Reply #101: From a most excellent post by Czolgosz in the Texas forum

[WestHoustonDem]

Chris Bell is the only candidate who supports our beliefs and values http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x33705

I was thinking about how many issues there are where Chris Bell stands up for my beliefs and values while Perry, Strayhorn, and Kinky have each failed to support the issues, candidates, and causes which matter most to me. Here's my list (I stopped with 10 issues because there were so many):

1. Bell is the only candidate who didn't vote for Bush/Cheney,

2. Bell is the only candidate who supports raising the minimum wage,

3. Bell is the only candidate who hasn't flip-flopped with regard to his political party,

4. Bell is the only candidate who hasn't been a cheerleader for Bush's Iraq foreign policy debacle,

5. Bell is the only candidate who did anything to bring down the DeLay empire of corruption,

6. Bell is the only candidate who would stop the practice where Texas actively misinforms women about their reproductive health,

7. Bell is the only candidate who has endorsed and voted for other Democrats over the past decade,

8. Bell is the only candidate who favors raising teacher pay $6,000 to bring Texas teacher pay up to the national average,

9. Bell is the only candidate who respects the First Amendment's separation of church and state, and

10. Bell is the only candidate who has successfully fought lobbyist abuses and the improper influence of undocumented political action committee money on public policy.


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