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Ah ! The old 'RAT trick. Do something over the top, then accuse the other side of doing it !!

The 'RATS are the Class Warfare/Divide Amerika Party.

Ms. Van de Putte said that as governor, Mr. Bush made a great effort to bring minorities into the Republican Party. She said Mr. Perry, on the other hand, was threatening to lock up in the Senate chamber the Hispanic and black senators so they would be forced to vote on a redistricting map that she said would disenfranchise minorities.

"What kind of image is that?" Ms. Van de Putte said. "I think the real danger here is not to Governor Perry. I think the real danger here is to the White House and the Republican efforts that would want to be so inclusive."

Perry spokeswoman Kathy Walt said Ms. Van de Putte's allegations are ludicrous and that Mr. Perry does not have the authority to lock senators in the chamber. Only the lieutenant governor can lock the senators into the chamber.

"Her accusations are intended to obscure the fact that they ran away from their job and their responsibility," Ms. Walt said. "They can't begin to represent their constituents while they are in New Mexico."

Leticia Van de Putte, San Antonio

This looks like fun . . .

Photos taken from the Texas Senators of the 78th Legislature website.

The 11 Obstructors:

Gonzalo Barrientos, Austin/Rodney Ellis, Houston/Mario Gallegos Jr., Houston

Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, McAllen/Eddie Lucio Jr., Brownsville/Frank Madla Jr., San Antonio

Eliot Shapleigh, El Paso/Leticia Van de Putte, San Antonio/Royce West, Dallas

John Whitmire, Houston/Judith Zaffirini, Laredo
The Lone Democrat that is staying:

Kenneth Armbrister, Victoria

Here is a list of recent articles on Redistricting:
FR Search: Keyword "Redistricting"

08-04-2003
Walkout leader blasts Perry -
Democrat Van de Putte says governor's push for remap has been divisive

08-03-2003
Each side has its spin on redistricting standoff

08-03-2003
Dewhurst's reputation depends on 11 who fled

07-31-2003
Dewhurst: I'm honoring tradition and precedent
(Article exposes ‘RAT Lies!!)
Congressional districts in Texas today are essentially those drawn by a partisan Legislature in 1991. At that time, a national publication called the Texas map the most outrageously gerrymandered redistricting effort in the nation, resulting in Democratic strength in our congressional delegation well beyond its representation among voters.
Our congressional lines are even more outdated today. When the Legislature failed to draw new lines to accommodate Texas' two new congressional seats in 2001, the job fell to a federal court. The judges made the fewest changes possible to the existing 1991 map, in essence protecting incumbents.
07-29-2003
Democrats bolt again – to New Mexico
(Senators trying to halt new special session on redistricting)

Link to pics of the 11 Democrat Senators that Obstructed Redistricting
(Post #4)

07-28-2003
Session ends as 11 Democrats slip out
(Dem's Flee state again!)

07-26-2003
GOP effort to redraw districts is crushed
[Texas redistricting]

07-24-2003
Democrats may be free to flee - constitutionally protected, says lawyer

07-24-2003
As new Texas redistricting map offered,
Dewhurst says compromise is in the air

07-23-2003
Committee passes redistricting bill (Texas)

07-23-2003
Texas Republican Senators Forge Ahead on Congressional Redistricting Plans

07-19-2003
[Texas] Senators talk of boycotting any redistricting session
Mr. Dewhurst said he would be on solid ground in working around the Senate tradition requiring a two-thirds vote to take up a bill. The late Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, a Democrat, did the same thing in a 1992 special session on legislative redistricting, Mr. Dewhurst said.
07-18-2003
New map, same pain for Dems
(Texas Redistricting fun)

07-17-2003
New map surfacing in Texas Senate

07-16-2003
Dewhurst at crossroads on redistricting in Texas Senate

07-15-2003
Ratliff joins Democrats to oppose redistricting
The state Republican Party was quick to point out that the [2/3rd’s] rule has been abandoned on occasion – such as when the Senate took up a state senatorial redistricting plan in 1992.
07-09-2003
DROP IT -- Redistricting would benefit few Texans, harm many
(Editorial)

07-08-2003
Senators have problems with House redistricting map - Texas redistricting

07-08-2003
House passes remap
Veteran Democrats may lose seats if bill goes through Senate

Above article is worthy of showing that a picture indeed is worth a thousand words:
First the Chicken D’s run away to Ardmore, Oklahoma. That didn’t work, so here they are,
still having a fit during the Redistricting debate:

As King began his argument for the new congressional boundaries Monday afternoon, about 30 Democrats in the gallery donned white socks as hand puppets to mock King. Every time he spoke, the little white mouths flapped.
07-07-2003
TEXAS REDISTRICTING--Vote TONIGHT!

07-07-2003
Race rhetoric stokes Texas redistricting fire

07-07-2003
Tension may soar as map debate hits House floor - Texas redistricting

07-06-2003
House panel quickly passes Republican redistricting plan -
map likely to unseat six Democrats

07-04-2003
New GOP map restores (Rep. Martin Frost's) district

07-03-2003
Republicans pull proposed map - redistricting

07-03-2003
Chamber of Commerce and GI Forum Hire Temps to Testify

07-02-2003
The Great Texas Power Grab - redistricting

07-01-2003
Tx Democrats Trying Fight, Not Flight, Over Districts
(The-Terrific-Texan-Special-Session)

>"Her accusations are intended to obscure the fact that they ran away from their job and their responsibility," Ms. Walt said. "They can't begin to represent their constituents while they are in New Mexico."

Well said. Democrats need to stop whining and go back to work. Their childish run from the law sets a bad example and is flat out embarassing to anyone with dignity.

"He's "not the brightest porch light on the block," Ms. Van de Putte said. But, 'he really looks good in jeans.'"

Consider the outcry if this was said by a male politician about a female.

The Texas Democrat Party encourages us to "thank the Texas 11"...the Texas Democrat Party Jackals who think it is better to be personally protected by New Mexico State Troopers--courtesy of the New Mexico taxpayers on the orders of Democrat Governor Bill Richardson--than to work on the legislative business of the people of Texas.
Here is the address and phone number of their current hideout:

The Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid North
5151 San Francisco Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: 1 505-821-3333
Fax: 1 505-828-0230

How about everyone mail them one of the following:

Box of pampers
Jar of baby wipes
Baby rattle
Talcom powder to help with their chapped bottoms.
Cabbage patch dolls.

Make sure to send this to all your like minded friends. I’m send baby wipes myself. Have fun!

Senate Democrat says governor's push for remap has been divisive

She said that as if that was a bad thing.

Separated at Birth?
Ms. Van de Putte

Linda Ronstadt

"The difference was Bush was the great uniter. Perry and [U.S. House Majority Leader Tom] DeLay are the great dividers," said Sen. Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio, chairwoman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Yeah. Right. And running to OK and NM to pout are real coalition builders.

Becki

Just as an experiment, I'd like to see Republicans is some state where they are the minority party stage a walkout over the fact that the Democrat Majority won't bend to the minority will on some issue. Then see what kind of press they get and let the public see how biased towards the left the media has become.

She said "Anglo" this and "Anglo" that so many times when we met yesterday, that I wondered whether she ever saw beyond who a person's grandparents were.

(I'm almost through with my very long description of our trip, "The Van to Van de Putte." I was just looking at FR to see which articles had already been posted.)

"Leticia Van de Puta... accused Republican Gov. Rick Perry of failing to follow the path of inclusiveness set by his predecessor, George W. Bush,..."

Translation: "Gov. Perry won't roll over for us like Dubya did."
(An unfortunate trait that Dubya took along with him to Washington.)