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w8liftinglady

(23,278 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:02 PM Sep 2012

Hey... The Moderate Republican at the DMN supported Sadler...Time for US to!

http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/09/sadler-on-the-stump.html/#commentzone

Sadler on the stump
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"1. Sadler started off talking about the work that Kay Bailey Hutchison has done for Texas. Yes, that’s right: Republican Hutchison.

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He specifically discussed her work to help El Paso build a desalination plant so that it could have long-term water supplies. Sadler said she worked with Democratic Rep. Silvestre Reyes on the project, which allowed the city to save and expand Fort Bliss.

2. In emphasizing her work, Sadler clearly was contrasting himself with Republican nominee Ted Cruz, who has become an overnight national sensation since getting the GOP nod in July. I thought Sadler had a good line in saying that he didn’t want to lead a national movement, he just wanted to be an effective senator for Texas. The jab was right at Cruz, who has been on national talk shows, appeared at both conventions and has graced the pages of national magazines.

3. Sadler delivered another good jab when he started dissecting Cruz’s desire to abolish a bunch of federal agencies. When it came to the Commerce Department, Sadler rhetorically asked whether it would be such a swell idea to abolish the National Weather Service. What’s going to happen the next time a hurricane starts brewing in the Gulf? he asked. His point was direct: There are functions of government we need, even if tea partiers would like to dismantle Washington.

4. Sadler closed with a moving story about a boy who had been in a room next to his son at Children’s Medical Center many years ago. The boy was so maimed no one knew who his name and the young guy couldn’t tell them. As a result, no one came to visit him. More of a problem, there was no way the kid could afford his bills. Sadler remined the audience that situations like his is why we need a program like Medicaid, which some hardliners would like to restrict."

Needless to say,Paul Sadler needs a money bomb.
http://www.sadlerforsenate.com/
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Hey... The Moderate Republican at the DMN supported Sadler...Time for US to! (Original Post) w8liftinglady Sep 2012 OP
That would be The Dallas Morning News, Republican Mecca. w8liftinglady Sep 2012 #1
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