 8:22 pm
I’ll stick with ‘irresponsible’.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Here is the adjective you can use for fall 2012: loser.
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Statehouse Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 2:48 pm
“Loser” is typically a noun…
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AreYouKiddingMe says:
When will plain old right leaning Republicans learn that these nutjobs, wingnuts and teabaggers are really making them a laughingstock. All Republicans should distance themselves from these idiots. They are really an embarrassment to humanity. And, the saddest part of all, is that if one of these idiots wins a primary and faces a “D” in the real election, they win in Texas. How stupid can Texans be???
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Willie James Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 10:16 am
Pretty darned stupid: Dan Patrick,Debbie Riddle, Tom DeLay, Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, Joe Barton, Susan Combs….
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Kenneth D. Franks Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 9:30 pm
That must be the very, very, very, short list. There are several others. Some of them from my part of the state which is an sad. I still don’t understand why people vote against their own economic interests but many in East Texas do although they didn’t in the past.
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Charlie Adaway says:
Helen, thank you. The best word to describe Dan Patrick is silly. He’s just silly. And his Aggie Cracker constituency in that suburban shithole he represents is equally silly. They are pager-wearing worker bees, not a “job creator” in the bunch. Truly chickens voting for Ken Legler.
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Just Another Joe says:
Paul, I give you a lot of flack (though I think it is warrented), however, I will defend you here. When it comes to the TSA bill, the word crazy cannot enter the conversation too many times.
That said, why did you take an interesting discussion topic “National Tea Party Group Targets Straus”, and use it for nothing more than a vehicle to rail on a bill that doesn’t deserve the attention it has already recieved, let alone more?
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paulburka Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
As I saw it, I was railing on “Freedom Works,” not on the TSA bill. What an intellectually bankrupt organization that must be, to regard the TSA bill as an example of reform.
As for the flack, that comes with the territory.
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SuzyQ says:
say bye bye to bored state worker posting here all day.
“Those are just a handful of the more than 100 state government departments, offices, and programs, that a coalition of conservative groups have targeted for elimination in the most sweeping proposed overhaul of state government in history, 1200 WOAI news reports.”
Read more: http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=9926629#ixzz1plJ6CMg2
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Tired of cruel and vicious Republicans Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:35 pm
It’s kind of sad that no one at WOAI can write any more, after the firings by the Rs in charge of what remains of Clear Channel. Just TRY to decipher whether the writer thinks Rick is for…or against…the Tech Fund and Enterprise Fund.
” The most controversial proposals, and the ones which are least likely to be opposed by Governor Rick Perry, are proposals to abolish the Emerging Technology Fund and the Texas Enterprise Fund. Perry has fought zealously to guard the two programs, which provide funds to lure new employers to Texas. Opponents have said they are simply a ‘slush fund’ for the governor’s office.”
Don’t you mean MOST likely to be opposed by Rick?
Anyway, as absurd as a lot of the proposals are, props to Heflin and his group for actually putting forward an actual list. Too often, Rs insist on saying “cut gummerment” without saying exactly whose ox should be gored.
With a list such as this, an informed debate can begin.
Are you listening, JBB? THIS is how you hold a discussion. Read and learn…..
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Tired of cruel and vicious Republicans Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Oops…spoke too soon. The FIRST thing on the list is to require educational institutions and state agencies to take another 10% across the board cut. Oh well, just more Republican smoke without specifics.
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Tired of cruel and vicious Republicans Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
OOOOPS! Spoke WAAAAYYYY too soon. Most of the rest of the list is either absurd (eliminate TWIA) or funny, funny, funny (cut over-regulation, something that Texas has loooooong embraced)!
It’s just more crap….designed to grab headlines.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Blue Dogs says:
Dewhurst will likely be our next United States Senator once he wins the GOP nomination on May 29th and Straus will stay as Speaker for awhile unless he seeks statewide office down the road.
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BackUpMembers says:
In case you need a reminder of what FreedomWorks is really about:
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/07/23/conservative-inc/
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Willie James Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 10:19 am
Now that is one scary read.
