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Wendy Davis’ ex-husband: “They’ve asked me not to talk to reporters”
Legal Insurrection ^ | 1-20-2014 | William A. Jacobson

Posted on 01/20/2014 4:12:57 PM PST by servo1969

But he didn’t listen to the campaign, and the result is the implosion of Wendy Davis’ personal and political narratives

Wendy Davis, the progressive movement’s Texas darling because of her pro-late term abortion filibuster, is withering under revelations that much of her narrative of struggle and financial hardship is misleading at best, fabricated at worst.

The wagons are being circled around her with claims of a War on Women and sexism … all because the truth has come out via an interview with her husband by the Dallas Morning News, and other investigation.

There even are accusations by Texas Democratic political operatives that the campaign of her opponent, Gregg Abbott, has been peddling the story. So far, however, the facts revealed by the Dallas Morning News have not been contested.

In fact, bits of the story were revealed in a Houston Chronicle article on September 2, 2013, but no one paid attention because the Chronicle story was not as detailed and Davis would not announce her run for the Governorship for another month. There was no campaign narrative yet developed, as there is now and as to which the Dallas Morning News article is devastating.

Among other things, the Chronicle story revealed that Davis’ ex-husband cashed in his 401k to pay for her law school, and also that a loan was taken out and that she left just after the final payment:

Their daughter, Dru, was born while Wendy was at TCU. After graduation, Wendy was accepted to Harvard Law School, and Jeff said he cashed in a 401(k) to help pay the cost…..

In November 2003 – the same month a Harvard loan was paid off – she left, Jeff said. “I made the last payment and laughed,” he said.

Wendy stressed that they used their family resources to make her education possible because they thought it was “beneficial for our family.”

“We took out a loan in that third year, and we paid it off as a family,” she said, adding that she made “a nice income” as a lawyer and helped build their title company. Jeff describes it as his company but said she got half when it was sold during the divorce.

Here’s the key thing.

The Wendy Davis campaign has been trying to keep Jeff Davis from speaking to the press for months. According to the Houston Chronicle article (emphasis added):

“They’ve asked me not to talk to reporters,” Jeff said. He is anyway, because: “If she runs, the scrutiny on her will be extraordinary. She needs to deal with it in a constructive way. She needs to take control of the message. … My goal in all this, I think, is just try and protect the kids as much as I can.”

Now we know why. Wendy Davis’ personal and campaign narratives don’t hold up to scrutiny.

Davis’ ex-husband saw it coming. And so did the Davis campaign, which tried to keep him quiet.

Only the progressive movement and the big money donors didn’t have a clue as to what they were buying into.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionbarbie; coverup; davis; democrat; greggabbott; husband; jeffdavis; progressive; texas; tx2014; waronerror; waronwomenmeme; wendy; wendydavis; wendydavistruthfile
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1 posted on 01/20/2014 4:12:58 PM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

The media will defend this woman because they love abortion as much as she does..they should close their eyes and pretend they are reporting on Sarah Palin, then they would report on this story


2 posted on 01/20/2014 4:15:47 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: servo1969

Are those his or her feet?


3 posted on 01/20/2014 4:16:28 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

She’s a liar...fits just right with the DIMocRATs.


4 posted on 01/20/2014 4:17:37 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: servo1969
In Texas, the scathing comments will be hard to squelch...

Rhymes with witch and begins with a B...

5 posted on 01/20/2014 4:20:10 PM PST by Regulator
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To: servo1969

Democrat voters do not care about lying from their own candidates.

They use morals only to crush the opponent.

Democrat voters have no use for morals, and they do not believe anyone lives a moral life, and they don’t know anyone who does. They are cut off, much like the NY Governor stating publically that conservatives are not welcome in NY.

Just think of Christie saying the same about some exalted group which democrats use for power.

And democrats are so removed from morality that they don’t understand that it’s a work in progress, not a living saint.

And democrats don’t care what this screaming abortion promoter says, as long as she can get into the governorship.

And don’t think there are no liberal Texans.


