TX GOP should get out of the bullying business (GOP dirty tricks)

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I caught this story on Pink Dome this morning and if you haven't seen this story, you need to. Keep in mind that both of these candidates are republicans, but this shows how ugly and protectionist they are about their jobs.

DMN editorial link
Back on the Texas Ballot: GOP should get out of the bullying business
Friday, January 13, 2006

The Supreme Court of Texas nailed the state Republican Party on some ballot chicanery yesterday involving a state House district in the Panhandle.

Two reasons people as far away as Dallas should care: (1) GOP leaders got caught meddling in a local election, and (2) the court has revived the candidacy of an education-friendly challenger to the status quo.

A few days ago, party officials did seven-term Rep. David Swinford a big favor by knocking his opponent off the ballot. That opponent, longtime Amarillo school board member Anette Carlisle, had joined a statewide slate of education-friendly candidates out to shake the House leadership's stubborn resistance to giving public schools a big boost in funding. Her campaign against Mr. Swinford, one of House Speaker Tom Craddick's lieutenants, was a challenge as well to one of the most powerful Republicans in Texas.

Pink Dome's link:
http://pinkdome.com/archives/2006/01/texas_republica_1.html
Texas Republican Party Eats Their Own

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