What was Dewhurst thinking?
So far, and it’s still kind of early, the best line about Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s ham-handed, failed attempt to spring his nephew’s wife from jail came from an unexpected source — your Texas Department of Agriculture.
“Dew’s call to Allen PD sounds like Anchorman Ron Burgundy: ‘I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal. People know me,’” tweeted Texas Ag Commissioner Todd Staples, who’s running against Dewhurst in next year’s GOP primary.
So is Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, who, predictably, tweeted with exclamation-pointed righteous indignation: “Dewhurst’s blatant abuse of power to get a family member out of jail is disturbing!”
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In trying to sort out what Dewhurst did, one must ask the two questions one must always ask oneself when one has done something dumb (especially if one knows it’s being recorded by someone covered by a law requiring them to release the recording): What was he thinking? And, was he thinking?
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/herman-what-was-dewhurst-thinking/nZY8B/ .
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