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In Case You Missed It, Wendy Davis’ Run for Governor Ended in a Meltdown Friday
Pajamas Media ^ | 09/22/2014 | Bryan Preston

Posted on 09/22/2014 10:39:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The lone Texas gubernatorial debate took place in the Rio Grande Valley Friday night. Front-runner Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Republican, just had to get through the debate without making any negative news. The pressure was all on Wendy Davis, Democrat state senator trailing by a lot in the polls, to make something — anything positive — happen.

Well, she made something happen. But it wasn’t positive.

Davis attacked Abbott over a school finance lawsuit that’s in appeal.

Abbott responded that as attorney general, he has an obligation to follow the law and keep the suit going.

Davis then went into unleashed mode, and talked over everyone. Her actions are aptly being called a “meltdown” statewide. The moderator felt compelled to remind her of the debate rules.

You can hear in the clip, Davis calling on Abbott to ignore a state law in the matter and “stand up to the legislature.”

That would be the legislature of which Davis is a member, which passed a law concerning when the attorney general may not just settle a case, as Davis wants him to do in this case. That law is S.B. 899, which passed during the 2011 session of the Texas legislature. Davis ought to remember, because she was there. It prohibits the state attorney general from entering into a settlement that costs over $10 million or that “commits the state to a continuing increased expenditure of state funds over subsequent biennia” without the legislature’s approval. The school finance case would clearly cost far more than that.

So Attorney General Abbott, following the law, cannot settle the school finance suit unless the legislature authorizes him to do so. That’s the law. He reminded Davis of her own record on that law.

Namely, that Wendy Davis voted for that very law.

Wendy Davis was clearly very unhappy to have her own record used against her. So she stepped all over the debate rules and ended up advocating that the elected attorney general break the law just to satisfy her.

Wendy Davis violated the debate rules, which isn’t a huge deal, but she did so in pursuit of trying to goad her opponent into breaking a state law — which she voted for and which as a lawyer, Davis knows that the attorney general cannot do.

That is a huge deal. It’s a disqualifying deal.

It’s at this point that Texas writers usually deploy a finishing phrase — that dog won’t hunt, Davis is all hat and no cattle, she’s a gun with no ammo that still manages to misfire — that sort of thing. All of those phrases and a whole lot more fit the Davis run for governor. She’s all hype and no substance. She’s one-dimensional, just a left side who’s never right. But those two minutes showed a deep problem with Wendy Davis as a candidate, a lawyer and a person.

Not only did Wendy Davis meltdown at the mere mention of her own record, showing an intemperate side that would wear thin quickly with daily exposure, she signaled that if she were ever entrusted with executive authority of any kind in state government, she would not hesitate to shred state law and the Constitution if she found them to be in the way of pursuing her leftwing agenda. Davis would form a government unto herself and just ignore precedent, current law, and the people’s representatives in the legislature.

That’s just not how things work. Not now, and hopefully not ever.

Watch the whole embarrassing two minutes by clicking on the link.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2014midterms; abortionbarbie; governor; gregabbott; texas; tx2014; wendydavis
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Or from out of state/country...


41 posted on 09/22/2014 12:12:16 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: SeekAndFind

Did she really tell Greg Abbott to “stand up” to the legislature? Imagine if a Republican had said that to Max Cleland.


42 posted on 09/22/2014 12:26:14 PM PDT by RightFighter (It was all for nothing.)
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To: RightFighter

Wendy Davis Official Statement: Paraplegic Abbott ‘Hasn’t Walked a Day in My Shoes’
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/01/21/Wendy-Davis-Paraplegic-Greg-Abbot-Never-Walked-A-Day-In-My-Shoes


43 posted on 09/22/2014 12:39:58 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep, the Democrats are on record all over the place as wanting to ignore laws they dislike.

Ignore them.

Obama ignores the law.
Holder ignores the law.
Reid ignores the law.

And their little minions in the states ignore the law. Nixon. Davis. Patrick. Christie. Brown. All ignoring the laws they dislike.


44 posted on 09/22/2014 12:53:41 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SeekAndFind
Ms. Davis, you must lead a charming life. Roy Scheider photo: Roy Scheider rip-roy-scheider.jpg Wanna knock boots?
45 posted on 09/22/2014 1:08:13 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: RightOnTheBorder
You watch, she will get 35-40% of the vote just for being on the Dem ticket. That is the danger of the left. They are not people like you or I who care about right or wrong, fair or unfair, wise or unwise. They only know power and vote for who they believe will give it to them.

I have not seen many political signs yet here in the Houston area. I work in the arty/queer part of town, and I have seen a couple for Wendy Davis. Yes, the libs would vote for Satan if he has a 'D' after his name. I guess he does, for "devil", which essentially means "democrat".

46 posted on 09/22/2014 1:14:02 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: Rummyfan
She sounds drugged, to me. Like they gave her a bit of valium, before she went out.....with a shot of botox (ouch).
47 posted on 09/22/2014 1:20:09 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Sans-Culotte
the libs would vote for Satan if he has a 'D' after his name.

THAT ^^ would make a great bumper sticker.

I haven't seen too many Windy sign/stickers, either.

48 posted on 09/22/2014 1:21:30 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: SeekAndFind
She signaled that if she were ever entrusted with executive authority of any kind in state government, she would not hesitate to shred state law and the Constitution if she found them to be in the way of pursuing her leftwing agenda. Davis would form a government unto herself and just ignore precedent, current law, and the people’s representatives in the legislature.

That’s just not how things work. Not now, and hopefully not ever.

It IS how things work. In Washington, DC.

49 posted on 09/22/2014 1:36:28 PM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: SeekAndFind

When Abbott asked her near the end ‘did she vote for Obama’ she completely ignored the question and went into one of her typical ranting platitudes mode about giving away the state resources to anyone who demands it of her and because she has such a huge, caring heart vs the mean Abbott.


50 posted on 09/22/2014 1:38:09 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: pepsionice
Hard to believe this was the state party’s number one choice.

We are very fortunate the TX demoncraps decided to run her.

Lest anyone forget - she got her husband to pay for her law school and then she divorced him.

51 posted on 09/22/2014 1:46:28 PM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

52 posted on 09/22/2014 1:51:50 PM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Sadly, even in the great State of Texas, this useless twit will still garner no less than one out of every three votes by virtue of the fact that she has a “D” after her name.


But it’s not just the D’s. Let’s face it, what would it take for you to vote for a Democrat, rather than a Republican.

They vote for the democrat, even an incompetent one, for the same reason many of us voted for McCain. People like her lose to the “brainless moderates”.


53 posted on 09/22/2014 1:57:33 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wendy Davis, the abortion barbie, is also a skirt chaser!


54 posted on 09/22/2014 3:17:12 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: RJS1950

Gotta go back to the Texas primary. First of all....Greg Abbott slaughtered Wendy Davis, when comparing Abbott’s total votes to Davis total votes.......like about an 800,000 vote margin!!! Second, every “border’ county voted heavily for the Wendy Davis...little known Hispanic “Democrat” primary opponent!!! She did not carry any “border county” along the border with Mexico...if I am not mistaken!!! Greg Abbott leads Davis in most polls by a 15% margin. I believe the margin will get larger!!! davis is hated in Texas....but.....POTUS Obama is hated even more!!!


55 posted on 09/22/2014 4:25:04 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She was never a threat to win. Her base voters probably liked her antics.


56 posted on 09/22/2014 10:57:57 PM PDT by Impy (Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
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