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Wendy Davis vs. Principle
National Review Online ^ | October 22, 2014 | Charles C. W. Cooke

Posted on 10/22/2014 2:26:07 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

That a doyenne of the midafternoon MSNBC crowd is losing a gubernatorial race in deep-red Texas should come as a surprise to nobody. That she has been reduced to her present antics, however, was a little less expected. There is losing in politics, and then there is losing, and of late Davis has become sorely adept at the latter. In the space of a year, Joan of Arc has been transmogrified into Elmer Fudd, replete with ill-fitting hunting rifle, cartoonish faux-accent, and, now, a good deal of hapless frustration to boot.

Among Davis’s recent offerings have been an attack ad that appeared to draw attention to her opponent’s disability; the introduction into the race of a contretemps over the legal availability of rubber sex toys; and, most egregiously of all, the suggestion that her opponent is a secret foe of interracial marriage. Per Hippocrates, desperate times may indeed call for desperate measures, but “desperate” and “suicidal” are not synonyms, and recklessness is not the most profitable of strategies.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortionbarbie; campaigning; gregabbott; texas; wendydavis

1 posted on 10/22/2014 2:26:07 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Abortion Barbie is not doing well. Surprise, Surprise.


2 posted on 10/22/2014 2:56:23 AM PDT by sr4402
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To: sr4402

Just another POS in a POS party.


3 posted on 10/22/2014 3:16:57 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This is an excellent article that makes some very important points.


4 posted on 10/22/2014 3:21:17 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Feeling fine about the end of the world!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She is a hero to the far Left for using these tactics.


5 posted on 10/22/2014 3:22:01 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

“She is a hero to the far Left for using these tactics.”

Word brother


6 posted on 10/22/2014 3:56:54 AM PDT by Helotes
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Give 'er a break. Abortion worshipper-Wendy did tell
women how sluts should handle guys who knock them up.

"Shoot 'em in the crotch."

7 posted on 10/22/2014 4:18:30 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She is auditioning to be Hillary’s Veep.


8 posted on 10/22/2014 4:24:00 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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To: SecondAmendment

She should be indicted for stupidity. Her entire staff also.


9 posted on 10/22/2014 5:23:47 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Ebola: Satan's End Game for Humanity.)
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To: fortheDeclaration

You are exactly correct. Even though she will lose this election she will be back.


10 posted on 10/22/2014 5:29:12 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She never had any shot at winning...her fame and fortune was the figment of her and the liberal medias imagination. Wishful thinking on steroids!!!


11 posted on 10/22/2014 5:34:24 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

In a normal year where the Republicans would have fronted a marginal candidate with questionable accomplishments...Wendy had an outstanding chance of winning. Sadly for her....they actually went out and found a four-star candidate with no problems, and Wendy’s odds dropped week by week.

Presently, I’d say that Wendy will quietly go back and look over what went wrong. Ted Cruz may be doing something in 2016, and if so...another race opportunity might come in 2018, as Cruz’s stand-in replacement from the Governor will have to run a full-race. I’d take a guess that Wendy gets picked up in spring of 2015 for some DC job (appointee or such). She’ll come back to run again, and have better odds the second time around.


12 posted on 10/23/2014 1:18:24 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Kiww da Abbott, kiww da Abbott, kiww da Abbott…”


13 posted on 10/23/2014 1:44:22 AM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2016: The Perfect Storm.)
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