Thursday, May 26, 2011
Memorial Day Vacation
will be taking a vacation till next week... enjoy and remember why we are celebrating on Monday.
Dewhurst Seeks Groping Vote?
David Dewhurst is getting hammered in social media circles by working to kill the bill by Sen. Dan Patrick, a favorite amongst conservatives, that would have made groping by the TSA a crime. At the same time, he has upset the Alex Jones followers as well - the group that tried to propel Debra Medina before the birther comments came out.
While Governor Perry made fighting Barack Obama the winning strategy to fend off a challenge by Kay Bailey Hutchison, apparently David Dewhurst didn't read the same tea leaves. An anti-pat down bill passed the Texas House 138-0 was killed by the Lt. Governor and would not have happened if not for a letter threatening Texas by the Obama Justice department.
According to Sen. Dan Patrick, Dewhurst "came up with this elaborate political play to kill the bill without his fingerprints,” adding, “His fingerprints are all over this.”
This has played very poorly over the social media scene and is yet another sign that either A) Dewhurst will not run for the Senate or B) has an incompetent Senate campaign that can't win anyhow. The other campaigns will eat this up making it more difficult for Dewhurst to survive a tough primary.
While Governor Perry made fighting Barack Obama the winning strategy to fend off a challenge by Kay Bailey Hutchison, apparently David Dewhurst didn't read the same tea leaves. An anti-pat down bill passed the Texas House 138-0 was killed by the Lt. Governor and would not have happened if not for a letter threatening Texas by the Obama Justice department.
According to Sen. Dan Patrick, Dewhurst "came up with this elaborate political play to kill the bill without his fingerprints,” adding, “His fingerprints are all over this.”
This has played very poorly over the social media scene and is yet another sign that either A) Dewhurst will not run for the Senate or B) has an incompetent Senate campaign that can't win anyhow. The other campaigns will eat this up making it more difficult for Dewhurst to survive a tough primary.
Lawyer Ted Cruz fights against America's Founding Fathers, wants ConCon
Many of us believe the United States Constitution is a grand document that just needs to be followed, it's already been written properly. Ted Cruz apparently disagrees as an advocate for a ConCon, or a Constitutional Convention.
Understand that Ted Cruz is a product of an Ivy League and this is where the ConCon has its most strength. Problem is, the Tea Party movement is certainly not a product of the Ivy League and in fact are fighting against that elitism of the Northeast.
There are many pitfalls to a Constitutional Convention, the number one being the main stream media. We already have an uphill battle during the Presidential campaigns, asking for a fair and balanced debate is simply unattainable.
Once called, it is a free-for-all making the risk of a Constitutional Convention uncontrollable. Once the convention starts there is no provision in the constitution, or in law, to limit the convention to any one agenda item
Imagine if you will if the radical left hijacks the Convention, it could mean:
- Repeal of the Second Amendment (the gun-grabbers would love this)
- Repeal of the 10th Amendment (not that it is enforced anyhow)
- Repeal of presidential term limits
- Recognition of International Law as a part of our Supreme Court decision-making (it's already being done despite its unconstitutionality)
- Re-write of the Fourteenth Amendment by excluding the ‘under the jurisdiction thereof’ phrase to include children born of Illegal Aliens
So all the protections we have had and the advances we've made on the 2nd amendment could be for naught.
As someone who is running on fighting for the constitution, allowing the radical left to obliterate it is a funny way of showing it love. It is becoming increasingly stunning how un-conservative Ted Cruz really is. The liberals argue that the Constitution is a living-breathing documents versus conservatives who believe otherwise - knowing our founding fathers got it right. As an advocate for a ConCon, it seems Ted Cruz is a NoCon(servative.) At least according to conservative stalwart Phyllis Schlafly.
Understand that Ted Cruz is a product of an Ivy League and this is where the ConCon has its most strength. Problem is, the Tea Party movement is certainly not a product of the Ivy League and in fact are fighting against that elitism of the Northeast.
There are many pitfalls to a Constitutional Convention, the number one being the main stream media. We already have an uphill battle during the Presidential campaigns, asking for a fair and balanced debate is simply unattainable.
