Justice Bob Gammage files for TX Governor 12/15

[Texas_Kat]

This is a double post from the Texas forum, but important enough to all the Texas races, that it deserves a post in GDP as well. Texas Democratic politics has needed a little more of this for years:

From his statement

Gammage Files for Texas Governor
Democratic Candidate Vows to Attack Corrupt GOP Political Machine
(Austin)//Bob Gammage today filed paperwork with the Texas Democratic Party, officially becoming a candidate for Texas Governor. Below is the text of his of his remarks.

"This campaign is about reform. It is about opening state policy-making to public scrutiny. It is about restoring the public trust.

“When I first entered public life as a newly minted freshman member of the Texas House some years ago, the people of Texas faced a crisis of political corruption. Our lawmaking process and our entire state government were dominated by an authoritarian system, controlled by lobbyists, special interests and power elites who ran rampant in our halls of government, and who ran roughshod over the public interest. I soon became a proud member of the Dirty 30 - a bipartisan group of 19 Democrats and 11 Republicans in the Texas House - who stood up to the power brokers and, with the help of an outraged citizenry, beat that corrupt political machine.

“Today, unfortunately, our state government has come full circle. Once again we desperately need the citizens of Texas to take charge of their state government.

“Today there is a corrupt political machine which stretches from Washington, D.C. all the way to Austin. Tom DeLay and his cronies are at one end, and Rick Perry and his pals are at the other. The money flows both ways. It has corrupted our politics, corrupted our government and, more importantly, corrupted public policy and betrayed the public trust.

“Public office is a public trust. I am running against today's corrupt political machine. I am standing up for reform. I am determined to do everything in my power to restore the public trust and the integrity of the political system. Sometimes good citizenship requires you to put your personal interests aside and just do what's right.

http://www.gammageforgovernor.com/statement.htm

[sharonking21]

1. I really urge *all *Democrats

to get involved in this. Bob is a great guy, has tons of experience, and can generate some heat in this race. Believe me, Texas really needs help at this pivotal time. Bob can give it if he gets a little bit of assistance from Democrats inside and outside of Texas. There is finally a real chance in 2006 to make some headway against the righteously-reviled and revolting right-wing Republicans in this state. I am sick of living under their authoritarian political control down here. We need Bob at the top of the ticket to see that not only the Governor's race is a real race, but also to see that we wrest control of a few more down-ballot offices from the arrogant and compassionless Republican poltroons! Send Rick Perry on another yacht cruise with Grover Norquist, but this time make it a slow boat to China.

[Neil Lisst]

2. Bop Gammage is a very solid Dem of longstanding.

From his days in the Texas Senate to his days as an appellate judge, he's been solid. I'm very happy to get behind him.

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. If Grimmage takes Texas, Bush won't be a lame duck

He'll be a "late" duck, D.O.A. when Congress next meets after that humiliating defeat, and you KNOW it will be seen as a defeat for Bush no matter who Grimmage is running against.

[Neil Lisst]

5. AF-LAC!

if it quacks like a lame duck ...

[SharonAnn]

8. Wow, what a speech! I might move to Texas just to vote for him!!

[Adelante]

4. Oh, I'm glad to hear this

Beat the bastards on their home ground. :thumbsup:

[Wesin04]

6. If you know Texas Dems

Forward this news along to everyone you know with Texas connections. Bob Gammage sounds like a man with integrity and knows his way around the political scene in the state. I hope he will be the answer to Democratic prayers! Just think of the future picture...Governor Gammage will be in power when george bush has to return to Crawford in 08. What poetic justice.

I don't live in Texas but I'll support him. The window is short with the primary less than 3 months away, so fund raising and volunteers on the ground will have to get to work immediately. :toast:

[wndycty]

7. I think I remember him from the Clark campaign. . .

. . .great guy.

[incapsulated]

9. Kick

Support Gammage for Governor!

:thumbsup: