Abortion Queen Wendy Davis: "I'm in"

OK Politechs ^ | 9/27/13 | Charles M. Phipps

[OKCharles]

The abortion queen says she's in. Texas State Senator Wendy Davis has begun telling prominent Democrats in the state that she will be running for Governor next year. She will likely be up against Republican Greg Abbott, currently the Texas attorney general. Until a few months ago I had never heard of Davis. But, as Tom Dart wrote for The Guardian, "The state senator from Fort Worth became an overnight celebrity in June, as a result of her 11-hour filibuster against restrictive new abortion legislation." Being reelected in 2012, her term as Senator would ordinarily not be up until 2016, but earlier this year the Texas senators drew for terms in a post-redistricting, once a decade process and Davis drew a two year term. If she loses the gubernatorial election next year she will not have a Senate term to complete.

Her voting record as Senator is largely unknown outside of Texas, except of course for the abortion bill. Mark P. Jones, Chairman of Political Science at Rice University examined the voting records of all the senators and found hers to be fourth most liberal senator out of the 23 senators who served in all three time periods examined and the eight who served in two of them. Her signature accomplishment is most certainly the filibuster she mounted to block Senate Bill 5 this past June. Senate Bill 5 bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, requires abortion clinics to meet the same standards that hospital-style surgical centers do, and mandates that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Davis spoke for eleven hours and did manage to keep the bill from being voted on before the session was over by statute. Liberals and feminists groups were ready to erect statues in her honor. But, Governor Rick Perry added the bill to those being considered by a special session, where it was passed and then signed into law by Perry. As a writer for National Review Online put it, "Wendy Davis won the battle, but Rick Perry won the war."

Aside from her temporary success at stopping the abortion bill, I have not found any article touting her accomplishments in office. Were it not for her filibuster I doubt she would have been prompted to run for Governor. Apparently, trying to make it remain possible for women in Texas to have abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy is something the left holds dear enough to want to elevate this woman to the Governor's office of the second most populous state in the nation. Abortion is sacrosanct and all other issues are secondary. One thing is for sure, none of Davis's campaign literature will contain the phrase, "For the children."

[dforest]

She is trash!

[humblegunner]

Texas State Senator Wendy Davis has begun telling prominent Democrats in the state that she will be running for Governor next year.

Good luck with that, Wendy.

You ignorant slut.

[fwdude]

And that’s being kind.

[I cannot think of a name]

“Abortion Queen Wendy Davis: “I'm in”

A phrase she is no doubt entirely familiar with!

[fwdude]

I called her office during her filibuster (I’m in her district), and gave her flunky abortionist office interns my strongly worded opinion. I asked them of Windy’s opinion of Kermit Gosnell’s atrocities. They could tell me nothing.

[freedom462]

I am dying to see how badly she folds and embarrasses when she realizes that Texas aren’t fawning over her like the MSM is over her desire for unrestricted abortion. And how badly she folds and embarrasses when she realizes that Texans are not actually just a bunch of inbred hicks and will actually expect her to have coherent positions on other issues important to them too - and that the vast majority of them will still find her abortion views abhorrent enough to reject her even if, by some miracle, she can come up with semi coherent solutions on other issues they care about.

[Viennacon]

“If she loses the gubernatorial election next year she will not have a Senate term to complete.”

She would lose that election, which is why she’s taking this long shot.

In all fairness though, I wouldn’t bank on the Texas rat establishment to allow her to win the primary. She may be popular on the left coast and in Schumer’s mimi-bar, but the abortion barbie schtick won’t run well in Texas.

Look to them to nominate some Hispanic to appeal to the illegal immigrants.

[mylife]

A failed filibuster for a bad cause is this hags only accomplishment.

[fwdude]

The two-finger hand sign supposedly represents this woman's legs.

[madison10]

That’s disgusting.

[fwdude]

I am dying to see how badly she folds and embarrasses when she realizes that Texas aren’t fawning over her like the MSM is over her desire for unrestricted abortion.

The only thing I fear is this lawless "justice" department somehow managing to halt Texas' election integrity laws long enough to pack the polls with fake, dead, and alien "voters." This is how she won both elections, particularly the second.

I put no level of corruption past the Demonic-rats now. They are OPENLY committing election fraud now, and fear no repercussions about it.

[skinndogNN]

And it doesn’t matter who she runs against, she’ll lose by 6%, and then go find a place in the Hillary administration.

That’s her ultimate goal.

[InsidiousMongo]

That evil hag needs to be crushed in the governor election.

[daniel1212]

Have they charged Christians with haters yet?

http://masscitizensforlife.org/get-informed/womens-health-partner/

[fwdude]

Yes, she is.

[GeronL]

restrictive new abortion legislation

LOL. What a joke. Barely scratched their precious abortion nd made them use clean forceps.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Could she win, heaven forbid? I keep reading that Texas is going blue, that the right has at most two more election cycles before Texas is a solid dem state due to Mexicans and Californians invading.

Texans, please assure me that this is not true.

[fwdude]

They want back alley abortions like Calipornia now allows. Seriously.

[edh]

Freepers should rejoice that she’s running!!!

In fact, I beg you, Texas, insure she wins the primary and make it look like she has a chance! The amount of money they will blow on her in a no win scenario will tilt quite a few close races all over the country in our favor!