“How bout we do it this way sport! YOU list all the CONSERVATIVE things you think Mr. DEW hurst has accomplished and I’ll tell you the truth about them one by one!”
I’ll be happy to cooperate with your request to provide you evidence Lt. Gov. Dewhurst is conservative and would represent Texas in the U.S. Senate better than Cruz for you to take potshots at.
I must remind you, however; that this thread started out as an attack thread against Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, saying his imminent 57% victory in the Texas primary was worth conservatives going “Oh,No!” over. Then, you chimed in with your accusation that Lt. Gov. Dewhurst is as liberal as Speaker Strauss. Then, when I dared ask for evidence that Dewhurst is the liberal Cruz supporters are accusing him of being, called noob, LOL-ed at, your “son”, blockhead, and generally condescended upon.
FYI, it is generally accepted that the person who throwing the mud must back up their words, yet you and the other Cruz people expect the one person who questions your unsupported attack on Dewhurst to provide you with talking points!
But before I get started, I must mention that unlike Cruz, David Dewhurst has not run the relentlessly negative campaign with accusations that his republican opponent is not even conservative. In fact, the only thing Dewhurst campaign has said that could be construed as negative was the truth that Cruz is overzealously representing his client with appeals in a court case his client lost involving Cruz’ client stealing an American Company’s business property.
But, here’s the evidence that David Dewhurst would represent State of Texas in the U.S. Senate better than Cruz, then you can tell me the truth about them one by one.
David Dewhurst was born in Texas and has spent most of his life in Texas, both as a private businessman and elected official in his later years. David Dewhurst went to public schools in Texas, was a college-level athlete, and is an Air Force veteran. After that, he learned all he needed to about Washington bureaucracies and how they work in a brief stint with CIA, to convince him get away from the federal government and move home and enter the private sector. After success there, he was elected at 53 and has served in statewide office, currently as Lt. Governor at a salary of $7,200.00 per year.
In an era of Federal Government mandates in education, Bush Administration high levels of spending, and unfettered, federal governement-encouraged immigration into our border state, Dewhurst has done all he could to limit the taxes and spending. Everyone in government is a product of his generation and times and part of a team that must make society interact peacefully, and that sometimes involves the dreaded C-word - compromise. David Dewhurst has never claimed to be some kind of conservative activist, but neither is he the liberal you are unsuccessfully trying to make him out to be. David Dewhurst’s stands on the issues are well-known and you know as well as I that he will work to get a Constitutional Amendment to balance the federal budget and repeal Obamacare, and stop the green-energy scam and allow domestic energy production, and reign in the excesses of EPA and NLRB and NEA, and that he is very pro-life, and would vote in the Senate every bit as conservatively on the issues, if not more so, than Cruz. In fact. I think David Dewhurst personality and leadership skills and speaking skills and experience would make him far more effective Senator than Cruz, and I trust David Dewhurst to represent the interests of the State of Texas and Texan people more.
Ok. Since you couldn’t come up with your own material, I’ve given you a ton of free ammunition. All without attacking your man, Cruz.
Now that I’ve given you the list of things you requested, can you take them ONE by ONE, from the beginning and in order, as YOU said you would and tell me exactly how each and every truth I stated isn’t true?
Other than having the money to get himself elected how does any of that qualify as a conservative accomplishment? Answer: It doesn't! I helped get the guy elected in fact. Do you recall that little jingle he used in ALL his ads back then? "If you keep on doing what you've always done your going to keep on getting what you've always got!" That came from me. I know the man personally and no longer trust him! When a man sits across the table from me and promises to do a thing and then turns right around and does just the opposite it tends to have that effect on me! so I will not be doing what I've always done in this election!
I know Ted Cruz as well and he has NEVER lied to me. Not once! EVER!
You can say that again! In spades!
David Dewhurst has never claimed to be some kind of conservative activist,...
That a good thing because he, very definitely, isn't one!
... but neither is he the liberal you are unsuccessfully trying to make him out to be.
Show me where I ever said he was a liberal. I haven't! All I have ever said is that he is NOT conservative and he isn't by your own admission above! WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE FOLKS LIKE DEWHURST IN WASHINGTON! There are quite enough of them there already thank you!
David Dewhurst’s stands on the issues are well-known and you know as well as I that he will work to get a Constitutional Amendment to balance the federal budget and repeal Obamacare, and stop the green-energy scam and allow domestic energy production, and reign in the excesses of EPA and NLRB and NEA, and that he is very pro-life, and would vote in the Senate every bit as conservatively on the issues, if not more so, than Cruz.
Uh! Sorry! No I don't know that! He is FAR to prone to [[[gulp]]] COMPROMISE for my liking!
I think David Dewhurst personality and leadership skills and speaking skills and experience would make him far more effective Senator than Cruz, and I trust David Dewhurst to represent the interests of the State of Texas and Texan people more.
Personality? Leadership skills? SPEAKING skills? Are you serious or are you trying out for court jester?
Seriously.....
A google search for Dewhurst Rino returned some 800,000 hits.
Here is a brief recap of the first half dozen or so...
And from WHERE: Town hall? Red State? National Review? Main stream GOP Press calling him a RINO. I did not include any of the hard right blogs I found. If the center left of the GOP says he is liberal, sweet Saint Peter, he is more likely a NWO Communist.
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2012/05/09/tea_party_hails_lugar_defeat/page/2
http://www.redstate.com/burbmom/
http://www.examiner.com/article/texas-next-conservative-vs-moderate-battleground (Club for Growth) You know the RINO Hunters club of America.
http://www.voicesempower.com/tag/david_dewhurst/
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/299474/club-growth-targets-dewhurst-brian-bolduc
And in CLOSING:
Dewhurst is supported by: Bush, Rove, Perry and Huckabee.
Cruz is supported by Sarah Palin.
And ME.
Nuff said!
“In fact, the only thing Dewhurst campaign has said that could be construed as negative was the truth that Cruz is overzealously representing his client with appeals in a court case his client lost involving Cruz’ client stealing an American Company’s business property.”
First, that is NOT the only allegation dewhurst has made.
Second, Dewhurst campaign has been relentlessly unfair and negative towards Cruz, making mountains out of the molehill of legal representation by Cruz’ lawfirm.
- because Cruz worked for some time in a large lawfirm and some of the other lawyers gave money to Democrat causes, Cruz was attacked for being a puppet of Soros. This is ABSURD guilt by association.
- second, the above “Cruz’ client” is a lie. It was a client of Cruz’ lawfirm and he was not involved in the decisions Dewhurst accuses him of. Basically, Cruz is being accused of the professional work of others in the lawfirm.
the Dewhurst smear machine is the main thing he has going right now.
“Dewhurst has done all he could to limit the taxes and spending. “
Those who observe the lege and see how the Senate goes ‘soft’ on House initiatives know this not to be the case.