Greg Abbott Thanks "Retard Barbie" Tweeter, Offers No Apology to Wendy Davis

[JoethePleb]

Greg Abbott's twitter feed speaks in first person, but if the Attorney General is doing his own tweets his campaign may want to rethink its social media strategy. Just a week after Erick Erickson of Red State refused to apologize for calling Wendy Davis an "Abortion Barbie," Abbott thanked a supporter who called Wendy Davis an "idiot" and a "Retard Barbie."
There are a couple of acceptable ways to handle trolls on twitter, you ignore them or you correct and make an example out of them -- Greg Abbott did neither. Thanking someone for their support who is being intentionally and aggressively offensive brings legitimacy to their actions.

The Twitter backlash from his original response was enough to get the AG to revisit the statement but not enough for an apology...
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13960/greg-abbott-thanks-retard-barbie-tweeter-refuses-apology-to-wendy-davis

[longship]

1. Self-inflicted Bar-B-Que.

Abbott's cooking his own goose.

(Snagglepuss quote.)

Exit stage left.

R&

[Eleanors38]

2. Abbot's punkin' round, trying to start a movement. In his bowels.

[Gothmog]

3. Juanita Jean had some good comments about Greg's stupidity

http://juanitajean.com/2013/08/19/keeping-it-class-greg/