"On a night when there was plenty of blame to go around, I found myself more concerned by the behavior of unelected participants in the gallery who screamed down a bill they opposed. About 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, in the Capitol rotunda, Watson congratulated them. “What many people are saying is the reason that the time expired is because there was a disruption in the gallery. ... I’ll stand on behalf of all my Democratic colleagues: We’ll take that,” he said. They’ll take that because, due to their inability to win elections, that’s about the only way Texas Democrats can win. And that troubles me far more than the unconscionable rule book shenanigans Republicans used to try to bulldoze the bill to approval. There’s recourse against that kind of bullying. It’s exacted at the ballot box. But I’m not sure what you do when an unruly mob, on any side of any issue, rules the day. That’s dangerous to democracy." -Ken Herman writes for the Austin American-Statesman.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:50:50 +0000
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