Link to evidence supporting this stated motivation?
from the Dallas Morning News:
A former colleague and political supporter who worked closely with Davis when she was on the council said the body’s work was very time-consuming.
“Wendy is tremendously ambitious,” he said, speaking only on condition of anonymity in order to give what he called an honest assessment. “She’s not going to let family or raising children or anything else get in her way.”
Attacks On Wendy Davis’ Life Story Follow Classic Sexist Playbook
She manipulated her husband into paying her tuition.
After divorcing and enrolling in community college, Davis met her second husband, Jeff Davis, a 34-year-old lawyer, and married him after two years of dating. Davis helped her pay for the last two years of college and cashed in his 401(k) to help her pay for Harvard Law School while taking care of their children. He claimed Wendy left him “the next day” after he made the last payment on her Harvard Law loan.
The state senator shot down the implication that she had free-loaded on her husband, pointing out that she had her own income as a successful lawyer after graduating in 1993. “I was a vibrant part of contributing to our family finances from the time I graduated to the time we separated in 2003,” she told the newspaper. “The idea that suddenly there was this instantaneous departure after Jeff had partnered so beautifully with me in putting me through school is just absurd.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...davis-attacks/
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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/polit...ts-blurred.ecein his initial divorce filing, Jeff Davis said the marriage had failed, citing adultery on her part and conflicts that the couple could not overcome. The final court decree makes no mention of infidelity, granting the divorce solely “on the ground of insupportability.”
Amber was 21 and in college. Dru was in ninth grade. Jeff Davis was awarded parental custody. Wendy Davis was ordered to pay $1,200 a month in child support.
That's some last sentence. It's practically self-parody.
If all of the Republican coverage of Davis' past is full of such cringe-worthy vitriol, I doubt it's much of a concern to her campaign.
I'm sure it will all be forgotten by the time the primaries are over.
Wendy Davis should be Bible-thumping HEROINE poster chld for NOT aborting her kids.
Bible-thumpers and Repugs never worry about the number of dead/maimed poor mothers and/or babies from lack of peri-natal health care by the closed "abortion" clinics, while at the same time denying the expaned ACA Medicaid coverage. yeah, those mothe ers are really pro life.
Not only that but there's an accredited law school in her hometown of Ft. Worth (was Texas Wesleyan, now Texas A&M School of Law). She could have gone to law school at Wesleyan but she got him to cash out his 401k to put her through Harvard and raise both her kids in her absence. I really admire how she works her hustle. That's some quality grifting action right there.
"she got him to cash out his 401k"
yep, she FORCED him to do it, what a . and yes, a law degree from TX Weslayan is just a good as one from Harvard, didn't she know it?
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The husband's a sucker and a beta chump to do that.
What does she need a law degree from Harvard for when she's a mother with two kids in Ft. Worth? Oh right, it sounds so much better when she runs for office. The husband should have told he he'd help her pay for Wesleyan. A lot of this was his own doing practically treating his wife as a pros ute.and yes, a law degree from TX Weslayan is just a good as one from Harvard, didn't she know it?
I think history will show tons of times when someone who ran and lost by a ridiculous amount of votes. Didn't the TX Dems try this before when they went "All Minority" ticket?
How about no more gimmicks and get some good candidates?
The quote about her not letting raising kids get in her way seems pretty damning.
The sociopathic brutality of TX Repugs vs poor women has disgusted some Repug women. One quote I saw was a Repug woman saying she would vote Dem first time in her life.
It's damning only if they can find a quote of her saying it herself. Otherwise, it's only hearsay from a 3rd party.
Sounds like petty office gossip to me.
Law degree from Texas Weslayan is compared to one from Harvard.
If you cant see this then I dont exactly know what. I mean hate on Davis for a number of things, but to say that a law degree from the two are essentially equal is either re ed or incredibly naive.
It will be old news at best in a few weeks. Surprised that Dallas Morning News broke the story, though. They admit that they are a "Liberal" leaning paper but attempt to be balanced. Plenty of time before the election to massage the message and the ex didn't completely throw her under the bus.
They tried an extremely competent candidate last time with Bill White...he got crushed.
Well it may not be damning but it's just one more thing to pile on the power hungry gold digging barbie doll narrative that will be used to destroy her.
She's poor?
Yeah...and?
I wonder the same thing about the GOP at the national level... Christie, belly and all, it's probably the closest it's going to get...
It depends on who you know and what you are doing.
I guarantee you can become a millionaire partner at a big law firm (in texas anyway) even if you went to Weslayan
Christie was a gimmick just targeting a different crowd (re ed liberals who think he's a moderate because he hugged Obama).
but much more difficult.
in reality it limits your options dramatically.
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