# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/41 "2013-06-26T14:47:16Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > I was there. We protested so loud that it delayed voting on the bill past midnight - till 12:03am - which effectively killed it. The Republicans then tried to change the timestamps to say it was voted on before midnight and it took 2 more hours for them to give into the evidence. > > Fuck 'um. > [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > [The Associated Press is now reporting](http://news.yahoo.com/texas-abortion-bill-falls-challenge-080130212.html) that the Republicans held a meeting and decided that the vote came too late to pass. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is quoted as saying that he cannot sign the bill. > [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](#): > > The Texas Legislature was in a special session that only lasted for 30 days. If the Governor wants to, he can call as many more as he wants, so this is probably a temporary reprieve. The bill would have banned all abortions after 20 weeks and also imposed a variety of restrictions that would have forced all but 5 abortion clinics in the state to close (some of the restrictions required physicians to dispense any abortion drugs in person at an ambulatory surgical center, for instance.) > > I hope Sen. Davis is sleeping in very late this morning, she deserves it. > [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > Isn’t the whole thing kind of irrelevant? Eventually, either in another special session or in the regular session, somebody will pass out from dehydration, or accidentally lean on a desk, or violate some other silly rule and the bill will pass. It’s not like anybody’s going to change their vote. At most, the bill has been delayed by a few months. Bizarre debating stunts are no substitute for voting legislators out of a job. The vote was almost 2:1 in favor of the abortion restrictions (19-10), so it’s likely the same bill will be revived and passed sometime in the future. However, SCOTUS’ decisions, expected today, may put the kibosh on that and render the bill’s provisions moot. Or not. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/42 "2013-06-26T14:59:46Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Why would your wife want to associate with people who are less mature than her current clientele (not to mention less interested in learning anything)? She’s used to immature name calling, whining, fussing, complaining, arguing. nonsensical accusations etc. There is probably more honor on the playground though. It was mostly a knee-jerk response of “I can do better than that dumb-ass!” Kudos to Van den Putte, Watson, Ellis (and more) for their parts too. The Dems were more ready for this than the Reps were. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/43 "2013-06-26T15:01:51Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > ? [On a side note, who was that person, the Clerk? Secretary? Anyone know? I believe she was Senate Parliamentarian Karina Davis. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/44 "2013-06-26T15:12:13Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > I was there. We protested so loud that it delayed voting on the bill past midnight - till 12:03am - which effectively killed it. The Republicans then tried to change the timestamps to say it was voted on before midnight and it took 2 more hours for them to give into the evidence. > > Fuck 'um. In Wisconsin, the Fitzwalker boys would have held the session in secret, or cleared the gallery, or would have made the timestamp manipulation stand. Rick Perry is a little weak on recognizing irony. On the eve of Texas’s 500th execution, he said: “In Texas, we value all life”. Right. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/45 "2013-06-26T15:21:49Z")
Embryo worshipping, people hating, tiny dicked, lying sexist fuckers the lot of them. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/46 "2013-06-26T15:53:37Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Embryo worshipping, people hating, tiny dicked, lying sexist fuckers the lot of them. Sure, but you wish the Dems were this calculating. They couldn’t sell a boy scout to a priest. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/47 "2013-06-26T16:20:18Z")
Kudos to our Dopers who participated. I hope Texas turns into a lightning rod for the country and that tens of thousands show up next time. The Texas “government” is in serious need of a giant enema. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/48 "2013-06-26T16:36:04Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Sure, but you wish the Dems were this calculating. They couldn’t sell a boy scout to a priest. Fifty Hail Marys for that last line while I sit in the corner laughing madly and planning to steal it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/49 "2013-06-26T16:42:45Z")
> [@bdgr](#): > > They have officially admitted they are out of shady tricks. Well, they **would** admit that, wouldn’t they, if they really had a dozen more in the bag? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/50 "2013-06-26T16:45:36Z")
So, Texas Pubs, are you sure you even **want** a filibuster-rule in your state Senate any more? ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/51 "2013-06-26T17:10:05Z")
I don’t mind defeating a bad bill by voting it down. I don’t mind defeating it with procedural maneuvers such as filibusters and points of order. I don’t like the idea that legislation can be shouted down – even though I unreservedly approve of the outcome in this case. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/52 "2013-06-26T17:12:50Z")
I heartily approve this pitting, and would like to add my own “Fuck You” to these scumbags. It’s like the GOP as a whole watched all the Bond moview, and decided that the villians just werent’ trying hard enough. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/53 "2013-06-26T18:02:52Z")
I think, unfortunately, that the Texas Republicans came to their senses. They knew the Supreme Court DOMA/Prop 8 ruling was coming out the next morning. They backed down from the abortion bill and changing the time stamp, figuring that would get their shenanigans out of the news while the court decision dominated the airwaves. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/54 "2013-06-26T18:10:13Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > I don’t mind defeating a bad bill by voting it down. I don’t mind defeating it with procedural maneuvers such as filibusters and points of order. I don’t like the idea that legislation can be shouted down – even though I unreservedly approve of the outcome in this case. I do like the _idea_ that extreme legislation, on either side, can be shouted down. It would discourage such extremism (of which this bill was an example) and encourage the sort of compromise that legislatures don’t make anymore. The problem is that it wouldn’t be reserved for extreme bills, at least not by conservatives. It would be used for everything Democrats think is a good idea. It’s also vulnerable to the sort of astroturf groups that the right is great at putting together. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/55 "2013-06-26T18:12:22Z")
Wendy Davis is a hero! ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/56 "2013-06-26T18:21:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, what was the bill in question? The OP talks about both the recent ruling on the Voting Rights Act and about RU486, and I’m having a hard time thinking of _anything_ for which both of those could be relevant. Texas Republicans and their fuckery. That’s what they have in common. > [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Thank you both for being there and being heard. Sincerely. It makes me smile that at least two of you from this very board were there for those of us watching on youtube and watching the news. > > Point of order for getting help putting on a back brace. Unfuckingbelievable. Just when I think these pieces of filth can’t sink any lower they surprise me with more. It’s like their reserves of bullshit are unlimited. Agreed - thank you from me!! I wish I could have been there with you, but watching it and listening to you guys screaming through the doors was so inspiring! > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > How come I never heard about this stuff until this morning but everyone else on the SDMB and my Facebook did? Personally, I stayed up until 3am watching and discussing the livefeed with one of my facebook groups. A rat-lovers fb groups, in fact, not even a political group. This crossed all the lines. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/57 "2013-06-26T18:24:33Z")
Dog forbid that the people have a say when they don’t agree how a country is run. Arab spring, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/58 "2013-06-26T18:26:22Z")
> [@Feyrat](#): > > Personally, I stayed up until 3am watching and discussing the livefeed with one of my facebook groups. A rat-lovers fb groups, in fact, not even a political group. **Feyrat** , I don’t know how to tell you this, but your “rat-lovers fb group” is just a Republican fb group. If you own a literal rat, you’re the only one in that group who does. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/59 "2013-06-26T18:38:59Z")
> [@Feyrat](#): > > This crossed all the lines. I also only heard about it yesterday, from a friend who is in the ministry and was part of a group rallying to support Wendy Davis. Please note that not all Christians are Republican. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/60 "2013-06-26T18:47:02Z")
As a recovering Texan in exile in the People’s Republic of Minnesota, I admire and heartily applaud my brave fellow lefties who soldier on in the colon of the Beast. From \*waaaaay \*up here. > [@](#): > > …Please note that not all Christians are Republican… By the way, did you know that “Pharisee” is Aramaic for “Republican”? That’s a true fact, you could look it up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942.md?page=4)