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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is running for president. He knows he’s smarter than Rick Perry but, hell, most everybody is, so Greg thinks he can get himself elected.
I want you to write this down somewhere: Greg Abbott is dangerous.
He has this idea that the federal government can’t tell the states what to do because local government is always better than big government. However, listen up here, he believes that the State of Texas can tell cities and counties what to do because … Greg Abbott is governor.
The problem is that all of Texas’ big cities are run by Democratic mayors. So, now we have this:
The mayors of Texas’ five largest cities, including Austin Mayor Steve Adler, were left off the list of mayors who will meet with Gov. Greg Abbott over the coming week to discuss city-related issues at the Texas Legislature.
Mayors from Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin and Fort Worth will not be in any of the meetings taking place Wednesday and Thursday at the governor’s mansion. Last week, 18 Texas mayors signed a letter requesting to meet with Abbott to talk about many of Abbott’s proposals they think would “impede the ability of Texas cities to provide vital services.”
These mayors have something else in common – they are all Democrats.
Abbott’s plan is to meet with the mayors in small groups so they can’t gang up on him. For example, on August 2nd, Abbott is slated to meet with the mayors of Arlington, Frisco, Irving and McKinney. Yeah, well, they never heard of you either.
You know what I think? I think Greg Abbott is all hat and no cattle. All gall and no guts.
If the boy can’t stand up to five Democrats, he’s gonna have a helluva time being president.
So, how would he be different in that respect than the current president? Or the last Bush?
1“Abbott’s plan is to meet with the mayors in small groups so they can’t gang up on him.”
2What did this dimwitted rePUKEian ahole think (sorry they don’t) that the mayors were going beat him UP!? Or talk? Well he is rePUKEian so talking is the same as fighting!
Gerrymandering applied in a new and creative way. Have to give credit where credit is due. Plus the added benefit of “no one ever gave me that input before”….to be used at some future date.
3I am tempted to make a nasty joke about Gregg Abbot not being able to stand up to *anyone*. But I won’t.
4I was thinking the same thing malarkey.
5The mayor of Fort Worth was a republican, and she probably remains one as Fort Worth and Tarrant County have yet to return to the Democratic fold. But she is unusually pragmatic for a republican.
6A question. Is the power of Texas government vested in the Lt. Governor rather than the Governor?
7Talking about city-related issues and leaving off the mayors of the five biggest cities. Please. “I’m not playing with YOUUUUU!”
That “Local gubmint is better than the feds and should absolutely be in charge except when we don’t like what they do” schtick has gotten pretty old. Unfortunately it keeps working.
Oh, I’m getting fed up with being fed up.
8I hope he considers billing one of those meeting as:
Mayor of Waco meets Governor Who’s Wacko
9“If the boy can’t stand up to five Democrats, he’s gonna have a helluva time being president.” IDK, Trump is managing to ride above the wave of discontent.
10Linda, hmmm…. Not sure Trump is “riding above the wave of discontent” so much as goading it higher so it lifts him above the ocean.
11Every time I start complaining about Andrew Cuomo, I also remind myself that he isn’t Greg Abbott.
12I was thinking of something mean about Abbott, his wheelchair and Atlanta’s Peachtree MARTA Station and a accident!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzhXD9FHfNo
13Sorry about your luck, Texas. Still stuck financing George Pee Bush and his cotillion of frat boy friends?
14This is Ab-butt’s version of fantasy football. He knows that his health is such that participating in an all out campaign would probably and most likely kill him. Gosh, the boy can dream! Bit je makes it our nightmare!
15I know that escalator. I was there with a bunch of high school kids for a thing. I challenged any of them to go up the down escalator, $20 for reaching the top. No tankers, buncha wimps. So I said down the up escalator, half price for the first taker. A girl did it but said her legs felt like jello after all those steps.
16I have no doubt that Abbott thinks he can stand up to five democratic mayors. What worries me is that the five democratic mayors don’t appear to be planning to crash that party in Austin and seat themselves, thank you, at the table where they belong.
17Charles R Phillips: I guess you are right. Actually Trump IS the wave of discontent.
18Arlington, Frisco, Irving, and McKinney; All suburbs in the Dallas area that vote heavily GOP.
19Sounds like a party meeting subsidized by tax dollars.
https://youtu.be/dcGW1sUEZgk
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