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longleaf says:
The blame should be placed on Rick Perry. He encouraged the nullification/secession movement, which is a large part of the so-called Tea Party in this state.
He just didn’t have guts enough to go ahead and get the process going as he was deluded enough to think the people of the other 49 “sovereign” states would think as highly of him as Texans do (or did before he began “debating”).
Had he to do it over again, maybe he’d have “seized the day” and would now be President of the Republic of Texas fending off occasional Predator drone attacks on his rent house.
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texun Reply:
March 26th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
And we would be paying off the Texas share of the US national debt,watching NASA depart.
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Anonymous says:
I truly believe that there are more center right MODERATE (yes I said the forbiidden word) Republicans . As often the case, those that do not have a good argument just yell and get louder and so the far right wacko Tea Party are much more vocal, hysterical, and unrealistic. They have a cult mentality where they want to belong to a group and don’t really know the consequences of what they purport to be their beliefs. The wacko groups will take anyone and say anything. Ironically, these people are the actual RINOS.
The true Republicans, those with a brain and those that put people before ideology need to band together and GOTV
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donuthin Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 5:18 am
I think you are right. There is what once was called a silent majority that has been reluctant to engage the wackos, apparently thinking they are a passing phenomena. One has to hope that reasonable constituents will finally wake up and take charge.
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Smacky Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 am
I’m not sure the republican moderates will stand up top the loonies. Until then, I will vote “D”.
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Rudy says:
The North Texas Armey army is trying to bring K street conservatism to Austin… first back Cruz over Dew and target Straus/House members. The Texas House last session delivered very conservative victories by any reasonable voter’s standard.
The problem is that these victories didn’t benefit the “right” folks or clients. So at least this time around, Straus will know who is shooting at him… last time the North Texas “God-Approved” FreedomWorksMachine was not as open about their hostile takeover plans and left MQ Sullivan to take all the heat.
I hope Texas voters are smart enough to figure out the original “tea party” brand cannot be bought and sold as a label by any gate-keeper, much less lobby-linked DC group.
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Charlie says:
Not sure I can add much to what has already been said by some very literate posters here. But I’ve been watching and listening to Dan Patrick since his days on AM radio. He hasn’t changed. Someone described him as “silly”. I’ll give her that, but think he’s much more than that. Crazy isn’t too mild, but both make him sound harmless. He’s not. He’s dangerous and a radical. He follows the Tea Party Line and that makes him dangerous. He’s emblematic of exactly what’s wrong with the Republican Party today. I’d use the word wacko to describe him.
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paulburka Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Patrick is not a radical. He is a very clever opportunist. He is the best I have seen at turning an issue into a free-for-all, something I appreciate since it is what I want my readers to do. But I don’t think he’s long in the scruples department.
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Smacky Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 am
He is a PSD (professional sh*t disturber). Sort of a mini-Limbaugh. Waste of skin.
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texun Reply:
March 26th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Patrick had a scruplectomy years ago.
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Pat says:
This battle within the Republican Party bears little similarity to those that occurred within the ranks of the Texas Democratic Party from the 1950s-90s. Then, battle lines were clearly drawn along ideological lines, pitting liberals against conservatives. The modern Republican Party reflects no such ideological divisions. Instead, the divide is entirely between those operate outside reality and those who operate within it. Challenges from the far right are being fed by the movement’s inability to appreciate the confines of the real world on conservative policymaking.
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Anonymous Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 1:14 pm
I agree with you Pat. It is time for the true Republicans, ie. not the wackos, to stand up and take back their party. If the party falls to the likes of the Tea Party it is only our fault for not pushing back.
And was said earlier, the wackos and Tea Party are the true RINOS. Their group is made up of Libertarians, Democrats, Independents, and some social conservative Republicans who only care about preventing abortions at all costs. These are not Republicans and as a Republican myself they do not represent me. They are an embarrassment and a cancer on my party.
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Willie James Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Hmmmmm. Thoughtful and well said. By an “r”. Best of luck with this, it would make our country better.
