Link (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-03/news/sns-rt-us-usa-politics-texas-davis-20131003_1_texas-senate-wendy-davis-abortion-restrictions)
QuoteHALTOM CITY, Texas (Reuters) - Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator who staged a filibuster against sweeping abortion restrictions, announced on Thursday that she would run for governor of the state.
"Texas is a place where we aim high and we take big risks," Davis told hundreds of cheering supporters at a rally outside Fort Worth. "We're builders, and doers, leaders, and dreamers. We love Texas, not only for how good it is, but for how great we know it can be."
The announcement ends months of speculation over the political future of the 50-year-old Democrat, who gained national attention when she talked for nearly 11 hours on the Texas Senate floor in June to temporarily block new restrictions on abortion.
Davis, a second-term state senator, saw her popularity skyrocket when her stand in the now-famous pink running shoes drew thousands of demonstrators to the state capitol and played out in livestreams on websites across the United States.
The bill would have banned most abortions after 20 weeks and imposed strict new requirements on clinics. It eventually passed, but Davis' newfound popularity continued and she was able to add $1 million to her campaign coffer.
Davis, who unseated a Republican incumbent to win her Senate election, seeks the spot held by Republican Gov. Rick Perry, the former presidential contender who has said he will not seek re-election.
Davis emphasized education and healthcare during her announcement at a rally on Thursday afternoon at the coliseum where she received her high school diploma, in the working-class Fort Worth suburb of Haltom City. About two dozen anti-abortion protesters carried signs outside the coliseum during the event.
Davis took the stage as the Alicia Keys song, "This Girl is on Fire," blared over loudspeakers.
A Harvard graduate and twice-divorced mother of two, Davis rose from poverty as a single teen mom in a Texas trailer park to a successful career in law and politics.
"No matter where you start, no matter how you start, that place has nothing to do with how far you can go," Davis said on Thursday. "God bless you all. God bless Texas."
If Davis gets her party's nod during the primaries next spring, she is expected to face an uphill battle.
Her likely opponent would be Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the current GOP frontrunner who has amassed a war chest close to $25 million. The election is due to be held in November 2014.
Perry has not said what his plans are, but many speculate that he will try a second time for the Republican nomination for president. His attempt in 2011 fell flat.
Supporters of Davis in Texas had been trying to recruit her to run for governor since 2011, when she forced Republicans into a special legislative session over their plans to cut billions from state education, another bill that eventually passed the GOP-dominated statehouse.
I'd let her filibuster my bill.
Yeah. Too bad she can't possibly win due to being a Democrat in Texas. :(
Quote from: Caliga on October 04, 2013, 08:38:24 AM
Yeah. Too bad she can't possibly win due to being a Democrat in Texas. :(
The ghost of Ma Richards still lingers over the governor's mansion.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 08:40:46 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 04, 2013, 08:38:24 AM
Yeah. Too bad she can't possibly win due to being a Democrat in Texas. :(
The ghost of Ma Richards still lingers over the governor's mansion.
Unless Abbott runs a campaign as inept as Clayton Williams did he should be fine.
This might be the first Democratic politician we have had for awhile who is interesting at all though.
Running for Texas Governor on a Pro-Choice ticket?
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:00:24 AM
Running for Texas Governor on a Pro-Choice ticket?
Pro-choice, pro-education, pro-healthcare.
It's almost like she's a woman or something.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:00:24 AM
Running for Texas Governor on a Pro-Choice ticket?
Pro-choice, pro-education, pro-healthcare.
It's almost like she's a woman or something.
Are you suggesting that men are anti- choice, anti-education and anti-healthcare?
MERI! DANGER!
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:09:03 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:00:24 AM
Running for Texas Governor on a Pro-Choice ticket?
Pro-choice, pro-education, pro-healthcare.
It's almost like she's a woman or something.
Are you suggesting that men are anti- choice, anti-education and anti-healthcare?
Texas men might be. I don't know...
