Tag: Wendy Davis

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The traditional TV networks are in decline, but NBC has come up with a humdinger of an idea to turn things around: a ‘dramedy’ about Democrat Superstar Wendy Davis! Yes, what could be a better topic to bring America together than a failed abortion activist who dumped her husband after finishing law school and mocked the physical […]

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Wendy Davis™ Served Her Purpose

 

Something special is about to happen in Texas.

Progressive media is going to watch helplessly as one of their Frankenstein creations, Wendy Davis, is tossed to the electoral ash heap. Never a serious candidate as much as a symbol of everything modern liberalism stands for, the goal of elevating Davis had nothing to do with her actually becoming governor of Texas. They have much bigger ideas in mind.

Flop Sweat in Texas

 

Coaches, CEOs and campaign managers often tell their charges, “never let them see you sweat.” Cool confidence rattles your opponents, making them second-guess their game plan or poll numbers.

The opposite of this air of inevitability is the flop sweater. A rookie stand-up who realizes the audience isn’t getting his jokes. The boxer begging his trainer to call the fight. Or, Wendy Davis.

Winning The Abortion Debate

 

shutterstock_155127419A few months back, I posted about a sex selection abortion ban in California being voted down on party lines. I went toe-to-toe with several folks on Ricochet as to the efficacy of the law and whether or not it could be enforceable. We had a nice debate on it, but I want to focus on one big benefit to putting a bill like this up for a vote. We have them on record voting “yes” to gendercide.

Most pro-choice Americans get queasy at the idea that someone could justify an abortion solely on disapproving of the child’s gender, i.e., it being a girl. Forcing Democrats to vote on this bill exploits that unease and gives us something to fight back with, especially with regards to the so-called “War on Women.” The next time a Democrat accuses his opponent of “not caring about a woman’s choice” or about women’s “reproductive health,” the Republican candidate can point to these votes and ask her opponent whether he — like all other Democrats who voted on the bill — thinks it’s okay to abort a baby for the crime of being a girl. Wait for  an answer, and don’t let him weasel out of it. If Democrats want a war on women, we’ll give them a war on women.

There are other arrows pro-life candidates can pull from their quivers. You know how Democrats like to hammer everyone about “women’s health,” which is now the most important thing in the world? Then ask why so few abortion clinics in Democrat-run cites like Philadelphia (hello, Kermit Gosnell) and New York inspected for sanitary standards like other medical clinics. Remember that bill that Wendy Davis — the “Abortion Barbie” as some have dubbed her — filibustered in her pink sneakers? That was the meat of the bill.

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The legislative session in Texas is set to end tonight at 12 midnight, and State Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth is attempting a 13-hour filibuster in an effort to prevent an anti-abortion bill from being passed by the majority Republicans. All she has to do is talk past midnight, and she will have successfully […]

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