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05-16-2014, 01:30 AM
The Patrick and Dewhurst race is getting good
Sen. Dan Patrick confirms time in psychiatric hospital
Source: Houston Chronicle
Sen. Dan Patrick confirms time in psychiatric hospital
| May 15, 2014 | Updated: May 15, 2014 11:37pm
Sen. Dan Patrick issued a terse statement late Thursday about a period in his life 30 years ago during which he sought medical attention to cope with "mild depression and exhaustion."
Patrick, who is in a runoff with David Dewhurst for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor issued the statement late Thursday in response to various media reports that he once was on anti-depressants and admitted to a psychiatric hospital, according to court documents related to a slander suit Patrick filed against the Houston Post in the 1980s.
While Patrick accused Dewhurst of releasing the documents to the media, the documents were released to the San Antonio Express-News and other media by Jerry Patterson, the departing Commissioner for the General Land Office of Texas and a former candidate for lieutenant governor.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Sen-Dan-Patrick-confirms-time-in-psychiatric-5482563.php
Here is Patrick's statement:
Under cover of darkness and just 4 days before the start of Early Voting, David Dewhurst, strikes another low blow, hoping to arrest his further decline in the polls in a feeble attempt to desperately cling to elective office. Patrick Campaign spokesman, Allen Blakemore, issued the following statements:
“This is outrageous! Dewhurst had already hit bottom, and now he has found a new low! He has no honor, and knows no shame!
Sen. Dan Patrick confirms time in psychiatric hospital
Source: Houston Chronicle
Sen. Dan Patrick confirms time in psychiatric hospital
| May 15, 2014 | Updated: May 15, 2014 11:37pm
Sen. Dan Patrick issued a terse statement late Thursday about a period in his life 30 years ago during which he sought medical attention to cope with "mild depression and exhaustion."
Patrick, who is in a runoff with David Dewhurst for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor issued the statement late Thursday in response to various media reports that he once was on anti-depressants and admitted to a psychiatric hospital, according to court documents related to a slander suit Patrick filed against the Houston Post in the 1980s.
While Patrick accused Dewhurst of releasing the documents to the media, the documents were released to the San Antonio Express-News and other media by Jerry Patterson, the departing Commissioner for the General Land Office of Texas and a former candidate for lieutenant governor.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Sen-Dan-Patrick-confirms-time-in-psychiatric-5482563.php
Here is Patrick's statement:
Under cover of darkness and just 4 days before the start of Early Voting, David Dewhurst, strikes another low blow, hoping to arrest his further decline in the polls in a feeble attempt to desperately cling to elective office. Patrick Campaign spokesman, Allen Blakemore, issued the following statements:
“This is outrageous! Dewhurst had already hit bottom, and now he has found a new low! He has no honor, and knows no shame!