This is by far the worst case of official misconduct, job abandonment, and dereliction of duty that I've ever seen.
What utter assholes. The Republicans control the Texas Legislature for the FIRST time in 130 years, and the Democrats respond to the probability of a few changes by ABANDONING THEIR POSTS so as to cause a standstill. Without enough of the Legislature reporting, there's no quorum call, and no work can be done.
They're not worthy of the being called Texans. A Texan is tough, and takes what's coming to him even if it's not to his liking. He doesn't run away from his duties and will show up for work even if he's about to get fired. He's honest,
patriotic, and takes his lumps when they're due.
Those Democratic shitbags in the Texas legislature that skipped town are not Texans in any true form.
They remind me of the shithouse classic:
"Here I sit, cheeks a-flexin', giving birth to another Texan!" (The Democratic, AWOL type)
I hope that some legal maneuver is pulled that legally puts EVERY ONE of those job abandoners permanently out of office and in jail for a while.
I'll bet that eventually, GWB will issue an executive order requiring them to return to their posts or be fired by that order. He has to be ashamed of THESE fellow Texans.
Perhaps the Legislature can just re-organize due to the circumstances?
At the very least, I'd like them to all vote to impeach every last one of the deserters.
CJ