[DrewsDad]

"I am disappointed to see him surrendering so easily," said Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston. "All 11 of us have made true sacrifices to be here in Albuquerque. I have a newborn baby at home that doesn't even know what I look like. ... No personal sacrifice is so great as to outweigh the constitutional issues at stake."

Wow! That statement says it all. They are violating their state constitutional duty in fleeing the state during a Legislative Session all to defend the "shrewdest gerrymander of the 1990s" even at the expense of their obligation to their family. This truly is Democrats Uber Alles.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep !!

‘Democrats über alles’ = ‘Democrats over everything’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/924411/posts?page=17#17

[Redbob]

"... said Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston. "... I have a newborn baby at home that doesn't even know what I look like."

Send the kid a picture of a rattlesnake.
Or maybe an amoeba, any invertebrate slime.

[Becki]

"I am disappointed to see him surrendering so easily," said Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston. "All 11 of us have made true sacrifices to be here in Albuquerque. I have a newborn baby at home that doesn't even know what I look like. ... No personal sacrifice is so great as to outweigh the constitutional issues at stake."

When this all started, I thought it was pretty much a publicity stunt, hoping to garner some press and public outrage.

Now i believe they are truly delusional.

Becki