Posted on 01/24/2014 3:48:31 PM PST by John Semmens
Recent revelations that the campaign biography touting the gubernatorial candidacy of Texas State Senator Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) contains multiple inaccuracies were declared a “smear” by Davis.
“Whether any specific item is precisely factual is not as important as whether the essential message is true,” the Senator said. “Unlike my opponent, I am a working mother who has overcome significant handicaps to rise as a spokesperson for women's rights. If we allow this essential truth to be submerged in a cacophony of nick-picking, fact-checking 'gotchas' we allow the good old boy network to win.”
Unlike most working mothers, Davis ceded custody of her two children (including one fathered by another man in a previous marriage) to her most recent former husband, whom she divorced after he finished paying off the costs of her Harvard Law School education.
Similarly, Davis' contention that she has suffered hardships “unknown” to her opponent also raised a discordant note. Her opponent, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R), age 56, has been confined to a wheel chair since age 26 when his spine was broken by a falling tree. “Well, Mr. Abbott may be paralyzed, but he has never known the pains of child birth,” Davis asserted. “So, I'd have to say that he is unable to identify with the half of the population that has to face this affliction solely because of their sex.”
Davis' campaign remains confident that “our 'stand with Wendy' slogan's imagery absolutely trumps anything Abbott can do. He's in a wheelchair. How can anyone stand with him?"
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/149245-2014-01-24-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-january-26-2014.htm
No Wendy didn’t say that, but some of her ardent supporters did, on camera.
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