# Fuck you, Texas Republicans **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 26, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942 "2013-06-26T06:21:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/341 "2013-07-04T06:45:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sure, they got the money and they got the power! And more money! But we got Molly Ivins! Oh, she did? When was that? Well, shit. Please have patience. I’m still working on the zombie formula. (With no Big Pharma funding, I can tell ya.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/342 "2013-07-05T02:46:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What do Texas Dems think about Wendy Davis for Governor? [She won’t rule it out, anyway.](http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/01/19232711-rising-texas-political-star-davis-takes-second-look-at-governors-race) > [@](#): > > Her activism has reignited the conversation about her political future which could include a run for governor. “Of course it forces a second look, but I am not taking that look right now,” Davis said in an interview with NBC News. “Right now, I’m working to try to be very strategic, and a member of the team that has to work very hard in the next few weeks to defeat this bill.” > > But asked directly whether she would rule out serving as Democrats’ candidate for governor in 2014, Davis responded: “I cannot rule that out.” > > \ > > The Texas proposal, which is tentatively slated for a final vote in the state Senate next week, is likely to pass this time. Republicans in the legislature will not repeat their mistake of leaving the abortion law until the final moments of their session, the deadline which Davis used to fell the law with her filibuster. (Davis did suggest, though, that she has heard “rumblings” that some state lawmakers might reconsider their votes given the national attention to the debate now.) > > Perhaps more significantly, the coming weeks might set the stage for a marquee showdown between Davis and Perry — who is yet to say whether he’ll seek a fourth term as governor — in the 2014 governor’s race. > > Though Davis had previously said she planned to run for re-election to her state Senate seat, she acknowledged on Sunday that the national outpouring she’s received has forced her to reconsider a showdown against Perry, or another Republican candidate. > > If she were to run, Davis would be riding a wave of liberal enthusiasm behind her candidacy. Progressive blogs quickly hailed her filibuster with hopes that she would run, and heavyweight Democratic groups like the pro-abortion rights Emily’s List have encouraged Davis to run in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/343 "2013-07-08T12:51:22Z")
Maybe I’ll move to TX so I can vote for her. She’ll probably be better than any of the choices I have. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/344 "2013-07-08T12:59:40Z")
The latest versions of the restrictive abortion bills are being debated in the second special session. Anti-choice speakers & “crowds” are being [brought to Austin from Out Of State](http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13745/antichoicers-uphold-texas-values-by-importing-nontexans-to-monday-rally-at-texas-capitol). > [@](#): > > We know that trending tactic of far-right organizations and politicians has been to deny the fact that practical, pro-choice Texans exist. > > Their claims range from accusing us of bussing people from out of state, to even paying protesters at rallies. Dan Patrick has initiated a lot of grief for organizations like Grassroots Campaigns in a desperate attempt to connect them to last Monday’s rally. Unfortunately for them, their claims have only gone so far to convince the very ill-informed within their own base… > > But now anti-choicers have their opportunity to rally with their own event tomorrow evening. However, they have decided to import their strength from out of state. For a group that claims to represent the vast majority of Texans on this issue, it’s interesting to see that they refuse to rely on their own in-state resources. Anti-choicers thought it would be better to bring in out-of-state speakers like former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and TV personalities like The Duggars (also from Arkansas) to display true Texas values. > > On top of that, the organization Students for Life is bussing in anti-choice youth supporters all the way from Washington, DC through four states along the east coast to Texas this week… > > Five out of the nine primary speakers are not from Texas. This includes the Huckabees, the Duggars, Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America, Marilyn Musgrave of the Susan B. Anthony List, and Jeanne Monahan of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. These are all primarily Washington interests who have no previous history of working in Texas. P S: Governor Rick will announce his political plans today… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/345 "2013-07-08T13:15:28Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Maybe I’ll move to TX so I can vote for her. She’ll probably be better than any of the choices I have. Might be a wasted effort. Better to move to Massachusetts and vote for Elizabeth Warren. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/346 "2013-07-08T15:31:03Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > The latest versions of the restrictive abortion bills are being debated in the second special session. Anti-choice speakers & “crowds” are being [brought to Austin from Out Of State](http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13745/antichoicers-uphold-texas-values-by-importing-nontexans-to-monday-rally-at-texas-capitol). Eh, I can’t get my dander up about bringing in speakers from out of state. That just makes sense, if out-of-state happens to be where prominent/persuasive people who support their position live. Bringing in “crowds” from out of state is a lot more underhanded, but also a lot more nebulous and hard to prove/define. IMHO it only really becomes unethical and dishonest if that crowd is later presented, explicitly or implicitly, as specifically homegrown. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/347 "2013-07-08T15:56:06Z")
