Fugitive Texas Demoquitters' Press Conference - Live Thread

5/13/03 | Angry Conservative

[Diddle E. Squat]

Now that I am convinced this is being orchestrated by the national DNC, I wonder how far they will go in turning this into a publicity circus? Pelosi and other high-profile Dems stopping by for support? Michael Moore doing a documentary? Ann Richards bringing brownies? The Dixie Chicks doing an unpugged Ardmore concert on MTV?

[Jrabbit]

Did you not read post #66?

[deport]

Deborah Cannon AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Democratic representatives join hands in prayer before starting a meeting at the Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Okla., on Tuesday. Story

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Fifty-five of the 150 lights on the House voting board remained dark Tuesday, most of them belonging to the 53 Democrats who hopped buses to Ardmore, Okla. on Sunday to break the quorum and try to kill a bill that would re-draw congressional districts to give Republicans more seats.

The House has three days before a crucial deadline to consider major House bills. House Bills that don't receive final House approval by midnight Thursday are dead unless they can be resuscitated in the Senate or tacked on to other bills.




Deborah Cannon AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Rep. Chente Quintinalla is handed a "wanted" flier at the Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Okla. on Tuesday. The flier said "WANTED for representing the people."

[Dane]

Give it up pwatson. I guess you can't read and a product of a demo NEA public school. All Diddle was doing, was reporting the Texas chicken d's news conference.

[padfoot_lover]

That flier should read "WANTED for NOT representing the people."

[OrioleFan]

They were probably at that drive-thru animal park near Ardmore mixing with their kin in the primate section.

[TexanToTheCore]

Much better would have been:

"WANTED for interstate flight to avoid legislation"

[pwatson]

Oops, I hate when that happens, (someone like me, mistakes the thread poster as the writer). My very big 5 Generation Texas Apology!!!
Regards,
Paul Watson

[Dane]

Deborah Cannon AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Democratic representatives join hands in prayer before starting a meeting at the Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Okla., on Tuesday

And the "prayer" basically said, IMHO, was,

Oh Lord Hillary the almighty save us. We are using your tactics of pettiness, division, and lies. Hillary you are our salvation.

[m1-lightning]

I thought this story was a joke out of the tabloids when I first heard of it. Now that I know that it's a real story, I'm LMAO!

[aristeides]

The joke is on the DemocRATs. They're reinforcing the impression created in the public by things like the Lautenberg flap that they're cheaters.

[Diddle E. Squat]

LOL, no problem, I certainly understand. This current generation of moral relativist Democrats, who have purged their party of those with any shred of integrity, has most of us seething mad at their latest example of grandstanding and avoiding the rules they subjegated everyone else to.

[padfoot_lover]

I'm listening to Chris Baker right now. He IS hysterical, he just interviewed Rob Eissler(my rep.,a great Republican :-)). Chris just played the song "Running Scared" in honor of the wanted criminals and has chicken sound effects in the background!!!! Gotta love it!

[padfoot_lover]

I'm listening to Chris Baker right now. He IS hysterical, he just interviewed Rob Eissler(my rep.,a great Republican :-)). Chris just played the song "Running Scared" in honor of the wanted criminals and has chicken sound effects in the background!!!! Gotta love it!

[padfoot_lover]

sorry for the double post...

[HHFi]

The idea that Martin Frost would be appalled by unfair and rambling congressional district boundaries is laughable. His own district looks like a police chalk outline of a centipede killed by a steamroller.

I used to live in Frost's district and didn't know anyone who liked him. Every election, he'd be lagging behind his GOP opponent in Ennis and Waxahachie until a big stuffed box of ballots from a Ft. Worth housing project 45 miles away came in and once again put him over the top. Those voters had absolutely nothing in common with us: no shared industries, no similar neighborhoods, nothing. But they were staunch Democrats, so they'd been gerrymandered into our district to insure we had lots of taxation without representation.

[kjam22]

I think Bob Stoops ought to take our football team down there and kick their butts. He owns TEXAS....

[ezo4]

Whaaaa Whaaaaa - I cant win so Im going run and hide.
Whaaaa Whaaaaa - No one likes me anymore so I’m going to take my little red ball and go home.

Recently, everyday I get up and wait and watch for another assigned thing these morons do to end there political agendas.

watching the dems crash and burn is so much fun! :o)

[Defiant]

how far they will go in turning this into a publicity circus?

Given that this involves an additional 7 GOP seats, they will be willing to go pretty far. Still, the House GOP only needs 5 more Rats, and ought to start looking for the weak links. Do any of those people have season tickets to the Mavs??? Do any of them have kids in little league? Graduations to attend? Spouses to visit? I think at least 5 can be convinced to come back, on the argument that they will eventually lose anyway, when the Governor calls them back into special session. If they don't want to be on the lam for the next 6 months, they better just come back, having finished with their PR stunt.