Once called, it is a free-for-all making the risk of a Constitutional Convention uncontrollable. Once the convention starts there is no provision in the constitution, or in law, to limit the convention to any one agenda item
Imagine if you will if the radical left hijacks the Convention, it could mean:
- Repeal of the Second Amendment (the gun-grabbers would love this)
- Repeal of the 10th Amendment (not that it is enforced anyhow)
- Repeal of presidential term limits
- Recognition of International Law as a part of our Supreme Court decision-making (it's already being done despite its unconstitutionality)
- Re-write of the Fourteenth Amendment by excluding the ‘under the jurisdiction thereof’ phrase to include children born of Illegal Aliens
So all the protections we have had and the advances we've made on the 2nd amendment could be for naught.
As someone who is running on fighting for the constitution, allowing the radical left to obliterate it is a funny way of showing it love. It is becoming increasingly stunning how un-conservative Ted Cruz really is. The liberals argue that the Constitution is a living-breathing documents versus conservatives who believe otherwise - knowing our founding fathers got it right. As an advocate for a ConCon, it seems Ted Cruz is a NoCon(servative.) At least according to conservative stalwart Phyllis Schlafly.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
RKBH Contacting Each Campaign
What would you like to have the candidates answer questions about their campaigns and this is your opportunity join in the fun! We will be sending out an email to each campaign team Friday asking them specific questions just like a virtual Republican Club - and we want to hear from you. If we get a good response, we will wait a few days and let more questions come in. We've already received emails suggesting some questions they would like to have answered that haven't seemed to come up in campaign stops - so we've already started, we just thought we would open it up to everyone.
So, please email us at contactus@replacingkaybh.com or send us a twitter message @replacingkaybh with your question. We will compile them and post the questions here plus the email address we sent it to. We reserve the right not to ask stupid or blatantly abusive questions, but that doesn't mean we won't publish the question on here so people can see. We will, however, NOT publish the email address nor the name of the person asking IF they ask us not to. If you fail to ask us to withhold your email address and name, it could be published here. Perhaps pick a nickname if you would like.
So start sending in your questions!
UPDATE: We've already begun receiving questions, so far 2 for Tom Leppert and 1 each for Dewhurst, Roger Williams, and Michael Williams and 3 for Ted Cruz. Keep them coming, we're sending a combined email to each campaign and we'll see who answer them. Of course, we will publish the questions and let you know which ones they didn't answer as well.
So, please email us at contactus@replacingkaybh.com or send us a twitter message @replacingkaybh with your question. We will compile them and post the questions here plus the email address we sent it to. We reserve the right not to ask stupid or blatantly abusive questions, but that doesn't mean we won't publish the question on here so people can see. We will, however, NOT publish the email address nor the name of the person asking IF they ask us not to. If you fail to ask us to withhold your email address and name, it could be published here. Perhaps pick a nickname if you would like.
So start sending in your questions!
UPDATE: We've already begun receiving questions, so far 2 for Tom Leppert and 1 each for Dewhurst, Roger Williams, and Michael Williams and 3 for Ted Cruz. Keep them coming, we're sending a combined email to each campaign and we'll see who answer them. Of course, we will publish the questions and let you know which ones they didn't answer as well.
Whose Watching Us Now: Ted Cruz Is...
We wrote earlier about CaptionGate, where the initial version of Ted Cruz's website mentioned an implied endorsement of Cruz by the Greater Houston Council of Republican Women - except the Texas Federation of Republican Women explicitly forbids endorsements in contested Republican primaries.
Well, apparently the Ted Cruz campaign is following our little blog because a new email has gone out to their database (which we're on) explaining they messed up without saying the messed up:
Before:
The change that was added is "According to their by-laws, Republican Women's Clubs are forbidden from endorsing candidates in Republican primaries. The Greater Houston Council of Republican Women is therefore not endorsing any candidate in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate."
Hmmmm, interesting. Seems the Cruz campaign was forced to make a change. We're not going to completely take credit, but we could. Either way, this will be an issue that is sure to come up in a direct mail piece later in the campaign.
As a lawyer, one would think that Ted Cruz would be the most ethical candidate for the Senate. Perhaps he is and just has a campaign staff that failed him. Either way, this is a very avoidable mistake.
