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Related: About this forumTexas Troopers issue Red Alert for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
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The Texas Association of Highway Troopers has issued a Red Alert for Texas State Attorney General, Greg Abbott. On Monday, Abbott abruptly canceled a press conference in Dallas and has not been seen since.
http://bayareahouston.blogspot.com/2014/04/texas-troopers-issue-red-alert-for.html
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Texas Troopers issue Red Alert for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (Original Post)
johncoby2
Apr 2014
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chillfactor
(7,566 posts)1. LOL!
great "story" ....
2naSalit
(86,053 posts)2. Hmmm
smells like a publicity stunt.
catrose
(5,047 posts)3. Seriously? eom
malokvale77
(4,879 posts)4. Could we be that lucky?
If only.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)5. Somebody check the Appalachian Trail. Stat!
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)6. Greg Abbott showing up on milk cartons, but nowhere else
Greg is in hiding. 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 thats 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.
-- Abbotts 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.