Wendy Davis explains the difference between herself and Ted Cruz

[ProSense]

Wendy Davis explains the difference between herself and Ted Cruz

by Laura Clawson

In case you were confused, Texas state senator and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis explains the difference between her filibuster of a restrictive anti-abortion bill and the federal government shutdown Sen. Ted Cruz played a major role in causing:

“I was attempting to block a bill that would have harmed thousands of women across the state of Texas,” she said. “Never once, of course, did I threaten to literally shut down the state government for that purpose, and I certainly would never use the budget in the state of Texas for purposes of making a political statement.”

That's pretty simple and clear, isn't it? Davis also had something to say about Cruz and leadership:

“I think he demonstrated that being the loudest person in the room isn’t necessarily equivalent to being a leader,” Davis said. “I was disappointed to see that he was willing to put so many thousands of Texas families in harm’s way for purposes of making a political statement.”

That's about the size of it. Although Cruz wasn't just "willing" to put Texas (and Arizona, New Mexico, Alabama, Arkansas, New York, and every other state) families in harm's way for the purposes of making a political statement. He was eager to do it. But then, Cruz and Davis each bear a striking similarity to their filibusters that grabbed national attention: Cruz's filibuster was fake. Davis's was the real deal.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/28/1251277/-Wendy-Davis-explains-the-difference-between-herself-and-Ted-Cruz

FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT OF TEXAS ABORTION LAW
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023937693

FreedomWorks: What I Witnessed In Austin This Weekend Shook Me To My Core
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023918723

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[polichick]

2. Wendy Davis is a breath of fresh air. Ted Cruz just stinks. lol

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k&r

[ProSense]

6. Ted Scruz. LOL! n/t

[sheshe2]

3. Well done, Wendy Davis!

She can be instrumental, in bringing Texas the change it do desperately needs.

GOTV!

[Left Coast2020]

4. I have a very good feeling about her chances.

[lame54]

11. So does the Texas GOP...

That's why they enacted the anti-women voting laws

[arthritisR_US]

5. Texas is lucky to have the likes of her! :) n/t

[okaawhatever]

7. The right wingers are calling Wendy abortion Barbie. While that filibuster made her

famous, in 2011 she filibustered a steep $4 Billion dollar cut in public education. That also resulted in a special session. She was given many awards including:

Davis has been honored with many awards and recognitions during her first term in the Texas Legislature, including the "Bold Woman Award" from Girls, Inc., "Freshman of the Year" from AARP, "Champion for Children Award" from the Equity Center, and "Texas Women's Health Champion Award" from the Texas Association of OB-GYNs. In 2009, Texas Monthly named her "Rookie of the Year".[18] She was also chosen by the readers of Fort Worth Weekly as the "Best Servant of the People".[9] In January 2012, Davis was listed among "12 State Legislators to Watch in 2012" by Governing Magazine[19] and was mentioned as a possible candidate for statewide race

From Wiki.

Let's make sure we educate folks as to her accomplishments. I'd love to see all the filibuster criticism from the right bring the education cuts back into the spotlight.

[whttevrr]

9. Wish you were there when this happened...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023781569#post17

My response was:

You mean what does Wendy Davis Stand For?



equal pay for women
vital education funding
voting rights
graduated with honors from Harvard Law School
authored “Texas Jobs First” legislation
sponsored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
sponsored legislation to make government more accountable to taxpayers
fought to restore $5.4 billion in education cuts
protected the Veterans' Assistance Fund from being used to fill budget gaps
has worked to stop legislation restricting women’s access to healthcare
authored and collaborated to pass a bill to address the backlog of more than 23,000 untested rape kits on across the state

[okaawhatever]

10. I have donated and will continue to send money when available. I'm in TN so my campaign dollars will

go a lot farther there. She does have a chance and like Alison Grimes in KY, the race has national implications. Abbott is much worse than Perry. People should be afraid of his being Governor. People talk about TX needing a lot of money, which it does, but since Latino voters only turn out at a rate less than 50% there is a lot of ground to be made up with registering.
I read that Latinos who voted are only 42% of those eligible to register. Huge numbers there. Ditto the women. If the story can get out about the oppressive abortion rules, the funding Perry cut to women's services I think there's a lot to gain there, too.

Time to get the word out and help register voters. I think the claim by Freedomworks that 400k new people will be registered by election time could be an underestimation. I think more can be done. I also think Wendy can win.

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R