Joe Scarborough: Attacks On Wendy Davis Are 'Nonsense'
CATHERINE THOMPSON – JANUARY 29, 2014, 9:01 AM EST
"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough wondered aloud Wednesday why Republicans seem to care so much about the details of Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis' (D) background.
"So these Republicans in Texas have been saying some really crappy things about Wendy Davis, saying she's a lousy mom -- just really personal crap. It's really the reason why people hate politics," he said. "You know what? The empire didn't strike back. Her daughters did. And, man, what a strong defense they gave for Wendy Davis, basically saying, we had great parents, thank you very much. Stop lying about it. I thought it was great."
Davis' campaign released two open letters written by her daughters, Amber and Dru, on Tuesday. The women disputed conservatives' characterization of Davis as an ambitious woman who abandoned her children for a Harvard education and political career, instead painting a picture of a mother who made real sacrifices for her daughters.
Scarborough added that it was "overreach" when Republicans began to spin a Dallas Morning News report clarifying some details about Davis' biography, including the details of her family situation while she attended Harvard Law School, into charges that she abandoned her kids.
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But Hillary Clinton cannot speak about the GOP war on women because of her husband's antics? Oh, okay Joe, thanks for the info, please continue Mr Former Congressman.
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Joe runs hot and cold. He thinks that Rand had a good point when he brought up Monica Lewinsky to attack Hillary. Now he thinks that the attacks on Wendy are a Republican overreach. He's correct on the latter point, but how could he be so wrong about Rand's silly comments?
I don't care what he spews, he's still a lying tool.
But, then, the Machines pull him back in. 
And while we're on the topic of Davis, didn't she just do everything that conservatives have been saying poor women SHOULD do- get married, get an education, become successful (i.e. "pull themselves up by their bootstraps"
? Instead, they label her a "gold digger" and "ambitious" and "putting herself and her needs ahead of her children" and then being a liar about being a divorced single mother when, in fact, she was separated from her first husband and on her own for a time. She is being horribly swiftboated IMHO though I've come to expect no better from the right, esp. when it comes to women like Hillary and Wendy. 