Republicans are really, really afraid of Wendy Davis

[bigmackattack]

How much of donations to churches goes to spending other than PPE and salaries?

I dunno. Same could be said about any charity.

 

[RobDownSouth]

The rob, I am stating a fact. There are countless studies and you come up with one that may or may not be right. I can come up with 10 that back my beliefs. I don't even care who wendy davis or the moron that is spewing crap. My issue is with the pictures telling lies. Btw, here is one link for you. I found countless others from universities, etc.
http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=2682730

Bring the pain, friend.

If you're presenting a glib John Stossel anedote-laden puff piece as your "research", then I've won.

Show me real research...something with hard data.....that is NOT based on Brooks' discredited research and we'll have a conversation.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I dunno. Same could be said about any charity.

No. All charities are most definitely NOT alike.

 

[Setanta84]

As opposed to what, that might deserve to be taken more seriously in Texas than a white lawyer?

On the Democratic side, pretty much anyone. In Texas Democratic politics, somewhere, somehow, these people started to believe having a lot of money meant they have universal expertise. And it shows.

Here's how a typical campaign run by Texan lawyers goes:

1) They hire an overpriced consulting team either from Austin--which means both overpriced and incompetent--or DC--meaning overpriced and completely deaf to local culture, which is a MAJOR handicap in Texas. (In this case, it's Battleground Texas, i.e. what the incompetents at OFA are relabeling themselves in Texas to bilk rubes out of their money.)

2) They then listen to these people and figure running a "new organizing" model that depends almost entirely on ads and digital organizing in a state featuring high poverty rates and low-wage jobs with long hours among their targeted constituencies beats, you know, actually going and talking to people.

3) They then blow the majority of their money on ads, events, and visibility.

4) They then lose and blame it on Texans being "apathetic," not on their consultants from Austin or DC being fucking morons and also being huge fucking morons themselves for listening to these fucking morons.

 

[eyer]

4) They then lose and blame it on Texans...

Or, in the case of Wendy Davis...

...after you lose your 1996 City Council race, you sue the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for libel, claiming that an editorial in that paper criticizing your negative campaign tactics damaged your mental health and infringed upon your right to pursue public office.

The Court threw her case out, the judge rendering a summary judgement against Davis without hearing any testimony...

...Davis then appealed to a higher court, where TX's 5th Court of Appeals flat-out rejected her libel claim.

Still undaunted, Davis appealed to the Texas Supreme Court...

...which declined to even hear her case.

Who knows what devastating traumatic experience this election loss is going to cripple Davis with...

...and how many more years she'll seek butthurt relief in court(s) at taxpayer expense.

 

[Sean]

Or, in the case of Wendy Davis...

...after you lose your 1996 City Council race, you sue the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for libel, claiming that an editorial in that paper criticizing your negative campaign tactics damaged your mental health and infringed upon your right to pursue public office.

The Court threw her case out, the judge rendering a summary judgement against Davis without hearing any testimony...

...Davis then appealed to a higher court, where TX's 5th Court of Appeals flat-out rejected her libel claim.

Still undaunted, Davis appealed to the Texas Supreme Court...

...which declined to even hear her case.

Who knows what devastating traumatic experience this election loss is going to cripple Davis with...

...and how many more years she'll seek butthurt relief in court(s) at taxpayer expense.

mental harm is boilerplate in libel cases, moron.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I don't believe it's sexist either. I think it's 100% having to do with her being a Democrat.

Unless you can point to having a track record of hammering Republican politicians (John McCain, Newt--twice!) who initiated divorces. But I'm reasonably sure no such track record exists.

Did they lie about their divorces?

If you think I do not hammer McCain on the issues, search=McQueeg.

When this board started, Newt was already history.

Now, let's talk Obama and Ryan...



The broader point here is that the Democrats are followers of the story which is why Hillary had to face sniper fire, Warren had to be Indian, Kerry had to be a war hero, Sotomayor had to be a wise Latina and Barack had to be a rags to riches story, overcoming all obstacles. But these people rarely had any obstacles, it was a story. But let a Thomas, a Bachman, a Sowell, or a Palin get somewhere on their own merits with true stories and the same people go fucking apeshit on them.

