Comments on: “I’m Moderate David Dewhurst, and I Approve this Message” http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: texace http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9721 texace Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:42:20 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9721 It is astonishing to listen to out of state conservatives bang on Dewhurst for being “moderate”. Erickson and other Red Staters are blowing hot air when they accuse Dewhurst of supporting a state income tax and favoring in state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants [Mexicans]. Dewhurst wasn’t even in the legislature when that bill was passed for Pete’s sake.
Granted, Dewhurst’s ads linking Cruz to the Chinese and amnesty are yucky but the fact remains; Ted was more than willing to represent a Chinese company [and yes he was involved directly in the litigation] and we all know that Ted knows that means representing the Communist Party of China. Cruz has also been more than a little shifty in the way he’s portrayed his Dad as a refugee from Cuba. His ads and some of his public endorsers have certainly lead us to believe his Dad fled communism while in reality his Dad was exiled by the Battista regime for engaging in violence in support of Castro.
This whole fight is more of a fiasco than a principled stand for individual liberrty, states rights and limited government . Dewhurst isn’t perfect but he sure as heck isn’t Dick Luger; something I wish well intentioned national conservatives and Tea Partyers would figure out before they start shooting their own people.

]]> By: acat http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9687 acat Thu, 31 May 2012 03:46:13 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9687 Show me how Cruz could get elected in Massachusetts.

Most conservative candidate *who can win the general*.

Mew

]]> By: Dave_A http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9686 Dave_A Thu, 31 May 2012 03:11:39 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9686 Regardless of which Paul they come from. Rand is the heir to the throne of crazy…

That said, I don’t have the same reservations about EE – he’s not a nut…

]]> By: Freedoms Truth http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9685 Freedoms Truth Thu, 31 May 2012 03:03:09 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9685 (Gary Johnson, now LP candidate?!?) … who needs Lincoln Chaffee?

OK, and Gov martinez is more real GOP, but …
you’ll only change my mind on this if/when Romney actually wins it in Nov.

]]> By: acat http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9684 acat Thu, 31 May 2012 02:59:45 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9684 His choice means he is politically dead to me….

*spit*

Mew

]]> By: Freedoms Truth http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9683 Freedoms Truth Thu, 31 May 2012 02:58:45 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9683 In early voting, Dewhurst led by 17 points.
On election day, it was only 6 points!

As more people realize that Dewhurst attacks ads were a bunch of lies, they will lose their bite and the simple question – “Who would make the better conservative?” – would be answered … TED CRUZ.

]]> By: commonsenseobserver http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9681 commonsenseobserver Thu, 31 May 2012 02:54:45 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9681 Should have stayed to run for the Senate rather than burning bridges with conservatives.

]]> By: abeldred http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9682 abeldred Thu, 31 May 2012 02:54:18 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9682 isn’t his lack of Conservative credentials on the whole. He believes in things we all do like the right to life. However, he is a long (long, long, did I say long) time politician for starters. And he tends to be one of those “go along to get along” kind of guys. The last thing we need is yet another one of those in DC. He has been a member of the “boys” club in the TX Senate for a long time as well and he will take that mentality with him. He is not one who is ready to do battle for the people’s concerns as was evidenced in the last Legislative session when he chickened out in the ace of Federal threats when we tried to pass a TSA Anti-Groping bill. It sailed thru the house and was held up in the Senate. It was only in the special session, forced by Gov. Perry, that DD brought the watered down version to the floor and it passed. By then, however, it was much too late to get it thru the House (and Spkr Straus didn’t give it any effort…another story), so it failed. Thanks Dewhurst.
Dewhurst blocked sanctuary city legislation in the Senate and a slew of other important Conservative bills from the House. He did us no favors and just played good ol boy. He will NOT serve the people, he has proven he has no regard for the people by his total disregard for almost every forum, debate etc. throughout this process. NO! We can do far better with a man like Ted Cruz. I hope many in the GOP will see this as we move forward over the next 2 months. We need recruits! We need boots on the ground! We need financial support! I hope we can count on folks all over this great nation to put him over the top!

]]> By: acat http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9680 acat Thu, 31 May 2012 02:47:03 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9680 I don’t have the demographics in front of me, but .. I suspect they’re getting bluer due to blue-hair and other immigrants from the east and west coasts….

Mew

]]> By: Freedoms Truth http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9679 Freedoms Truth Thu, 31 May 2012 02:39:49 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9679 stopping a RINO there may be a pyrrhic victory.

Wish I was wrong … but OTOH the Democrats in Texas havent won statewide this century, and wont this year.

That means Ted Cruz can be our next Senator if he survives the runoff.

