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Does Wendy Davis have a chance to win Texas?

Will Wendy Davis win Texas?

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Peter Grimm

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When she was 21 years old, Wendy Davis married a lawyer who was 13 years older than her, and he paid for her undergrad and her law school at Harvard. Immediately after he had written the last check, she divorced him.

What do we call a woman who is with a guy for money, but when the money dries up, she's done with him?

She has two children, full custody of her two children were given to her ex-husband even though he is not the biological father. Isn't it uncommon for the courts to award full custody to the father? What did she do that she was not awarded custody of her own kids? The divorce records are sealed. Hmmm. As a Texan, I'm concerned about this.

Also, did she even want her kids? There's no record that she even fought for them.

Did she want her kids? We know she's an advocate for partial birth abortion.

Do you think, given the character concerns this woman has, that she will win in the state of Texas?
 
Peter Grimm said:
When she was 21 years old, Wendy Davis married a lawyer who was 13 years older than her, and he paid for her undergrad and her law school at Harvard. Immediately after he had written the last check, she divorced him.

What do we call a woman who is with a guy for money, but when the money dries up, she's done with him?

She has two children, full custody of her two children were given to her ex-husband even though he is not the biological father. Isn't it uncommon for the courts to award full custody to the father? What did she do that she was not awarded custody of her own kids? The divorce records are sealed. Hmmm. As a Texan, I'm concerned about this.

Also, did she even want her kids? There's no record that she even fought for them.

Did she want her kids? We know she's an advocate for partial birth abortion.

Do you think, given the character concerns this woman has, that she will win in the state of Texas?
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Who knows if Texans are able to recognize that if she were a man, none of this would be an issue. At the moment, I don't give Texans that much credit, as they have proven too many times to be a regressive society.
 
Peter Grimm said:
She has two children, full custody of her two children were given to her ex-husband even though he is not the biological father. Isn't it uncommon for the courts to award full custody to the father? What did she do that she was not awarded custody of her own kids? The divorce records are sealed. Hmmm. As a Texan, I'm concerned about this.
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One of her daughters is from her teenaged marriage; the second daughter is by hubs #2, Jeff Davis.
 
Summerwind said:
Who knows if Texans are able to recognize that if she were a man, none of this would be an issue. At the moment, I don't give Texans that much credit, as they have proven too many times to be a regressive society.
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I'm sure if there were a man who married a woman so that she would pay his way through college and then left her afterward, who abandoned his kids, that people would question the character of that man and rightfully so.
 
Peter Grimm said:
I'm sure if there were a man who married a woman so that she would pay his way through college and then left her afterward, who abandoned his kids, that people would question the character of that man and rightfully so.
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Right because leaving a cancerous wife in her hospital bed to marry a rich, blond, young hottie really harmed McCain. Pleeeeeaaaase.... Granted not in TX but evenso.... You really are just so obtuse about your own party.
 
I like how the poll and the title ask two different things. She has a chance because she's not running as a third party candidate (Yes, I know, Gary Johnson blah blah blah). However, I don't think she'll win.
 
Several things:

Who the hell is this Wendy Davis person?
Why is she running for office in Texas?
How are any of the things mentioned in the OP even remotely unusual or unacceptable, especially since we're talking about a political office?
 
Summerwind said:
Right because leaving a cancerous wife in her hospital bed to marry a rich, blond, young hottie really harmed McCain. Pleeeeeaaaase.... Granted not in TX but evenso.... You really are just so obtuse about your own party.
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I think you're confusing John McCain with Newt Gingrich.
 
nota bene said:
I think you're confusing John McCain with Newt Gingrich.
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I'm sorry you are right, McCain's wife was in a severe car accident and became disabled. Same end result though, abandoning a woman because she wasn't perfectly pretty anymore.
 
Summerwind said:
Who knows if Texans are able to recognize that if she were a man, none of this would be an issue. At the moment, I don't give Texans that much credit, as they have proven too many times to be a regressive society.
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A twice divorced pro-choice Texas legislator who's husband was named Jefferson Davis is running for Governor? Heh.
 
Robbie Loucks said:
I like how the poll and the title ask two different things. She has a chance because she's not running as a third party candidate (Yes, I know, Gary Johnson blah blah blah). However, I don't think she'll win.
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Which is why I took advantage of the opportunity to vote for both options.
 
Sherman123 said:
A twice divorced pro-choice Texas legislator who's husband was named Jefferson Davis is running for Governor? Heh.
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Is that his first name?
 
Peter Grimm said:
When she was 21 years old, Wendy Davis married a lawyer who was 13 years older than her, and he paid for her undergrad and her law school at Harvard. Immediately after he had written the last check, she divorced him.

What do we call a woman who is with a guy for money, but when the money dries up, she's done with him?

She has two children, full custody of her two children were given to her ex-husband even though he is not the biological father. Isn't it uncommon for the courts to award full custody to the father? What did she do that she was not awarded custody of her own kids? The divorce records are sealed. Hmmm. As a Texan, I'm concerned about this.

Also, did she even want her kids? There's no record that she even fought for them.

Did she want her kids? We know she's an advocate for partial birth abortion.