Wendy is just the latest incarnation of inventing a story and as soon as you challenge the story, it is because you are a Sexist and a Misogynist.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Note the ripple effect, as partisans appreciate a new climate and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to even scores and advance the cause. The governor of New York announces that there is no place in his state for those whom he derides as “extreme conservatives” — only to be seconded by the new mayor of New York City. (Imagine the governor of Utah suggesting to liberal residents that their support for gun control, late-term abortion, and gay marriage might be good reasons for them to leave the state — and being seconded by the mayor of Salt Lake City. Or imagine a Republican president arbitrarily deciding that he does not like the DREAM Act component of a recently passed comprehensive immigration-reform bill, and so simply choosing to ignore it and deport students who are illegal aliens anyway.)

The first black senator from South Carolina since Reconstruction is blasted by a state NAACP official as a “dummy,” only to have that slur seconded by the national organization. On MSNBC, one newscaster hopes Sarah Palin ingests feces and urine; another takes a jab at Mitt Romney for having an African-American adopted grandchild; still another labels radio personality Laura Ingraham a “slut” — all convinced that the periodic presidential sermon about a new civility empowers their crudity and deters critics.

Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

 

[about_average]

Kerry had to be a war hero, Sotomayor had to be a wise Latina and Barack had to be a rags to riches story, overcoming all obstacles. But these people rarely had any obstacles, it was a story. But let a Thomas, a Bachman, a Sowell, or a Palin get somewhere on their own merits with true stories and the same people go fucking apeshit on them.

Kerry was running against Bush. Compared to him he was certainly closer to being a hero. Kerry volunteered to enter combat. Bush volunteered to have strings pulled so he could stay safe at home.
Bachmann and Palin are idiots. It has nothing whatsoever to do with them being female or their party affiliation.

 

[eyer]

mental harm is boilerplate in libel cases, moron.

You have an exquisite taste for dingleberries, too, huh?

 

[about_average]

I'm loving the political attacks on her. They are full of "may have", "might have", "could have", "blurred the truth". Good to keep your options open so you can later claim to have never said it.

 

[miles]

I'm loving the political attacks on her. They are full of "may have", "might have", "could have", "blurred the truth". Good to keep your options open so you can later claim to have never said it.

Ummm...what about liar.

She has issues with the truth.

 

[about_average]

Ummm...what about liar.

You mean like lying about McCain having an illegitimate black daughter?
Oops, never mind, that was a republican who made that claim.

 

[miles]

You mean like lying about McCain having an illegitimate black daughter?
Oops, never mind, that was a republican who made that claim.

That was a really, really bad dodge.

 

[ryan8558]

That was a really, really bad dodge.

One of the things that got Chrysler in trouble.

 

[KingOrfeo]

On the Democratic side, pretty much anyone. In Texas Democratic politics, somewhere, somehow, these people started to believe having a lot of money meant they have universal expertise. And it shows.

Here's how a typical campaign run by Texan lawyers goes:

1) They hire an overpriced consulting team either from Austin--which means both overpriced and incompetent--or DC--meaning overpriced and completely deaf to local culture, which is a MAJOR handicap in Texas. (In this case, it's Battleground Texas, i.e. what the incompetents at OFA are relabeling themselves in Texas to bilk rubes out of their money.)

2) They then listen to these people and figure running a "new organizing" model that depends almost entirely on ads and digital organizing in a state featuring high poverty rates and low-wage jobs with long hours among their targeted constituencies beats, you know, actually going and talking to people.

3) They then blow the majority of their money on ads, events, and visibility.

4) They then lose and blame it on Texans being "apathetic," not on their consultants from Austin or DC being fucking morons and also being huge fucking morons themselves for listening to these fucking morons.

So how does a winning campaign in Texas usually go?

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Wendy Davis, who won fame filibustering an abortion bill in the Texas Senate, now is running for governor. Well, of course some Dem was going to run for governor. Neverltheless, Davis has some Pubs upset.

She frustrates the Republicans because she looks like a Stepford Wife but she still has a brain. They'd like to zap her brain and stick her on Faux News, were she belongs.

 

[about_average]

That was a really, really bad dodge.

Just because you don't get the point, politicians lie, doesn't mean it was a dodge.

The question is, has a particular politician lied about something that is actually the public's business and/or has an impact on the citizens, or do they demonstrate a consistent pattern of lying that would make one think they'll do that in office?

I'd like to see things she lied about in office, like lying about bills under consideration, or about other politicians' activities and the like.

 

[dan_c00000]

Or, in the case of Wendy Davis...

...after you lose your 1996 City Council race, you sue the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for libel, claiming that an editorial in that paper criticizing your negative campaign tactics damaged your mental health and infringed upon your right to pursue public office.

The Court threw her case out, the judge rendering a summary judgement against Davis without hearing any testimony...

