That's your mistake. You assume he thinks.
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TX State Senator leads 11 hour filibuster that successfully beats anti-abortion bill
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Excuse me? He gave you the official Republican party platform. That is not a fucking stereotype.
Devolution
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Probably women my mom's age who fought for Roe v Wade while these people shit all over it.
What's worse to me is that the GOP and religious right also try their best to stigmatize and and remove sex education in schools and limit contraception in the same breath of attempting to also remove choice for women in terms of abortion. If they were being intellectually honest, if they were wanting to remove choice, you would think that they would be supporting any program that would help lead to less abortions (ie, sex education from an earlier age and easier access to contraceptives).
Escape Goat
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Rick perry was never seriously running. Hes out to build his brand with the rest of them. Hes far too evangelical to win a national election.
Sucks.
Lots saying it was past midnight, which would invalidate the vote. They are deliberating on it now.
I was actually pretty surprised to hear Texans despise Rick Perry. They think he's a moron, plus he didn't ingratiate himself by trying to pay for his budget deficit by cutting into education (vis-a-vis full-time teachers).
Aaron Strife
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What? That is the Republican Party's platform. Votes speak louder than bold proclamations of "I'm a moderate, so I'm above it all!" If ultimately you're voting for Romney and Perry and all the other GOP assclowns you're no less right-wing than they are.
Devolution
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Well that's the thing, it's just a measure of control, not a real solution to decreasing abortions.
It's not representative, which has obviously been a problem.
cr_blah_blah
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Statesmanmike ‏@mikestatesman 1m
West: The vote on SB5 is void. The constitutionality will be challenged. We weren't in session. #txlege
West: The vote on SB5 is void. The constitutionality will be challenged. We weren't in session. #txlege
This will be a nice election season television ad.
Then how did it come into existence?
I am Michael Bolton
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I'm so confused.
Damn, shit's getting real.
It's amazing then how when it comes to a vote they always fall in with the party line. Lemmings probably argue too. It doesn't matter when they all go over the cliff together.
Officerrob
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Republicans are going to say the vote passed in time no matter what
Basically, the full explanation we need about this whole mess.
The West fertilizer explosion also did him no favors. A big part of his platform is deregulation.
That's Royce West, a Democratic Senator.
The Dems are saying vote didn't happen prior to midnight. Reps are saying otherwise.
And so it goes.
encephalon
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Please give me a reason to be proud of this country. This kind of BS is shameful.
Angelus Errare
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Surely you realize the entire point of a political party is representation?
Do you think the entire Republican party and all of its representatives created that website?
If you're not represented by the official Republican platform, in what sense are (generic) you a Republican? In the sense that you vote for GOP candidates to enact policies you disagree with? Why?
um, no, it seems pretty damn representative of the policies their politicians pursue, I'd actually say it's the democrats who fail to live up to their platform..
eBay Huckster
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it's "not representative" insofar as we're assuming moderate republicans are more than a sizable minority within the party if they haven't already switched to the democrats, given that that platform had to be approved by people representative of a majority within the GOP
Brawndo Addict
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Looking like this won't be resolved tonight one way or the other. Or perhaps it did pass and its the bill's legality which will be challenged (was it after 12 or not?). It was nice to be part of the Gaf zeitgeist as this whole thing went down though.
A representative majority of them certainly did create the PARTY PLATFORM.
Do you even know what that is? Are you under the impression that it's just some website?
They voted on that platform at their convention. It's their national platform. Everyone running supports it unless they specifically come out and say they don't. At which point they aren't really Republicans.
speculawyer
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Well . . . he has made it abundantly clear that he is an idiot.
You let them take over...
What's funny is that actual Tea Party Conservatives (you know, the people that you allege that the Republican Party is 100% comprised of) can't stand Mitt Romney, believe themselves to be the soul of the Republican Party, and that the majority of the Republican Party are RINO Moderates that only listen to them when convenient. Also those said RINOs need to be "purged" or "have the party taken back from".
GoddyofAus
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Let them challenge the constitution. Bring that shitstorm to the forefront and the GOP in Texas will be destroyed.
Spring-Loaded
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haven't seen any speak out against it. They've given tacit consent to its existence.
It's not representative insofar as we are assuming that moderate republicans are at least part of the party. The original dude I called out failed to even recognize their existence and literally stated that every republican a tea party member. Which even as a Democrat myself I find silly.
Wow.
Officerrob
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Statesmanmike ‏@mikestatesman 24m
Deuell and other GOP sens: SB5 passed 17-12. #txlege
Statesmanmike ‏@mikestatesman 5m
Patrick: SB5 passed, 19-10. #txlege
We don't even know the proper count for the vote that might not have legally happened
Deuell and other GOP sens: SB5 passed 17-12. #txlege
Statesmanmike ‏@mikestatesman 5m
Patrick: SB5 passed, 19-10. #txlege
We don't even know the proper count for the vote that might not have legally happened
So you are saying the GOP is a pack of small rodents?
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