Having listened to Dan Patrick for a couple of years, I’d say describing him as the adult is wishful thinking.
I think he’ll win, and I hope he wins, but I’m afraid he will stick his foot in his mouth often enough that we might come to have mixed feelings.
“...but I’m afraid he will stick his foot in his mouth often enough that we might come to have mixed feelings.”
Give anyone 2 hours of air time every day and they’ll stick their foot in their mouth (except, maybe, Charlie Rose). What counts is that he WILL NOT listen to Karl Rove and he WILL NOT hold out Texas as friendly to Illegals.
If he does stick his foot in his mouth once in a while, big deal - as long as he has that position, our state is safe.
“I’m afraid he will stick his foot in his mouth often enough that we might come to have mixed feelings”
Not when the alternative is Dewhurst. I would have preferred Jerry Patterson, but Patrick has shown courage in the past and will be a vast improvement. Now, who will rid us of that troublesome Speaker, Straus?
I, too, think he is a loose cannon but it's him or millionaire Dewhurst who is a wimp. I think Dewhurst’s money makes him too comfortable to take on a fight with Democrats.
Dewhurst and picture ID:
I was heavily working with our state party the SECOND OR THIRD TIME WE TRIED TO GET PICTURE ID, and we needed one more vote in the senate to get it and it had already passed the House. Then, a Democrat was out due to being in a hospital and Dewhurst REFUSED TO BRING UP PICTURE ID to vote. State Republicans, including me, were furious at him. He said he wanted to wait until the Democrat came back. That was also when George Bush was president, no Holder or anyone at the federal level to mess with us if we passed it.
We lost getting Picture ID that year due to Dewhurst. He is such a freaking pansy. I hope no Texas Freeper votes for him.