...Davis then appealed to a higher court, where TX's 5th Court of Appeals flat-out rejected her libel claim.

Still undaunted, Davis appealed to the Texas Supreme Court...

...which declined to even hear her case.

Who knows what devastating traumatic experience this election loss is going to cripple Davis with...

...and how many more years she'll seek butthurt relief in court(s) at taxpayer expense.

Erickson's Latest Wendy Davis Smear: In 1996 She Was Emotionally Distressed

Blog ››› November 6, 2013 5:04 PM EST ››› JUSTIN BERRIER


Erickson Davis

Fox News contributor Erick Erickson launched his latest personal attack on Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, whom he proudly labeled "Abortion Barbie," by absurdly suggesting that a 1996 lawsuit in which Davis made a routine legal claim in a defamation lawsuit disqualified her to hold public office.

In a post on his conservative website RedState, Erickson highlighted a 1996 lawsuit in which Davis sued the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for defamation. Erickson seized on language from the suit, in which Davis claimed the editorial had caused "damages to her mental health," a required element of her alternate Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) claim, to argue Democrats would regret supporting her campaign for governor:


Back in 1996, Wendy Davis lost an election for the Fort Worth, TX City Council. After the election, she sued the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the local newspaper, for defamation. In short, Davis did not like being criticized by the media (something she won't have to worry about this go round), so she sued for those criticisms claiming they defamed her.

The Texas Court of Appeals and then the Texas Supreme Court both threw out her case. But it is worth noting that Davis, in making her case, claimed that the nasty newspaper, by virtue of criticizing her, damaged her "mental health."

More worrisome regarding her mental stability, Davis sued the newspaper months after losing her city council and claimed that she "ha[d] suffered and [was] continuing to suffer damages to her mental health."

Think about that. The best candidate the Texas Democrats could find to run is a lady who admits in open court that a newspaper editorial caused her mental health to be damaged.

As explained by the Digital Media Law Project of Harvard University's Berman Center for Internet & Society, "Plaintiffs who file defamation lawsuits often add an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim as an alternative theory of liability." Within these IIED claims, a plaintiff must prove the emotional distress, or "damages to her mental health." In other words, Erickson wants his subscribers to "think about" the routine legal boilerplate of Wendy Davis' lawyers from 1996.

Erickson's suggestion that Davis is unfit for public office because of a defamation lawsuit is only the latest in his string of absurd or vicious personal attacks against her. In August, Erickson labeled Davis "Abortion Barbie" after she declined to comment on the case of convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell:

Abortion Barbie tweet

Erickson later doubled down on his sexist attack, writing:


Abortion Barbie fits perfectly and I hope that moniker haunts [Wendy Davis] on the campaign trail. She is, after all, intent on building a national name for herself through abortion and pink shoes. I'm sure MSNBC will send her tampon earrings to go with the other accessories.

Erickson reacted to Davis' official announcement that she was running for governor of Texas with a similarly vicious attack, tweeting that Davis "could get 26 weeks into her campaign and still abort it with a clear conscience":

 

[ryan8558]

http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/ht_mary_kaye_huntsman_anita_perry_callista_gingrich_thg_111108_wblog.jpg

Mary Kaye Huntsman, Anita Perry and Callista Gingrich.

Maybe that asshat Erickson should give the Barbie talk a rest.

 

[unregistered]

 

[KingOrfeo]

Have they made claims of injury to their mental health?

I dunno, but they look crazy and I'm not sure the one on the right is even human.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Have they made claims of injury to their mental health?

Any woman who admits to having sex with either Rick Perry or Newt Gingrich meets the textbook definition of mental illness.

 

[Setanta84]

So how does a winning campaign in Texas usually go?

On the Republican side, it actually looks a lot like that. It's just the lawyers in the TDP don't get they can't run like Republicans because they've never actually worked a day in their fucking lives and don't get that different groups of people are motivated in different ways. (The Republicans can get away with fucking lazy campaigning because the average person in their target group--older, affluent, white Texans--could take a gunshot to the stomach and would still vote.)

On the Democratic side, a winning campaign is a campaign that is run by someone who has political experience, familiarity with the culture of the district in which you are running, and the brains to fundraise effectively early and invest that money in voter contact.

The only major city in Texas that features a DCC that runs things that way is Houston. The other major DCCs--including the state one--are more about guaranteeing the right people get a big payday than winning.

 

[KingOrfeo]

It's just the lawyers in the TDP don't get they can't run like Republicans because they've never actually worked a day in their fucking lives . . .

They have if they're lawyers, asshole.