Recent polls have shown that Senator Hutchison and Governor Perry are running pretty much neck and neck in the race for Governor of The Great State of Texas. But according to a new poll, women voters prefer Hutchison by a small percentage over Perry. Some might think the slight favor of Hutchison by the “fems” is merely a “women sticking together” sort of thing. But, more than likely it is the comment made recently by a Perry political consultant to the Dallas Morning News. While commenting on a story concerning the state of the national Republican Party, (not the Governors race) Dave Carney stated….”But that doesn’t mean you take your principles and throw them out the door and become a whorehouse and let anybody in who wants to come in”. Well, talk about put some panties in a knot…geez. Of course, I am sure that Senator Hutchison’s stand on certain issues has something to do females support as well. For instance, she supports embryonic stem cell research and abortion rights. Granted she is not in favor of federal funding for organizations that perform abortions and is in favor of a ban on late-term abortions but, the Republican Party platform stands against abortion, period. So the girls just assumed that Mr. Carney was referring to Senator Huthchison when he made the whorehouse comment. If I were the Senator I would wonder whey the femi-nazi’s made such an assumption. After all I may support Governor Perry for re-election but, Kay Bailey is very much a lady and a great representative for this state.
A letter demanding an apology from Governor Perry by the gals in this matter is below.
(It’s so disappointing when a small group of women make the rest of us look so petty and childish.)
Dear Governor Perry,
As businesswomen, community leaders and mothers, it is always concerning and disheartening when we see people resort to behavior aimed at belittling women. Therefore, you cannot imagine how appalling it was to see your campaign's chief strategist liken our Senior Senator's primary campaign to "opening the doors of a whorehouse" in the pages of this past Saturday's Dallas Morning News.
While we come from all corners of Texas and from all walks of life, we come together to express beliefs that are shared by countless others. There is no room in campaign politics for your strategist's recent comments, and even less room for it in a discussion about the future of our great state. Not only do his words do a disservice to our efforts to provide conservative leadership, they denigrate the accomplishments of women everywhere.
What would be just as alarming, if it weren't something we as Texans had come to realize years ago, is that this slash and burn rhetoric is not new to your campaigns, or your governorship. The sentiments espoused by David Carney, that someone who isn't as ideologically pure as you claim to be has no place in our party nor anything to offer our state, is in keeping with how you've governed -- through division and an appeal to fear.
Texas can do better; Texas certainly deserves better. In order to ensure that we are able to meet the challenges of the coming years, we must have leadership that addresses the needs of our entire state, not simply the wants of a select few.
We therefore call on you to apologize for and repudiate your adviser's words in the most serious manner, and believe these comments beg the questions: is this divisive rhetoric all you are left with, and should we expect more of it from your campaign? If so, we ask that you save the Republican Party and Texas the bother.
Signed,
Denise McNamara, Dallas
Kris Anne Vogelpohl, Galveston
Betsy Lake, Houston
Penny Butler, Houston
Lisa Nowlin, Lubbock
Rosalind Redfern Grover, Midland
Jacque Allen, Wichita Falls
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