They Must Be Doing Something Right

Peter Stern just sent me this email that's making the rounds among Texas Republicans. You usually only see these kinds of emails when the GOP is trying to whip their people into a panicked frenzy. It includes the usual litany of ridiculous claims:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Hans Klingler at 512/477-9821

House Democrats Continue Obstruction of Legislative Session

“Point Of Order” Scheme Attempts to Kill GOP’s "Texas First" Agenda

I'm not sure I can remember the last time the GOP put Texas first, but ok.

Austin - Last night the House Democrat Caucus continued its scheme of obstructing progress for all Texans by its incessant use of manipulative tactics to kill or seriously jeopardize hundreds of pieces of legislation. Liberals like Jim “Do Nothing” Dunnam and Garnet “You’ll Get Nothing and Like It” Coleman have systematically used a “point of order” ploy to stall and/or kill legislation by groping for non-substantive technical errors in the bills in attempts to render them ineligible for further consideration.

I like that Republicans are masters and wizards of parliamentary procedure when they want to kill something, but when valid arguments or points of order are made against something they like, it is something to be derided. Way to go, guys. That makes a ton of sense.

“Do Nothing” Dunnam and “Get Nothing” Coleman are leading their liberal cohorts in attempts to kill all legislation, even otherwise non-controversial matters. This manipulation should embarrass them but will not go unnoticed by their constituents come election time,” said Hans Klingler, Spokesman for the Texas GOP.

I'm pretty sure they aren't trying to kill all legislation. That wouldn't do anyone any good.

For example, last week State Representative Betty Brown (R-Terrell) authored a bill that would have allowed a memorial to victims killed by a drunk driver in her East Texas district. State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer (D-San Antonio) used a “point of order” to knock the bill out of consideration. Despite these efforts, Rep. Brown finally got the bill passed. During that same time, Texas House Democrats were also trying to kill the bill that would have provided funding for border security and technology for law enforcement to help in controlling our borders.

“Nothing is more important than securing our borders, but the liberal members of the Texas House Democrat Caucus seem bent on not only obstructing progress but also destroying the process,” Klingler went on to say.

Wow. You know how I feel about the Homeland Security bill — people are having issues with it because the bill is problematic, and it hasn't been put together very well. I also like how "point of order" is in quotations, as if it is something that doesn't really exist, like unicorns. If anyone else sees things like this, let us know.