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:09:03 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:00:24 AM
Running for Texas Governor on a Pro-Choice ticket?
Pro-choice, pro-education, pro-healthcare.
It's almost like she's a woman or something.
Are you suggesting that men are anti- choice, anti-education and anti-healthcare?
In Texas? Yes. :)
Her dad did make pretty good hamburgers.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:14:32 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:09:03 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:00:24 AM
Running for Texas Governor on a Pro-Choice ticket?
Pro-choice, pro-education, pro-healthcare.
It's almost like she's a woman or something.
Are you suggesting that men are anti- choice, anti-education and anti-healthcare?
In Texas? Yes. :)
Valmy, you want to take this?
... or, maybe he lives in Austin and as everybody know Austin isn't Texas.
Um yes there are lots of men in Austin and the other big cities that favor those things. But they are in the minority.
The wild card in this is the fact the minorities in Texas, who should probably be running things around here as we are a minority majority state, typically do not vote in large percentages. The Republicans have also done a good job in the past appeasing both the Latino community and the anti-immigrant voters in their base (the black voters of course vote overwhelmingly Democratic, which I suppose goes without saying). I have my doubts Wendy Davis in the candidate to unleash this wild card, Abbot should win easily. The only question is does she mobilize the Democrats to the point this leads to success in the future? Doubtful but it is slightly interesting.
Quote from: Viking on October 04, 2013, 09:18:23 AM
Valmy, you want to take this?
... or, maybe he lives in Austin and as everybody know Austin isn't Texas.
Perhaps it's not fair to say that Texas is "anti-education" or "anti-healthcare". They aren't so much against either, as against either that is done in a way that isn't in accordance with their approved methods and methodology.
Of course, those methods and methodology are deemed backwards and thirdworld-ish by most of the rest of the world, but there you go.
Our education strategy is to import educated people from Asia in large numbers.
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 09:26:32 AM
The wild card in this is the fact the minorities in Texas, who should probably be running things around here as we are a minority majority state, typically do not vote in large percentages. The Republicans have also done a good job in the past appeasing both the Latino community and the anti-immigrant voters in their base (the black voters of course vote overwhelmingly Democratic, which I suppose goes without saying). I have my doubts Wendy Davis in the candidate to unleash this wild card, Abbot should win easily. The only question is does she mobilize the Democrats to the point this leads to success in the future? Doubtful but it is slightly interesting.
How do the Republicans appease the Latino community? It's always appeared that their way of dealing with Latinos is to do whatever they have to prevent them from voting.
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 09:29:23 AM
Our education strategy is to import educated people from Asia in large numbers.
It's not the Asians that are insisting that Creationism be a viable educational subject matter. :contract:
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:30:33 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 09:26:32 AM
The wild card in this is the fact the minorities in Texas, who should probably be running things around here as we are a minority majority state, typically do not vote in large percentages. The Republicans have also done a good job in the past appeasing both the Latino community and the anti-immigrant voters in their base (the black voters of course vote overwhelmingly Democratic, which I suppose goes without saying). I have my doubts Wendy Davis in the candidate to unleash this wild card, Abbot should win easily. The only question is does she mobilize the Democrats to the point this leads to success in the future? Doubtful but it is slightly interesting.
How do the Republicans appease the Latino community? It's always appeared that their way of dealing with Latinos is to do whatever they have to prevent them from voting.
And as a Latino, how does that make you feel?
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:31:14 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 09:29:23 AM
Our education strategy is to import educated people from Asia in large numbers.
It's not the Asians that are insisting that Creationism be a viable educational subject matter. :contract:
If only that was the extent of our problems. Everything from curriculum to funding is seriously disfuctional. That is not to say we do not have some good schools but it is very uneven with lots of very bad districts, particularly out of the suburbs.
The creationism, in its practicaly considerations, was five minutes of classtime in one class in one year of education, annoying but ultimately trivail compared to the real problems.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:30:33 AM
How do the Republicans appease the Latino community? It's always appeared that their way of dealing with Latinos is to do whatever they have to prevent them from voting.
