Rick Perry Jabs Wendy Davis For Being A Teen Mom: Too Bad 'She Hasn't Learned From Her Own Example'
Source: Huffington Post
While many have called Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) a hero for standing on her feet for 11 hours to filibuster an anti-abortion bill, Gov. Rick Perry (R) couldn't resist taking a jab at her for having been a teenage mother.
"Even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of a single woman, she was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas senate," Perry said Thursday in a speech to the National Right to Life Convention. "It is just unfortunate that she hasnt learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
Davis was raised by a single mother, and she became a single mother herself at 19. She went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and was elected to the Texas state Senate in 2008.
On Tuesday, Davis captured the attention of the world when she stood on her feet for 11 hours without a bathroom break and filibustered S.B. 5, a bill that opponents say would dramatically reduce access to abortion in the state. Republicans shut down Davis' filibuster about an hour and half before the midnight end to the legislature's special session on Tuesday, alleging that she broke the rules by speaking off-topic about a mandatory ultrasound bill. But Democrats were able to stall the vote by quabbling with Lieutenant Gov. David Dewhurst (R) about procedural issues, and the crowd of protesters in the state capitol drowned out the final vote by shouting at the top of their lungs.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/rick-perry-wendy-davis_n_3510844.html
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Update 12:06 p.m.:
State Senator Wendy Davis released the following response on Perry's remarks:
Rick Perry's statement is without dignity and tarnishes the high office he holds. They are small words that reflect a dark and negative point of view.
Our governor should reflect our Texas values. Sadly, Gov. Perry fails that test.
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13708/rick-perry-attacks-and-insults-wendy-davis
mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)Island Blue
(5,819 posts)reusrename
(1,716 posts)No doubt about it.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Whew, perry exemplifies CONservatism.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Pro-Choice. People like him think it means "pro-abortion" and thus he calls her a hypocrite. He and his ilk refuse to accept that it's about choice, as in at least two possible outcomes, and abortion being only one possible outcome.
Until they accept that definition, they'll keep making asses of themselves in poor attempts of hypocrite-finger-pointing.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Perry missed the point (he could have learned a lot during the filibuster) that when you have laws like this, women will be left with far less safe alternatives resulting in more abortions, and worse yet- unsafe abortions.
"Oops..."
kentauros
(29,414 posts)that they know it means exactly the opposite. That they're betting on their truly ignorant constituents to think they mean it is for women's health, too. Typical GOP whitewashing propaganda tactics.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)zonkers
(5,865 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)TinkerTot55
(198 posts)It's NOT about mandating or legislating what people must do about their pregnancy, it's about making sure they have CHOICES.
Safe choices, but choices nonetheless.
And she CHOSE to have that baby. But she had a choice.
And it's none of your damn business.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...go fuck yourself, Perry.
I never chose abortion. Get that? 'Chose'. I have known women that have made similar 'choices' and others that have made different 'choices'.
Buy a fucking dictionary, you tool.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)He is a tool.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)It doesn't matter if the woman is in her teens and unmarried, or in her 40s and married. Give birth? Then you should want to FORCE others to do the same as you.
still_one
(92,482 posts)insuring they lose the women vote
Triana
(22,666 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)ancianita
(36,184 posts)Response to hobbit709 (Reply #9)
ancianita This message was self-deleted by its author.
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts).. Bristol was a 'teen' and not even married when she had Tripp.
BUT Perry and Palin are good buddies so I think we won't hear a peep out of her.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)but these assholes don't want others to make their own decisions.
richmwill
(1,326 posts)Sarah's good buddy Ann Coulter called someone a "retard" and Palin didn't care, found it no big deal.
AndyA
(16,993 posts)No scandals or corruption involving Rick Perry...throw the first stone, Rick, because someone out there knows more about you than you'd like for them to know, and your actions aren't making a lot of friends.
Gothmog
(145,751 posts)I know a lot of you have waited patiently, so youll be glad to know that Glen Maxeys book about Rick Perry is out and you can buy it on paper.
Your favorite hairdresser/unblogger/eyeliner maven wrote the Glen Maxey cover story for the current edition of OutSmart, which is kinda odd considering that I am neither. You can read about it here. Or, better yet, click here to see how it looks in real life.
The cover looks adorable and youll be happy to know that Glen went out and bought a Brokeback Mountain jacket just for the photoshoot. After all, if Rick Perry did his anti-gay ad wearing one, the least Glen could do is remind people that Rick Perry likes to dress like a gay cowboy.
Gothmog
(145,751 posts)First up, an exhaustive post on Gawker, All Your Rick Perry Gay Sex Rumors Collected in one Handy Book:According to Maxey-who, while obviously a partisan, is as far as I can tell not a crank and served 12 years in the state legislature-he located two men who claimed to have had sex with Perry. One was a male prostitute who told associates that Perry had hired him three or four times a year for hotel parties with Perry and an aide. The other was a man who responded to a Craigslist ad allegedly posted by Perry. Along the way, there are dozens of other more tenuous second-hand reports, including one man linked to Perry who pointedly refused to deny the accusations.
