Prediction: Charles Murray will cost Abbott the governor's office

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http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/15072/equal-pay-day-greg-abbott-ducks-press-while-adviser-charles-murray-doubles-down

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1. This clown is still kicking around

I thought the late Stephen Gould dispatched him long ago

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2. Well, Wendy might have something to say about it, too

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3. Greg Abbot is not running a smart campaign

Greg is running a really bad campaign. First there was the Ted Nugent mess. Nugent hurt Greg and will continue to hurt Greg each time Nugent gets into the news. Second, Greg blew the pay equity issue and his surrogates were kind enough to give the Democrats a number of quotes that can be attack ads. Finally, Greg's education policies are based on the work of a man who hates women and minorities.

Juanita Jean has some good comments about Murray. http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/04/03/inferior-me/

I’m a woman. Please forgive my small brain. I can’t help it. I was born that way.

It is a well-known scientific fact that testosterone makes a brain bigger and therefore smarter. And, that toting around a set of ta-tas is a brain drain.

I am so glad to know that the man who wants to be our next Governor recognizes gender science as being valid and, you know, scientific. The Republican nominee for Governor, Greg Abbott, quotes Charles Murray in Abbott’s education plan to cut pre-K and kindergarten programs in Texas to the tune of $200,000,000. But, all those zeros are justified because Charles Murray has set American straight about things like women, minorities, and the poor.

Especially women.

“No woman has been a significant original thinker in any of the world’s great philosophical traditions,” he wrote. “Women have produced a smaller number of important visual artists, and none that is clearly in the first rank. No female composer is even close to the first rank. Social restrictions undoubtedly damped down women’s contributions in all of the arts, but the pattern of accomplishment that did break through is strikingly consistent with what we know about the respective strengths of male and female cognitive repertoires.”

Yep, women be dumb. Duh dumb. And don’t even get Charles Murray started on minorities.

In Charles Murray’s world, white rich males are the smartest. So, I guess I’m wondering how all these white rich males running our state government got us into the biggest damn mess I’ve ever seen. Maybe they’ve been over-bred, I dunno.

Honey, when all that stands between you and a rock bottom education system is the state of Mississippi, you’re in big trouble. Two more rich white boys move to Mississippi and you’re dead last.

Y’all, this is just a heads up. I don’t think I’m going to make it to November without blowing a gasket. You’re gonna show up here one day and all you’re going to see is my pounding forehead on the keyboard.

Greg is making far more mistakes compared to Goodhair. Greg is actually making Goodhair look bright.

The Davis campaign is counting on the support of single suburban women and Greg is helping her with these voters.

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4. Greg Abbott showing up on milk cartons, but nowhere else

This blog is one of our DUers. http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2014/04/greg-abbott-showing-up-on-milk-cartons.html

Why is Greg Abbott avoiding the media and canceling appearances?

Every campaign has occasional scheduling problems. Sometimes events or appearances have to be cancelled for a variety of legitimate reasons.

But over the last several weeks, Greg Abbott has cancelled a number of events and has rarely taken press questions at the events he does attend. Clearly something is going on inside the Abbott campaign that’s affecting his willingness to appear in public or personally answer questions from the press.

-- Abbott has refused to meet with editorial boards both during and since the Texas primary.

-- Abbott spent more than three weeks (March 6 – 29) without any public events.
During this period (March 9 – 24) he refused to personally answer any questions on equal pay, even questions regarding salaries within his own AG office.

-- Abbott canceled an April 4th scheduled and publicized address to the Texas Renewal Project, an organization of Christian pastors (I posted about this conference here).

-- Abbott declined an April 5th opportunity to address the Texas AP Managing Editors Association in Padre Island.

-- Abbott’s campaign scheduled an April 7th press conference and Abbott simply failed to appear, not even bothering to send the press a cancellation notice.

It would be easy to imply, and reasonable to assume, that Abbott's campaign is wilting under pressure – especially the ongoing bad press over his bungling of the equal pay issue and his disastrous education policy rollout.

If it is something else – campaign personnel changes, pressing official business or a family issue – then Abbott needs to be forthright and explain in some detail.

If something is seriously wrong, Greg Abbott should say so, and everyone will know what to expect going forward.

Greg is hiding from the press for a reason. I doubt that Murray is the sole reason for this behavior.

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5. Murray is the lightning rod that is galvanizing voters against Abbott

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6. Murray is a racist and hates women

The Democrats are counting on higher turnout by Hispanic voters and for single suburban women to support Wendy Davis. Greg is doing his best to increase the turnout of both of these groups.