]]> By: texashistorian http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9678 texashistorian Thu, 31 May 2012 02:32:15 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9678 there is no debate regarding Dewhurst, but he did as well as he did because of name recognition alone. Because Texas overall does well as a red state, Dewie gets credit. It’s not hard to assign him the credit when you stack Texas up against California or Massachusetts. We that follow state politics closely know better: he and Speaker Joe Straus are cut from the same moderate cloth. Cruz’s challenge will be to force run-off voters to look more closely at Dewhurst and not simply cast a vote for him because he’s a long time Lt. Governor.

]]> By: Neil Stevens http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9671 Neil Stevens Thu, 31 May 2012 00:15:26 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9671 He’s run the Senate for years, and just look at the results.

]]> By: msctex http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9670 msctex Thu, 31 May 2012 00:14:25 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9670 . . .can be argued all day, and have been above. But make no mistake about it: he ran this initial race against Cruz like a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, being perfectly willing to bend or ignore the truth wherever it either served his purposes or — more to the point — obscured his own weaknesses.

]]> By: PowerToThePeople http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9657 PowerToThePeople Wed, 30 May 2012 21:17:11 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9657 until the votes are cast. But the fear of losing is never a valid reason to do the wrong thing or keep the wrong person in office. Republicans are nearing a point where if there is not a clear distinction between them and the dems, our party will fade away in most of the country. People are fed up with being fed BS and being told it is a steak. In their opinion, if we are going to sink, may as well go with the party who openly spends and promises all a part of the pie.

We need quality over quantity and that will lead to us taking power for a long time.

]]> By: anonymousbosch http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9656 anonymousbosch Wed, 30 May 2012 21:13:24 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9656 If Dewhust is such a strong conservative and has done all these great things for Texas, why would they want to lose him to become an irrelevant and meaningless Junior Senator?

According to you he’s been effective and instrumental in so many things that it would seem to me that Texas should want to keep him where he is and set him up to take over for Perry and continue the conservative direction.

If he goes to DC he’ll be one of 100 Senators. As a Jr Senator he’ll have little power or influence. No chairmanships. No nothing. He’ll be almost 70 when he takes office and almost 75 by his 2nd term. He’s not long for the Senate.

Cruz, otoh, is young. He can grow and position himself nicely to contribute and make a difference. We primary Cornyn in 2014 and all of a sudden Cruz is the Sr Senator with much more power.

Cruz helps the party by adding another rising hispanic star to a roster that includes younger hispanics like Martinez, Rubio, Herrera, Sandoval and some others. Another almost 70 yr old rich white guy doesn’t really do anything on that front.

Cruz would also gain valuable esperience for a potential Supreme Court appointment.

Seems to me TX can really have the best of both worlds here. They keep tthier strong conservative LT Gov in Austin where he continues to work with Perry in growing the economy, adding jobs, and moving the state in a conservative direction in preparation for running for Gov on his own…and they send a younger, strong conservative to DC where he learn the ropes and work with guys like DeMint, Lee, and Rubio in rejuvenating the GOP Senate caucus and fixing things from the inside. Everyone wins in that scenario.

]]> By: Castor http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9652 Castor Wed, 30 May 2012 20:42:55 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9652 Logic has it that Dewhurst?s lead is too big to overcome, but 2 months can be an eternity in politics. Despite being not near as well known as Dewhurst,Cruz came within 3 points of him on election day votes. I believe the fertile field for Cruz will be those who voted for Dewhurst by habit, not by conviction. For every vote switched, Cruz gains 2.He should go after the Dewhurst voters who mistakingly believe that the Lt. Gov. is a conservative.
The 31st of July is a very hot day in Texas. People who are not really motivated may stay home or go to the beach.
Go get ?m, Ted !!!

]]> By: bnuckols http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9650 bnuckols Wed, 30 May 2012 20:25:20 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9650 As a moderate. Those who oppose him make those claims. As above, the accomplishments of the State of Texas and the Senate of Texas are outstanding, not moderate.

]]> By: commonsenseobserver http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9644 commonsenseobserver Wed, 30 May 2012 17:45:38 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9644 That’s the problem.

]]> By: freemanja1991 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9643 freemanja1991 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:38:33 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9643 Heather Wilson in NM we have a solid conservative candidate Greg Sowards, who Rand Paul has endorsed. We cannot let this one get away.

A video of Heather Wilson Lying

http://vimeo.com/43076420

Erick Erickson Said, ‘The Goal of conservatives should be to keep Heather Wilson out of the US Senate’

]]> By: windwaker24 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/30/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-moderate-david-dewhurst-and-i-approve-this-message%e2%80%9d/#comment-9642 windwaker24 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:15:55 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/?p=3728#comment-9642 their records cannot be bad. We’ll agree to disagree about Perry. I believe he is Conservative and a man of his word. I wish more governors were like him.

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