Putting words in other people’s mouths

I think Jaime Castillo nicely sums up Dewhurst’s attack on the Democrats and the voter id bill.
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“I can only conclude that the senators who voted to block consideration of House Bill 218 did so not because it’s good public policy, but because they don’t believe in the basic American principle of one [...]

Because we don’t have anything better to do

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Still, the central question on the voter ID bill has to be: Is there rampant fraud that would be addressed by the legislation?
Bexar County’s First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg said he couldn’t recall the prosecution of a single voter impersonation case in the eight years he’s been there.
This is what bugs [...]

David Earl would rather you not know and not let anyone say anything about it

Congratulations to Jaime Castillo for bringing into the light what others obviously wanted to keep in the dark.
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Breaking a notable period of silence, lawyer/lobbyist David Earl responded promptly Wednesday morning to a column questioning why he and an associate hadn’t yet registered as lobbyists in Austin.
Warning that he and I had “big [...]