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April 19, 2005
HB 1706 -- Putting Texans' Real Needs First
It's nice to know that Texas House Republicans can be counted on to put the State's real needs first. Wouldn't almost any Texan agree that, rather than trifling with small potatoes such as the tax bill, public school finance, or children's healthcare, that the Legislature's real priorities should be renaming highways after dead Presidents, banning emergency contraception for rape victims, or making already illegal gay marriage more illegal?
Well, the GOP has added a new plank to its platform to improve the everyday lives of Texans -- make it more difficult for them to vote. HB 1706 tackles that toughest of kitchen table issues -- illegal voting.
After all, it was only those illegal votes in House District 149 that enabled a Democrat to unseat a longtime GOP member. That Republican judge who ruled in Hubert Vo's favor is just out of touch with mainstream Texas values.
What Texans really want from the folks in charge of state government isn't necessarily a school finance system that works and educates their kids, or a tax bill that's fair to average folks, or a plan to keep all our kids healthy.
That's nice and all, but what's really important is driving on the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, rather than Highway 290. What really matters is denying rape victims medical treatment in the name of life. A top priority just has to be stopping that rampant illegal voting. And above all, what Texans really care about is making triple, quadruple sure no gay people try to get married. One law, two laws, even three laws making it illegal just aren't quite enough. We need another one.
Aren't you glad House Republicans dealt with the easy, minor stuff first? Now that they've fixed the little things, they can get to what really matters. The Texas GOP -- fighting for the real, everyday needs of Texans across our state.
Posted by houtopia at April 19, 2005 09:38 AM