Former GOP lawmaker blisters Abbott for ‘pandering to idiots’ over military exercises

[ashling]

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/04/former-gop-lawmaker-blisters-abbott-for-pandering-to-idiots-over-military-exercises.html/

In his letter to the governor, Todd Smith of Euless, who retired from public office in 2013, said he is “horrified that I have to choose between the possibility that my Governor actually believes this stuff and the possibility that my Governor doesn’t have the backbone to stand up to those who do.”

He said he wrote because the thought that the U.S. military would be a threat to Texas is “embarrassing” and it is important “to rational governance that thinking Republicans call you out on it.”

“Is there ANYBODY who is going to stand up to this radical nonsense that is a cancer on our State and our Party?” Smith asked.

Smith is an attorney practicing in Euless and said in an interview that he was so disturbed by Abbott’s response that he laid in bed frustrated and unable to sleep.

[Gothmog]

1. Greb Abbott is an idiot and is pandering to the tea party base

[ashling]

2. Obviously

I'm just surprised to see anybody from that side of the fence take exception to it, not to mention write a strongly worded letter.

I thought only Democrats wrote strongly worded letters

[world wide wally]

3. Republicans are simply anti-American

They oppose everything this country has ever stood for and work relentlessly to bring it back the British aristocracy that we struggled to be free from. They use Fox News as their arm of propaganda and millions of low information voters embrace the bullshit after being beaten over the head with it 24/7.
They lie, they cheat, and they steal, and yet make people believe they are only acting in the best interests of average Americans.
Somehow or another we need to explain this in terms people can understand...and then just hope they won't vote against their own best interests still! We need the House, the Senate, the White House and ultimately the Supreme Court to get this country back to any semblance of what it was before Reagan got this snowball rolling (directly downhill).
Is this even possible against their multi billion dollar propaganda machine?

[marshall]

4. "...my Governor doesn’t have the backbone to stand up..."

While his point is well made, probably not a good choice of words considering Abbott is a quadriplegic and confined to a wheelchair.

[Vogon_Glory]

5. In A Word, No

In a word, no. The Texas state Republican Party is now firmly in the hands of right-wing extremists. Those sane and thoughtful people still voting Republican are only kidding themselves: by campaigning, fund-raising, and voting for Republican candidates, they aren't making their voices heard within their party--instead they're acting as "useful idiots" for the extremists who own their party lock, stock, and barrel.

Those of the Texas Republican Party who truly love the Lone Star State and who don't want to drag Texas back to the 19th century have to wake up and do the right thing: STOP VOTING FOR. REPUBLICANS!