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It appears from all the gov's activity that he is trying to knock out any opponents early before they really have a chance to get some momentum going...
I have followed with interest comments from Texas Freepers on the other two possible candidates mentioned. Strayhorn appears to be a loose cannon. Kay Bailey Hutchinson appear to have considerable approval. But I am bothered by this statement in the article, if, as it seems, it is true:
Hutchison supports allowing a woman to make a choice about abortion until the unborn baby is viable outside the womb but supports states' ability to impose restrictions such as parental consent or notification for minors.
Say, what? This statement seems to say that there is a universal, presumably constitutional, right to abort babies right up to the time of viability. Maybe the first six or seven months of pregnancy, maybe even eight or nine if interpreted liberally (as it would be), and that the state should only be permitted to put parental consent or notification restrictions on that right.
That's a huge exception. I don't see how any pro-lifers could possibly support her candidacy if this is true. Keep in mind the history of another Texas lady, Sandra Day O'Connor, who seemed to be reasonably conservative but who has proven to be a flaming liberal on the Supreme Court, strongly favoring abortion, a fundamental right to sodomy, and the use of foreign laws as precedents for SCOTUS decisions. We don't need any more of that in the future.
Please bump your lists.
P.S. If the governor is announcing his strongly pro-life position now because he thinks that's the winning position to take, more power to him.
In fact, I'm delighted. If the voters and the politicians can be persuaded that the right to life is a political winner, so much the better. For too long the media and the liberals have tried to persuade us otherwise. Some voters vote their consciences, others like to be on the winning side. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be on the winning side if your cause is just.
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Therefore, all a woman has to say is that, "if I cannot have an abortion, I will kill myself" and the Perry would permit her to kill her baby.
However, Kay Hutchison will be formidable, if she enters the race. Perry's got all the Texas money lined up, so Hutchison will have to go out of state for cash, and to the Democrats.
If Perry can get a revamped school funding program through the legislature that does something about property taxes, he's a shoo-in.
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Look at it this way, if Hutchison does run, she will likely be replaced by a pro-life conservative (Congressman Henry Bonilla, hopefully). And Senators have more influence over the issue of abortion and life than governors do.
I still can't figure one thing out:
Perry will have been Governor for 6 years, he'd only normally be governor for 8, why doesn't he just let Huchison be Governor, and run for her Senate seat? It's more important that Senators be pro-life then governors anyway.
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Good for him. He needs pro-lifers, too, to beat Hutchinson.
Texans need to be very, very careful. Thanks in part to tacit support from the President, we now have a pro-abortion U.S. Senator (probably Senator-for-Life) from Georgia. I would hate to see Texans saddled with a pro-abortion governor, who could do even more harm.
Did anybody at this rally bother asking Rick why he appointed abortionist Elizabeth Ames-Jones to the Texas Railroad Commission that week? Didn't think so...