That is a more recent development. The nutty attitudes of the national party has really infected the base here and so we get things like that. I was talking about in the past, George W Bush represents a bit of a high point would give speeches in Spanish and developed a great working relationship with Mexico. It has been downhill a bit from there but they still have alot of Latino Conservatives here. I mean check out Ted Cruz.
I may stand with Rand, but I cruise with Cruz :cool:
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:41:45 AM
I may stand with Rand, but I cruise with Cruz :cool:
:yucky:
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:41:45 AM
I may stand with Rand, but I cruise with Cruz :cool:
Cruz kind of looks like a blowhard to me. Like what Jessie Jackson would have been like if he had ever actually gotten elected to something.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:41:45 AM
I may stand with Rand, but I cruise with Cruz :cool:
I was impressed how he voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy victims, and for aid to the Texas town that was blown up by a fertilizer plant.
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 09:43:17 AM
Cruz kind of looks like a blowhard to me. Like what Jessie Jackson would have been like if he had ever actually gotten elected to something.
Ehh, possibly-- but with less rhyming & whatnot.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 04, 2013, 09:45:25 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:41:45 AM
I may stand with Rand, but I cruise with Cruz :cool:
I was impressed how he voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy victims, and for aid to the Texas town that was blown up by a fertilizer plant.
:yawn:
Don't forget, Cards game starts at noon Central.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:47:26 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 09:43:17 AM
Cruz kind of looks like a blowhard to me. Like what Jessie Jackson would have been like if he had ever actually gotten elected to something.
Ehh, possibly-- but with less rhyming & whatnot.
And less Cocoa Butter.
They have both read Dr. Seuss in front of a large audience, though :hmm:
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:33:33 AM
And as a Latino, how does that make you feel?
Given that I have Mexican family in Texas, I'm not all that keen on it. Thanks for asking.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:53:51 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:33:33 AM
And as a Latino, how does that make you feel?
Given that I have Mexican family in Texas, I'm not all that keen on it. Thanks for asking.
De nada, mi querida.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:48:43 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 04, 2013, 09:45:25 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 09:41:45 AM
I may stand with Rand, but I cruise with Cruz :cool:
I was impressed how he voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy victims, and for aid to the Texas town that was blown up by a fertilizer plant.
:yawn:
Don't forget, Cards game starts at noon Central.
I guess you didn't know about that one :lol:
I am pretty sure you have brought that one up before Raz.
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 10:02:28 AM
I am pretty sure you have brought that one up before Raz.
And Derspeiss will forget it by the end of the day.
Raz-- repetitive??? Nahhhhh.
Valmy, so you don't see this as having any real affect on things down there? I'd hoped that all of the support she received by Texans during the filibuster might translate into something real for her.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 10:05:32 AM
Valmy, so you don't see this as having any real affect on things down there? I'd hoped that all of the support she received by Texans during the filibuster might translate into something real for her.
I think it might so I find it interesting. I just do not think it likely.
It will certainly get my wife excited. I predict Wendy Davis campaign stickers and pink shoes in my near future :bleeding: :lol:
Someone has to teach those MEN :angry:
That's be one hell of a kick in the teeth to Republicans, losing Texas' governorship. They might actually start jettisoning the Tea Partiers then.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 04, 2013, 09:17:25 AM
Her dad did make pretty good hamburgers.
Their new fries are good.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 10:08:02 AM
Someone has to teach those MEN :angry:
Yep. Those men in particular are definitely in need of an education. Well said. :)
Quote from: lustindarkness on October 04, 2013, 10:09:33 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 04, 2013, 09:17:25 AM
Her dad did make pretty good hamburgers.
Their new fries are good.
Wendy's is actually one of my favorite fast food places and the one by my house is either being demolished or remodled. TEH HORRAH!
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 10:14:56 AM
Wendy's is actually one of my favorite fast food places and the one by my house is either being demolished or remodled. TEH HORRAH!
