"When 53 migrants were found suffocated by the heat in the back of a tractor trailer, Abbott decided the fault lay at the feet of President Biden for not securing the border, and he immediately held a news conference to politicize the tragedy." So much truth in this. Plus, that Uvalde news conference right after the tragedy... at which all the usual "credit-takers" assembled to stand behind the Governor to get into camera range... but "strangely" have been no where near the town since... makes it clear... it's all political theater. And the lack of communication with the families of the deceased children since... plus leaving it to the DPS Commander to explain the "foul-ups" make it more than obvious.
Why Texans put up with such a series of Republican politicians, I don't understand.
Too many people apparently don't understand that voting can make a difference. Voter participation is low in general elections, and even lower in off-year or special elections, and truly terrible in primary contests.
Abbott ain't the problem. He is the symptom. The problem is voters who return the state's republi-can't anti-warriors masquerading as patriots .... like cruz (born in Canada, but thinks he'll be president), whin-yne curnyn, gohmert, and the like. You guys haven't had representation in Congress since K-Bailey or Bentsen. When Texans get guts, you will get real political horses to pull the wagon. Till then all you yet is crap.
My sense of despair grows greater with each passing year. I'm a Fort Worth resident who volunteered for Wendy Davis' 2014 gubernatorial campaign and dared to hope that Davis would unseat Abbott. Davis, a popular Democratic state senator when she challenged Abbott, lost the election, and it wasn't even very close.
I'm hoping beyond hope again this year, as Beto O'Rourke takes aim at Abbott. Polls indicate the race will be close, but I no longer believe Texas voters will elect a Democrat to a statewide office. It hasn't happened since 1994, the same year George W. Bush won his first-ever election, narrowly defeating the incumbent governor, Ann Richards.
In that 1994 election, Bush rode the Republican wave that gave the GOP control of the U.S. House for the first time in 40 years and put Newt Gingrich in the Speaker's seat. The sense of foreboding I felt that night, working the election as a political reporter for a Texas newspaper, proved to be well-founded.
Bush used the Texas governorship to launch his 2000 presidential campaign, and a hyperpartisan 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court handed the White House to Bush over Al Gore.
That moment began a steep decline in the Republican party and led directly to the Trump presidency. Bush's tenure as president -- disastrous to say the least --gave us: The Iraq War, justified using faked intelligence. The Swift Boat Liars, who did Bush's dirty work by falsely impugning John Kerry's spotless Vietnam War service record. The illegal torture of prisoners of war. Spying on Americans. The botched effort to hold the 911 conspirators to account and the illegal prison at Guantanamo Bay.
The dishonesty and illegality of the Bush presidency were mere warm-ups for Trump's ascendance and the Mob mentality that has taken hold of the GOP.
Greg Abbott is but one of the deadly consequences of a Republican Party that jumped the rails long ago. The political right's dishonesty and duplicity have only multiplied with each passing year.
It's a truly sorry state that we find ourselves in, both in Texas and the nation at large. We're locked in an existential battle with nihilists who are prepared to destroy anything -- their state, their country, the lives of their children and grandchildren -- to seize the power they crave.
More of the same from Abott and the Texas GOP. Why Texans put up with this, year after year, is beyond me.
I can’t believe I can write a comment. I so appreciate your perspective concerning Texas problems.
I’m so tired of our laziness and willful ignorance. How long will we continue to contribute to our self destruction?
"When 53 migrants were found suffocated by the heat in the back of a tractor trailer, Abbott decided the fault lay at the feet of President Biden for not securing the border, and he immediately held a news conference to politicize the tragedy." So much truth in this. Plus, that Uvalde news conference right after the tragedy... at which all the usual "credit-takers" assembled to stand behind the Governor to get into camera range... but "strangely" have been no where near the town since... makes it clear... it's all political theater. And the lack of communication with the families of the deceased children since... plus leaving it to the DPS Commander to explain the "foul-ups" make it more than obvious.
Why Texans put up with such a series of Republican politicians, I don't understand.
Too many people apparently don't understand that voting can make a difference. Voter participation is low in general elections, and even lower in off-year or special elections, and truly terrible in primary contests.
Abbott ain't the problem. He is the symptom. The problem is voters who return the state's republi-can't anti-warriors masquerading as patriots .... like cruz (born in Canada, but thinks he'll be president), whin-yne curnyn, gohmert, and the like. You guys haven't had representation in Congress since K-Bailey or Bentsen. When Texans get guts, you will get real political horses to pull the wagon. Till then all you yet is crap.
My sense of despair grows greater with each passing year. I'm a Fort Worth resident who volunteered for Wendy Davis' 2014 gubernatorial campaign and dared to hope that Davis would unseat Abbott. Davis, a popular Democratic state senator when she challenged Abbott, lost the election, and it wasn't even very close.
I'm hoping beyond hope again this year, as Beto O'Rourke takes aim at Abbott. Polls indicate the race will be close, but I no longer believe Texas voters will elect a Democrat to a statewide office. It hasn't happened since 1994, the same year George W. Bush won his first-ever election, narrowly defeating the incumbent governor, Ann Richards.
In that 1994 election, Bush rode the Republican wave that gave the GOP control of the U.S. House for the first time in 40 years and put Newt Gingrich in the Speaker's seat. The sense of foreboding I felt that night, working the election as a political reporter for a Texas newspaper, proved to be well-founded.
Bush used the Texas governorship to launch his 2000 presidential campaign, and a hyperpartisan 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court handed the White House to Bush over Al Gore.
That moment began a steep decline in the Republican party and led directly to the Trump presidency. Bush's tenure as president -- disastrous to say the least --gave us: The Iraq War, justified using faked intelligence. The Swift Boat Liars, who did Bush's dirty work by falsely impugning John Kerry's spotless Vietnam War service record. The illegal torture of prisoners of war. Spying on Americans. The botched effort to hold the 911 conspirators to account and the illegal prison at Guantanamo Bay.
The dishonesty and illegality of the Bush presidency were mere warm-ups for Trump's ascendance and the Mob mentality that has taken hold of the GOP.
Greg Abbott is but one of the deadly consequences of a Republican Party that jumped the rails long ago. The political right's dishonesty and duplicity have only multiplied with each passing year.
It's a truly sorry state that we find ourselves in, both in Texas and the nation at large. We're locked in an existential battle with nihilists who are prepared to destroy anything -- their state, their country, the lives of their children and grandchildren -- to seize the power they crave.