Do you think, given the character concerns this woman has, that she will win in the state of Texas?
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I know little about her, and it is impossible to judge her from just the facts presented in the original post, which seems to be a hit piece from one of her opponents. Do we know for a fact that she initiated the divorce? I suspect the details of the custody hearings are kept confidential, so we probably do not know whether or not she tried to keep custody. Did they adopt the children, or were they hers from before the marriage? If they were adopted she had no more obligation to retain custody than her husband did. The fact that she supports legal abortion says nothing about her parenting abilities.
 
What you want to do is read the Dallas Morning News article published earlier this week (if you're genuinely interested in catching up).
 
Sherman123 said:
A twice divorced pro-choice Texas legislator who's husband was named Jefferson Davis is running for Governor? Heh.
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She'll won't lose because of her background, it'll be because she isn't a moral fascist. Texas loves'em.

The problem is that she doesn't wear a huckleberry with 45's holstered...and she thinks its okay to brutally, aggressively murder innocent little babies in the womb...as so elegantly described by moral fascists.

She actually believes that women should have control over their reproductive health and role. Can you believe that? She believes that women should have equal rights to life, liberty, property, and self-determination. Man...what the hell is she thinking? Women thinking that they're equals...HA! The humanity of it all!
 
Removable Mind said:
She'll won't lose because of her background, it'll be because she isn't a moral fascist. Texas loves'em.

The problem is that she doesn't wear a huckleberry with 45's holstered...and she thinks its okay to brutally, aggressively murder innocent little babies in the womb...as so elegantly described by moral fascists.

She actually believes that women should have control over their reproductive health and role. Can you believe that? She believes that women should have equal rights to life, liberty, property, and self-determination. Man...what the hell is she thinking? Women thinking that they're equals...HA! The humanity of it all!
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I thought divorcing Jefferson Davis was the funnier part.
 
Sherman123 said:
That's what my google search turned up.
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Link me up please. I Googled too, including refs to his title company, but everything I found used only "Jeff Davis," even sites that discussed his Princeton degree and service on the Fort Worth City Council.
 
Peter Grimm said:
When she was 21 years old, Wendy Davis married a lawyer who was 13 years older than her, and he paid for her undergrad and her law school at Harvard. Immediately after he had written the last check, she divorced him.

What do we call a woman who is with a guy for money, but when the money dries up, she's done with him?

She has two children, full custody of her two children were given to her ex-husband even though he is not the biological father. Isn't it uncommon for the courts to award full custody to the father? What did she do that she was not awarded custody of her own kids? The divorce records are sealed. Hmmm. As a Texan, I'm concerned about this.

Also, did she even want her kids? There's no record that she even fought for them.

Did she want her kids? We know she's an advocate for partial birth abortion.

Do you think, given the character concerns this woman has, that she will win in the state of Texas?
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sounds like somebody is worried about living in a state with a women as governor. The thought is terrifying right!
 
Peter Grimm said:
I'm sure if there were a man who married a woman so that she would pay his way through college and then left her afterward, who abandoned his kids, that people would question the character of that man and rightfully so.
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Sounds like college was the price of the poontang. Maybe it was worth it.
 
nota bene said:
Link me up please. I Googled too, including refs to his title company, but everything I found used only "Jeff Davis," even sites that discussed his Princeton degree and service on the Fort Worth City Council.
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Oh no.... maybe you're right.
 
Peter Grimm said:
When she was 21 years old, Wendy Davis married a lawyer who was 13 years older than her, and he paid for her undergrad and her law school at Harvard. Immediately after he had written the last check, she divorced him.

What do we call a woman who is with a guy for money, but when the money dries up, she's done with him?
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What does the 13 year age difference have to do with anything?

How do you know she married him simply to get the money for law school?

How soon exactly was "immediately" after writing his last check?

She has two children, full custody of her two children were given to her ex-husband even though he is not the biological father. Isn't it uncommon for the courts to award full custody to the father?
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Unless they mutually agreed, and for reasons I damn sure don't know. Do you?

What did she do that she was not awarded custody of her own kids? The divorce records are sealed. Hmmm. As a Texan, I'm concerned about this.
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You might try looking for her unsealed court records next to George W's military records and court records. As a Texan I have no doubt you're still trying to find those records as well.

Also, did she even want her kids? There's no record that she even fought for them.

Did she want her kids? We know she's an advocate for partial birth abortion.
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And what?

Do you think, given the character concerns this woman has, that she will win in the state of Texas?
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She won't get the vote of people who have already made up their minds and are looking for reasons to justify their preconceived opinions.
 
Summerwind said:
Right because leaving a cancerous wife in her hospital bed to marry a rich, blond, young hottie really harmed McCain. Pleeeeeaaaase.... Granted not in TX but evenso.... You really are just so obtuse about your own party.
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I voted for Obama not McCain.
 
The Mark said:
Several things:

Who the hell is this Wendy Davis person?
Why is she running for office in Texas?
How are any of the things mentioned in the OP even remotely unusual or unacceptable, especially since we're talking about a political office?
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Running for governor of the most important state in the union.
 
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