Pauken Slashes Abbott in TexMo Interview (Texas)

D Frontburner ^ | 09/13/2013 | Wick Allison

[TexGrill]

Global business tip

[Windflier]

Consider the source:

"FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time."

Bunch of big city liberal media hacks trying to steer Republican politics as usual.

[gop4lyf]

Haven’t you heard, the only politician in Texas now is Wendy Davis.

[TexGrill]

Spineless Abbott is too chicken to debate her too.

[JRandomFreeper]

He's got a point, though. Abbot is going to have to debate, or lose credibility.

/johnny

[TexGrill]

http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/underdog

[austinaero]

Where is Kinky Friedman? Texas Monthly loves him!

[TexGrill]

OMG You’re right Wick Allison, publisher of D Frontburner, was publisher of the National Review during the Reagan years. He was appointed CEO of the American Conservative magazine in 2011. This guy’s a flaming Marxist goon. Let’s get the rope:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wick_Allison

That’s a double sarc., just in case you didn’t get the hint.

[Windflier]

D Magazine is a flaming liberal rag. I don’t care who the ‘publisher’ of that website is.

[Windflier]

Spineless Abbott

See? That's exactly the sort of talk that started our last firefight over Pauken vs Abbott. You just can't stop with the ad hominems.

If you want to have an honest political discussion between fellow conservatives about the merits of these two contenders, you need to drop the below-the-belt potshots first.

[Windflier]

He's got a point, though. Abbot is going to have to debate, or lose credibility.

Maybe he will, and maybe he won't. He may be waiting til a certain pre-planned stage of the race to openly debate his opponents. May be a strategy at work here.

Dunno, but I'm not reading anything into his refusal to debate either of those two at this point.

[JRandomFreeper]

I won't be voting for him unless I'm clear on what his positions are. I do like what he's done as AG.

Besides, governor isn't the important office anyway. Lt. Governor is.

I'll be hosting a thread to the Boot Dewhurst pinglist this week to discuss candidates for Lt. Gov.

/johnny

[Windflier]

Texas Gubernatorial race ping

[GeronL]

Aboott does talk a good game but his office has been silent on so many things.

[Jane Long]

Spineless? Ouch! Low blow.

[GeronL]

D Magazine and Texas monthly are both leftist

The only place I ever hear about D Magazine is during PBS pledge drives

[Windflier]

I won't be voting for him unless I'm clear on what his positions are. I do like what he's done as AG.

I haven't seen anyone step foot into the race that I like better than Abbott, but yes, I need him fully lay out his positions on a host of issues before I give him my vote.

[TexGrill]

"Cops please protect me, I'm too scared to debate."

[TexGrill]

OK I take my “spineless” comment back. Sorry

[Windflier]

D Magazine and Texas monthly are both leftist

According to the OP, we're supposed to ignore that well known fact because the guy who founded the website at the link has some track with conservative publications.

Uh....no.