In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
ahhhhhhhh Texas.
Texas Democrats bolt again -- this time to Albuquerque
The Republican party has no problem destroying decades of tradition and has turned this whole country ugly with it's need to win at all costs (good morning).
In California we have Grey Davis, who everyone hates, but let's be honest here, this hate for him is not a new thing, they hated him just as much in the last election, but the Republicans ran an even more awful person against him. They lost. Now they want to do a "do over." Now the recall is legal, but in the end Grey will still be governor (or hopefully a decent democrat, if the party lets someone run) and California will be even in worse shape than it is in now. Also, the precedent has been set. You got money, you don't like the governor. Recall!
The Senate confirmation hearings on judges. During Clinton's term, the republican senate blocked many (if not most) of Clinton's judge nominees. The democrats whined and whined. Now under Bush, the democrats are blocking some (but not nearly as many as were blocked in the Clinton era, and quite frankly some of these nominees are scary) nominees, and the republicans are whining. Fine. But now they are serioulsy considering changing the rules. Now when republicans aren't getting what they want they just change the rules.
Remember how the Republicans pooh poohed any critics of Bush that pointed out that Gore won the popular vote? "We are a nation of laws, and popular vote does not count according to law." Of course, had Gore won the electoral vote and not the popular vote, the republicans would be singing a different tune: The GOP's Popular-Vote Hypocrisy. Yes the modern Republicans do have a moral compass... but it only points to "win at all costs."
And that brings us to Texas. Gerrymandering is stupid and both sides do it. But it is done every 10 years based on the census and by whichever party controls the state legislation at the time. Texas was redestricted 2 years ago by a judge (the legislation never got its act together). Well now the Republicans are in charge and want to redestrict again (rather than wait 8 years like they are supposed to). They've tried twice so far. The first time the Texas dems fled to Oklahoma. So the Governor spent state money and called for a "special session." Well a republican senator joined the democrats and refused to allow the issue to come to a vote (state rules requires 2/3rds of the legislation to agree to bring something to a vote). Republicans have used this to their advantage in the past. So this time the governor calls a second special session, and this time they are ignoring the rules and bringing it to a vote. So the senate dems fled, this time to New Mexico.
Remember that Bush would do to America what he did to Texas. Texas is in debt, polluted, high in crime, and isanely politically disfunctional. Fight the Future.
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