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    or Bell for Governor. As if you needed one.


    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 Crad 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.
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