I'm not big on fast food burgers, but I like their Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger (w/ lettuce only).
I read this article a while ago, and found it really interesting. Not surprising, just interesting.
http://www.texasobserver.org/the-texas-legislatures-sexist-little-secret/
The sad thing is, I can see men reading this and going, "I don't understand what the big deal is with calling a woman 'sweetheart' or calling them attractive."
:lol: Sounds like a fun place.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 10:37:40 AM
The sad thing is, I can see men reading this and going, "I don't understand what the big deal is with calling a woman 'sweetheart' or calling them attractive."
At work? When you are married? Really?
I mean legitimately being attracted and interested in somebody and discretely asking them out I get that, I mean I would never do that at work but I guess that is ok. But most of that stuff is not that, it is sort of like whistling and yelling stuff to women on the street.
Point is it is totally unprofessional behaviour, even if you are the biggest neanderthal mysoginist around. :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 10:51:27 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 10:37:40 AM
The sad thing is, I can see men reading this and going, "I don't understand what the big deal is with calling a woman 'sweetheart' or calling them attractive."
At work? When you are married? Really?
I mean legitimately being attracted and interested in somebody and discretely asking them out I get that, I mean I would never do that at work but I guess that is ok. But most of that stuff is not that, it is sort of like whistling and yelling stuff to women on the street.
I should have added "a lot of" before the word "men". Obviously, not all men think that it's okay, but I know plenty who don't see an issue with it.
Quote from: Malthus on October 04, 2013, 10:53:36 AM
Point is it is totally unprofessional behaviour, even if you are the biggest neanderthal mysoginist around. :lol:
Of course it is. Like the writer said, it's middle school mentality in the house that makes the laws of that state.
The gals at work call me "sweetie", "babe", etc. and somehow it never occurred to me to get all offended.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:00:33 AM
The gals at work call me "sweetie", "babe", etc. and somehow it never occurred to me to get all offended.
I'm not sure that makes it any more professional.
I think we maintain a pretty high level of professionalism overall.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:05:40 AM
I think we maintain a pretty high level of professionalism overall.
Okay.
Question: If a woman in the office said, "I'd rather you didn't refer to me as dear," would you abstain from doing so?
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:00:33 AM
The gals at work call me "sweetie", "babe", etc. and somehow it never occurred to me to get all offended.
Great for you. Not really sure how that is relevent to the article though.
'Something not really comparable at all happens to me and I am cool with it'
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 11:08:30 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:00:33 AM
The gals at work call me "sweetie", "babe", etc. and somehow it never occurred to me to get all offended.
Great for you. Not really sure how that is relevent to the article though.
'Something not really comparable at all happens to me and I am cool with it'
It's relevant to Meri's little commentary on the article.
Seems pretty comparable to me.
Given that those are the minor concerns brought up in the article, it really doesn't address much of anything. As I said, I can easily see men seeing nothing wrong with those particular items. If you read the article, however, you'll realize how it could become a major concern.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 10:16:34 AMI'm not big on fast food burgers, but I like their Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger (w/ lettuce only).
You should try it with a beef patty, bacon, and cheese as well; I suspect it's even better than only lettuce :)
Quote from: Jacob on October 04, 2013, 11:14:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 10:16:34 AMI'm not big on fast food burgers, but I like their Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger (w/ lettuce only).
You should try it with a beef patty, bacon, and cheese as well; I suspect it's even better than only lettuce :)
That's funny as hell.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:20:03 AM
That's funny as hell.
Would you say that's something that bothers you? :)
Quote from: Jacob on October 04, 2013, 11:28:45 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:20:03 AM
That's funny as hell.
Would you say that's something that bothers you? :)
Nah, you're good :hug:
FWIW, that's the only way I can order it at Wendy's without them having goof it up somehow. I used to order it explicitly without tomatoes and without mayo, and almost half the time I'd end up with-- tomatoes & mayo, no lettuce :bleeding:
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:20:03 AM
Quote from: Jacob on October 04, 2013, 11:14:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 10:16:34 AMI'm not big on fast food burgers, but I like their Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger (w/ lettuce only).
