http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/todd-smith-greg-abbott-pandering-to-idiots
A former Republican state lawmaker wrote a scathing letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Thursday that slammed him for "pandering to idiots" who believe that a planned U.S. military exercise is cover for a forcible takeover of the state.
In a letter obtained by the Dallas Morning News, Todd Smith, who served in the state legislature for 16 years, wrote that he was "livid" about Abbott's request for the State Guard to monitor the military's upcoming training exercise, dubbed "Jade Helm 15."
"I am horrified that I have to choose between the possibility that my Governor actually believes this stuff and the possibility that my Governor doesn’t have the backbone to stand up to those who do," Smith wrote.
"I am appalled that you would give credence to the nonsense mouthed by those who instead make decisions based on internet or radio shock jock driven hysteria," he added. "Is there ANYBODY who is going to stand up to this radical nonsense that is cancer on our State and Party?"
i've been noticing a new dynamic in republican propaganda normally republican and new would be an oxymoron but in this case it has it's pluses. it is the party claims caring and wanting to reach out to those they hate and have hated forever than the enviable appearance of the whack a moles who all but shoot that reach out thing like it was a sign on a Georgia back road. now we are seeing more come out and rebuke those pulling the trigger, i understand many are up for re-election next year and more than likely are trying not to alienate potential voters making their abandoning of the proverbial ship a necessary ruse, after election it's back to the old republican agenda, they are republicans it's their nature.
