Exiled Texas Dems Returning Home

[CookieD]

Sorry I don't have a link yet. NPR has reported that all of the exiled Texas Dems are returning home, after they attend a federal hearing in Laredo. Apparently they felt their position was no longer sustainable after one senator dropped out.

What can I say. They fought the good fight. (BTW, sorry if this has already been posted.)

[ixion]

1. this is very sad, and another victory for PNAC

I swear, I will move and expatriate if this type of underhanded black politics continues. :grr:

[cjbuchanan]

2. Three cheers for the Texas 11 (or 10)

They are returning home, but they are not giving up. The Move-On ads are starting to run and there is still the court challenge.

No matter what happens in the end, we should all be proud of these democrats.

Here is a link about this:
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=1434478&nav=0s3cHsvT

[Rose Siding]

6. TEN

We should be very proud and supportive of TEN.

Judas Whitmire took a dive.

[Superfly]

3. How long have they been gone?

?

[cjbuchanan]

4. since the end on July

So about 45 days or so.

[Nottingham]

5. Its so sad they had a traitor!

Traitor to his party Traitor to Texas and the US

[bearfan454]

7. A f*cking GREEDY traitor

This guy was bought off for sure. I would say 50 or 100 g's.

[CookieD]

8. Dropout Senator said other Dems privately told him ...

...it was OK to dropout of the pack. Personally, I find that a little difficult to believe. Why would they want this thing to end the way it has?

Just doesn't make any sense to me. :(

[bearfan454]

9. No way !

5000 of us went to the rally at the State capitol one VERY hot afternoon in Austin. Pics on Activism / Events forum.

[buckfush2]

10. what he said was

he talked to his constituents, and THEY told him he should return. (No word on just which constituents that was)

However, this is not over. The governor must call ANOTHER special session first, and then the 11 can just leave the state AGAIN.

Special session would cost the taxpayers a lot of money, and if the dems leave, it would all be wasted $ AGAIN.

Keep up the fight!

[keopeli]

11. I heard Whitmire on NPR Tavis Smiley show yesterday...

and he claimed that the other 10 TX Senators in NM had supported him in his return to Texas. Then, immediately following that interview was an interview with one of the remaining 10 Senators (Royce West) and he said that (emphatically) NONE of the 10 had encouraged Whitmire to leave. Quite the opposite in fact.

This link is to the audio recording.

http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgDate=08-Sep-2003&prgId=14