You should try it with a beef patty, bacon, and cheese as well; I suspect it's even better than only lettuce :)
That's funny as hell.
I was actually surprised that Dairy Queen is making Orange Julius.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:09:35 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 11:08:30 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:00:33 AM
The gals at work call me "sweetie", "babe", etc. and somehow it never occurred to me to get all offended.
Great for you. Not really sure how that is relevent to the article though.
'Something not really comparable at all happens to me and I am cool with it'
It's relevant to Meri's little commentary on the article.
In the article it was pretty clear those sorts of terms were being used in the context of a meatmarket kind of setting, and that was one of the very minor ways it manifested. If all that was going on was a few very professional male co-workers were calling females 'honey' who they knew and worked with on a daily basis then yeah that is no big deal at all.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:31:34 AM
Nah, you're good :hug:
FWIW, that's the only way I can order it at Wendy's without them having goof it up somehow. I used to order it explicitly without tomatoes and without mayo, and almost half the time I'd end up with-- tomatoes & mayo, no lettuce :bleeding:
Yeah I never want to make it too complicated for those Fast Food Employees. They do not really give a shit.
Quote from: 11B4V on October 04, 2013, 11:31:58 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:20:03 AM
Quote from: Jacob on October 04, 2013, 11:14:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 10:16:34 AMI'm not big on fast food burgers, but I like their Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger (w/ lettuce only).
You should try it with a beef patty, bacon, and cheese as well; I suspect it's even better than only lettuce :)
That's funny as hell.
I was actually surprised that Dairy Queen is making Orange Julius.
Yes! The Wife got one the other day, I had not had one in ages!
She was pissed at the amount I left in the cup when I returned it to her after a "taste".
The Dairy Queen Orange Julius doesn't taste like I remember.
:yes: They changed it for sure.
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2013, 09:29:23 AM
Our education strategy is to import educated people from Asia in large numbers.
That's the strategy for the entire country. You'll discover this yourself if you go on to get your MSEE.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 10:09:08 AM
That's be one hell of a kick in the teeth to Republicans, losing Texas' governorship. They might actually start jettisoning the Tea Partiers then.
It is going to happen. Maybe not right away, but soon. People think of Texas as some super conservative state, and the Republicans act like it is, but the demographics are changing.
You put tits and brains on a Texas democrat, and you'll be surprised what the average cowboy subscribes to.
And if you think that's sexist, I got a lot more in that department.
Quote from: Malthus on October 04, 2013, 10:53:36 AM
Point is it is totally unprofessional behaviour, even if you are the biggest neanderthal mysoginist around. :lol:
There's no evidence the Neanderthal's were misogynist!
That's racist stereotyping! :angry:
Indeed, it was probably widespread acceptance of equality for women that led to them being supplanted by the Cro-Magnon.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 04, 2013, 10:58:18 PM
Indeed, it was probably widespread acceptance of equality for women that led to them being supplanted by the Cro-Magnon.
It has indeed been theorized that the Neanderthals did not have a division of labor. :smarty:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1086/507197?uid=3738392&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102721657727
Wait what? Wendy Davis?
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Probably would. Probably.
E: Maybe. Hmm.
Is she the one who was in a punk band in the 80s and wore like rings around her tits?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 05, 2013, 02:24:51 AM
Is she the one who was in a punk band in the 80s and wore like rings around her tits?
Wendy O Williams Yip
And no, she's been dead 15 years now.
She looks like a MILF in a creampie gangbang video I once saw.
Quote from: Malthus on October 04, 2013, 10:53:36 AM
Point is it is totally unprofessional behaviour, even if you are the biggest neanderthal mysoginist around. :lol:
Look at the behavior of Congress throughout the past couple of terms.
UNPROFESSIONAL? COLOR ME SHOCKED.