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LL42's SuperPac says:
Joe Kercheville, Boerne resident, gave FreedomWorks $5,0000 in 2010 while only giving Empower Texans $200. I need this guy’s number. I am the answer to his prayers (and God knows this guy says his prayers out loud).
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SuzyQ says:
“Those are just a handful of the more than 100 state government departments, offices, and programs, that a coalition of conservative groups have targeted for elimination in the most sweeping proposed overhaul of state government in history, 1200 WOAI news reports.”
Yes this means less government jobs and dems have no say in this.
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Get over thy self Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 9:50 pm
You can blow smoke about 100 state government departments all you want. The GOP has been in control of state government long enough and decided to keep them. Maybe you’re buying those lame campaign promises but Texans can spot that kind of mess before they step in it
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SuzyQBankston says:
How many of you goofy dems thought the fire at Davis’ office was set by a crazy right wing tea partier?
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Smacky Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 9:32 am
Of course it was.
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Willie James Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Crazy right wing Tea Partier would have set himself on fire, dropped the bomb on his feet and blamed the lib-rals.
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The Man in Black says:
Dan Patrick plays ball/deals when he’s not running for higher office, and he panders/showboats when he is running for higher office.
Currently, Dan Patrick is running for higher office (Lt Gov or Gov). So expect a lot of pandering and rhetoric from him. He’s currently trying to manipulate outside groups and senators into picking Dewhurst’s replacement.
If you’re a radio talk show host, it’s convenient to run for office in a district located exclusively within your listening area. But statewide office is mostly outside his listening area. And he will whither quickly under the carpetbombing he will take in a statewide race.
Dan Patrick is a manipulator, and his currency is fear, not hope. So he has no endgame, which is exactly why state senate is the first, and last, public office he will hold.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Patrick may go for Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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Reality Sets In Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 11:54 am
Dan Patrick vs. George P Bush for GLO? Wonder who would win that one….
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Robert says:
“but sometimes there is no other word to describe what is going on in Republican circles.”
Yes, it clearly demonstrates that you really have very little understanding of the fight for conservative ideology within the Republican Party. This comes out in much of what you write.
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Just tired.... Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 8:26 am
Then explain it to us, kind sir…..
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Anonymous says:
What gets a Rabid Republican foaming at the mouth? How about a Deaf Dem? Or a Deaf Repub and a Rabid Dem? It’s social issues. Praying in school. Abortion. Free condoms and the like.
One side opens their mouths. The other’s ears slam shut..and visa versa. If they don’t get them shut fast enough, and catch part of the other’s dialogue, they start yelling and screaming, and foaming at the mouth.
The rest of us can’t get this tpe of behavior changed. What we can do is ignore it. Just let them go at each other. The rest of us, if we will ignore the social issues, can move the agenda forward and get things done. Our numbers are growing. I would imagine that we are close to being the largest of the three groups.
The key to success is for the rest of us to leave all leanings regarding religion and abortion/birth control at the door and out of the conversation. Once those are removed from the equation, we can address bringing troops home, healthcare, legalized Wall Street gambling, domestic energy policy, etc.
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I'm Pavlov. Ring a Bell? says:
“The key to success is for the rest of us to leave all leanings regarding religion and abortion/birth control at the door and out of the conversation.”
What nonsense. Your godless worldview is exactly the kind that will lead to this nation’s demise. You offer no principles, no direction, no hope.
“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” -Alexander Hamilton
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John Johnson Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 7:19 pm
I was the author of Anny quote above, Pavlov. Forgot to enter name. I’m active in my church. Born Again. Believe that we should promote beliefs through actions and not harsh words and confrontation. This isn’t the New Testament means of signing up converts. The law calls for separation of church and state. We should abide by the law, find common ground with rational people and get problems solved.
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Anonymous Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Pavlov = nut
John Johnson= voice of reason
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Tom Barry says:
Pavlov, how did you reach the conclusion about “godless worldview” from what Anonymous wrote? All I got was that some issues are so polarizing that they make it difficult to talk about issues on which there is a possibility of agreement.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Dan is The Man knows what voters want, dems should listen instead of running him down. But dems aren’t known for being very bright.