But we know we're being watched somehow, makes us think of that old GEICO Commercial:
Well, apparently the Ted Cruz campaign is following our little blog because a new email has gone out to their database (which we're on) explaining they messed up without saying the messed up:
Before:
And after:
Hmmmm, interesting. Seems the Cruz campaign was forced to make a change. We're not going to completely take credit, but we could. Either way, this will be an issue that is sure to come up in a direct mail piece later in the campaign.
As a lawyer, one would think that Ted Cruz would be the most ethical candidate for the Senate. Perhaps he is and just has a campaign staff that failed him. Either way, this is a very avoidable mistake.
But we know we're being watched somehow, makes us think of that old GEICO Commercial:
Leppert at Mitt Romney Fundraiser
We've chronicled here how much Tom Leppert has flip flopped on just about every issue: he raised taxes before being against them, he against debt when increased the debt on Dallas, he was for gay marriage before he was against it, the list goes on and on.
Well, he was seen at the recent fund raiser for the king of Republican Flip Floppers Mitt Romney. (HT battleswarm blog) Wonder if the two of them talked about this:
Here is the longer version:
Probably not the candidate you want to be tied to when you're a flip flopper too.
Well, he was seen at the recent fund raiser for the king of Republican Flip Floppers Mitt Romney. (HT battleswarm blog) Wonder if the two of them talked about this:
Here is the longer version:
Probably not the candidate you want to be tied to when you're a flip flopper too.
Cruz Changes Caption on Website Photo
Ted Cruz sent out a press release touting his finishing first in a poll of the The Greater Houston Council of Republican Women straw poll with a link to their website. Those first to view it noticed it had a caption that said “Join the Greater Houston Council of Republican Women in supporting Ted Cruz.”
HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM. That is the by-laws of the Texas Federation of Republican Women.
Wonder why a man who is a lawyer and bases his campaign on ethics would violate a core ethic of the group he is highlighting. The TFRW is very strong in its desire to keep its clubs and officers from making an endorsement. The Cruz campaign is most likely to say "supporting" does not mean "endorsing," but then why did they remove the original caption?
This is likely to become a problem to Republican women.
UPDATE: Why did the Ted Cruz campaign wait six days to release the poll? In the email to supporters, Cruz said "last week" and referenced a little known blog that had the post. The blog community is wondering about this straw poll now, with Big Jolly Politics tweeting "@bjpolitics: Curious if other candidates participated or if this was a backyard win for @tedcruz " If this was such big news, why keep it under wraps for so long. Also, why didn't any Houston news outlets cover this?
SECOND UPDATE: Here are the before and after photos used on the website, thanks to an activist in Houston who shared this with us:
Before and after:
We've added a blog post about the change via email blast, apparently someone is keeping up with our blog.
HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM. That is the by-laws of the Texas Federation of Republican Women.
ARTICLE III - POLICYApparently someone inside the Ted Cruz campaign didn't get that memo before publishing this on their website...unil a few minutes ago because the graphic has now changed to read "Join the Growing Number of Grassroots Activists supporting TED CRUZ."
Section 1. Candidate Endorsement:
The President of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, the Vice President - Campaign Activities, and local clubs, their Presidents and Campaign Activities Chairmen shall not publicly endorse any candidate for public office in contested Republican Primaries, Runoff Elections, Special Elections and/or non-partisan elections when more than one Republican is in the race.
Wonder why a man who is a lawyer and bases his campaign on ethics would violate a core ethic of the group he is highlighting. The TFRW is very strong in its desire to keep its clubs and officers from making an endorsement. The Cruz campaign is most likely to say "supporting" does not mean "endorsing," but then why did they remove the original caption?
This is likely to become a problem to Republican women.
UPDATE: Why did the Ted Cruz campaign wait six days to release the poll? In the email to supporters, Cruz said "last week" and referenced a little known blog that had the post. The blog community is wondering about this straw poll now, with Big Jolly Politics tweeting "@bjpolitics: Curious if other candidates participated or if this was a backyard win for @tedcruz " If this was such big news, why keep it under wraps for so long. Also, why didn't any Houston news outlets cover this?
SECOND UPDATE: Here are the before and after photos used on the website, thanks to an activist in Houston who shared this with us:
Before and after:
We've added a blog post about the change via email blast, apparently someone is keeping up with our blog.
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