Poor Wendy :(
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0125/Liberal-hero-Wendy-Davis-under-fire-for-her-selective-biography-video
Quote from: derspiess on January 27, 2014, 01:48:21 PM
Poor Wendy :(
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0125/Liberal-hero-Wendy-Davis-under-fire-for-her-selective-biography-video
WTF am I reading here? Why did you post this? So she wrote some short biographical thing that nobody read that was not 100% accurate (well ok it was 100% accurate but did not go into every boring little detail)? Well stop the fucking presses. You really went back and searched months old threads just to post this? Well I guess you didn't start a new one all Timmy-like but woah.
Running for governor of Texas is not a traditional gender role for her. :(
Quote from: Valmy on January 27, 2014, 02:35:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 27, 2014, 01:48:21 PM
Poor Wendy :(
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0125/Liberal-hero-Wendy-Davis-under-fire-for-her-selective-biography-video
WTF am I reading here? Why did you post this? So she wrote some short biographical thing that nobody read that was not 100% accurate (well ok it was 100% accurate but did not go into every boring little detail)? Well stop the fucking presses. You really went back and searched months old threads just to post this? Well I guess you didn't start a new one all Timmy-like but woah.
Was gonna post it in OTT but figured I'd check to see if there was a thread about her first :unsure:
At any rate, the revelations kind of destroy her "self-empowered single mom" image lefties love so much. Didn't know you liked her.
Quote from: Valmy on January 27, 2014, 02:35:31 PM
WTF am I reading here? Why did you post this? So she wrote some short biographical thing that nobody read that was not 100% accurate (well ok it was 100% accurate but did not go into every boring little detail)? Well stop the fucking presses. You really went back and searched months old threads just to post this? Well I guess you didn't start a new one all Timmy-like but woah.
You seem oddly mad about her....adjusting.....her autobiography like she did. :huh:
She fucked them both. It's the only explanation.
Quote from: Valmy on January 27, 2014, 02:35:31 PM
You really went back and searched months old threads just to post this?
It takes two seconds to search by thread title. I agree with the rest of your post but not this bit.
She must be destroyed.
Quote from: sbr on January 27, 2014, 02:38:21 PM
Running for governor of Texas is not a traditional gender role for her. :(
Neither is abandoning her kids. But having a sugar daddy put her through college is fairly traditional I suppose.
Quote from: derspiess on January 27, 2014, 02:49:50 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 27, 2014, 02:38:21 PM
Running for governor of Texas is not a traditional gender role for her. :(
Neither is abandoning her kids. But having a sugar daddy put her through college is fairly traditional I suppose.
You must be so happy :cheers:
Well, even if it makes her a rather distasteful individual, it doesn't necessarily make her the worst choice for Texas Governor amongst the available candidates.
:P
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 27, 2014, 03:05:01 PM
Well, even if it makes her a rather distasteful individual, it doesn't necessarily make her the worst choice for Texas Governor amongst the available candidates.
:P
Put on a blindfold and mash a random button. Feel better knowing that whoever you pick, it isn't Gov. Good Hair.
She doesn't impress me.
Because she is a woman.
She is very easy on the eyes (put my glasses on this time).
I learned from reading a review of the new Richard Ailes biography that the infamous Willie Horton ad was not produced by the campaign. Some kind of Swiftboat type operation.
Quote from: merithyn on October 04, 2013, 09:28:10 AM
Perhaps it's not fair to say that Texas is "anti-education" or "anti-healthcare". They aren't so much against either, as against either that is done in a way that isn't in accordance with their approved methods and methodology.
Of course, those methods and methodology are deemed backwards and thirdworld-ish by most of the rest of the world, but there you go.
Your first statement is diluted into meaninglessness, and your second is a falsehood.
Quote from: derspiess on October 04, 2013, 11:00:33 AM
The gals at work call me "sweetie", "babe", etc. and somehow it never occurred to me to get all offended.
Yeah, but you don't have large pressure groups pumping out media to try and increase your militancy. Well, not as a man at least.
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