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Kenneth D. Franks says:
No, I think many Democrats are actually bright despite what J.J.B. believes. He is welcome to believe what he wants to but it is incorrect.
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Art Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 9:34 am
As far As I can tell, JBB is an unemployed former maintenance worker at A&M, lives with his Mom and gets his talking points from Fox News or Rush Limbaugh:)
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Stevie F. says:
Today Freedomworks today made clear that they will no longer opposed Mitt Romney. This tells you all you need to know about how committed they are to conservative values.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
March 21st, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Correct. A “real” conservative would vote 3rd party this year.
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LL42's SuperPac says:
Freedomworks is a committed to Mitt Romney as TLR as to Straus.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Aye Gawd Woodrow this has to be tough for the liberals watching conservatives cut spending as they dream of “projected” budget shortfalls.
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Smacky Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Gus McRae was a lib-ral.
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Kenneth D. Franks says:
After four more years of Obama, and more Democrats being elected things will be better.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 8:08 am
“After four more years of Obama, and more Democrats being elected things will be better”
thanks for proving my point.
“(CBS News) The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama’s three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.
The Debt rose $4.899 trillion during the two terms of the Bush presidency. It has now gone up $4.939 trillion since President Obama took office.”
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Willie James Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 9:36 am
Economy is better, jobs report great today, Osama is dead, troops coming home, more folks working after the Bush economy, stimulus worked: American cars are being sold, Obama looking at doing the pipline right, we are better respected around the world.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 11:25 am
Willie, but there is still over 8 percent unemployment numbers.
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Smacky Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Started by the Bush Economy. Getting better.
John Johnson says:
We are better respected around the world???? That’s a joke, right W.J.?
Economy propped up by Feds printing dollars and give-a-ways to banks we don’t even know about. Fuel prices adversely affecting everything. Troops trickling home instead of mass exodus like there should be (drones can do what needs to be done), no push to open up ANWR, failed to support Elizabeth Warren and still allows hedger’s and derivatives traders to have their way with us, gives taxpayer dollars to green companies doomed for failure beforehand (according to financial ratings companies), and one unfulfiled promise after another (seen the video?). You, sir, are not paying attention.
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Willie James says:
Fox News talking points….
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art says:
Are you actually saying that drill here drill now will lower gas prices? You know better, or are not paying attention yourself.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
March 22nd, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Obama did the stupid thing by not approving the Keystone Pipeline, it’s gonna hurt him in the polls on election day.
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John Johnson says:
If we were smart, instead of just leasing federal and state owned land to Big Oil, we would contract to have wells drilled and completed and sell oil to refiners only in U.S. and dictate that no refined products be exported. That would get gas prices way down.
Do the same with natural gas under fed and state lands and sell to electricity generating facilities at reduced price and fuel fed and state vehicles with it.
How do you think the oil/gas cabal would like that?
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Kenneth D. Franks says:
Keep it here, the product. That, is the main opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. It would go on the world market if we don’t and we would take the environmental risks but the product would go overseas. Build it for domestic, U.S. use.
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John Johnson Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 8:41 am
Watch what happens to price of natural gas when the new Gulf Coast export terminals are completed…it will rapidly rise and the cost of a kwh of electricity will rise along with it.
Longleaf is right. The Big’s have us by the you-know-what and are having their way with us.
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Willie James Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 8:50 am
And the bigs fund the GOP and it sheeple politicians….anyone with a basic understaning of economics knows that he pipleine and increased drilling will not help at the pump. Once we show the oil companies we will pay $4.00, that’s it. Another record quarter for Exxon on the way.
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John Johnson Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 11:33 am
Wake up, Willie. Quit standing over on the left, lobing grenades back to the right. Both sides are guilty as hell of selling out. Try standing in the middle where the air is clearer.
John Johnson Reply:
March 23rd, 2012 at 8:53 am
If Canadian oil was destined for U.S. we would build a short pipeline to new refineries in North Dakota. Mr. Franks is correct. If Keystone is built, refinery owners take profit, China gets refined product, and Texans get the increased pollution that the dirty, heavy Canadian product leaves.
