Nbadan
07-01-2006, 05:19 AM
or Bell for Governor. As if you needed one.
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Grandma helped Tom Delay co-opt the Texas districting map upheld by the court
Strayhorn obviously has trouble with hard-core Republicans who attend conventions like this. But she may also have problems with Democrats - if Bell can put a bright enough spotlight on her sins against the Democrats, plus her pinball record. Bell will point out that the Tough Grandma hasn't been a friend to Democrats. And her positions, like her travels, have been all over the map:
# Redistricting - As a member of the Legislative Redistricting Board, Strayhorn in 2001 cast the deciding vote to re-draw Texas House districts to reward Republicans and punish Democrats. In 2002, with corporate campaign funding help engineered by then-U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the GOP took over the House, installed Tom Craddick of Midland as Speaker, and with direction from DeLay and help from Perry, re-drew Texas' congressional district lines to kill off half a dozen Democrats with decades of seniority.
Reporter News (http://www.reporter-news.com/abil/op_columns/article/0,1874,ABIL_7981_4766176,00.html)
http://mirrorimageorigin.collegepublisher.com/media/paper410/stills/3bwgu32r.jpg
Grandma helped Tom Delay co-opt the Texas districting map upheld by the court
Strayhorn obviously has trouble with hard-core Republicans who attend conventions like this. But she may also have problems with Democrats - if Bell can put a bright enough spotlight on her sins against the Democrats, plus her pinball record. Bell will point out that the Tough Grandma hasn't been a friend to Democrats. And her positions, like her travels, have been all over the map:
# Redistricting - As a member of the Legislative Redistricting Board, Strayhorn in 2001 cast the deciding vote to re-draw Texas House districts to reward Republicans and punish Democrats. In 2002, with corporate campaign funding help engineered by then-U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the GOP took over the House, installed Tom Craddick of Midland as Speaker, and with direction from DeLay and help from Perry, re-drew Texas' congressional district lines to kill off half a dozen Democrats with decades of seniority.
Reporter News (http://www.reporter-news.com/abil/op_columns/article/0,1874,ABIL_7981_4766176,00.html)