When one of the biggest complaints about the other side is that their speakers and crowds were brought in from out of state (hence, “illegitimate” in some sense), then one might say doing the same thing yourself is more than a touch hypocritical. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/348 "2013-07-08T17:21:08Z")
Yes, the anti-choicers have been loudly proclaiming that the pro-choice people in Austin were bused in from around the country by Planned Parenthood. Nope, they came from Austin–and other parts of the state. Earlier this year, rural clinics that offered free or low cost contraception, pregnancy testing, STD testing & cancer diagnostics to women–and men–[closed all over Texas](http://www.texasobserver.org/family-planning-clinics-disappear-from-rural-texas/). > [@](#): > > During the 2011 session of the Texas Legislature, politicians had slashed the state’s family-planning budget by two-thirds. The remaining money was doled out based on a restrictive funding formula that state officials designed specifically to deny Planned Parenthood money. But in a surprise move, the formula also defunded family-planning clinics—like those run by Hill Country Community Action—that had no connection to Planned Parenthood. These clinics did not offer abortions; in fact, they helped prevent unwanted pregnancies. There’s [an attempt to claim Federal funds](http://www.texasobserver.org/texas-womens-health-advocates-to-bypass-state-in-bid-for-federal-funds/) for women’s health without going through the legislature–but most of the clinics that closed can’t just be reopened… > [@](#): > > A coalition of providers plans to bypass Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Legislature and apply directly to the federal government for family planning funds. If the coalition wins the federal grant—called Title X (Title 10)—a slice of Texas’ family planning money would no longer go to the state health department—and would no longer be subject to the whims of the Legislature. Instead, the coalition, organized by Fran Hagerty of the Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas, would distribute the money to family planning providers statewide, including perhaps Planned Parenthood, and restore services to tens of thousands of Texans. Meanwhile, Governor Rick has been soaking up the free publicity as an anti-abortion crusader. (This fervor is _really_ a new thing for him.) Surely it’s just a coincidence that he’s going to announce his plans today. The bets are: He’ll not run for governor again but remain coy about his plans to repeat his abortive try for the presidential nomination… ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/349 "2013-07-08T19:16:13Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > The bets are: He’ll not run for governor again but remain coy about his plans to repeat his abortive try for the presidential nomination… Bingo. Looks like Greg Abbot for governor and Dan Patrick as Lt Gov. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/350 "2013-07-08T22:46:56Z")
Is he taking his hair with him? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/351 "2013-07-08T22:52:13Z")
The hair could probably run for governor. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/352 "2013-07-09T01:28:27Z")
For the Whig party, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/353 "2013-07-09T02:17:17Z")
According to legend, if someone’s soul is finally and irredeemably going straight to Hell, they hear a ghostly dirge of lamentations. So, hear anything? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/354 "2013-07-09T10:20:46Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > For the Whig party, no doubt. Better them than Bull Mousse. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/355 "2013-07-09T14:23:38Z")
Nah, the Replugicans called dibs years ago. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/356 "2013-07-10T01:09:03Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VTqh7xNdrqM/hqdefault.jpg "Sarah Slamen being removed from the Texas Senate Committee Meeting Re: SB1 (The Abortion Bill)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTqh7xNdrqM) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/357 "2013-07-13T05:20:29Z")
[Well, they passed it](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_ABORTION_RESTRICTIONS_TEXAS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-07-13-01-14-46). And Perry has said he will sign it, so this will soon be the law in Texas. Personally, I’d like to see every medical doctor who doesn’t agree with the rationale behind the law leave the state. We’d welcome them warmly here in Nevada, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/358 "2013-07-13T05:57:26Z")
Seems they tabled the amendment that would have provided an abortion exception for rape or incest victims under 17. Fuck the anti-choicers who cheered when that was announced…what in the hell is “pro-life” about forcing pregnancy on a minor??? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/359 "2013-07-13T10:07:03Z")
Fuck Rick Perry. Fuck the Texas Legislature. Fuck the Texas Republican party. Fuck right wing Christian evangelicals. Fuck every member of the public who agrees with the Texas Legislature. I don’t care about your stupid fucking rhetoric about how it’s about “improving the quality of care for women.” That is utter and complete total bullshit, and every sane, rational person who hears it can see right through it. I’m so goddamn pissed right now. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/360 "2013-07-13T10:24:02Z")
I knew this was inevitable, and yet I still don’t know how to feel. Yea, it was a democratically passed bill, but how the fuck is it anything but rule by fiat? Texas didn’t want the bill or the special session, but Rick Perry and others staked their national political careers on its passage. Vote 'um out, except Texas is gerrymandered to hell. And Texans hate Democrats on principle, so they’d rather make abortion illegal, fuck up the economy, fuck up women’s access to health care, fuck over the poor, etc etc rather than vote for them. Where do you begin? How do you fight? How do you organize? My only solution is to move, but not everyone has that privilege. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942.md?page=19)