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longleaf says:
The argument that economies are national was lost LONG AGO. We are now living in an increasingly totalitarian New World Order governed by agreeements with acronyms such as WTO, NAFTA, NATO, UN etc. This is not conspiracy theory. It is conspiracy fact.
It’s yet another reason not to vote. It’s useful to the power structure as an indicia of your consent, but it changes very little in terms of the way of the world. The world is now governed from the shadows by the banksters, just the way they always wanted it.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
March 24th, 2012 at 12:59 pm
I always vote, picking among the lesser of 3, 4, 5 evils.
Not everyone can be Ron Paul, but they should try.
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Smacky says:
Hey, Willie: Get in the middle? You are right about the oil companies, what is left about that?
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Robert Morrow's Yeast Infection says:
Tea Party is now nothing more than a front for the crazy people in politics we used to all ignore and laugh at. Don’t worry it will soon be that way again.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
March 24th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
yeah right and you’re the sane one?
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Texas has 17% more teachers than Calif but the product being socially promoted is mostly left leaning lemmings.
In Washington DC School Supt Michelle Rhee attacked the problem not the symptoms and the product immediately and dramatically improved. Supt went after the bad teachers cutting them and or their pay and benefits.
What did the democrats do? They elected a new democrat mayor and she resigned. Problem fixed edu in DC was heading on the wrong direction again.
Chunk the unions out, get rid of bad teachers, reward the good ones and edu will improve.
Liberals we have you in our crosshairs.
Vote early and vote often this election year, liberals are on the run.
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Kenneth D. Franks Reply:
March 24th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Cross hairs sounds threatening. Time to calm down or maybe take your medication. The unions, the people that gave us the weekend, what is wrong with that picture. Teachers are there to teach but can not raise children in 7&1/2 hours a day, five days a week, 185 days a year. Maybe you could go and substitute teach, but on second thought, no, that would be a bad idea. You couldn’t handle it.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
March 25th, 2012 at 10:10 am
“Cross hairs sounds threatening”
for a 19th generation Texan you seem to be more comfortable riding side saddle.
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texun Reply:
March 26th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
A simple solution, such as doing away with the teachers’ unions, has minimal impact. Most of the weakest performing states don’t have teachers’ unions. But, no doubt the unions in place do defend incompetent people on occasion because job security is one of most useful services performed by unions for their members. However, I’ve seen plenty of examples of inept and unmotivated teachers surviving nicely in ISDs that have no unions. Principals rarely move against long-time people, like it or not. Parental protests usually get no results, either. With the dizzy insistence on statewide standardized tests, the least competent have been given cover; all they have to do is teach to the test and keep their heads down and they are good to retirement. Sometimes there are surprises, though. Easily the most incompetent teacher I ever observed was pulled out of the classroom–when he was promoted to principal. And that’s in Texas, no union involved.
Charlie Adaway says:
JBB, the last Texas Governor to take on the bad teachers was Mark White. He is a Democrat.
That is all.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
March 26th, 2012 at 9:14 am
Charlie, by taking on the teachers unions and others, they voted White out of office in 1986.
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SuzyQBankston says:
Everytime democrats take on anything it ends costing taxpayers dollars and the problem gets worse. Ie. Obamacare…..
Texans are buying what democrats are selling.
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Tarry House says:
Dick Armey is an unemployed former B team college professor who rails against a goverment that is about the only place he could ever hold a job. Now he has an activist “think thank.” Ha. And he’s a northerner too boot. Too bad the right wing sheep follow guys like Armey and Dan Patrick who have never created a job in their silly, attention grabbing lives. I guess the wing nuts forgot that Dick tried to take out their God Newtie Gingrich in a house coup. When will the kooks leave Straus alone, he’s anti-abortion, a hunter, a small businessman, Reagan and Bush appointee, cut the budget twice (Craddick grew it three sessions), eliminated a major tax as a freshman, he’s loyal to his faith while his wife and daughters are loyal Presbyterians, etc etc. Enough.
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