6 posted on 01/20/2014 4:20:30 PM PST by stanne
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To: servo1969

Bump


7 posted on 01/20/2014 4:21:19 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: servo1969
Per her wiki, she got married to Davis in 1987, when she was 24 and working as a waitress. He was 13 years older.

He paid for her education thru law school. They divorced in 2005, after he paid the last of her education debt.

8 posted on 01/20/2014 4:25:16 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

That is the shoes she wore during her 12 hour talk on the floor of the TX Senate.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/28/article-2350873-1A821EAC000005DC-154_634x638.jpg


9 posted on 01/20/2014 4:25:49 PM PST by deport
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To: servo1969

Just because they asked, doesn’t mean you gotta obey


10 posted on 01/20/2014 4:26:33 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: stanne

When you say “democrats”, I’m sure you mean voters as well as party leaders. The democrats I know, and no longer have anything to do with, continuously lie and/or accept lies. When you point out the lies they just shrug. And, as I pointed out, I no longer attempt to point out anything to the evil bastards. And I do believe that every democrat voter is evil because they openly support evil.


11 posted on 01/20/2014 4:26:47 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: PapaBear3625

She used him like a sugar daddy


12 posted on 01/20/2014 4:30:16 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: servo1969

“The fact that a given person is holding or even seeking high-level public office is, in and of itself, proof that said person is morally and/or psychologically UNFIT to hold public office.” Ann Barnhardt. That statement is seeming less and less outrageous as the days go by.


13 posted on 01/20/2014 4:33:16 PM PST by Stentor (Maybe the Goldman Sachs thing is just a coincidence.)
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To: servo1969

Someone ought to ask Jeff how much he shelled out for plastic surgery on his ex-wife, too. She looks nothing like the photo from her TCU days. Not a plastic surgeon, but looks like she’s had the obligatory breast job, along with extensive facial work and they probably lipo’ed anything they could stick a needle in.

I’d say the total bill for Wendy’s little “makeover” probably exceeded her tuition at Harvard Law.

One more thing: the original divorce filing by Wendy’s Sugar Daddy ex-husband accused her of adultery. Can’t wait for the Boy Toy to surface.

Give credit to the Dallas Morning News for exposing the “real” Wendy Davis. I’d like to believe some GOP op research folks steered them in the right direction, but we know the GOP(E) has no stomach for this sort of thing, and they’re terrified of getting caught and being criticized by the MSM.

No, this implosion appears to be self-inflicted.


14 posted on 01/20/2014 4:33:38 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: servo1969
The wagons are being circled around her with claims of a War on Women and sexism...

Lefties are so predictable. But, as long as the media complies and the sheeple believe everything the lame streams force feed them, it works.

15 posted on 01/20/2014 4:34:00 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: GeronL
She used him like a sugar daddy

Then again, he started dating her when she was around 21-22, and had her until she was 42, so I'm guessing he may have gotten his money's worth.

16 posted on 01/20/2014 4:34:30 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: PapaBear3625

lol


17 posted on 01/20/2014 4:36:03 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL
Just because they asked, doesn’t mean you gotta obey

Because HE got custody of the kids (including a stepchild), under terms of the divirce he might well HAVE to obey. She also likes to sue for libel and defamation when she has no case. A newspaper/Disney can bat that away, her ex-husband may not want the headache.
18 posted on 01/20/2014 4:37:59 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (The only thing that can save us is if Kerry wins the Nobel prize and leaves us alone.--Moshe Yaalon)
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To: PapaBear3625
Then again, he started dating her when she was around 21-22, and had her until she was 42, so I'm guessing he may have gotten his money's worth.

True, but don't forget to subtract the three years in law school that she spent in Massachuetts while he cared for her children.
19 posted on 01/20/2014 4:39:00 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (The only thing that can save us is if Kerry wins the Nobel prize and leaves us alone.--Moshe Yaalon)
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To: ExNewsExSpook
Not a plastic surgeon,

If not a plastic surgeon, how'd she find a diet that takes weight off her nose?
20 posted on 01/20/2014 4:40:13 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (The only thing that can save us is if Kerry wins the Nobel prize and leaves us alone.--Moshe Yaalon)
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