# Wendy Davis for Governor of Texas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 5, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685 "2013-07-05T02:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/41 "2013-07-09T15:39:00Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I think the deal with Perry is that as a result of him being in power so long he has outlasted most, if not all of his enemies, and seen to it every appointed position is occupied by someone who is beholden to him in some way. That is unique in Texas politics. Just out of curiosity, if anything happens to Perry, who, if anyone, inherits his markers? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/42 "2013-07-09T15:49:18Z")
> [@LonghornDave](#): > > Yea, I’m surprised New York hasn’t named the heads of the boroughs as Presidents; that seems just like what some stupid New Yorker would do. Same thing with those stupid Louisiana backwoods idiots. I’m surprised they haven’t named the heads of the Parishes as President. Get thee to Cicero, Illinois!: [Office of the President – Town of Cicero, IL](http://www.thetownofcicero.com/offices/office-of-the-president) ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/43 "2013-07-09T17:15:06Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Wow, I didn’t know that the NY boroughs and Louisiana parishes were once all independent republics with actual presidents. Can you provide a cite for that? Did I ever claim that they were independent republics? Further, what the hell is an “actual president”? My point was that “president” is just a word that means the leader of an organization. Your shot at Texas was stupid and pointless, and the term “president” is commonly used in many different organizations including other political ones. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/44 "2013-07-09T17:22:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Then shame on Texas. The shame on Texas remark should be for the multiple re-elections of Rick Perry. Gregg Abbott would be an astronomical improvement. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/45 "2013-07-09T17:25:48Z")
> [@LonghornDave](#): > > The shame on Texas remark should be for the multiple re-elections of Rick Perry. Gregg Abbott would be an astronomical improvement. So what will Perry do after he runs for POTUS and loses? What use are all those loyal state appointees to an ex-governor? ---
**Author:** ![Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/46 "2013-07-09T17:25:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Just out of curiosity, if anything happens to Perry, who, if anyone, inherits his markers? It’s not clear if anybody will. Abbott is a fundraising fiend and seems to have tapped into most of Perry’s major donors, but doesn’t have anywhere near Perry’s clout - yet. The race for Governor is the one people are talking about, but with Abbott seeking to move up, the office of Attorney General will be up for grabs, the Comptroller is stepping down at the end of her term, and although the Lt. Governor seems to want to stay on in his current job, he’s already got two announced primary challengers, both of whom are serious contenders. With that much shakeup in statewide office, I don’t know if we’ll really find out who’s on top until it all settles somewhat. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/47 "2013-07-09T18:44:45Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So what will Perry do after he runs for POTUS and loses? What use are all those loyal state appointees to an ex-governor? People who can pull strings for him, and they people he’ll work for, when needed. There’s always the Fox circuit and lobbying. I’m sure plenty of monied interests owe him favors at this point. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/48 "2013-07-09T18:55:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So what will Perry do after he runs for POTUS and loses? What use are all those loyal state appointees to an ex-governor? Run a Super-PAC, lobby on behalf of causes, have someone ghost-write a book for him, be a political commentator, go on the speaker circuit. Pretty much the usual things that former office holders do. Of course, since he’s an Aggie, he may use his influences to secure a large collection of sheep to do his sexual bidding. ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/49 "2013-07-09T19:05:00Z")
If he is truly an Aggie, the sheep would outsmart him. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/50 "2013-07-09T19:26:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > If he is truly an Aggie, the sheep would outsmart him. Remember, his fellow Aggie Clayton Williams thinks rape victims should just lay back and enjoy it. Rick Perry never learned that baaaaaa means no. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/51 "2013-07-09T20:43:56Z")
Was it Clayton Williams of whom Jim Hightower said, when informed that the politico was learning Spanish, joked, “Oh, good - now he’ll be bi-ignorant.” ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/52 "2013-07-09T20:53:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was it Clayton Williams of whom Jim Hightower said, when informed that the politico was learning Spanish, joked, “Oh, good - now he’ll be bi-ignorant.” No, Hightower was talking about Bill Clements. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/53 "2013-07-09T21:49:37Z")
> [@LonghornDave](#): > > No, Hightower was talking about Bill Clements. Thanks. With a username like that, I have great confidence in your answer. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/54 "2013-07-10T12:45:51Z")
> [@LonghornDave](#): > > Did I ever claim that they were independent republics? Further, what the hell is an “actual president”? My point was that “president” is just a word that means the leader of an organization. Your shot at Texas was stupid and pointless, and the term “president” is commonly used in many different organizations including other political ones. My comment about Texas would be stupid and pointless if I didn’t know a great many Texans that consider their state to be just this side of an independent republic still. And since there is a [history of Texas presidents](https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/prestx.html) your uses of NY boroughs and Louisiana parishes as an example made no sense. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/55 "2013-07-10T14:14:18Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > My comment about Texas would be stupid and pointless if I didn’t know a great many Texans that consider their state to be just this side of an independent republic still. And since there is a [history of Texas presidents](https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/prestx.html) your uses of NY boroughs and Louisiana parishes as an example made no sense. No still stupid and pointless. I’m sure your fellow Texas bashing cohorts busted a gut though. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/56 "2013-07-10T17:35:10Z")
> [@LonghornDave](#): > > No still stupid and pointless. I’m sure your fellow Texas bashing cohorts busted a gut though. Hey, what do you call the brown stuff that gets between the tire treads of a Texas Cadillac? Slow Mexicans. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/57 "2013-07-10T19:39:42Z")
I’ve lived in Texas for most of my life (other than a brief stint in Georgia as a kid, and a couple of years in Utah as an adult. I used to love this state. I’ve watched it go down hill for 40+ years now and I think it’s been damaged so badly that it is unlikely to be fixable, and least in my lifetime. Our legislature deserves to bashed. Our state is not the place it was or could have been. The integrated circuit, the microprocessor, the transistor…all came from Texas and yet we gutted our education system and we are becoming a source of cheap labor instead of a technological leader. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/58 "2013-09-27T02:08:31Z")
[She’s going to run.](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/wendy-davis-texas-2014-97410.html) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/59 "2013-09-27T03:34:40Z")
I’ll consider it a victory if she cracks 40%. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685/60 "2013-09-27T06:50:17Z")
It may well be too early. I’d even say likely. But the tide in Texas is turning, with agonizing slowness, and fiercely resisted by a Republican establishment that will do anything to keep its grip on power. Sooner or later, they will lose, but that time may not be now. And Wendy? Keep in mind, if they think you have no chance, they will be gentlemen, they will pat you on your pretty little head and compliment you on your shoes. But if you worry them, if they are afraid of you, they will fight dirty. If there is anything remotely embarrassing, sordid or sleazy in your life, they will find it. They will find 50 people who will swear they saw you in your office reading _Fifty Shades of Grey_ and rubbing one out. Another fifty will swear they know you from college, shooting marijuana and smoking LSD with your Maoist Study Group. You are a slut, a nympho, a ZZ Top groupy and a radical lesbian separatist. And a Unitarian atheist, which is the worst kind. And if you don’t have anything remotely embarrassing, sordid or sleazy in your life, what the hell are you doing in the Texas lege? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685.md?page=4)