That story is a GREAT read, and the comments are even better. Gawker really digs in to the book, and it's fair to say that their regular reader community is tailor-made for these kinds of exposes. The Gawker story had sufficient comments and page views that their post might help give this story legs into the national media.
It may be time to revive this story given Goodhair's comments about Senator Davis
abbeyco
(1,555 posts)He's a total dooshbag who isn't fit to share the same airspace as Wendy Davis.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Go fuck yourself, Little Ricky!
TexasTowelie
(112,568 posts)they serve a useful purpose, Rick Perry doesn't!
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Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Gothmog
(145,751 posts)Rick Perry is a pig. A pig with a snake wrapped around it. He Governor Crap in my book.
Today he attacked Wendy Davis personally. Yeah, the big tough Texan kneecapped a woman. Not her ideas. Not what she does politically. He attacked her and her child.
Gothmog
(145,751 posts)Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and a native Texan whose mother, Ann Richards, served as governor, responded in a statement to HuffPost.
Rick Perrys remarks are incredibly condescending and insulting to women," Richards said. "This is exactly why the vast majority of Texans believe that politicians shouldnt be involved in a womans personal health care decisions. Women are perfectly capable of deciding whether to choose adoption, end a pregnancy, or raise a child, and they dont need Rick Perrys help making that decision. What the world saw in Texas this week was democracy in action. The people had a voice this week, and well make sure they have a voice in the weeks ahead."
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Fuck that guy. Smearing a woman who "pulled herself up by her bootstraps" and graduated from Harvard Law School and became a State Senator while caring for a child? Could he do that? I love her even more now. Big brass ovaries and comfortable shoes.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)The rate Texas is going there will be plenty of single teenage moms with absolutely no help from Texas as far as SNAP, Medical, and family assistance. The churches will be overwhelmed, and the selfish well to do's won't give a shit.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)You're one of the biggest reasons I wouldn't set foot in TX. And this is coming from somebody who lives in IN
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Ilsa
(61,709 posts)I think her life experiences make Sen. Wendy Davis one of the best people to speak to the issue of crisis pregnancy.
The governor needs to thin his mane out. It's interfering with his brain function.
ancianita
(36,184 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)Just a little levity here, but his brainlessness reminds me of a Rocky & Bullwinkle mashup, and the effects of Boris Badenov's latest weapon that lowers people's IQ. I think the message applies perfectly to pRick Parry:
jwirr
(39,215 posts)in a world without any choices.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)gossipy nosey hypocritical 'wing' of the Republican Party, so they can hold their noses in the air and feel superior.
Shame is one of their tools, but they would never stand up under their own standards, so they obsess and project it onto others. Perry on the couch
Gothmog
(145,751 posts)First up, an exhaustive post on Gawker, All Your Rick Perry Gay Sex Rumors Collected in one Handy Book:According to Maxey-who, while obviously a partisan, is as far as I can tell not a crank and served 12 years in the state legislature-he located two men who claimed to have had sex with Perry. One was a male prostitute who told associates that Perry had hired him three or four times a year for hotel parties with Perry and an aide. The other was a man who responded to a Craigslist ad allegedly posted by Perry. Along the way, there are dozens of other more tenuous second-hand reports, including one man linked to Perry who pointedly refused to deny the accusations.
That story is a GREAT read, and the comments are even better. Gawker really digs in to the book, and it's fair to say that their regular reader community is tailor-made for these kinds of exposes. The Gawker story had sufficient comments and page views that their post might help give this story legs into the national media.
It may be time to revive this story given Goodhair's comments about Senator Davis
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)we used to smack kids like him in grade school....
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)This how many hours after he approved the 500th execution in Texas?
Ilsa
(61,709 posts)assistance, SNAP, keeping college affordable, etc. Apparently giving a person a chance stops at the end of the birth canal.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Your out on and on your own kid, it's a tough world out there, don't take any wooden nickles.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)'Cause if this the best he can be, that's pretty damned sad. And if it's not, perhaps a lot of silent inward contemplation would be in order.
CBHagman
(16,992 posts)Why, yes, it would be.
[url]http://www.gallup.com/poll/161153/texas-uninsured-rate-moves-further-away-states.aspx[/url]
For the fifth straight year, Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the country -- the 28.8% of adult Texans lacking healthcare coverage in 2012 is the highest for any state since Gallup and Healthways started tracking insurance coverage in January 2008. This widens the gap between Texas and the state with the second-highest uninsured rate in the country, Louisiana (24.0%), to 4.8 percentage points -- the largest number separating these two spots on record. Massachusetts continues to have the lowest uninsured rate in the U.S., at 4.5%.
Way to focus on women's health there, buckeroo.
MissMillie
(38,593 posts)When he gets pregnant.
Trailrider1951
(3,415 posts)he opens his mouth and proves me wrong.