It seems to be all over for Wendy Davis here in Dumbutt, Texas. Last week it was found that after accusations that all her campaign money in her Democratic bid for Governor came from outside Texas, 80% of it came from inside Texas. Here in Texas that works against her as it means 20% of her campaign is funded by gun grabbing baby murdering communists.
After that kick in the pants came the startling revelations this week that she is a bad mother and a pathological liar. It turns out she was not divorced when she was 19, she was separated at 19 and the paperwork for the divorce was not completed until she was 21. She also claimed she lived in a trailer in a trailer park. It was found that she lived in a trailer in a trailer park for ONLY 3 months. So that’s a lie. And worst of all, she is a bad mother because when she went off to Harvard Law School she left her two children with her husband. And even worse than that, after their amicable divorce she gave her wealthy lawyer husband custody of the kids so their lives would not be disrupted by her desire to enter politics.
The game of course is for Republicans to show that her rags to riches story is all a pile of crap. The problem is that this kind of stuff works in Texas, the good old boys know what they are doing.
If Ms Davis wants to become Governor of Texas, she has to follow Ann Richard’s lead and start getting her picture taken with a gun and a string of dead bloody doves hanging around her neck. Ann Richards in 1996 was the last Democrat in Texas to hold statewide office. And when she left she worked for the Tobacco Lobby to lie about cigarette smoking. Ah, Texas politics.
A little side note here. Over the weekend there was a Texas GOP fundraiser South of Dallas. Senator John Cornyn who has a 100% conservative rating came to the podium to polite applause. He said a few words and then introduced fellow Senator Ted Cruz who got a 4 minute standing ovation.