[Dog Gone]

No, you still don't get it.

The Austin paper makes it appear as if Abbott is all in favor of retaining the current districts. In fact, that's exactly the conclusion you drew.

In reality, Abbott said that it is the legislature's duty to redistrict, but it can't be forced to do so. That's a true statement.

In an opinion which gave the Republicans official permission to launch this fight, this paper twists it 180 degrees and you're buying it.

[Cyber Liberty]

That opinion was about 10,000 words. Would it have killed him to say "This must be rectified in a reasonable amount of time"? As it is, it's pretty easy to interpret it the way I said.

Yes, he's given the Republicans fodder. He also gave the 'Craps something by leaving a loophole big enough to drive a truck through, on the way to New Mexico.

As an aside, I don't buy SHIT from newspapers. You have a nerve to suggest that I did. I'm just telling you what the spin is going to be. Tough noogies if you don't like it.