Texas’ own Wendy “Abortion Barbie” Davis is featured in Vogue magazine.
Amazing what pink tennis shoes, a catheter, and a passion for late-term abortions will do for you in the liberal world.
Davis has to run for governor
I agree with Scrambled Brains and Lobotomized Eggs:
We’re past the point of no return. For there to be any kind of immediate future for Texas Democrats, she can’t take a pass. Davis bears the weight of the entire Texas Democratic Party, some of the burden of other beleaguered Democrats in southern states, and by extension a small portion of the national party’s 2014 electoral prospects. That is one heavy lift.
Well, except for that hyperventilating stuff about the D’s national electoral prospects anyway.
I have mixed feelings about Davis running for governor. The good news is that Republicans will pick up a seat in the Senate, making it easier to pass good legislation. The bad news is that it increases the likelihood that down ballot Republicans in Harris County next year will lose. I’ve already warned you (over and over and over again) that it is likely to happen anyway but this will just strengthen that case. If I were a Republican candidate spending hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to win a primary contest for a down ballot position in Harris County, I’d be working just as hard to change the Harris County Republican Party leadership.
Abortion Barbie defended by Burnt Orange Report
Of course, you can’t call her Abortion Barbie without getting screamed at by the usual suspects. From Burnt Orange Report:
“Abortion Barbie” is entering the conservative lexicon as an appropriate thing to say. That is not acceptable, and we–not just Democrats, not just Republicans, not just women, but we as people who believe that the world is better when we respect others as humans–should not let it happen.
That right there is downright funny coming from the same blog that supports abortion because to limit it is to reduce a dude’s chance of getting laid. Kids. What can you say?
Davis given advice by Dallas Morning News editorial writer
Davis already has editorial writers for the Dallas Morning News giving her advice on how to win against Greg Abbott. This from Mike Hashimoto:
Here’s what she could have said:
I stand here proudly with these pilots, flight attendants, gate agents and mechanics from one of our state’s most important companies. These are the people who made personal and professional sacrifices to help save their airline. I represent many of them as their state senator. They know, as I know, that this merger is American Airlines’ best hope for a thriving future. These are the people I support, and I stand with them today.
Together, we ask Eric Holder and, most importantly, Greg Abbott to explain why they are taking legal action to subvert a free-market deal between two willing parties and, ultimately, sticking a knife in the back of this great airline and almost certainly killing off an engine of growth and prosperity for an entire region of Texas.
A Wendy Davis who needs broaden her portfolio beyond abortion and her appeal beyond a certain segment of Texas voter could have used video like that.
Isn’t that special? I’ll bet the editorial writers at the Houston Chronicle are angry they didn’t think of it first. Nah, no media bias in Texas.
Yvonne Larsen says
In poker, don't they call that going "all in"?