harris county gop imploding

Harris County GOP imploding.

Like the national party, the Harris County GOP is imploding with

allegations of sexual scandals and lapses of ethics in their party

leaders. The party of "family values" who clams to own the phrase

"sanctity of marriage", and claims God is the chairman of the Texas

GOP, has been caught with their pants down. And documented in emails.

The recent exposure of Republican District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal's

sexual scandal, and Republican Commissioner Jerry Eversole's spending

his donors money on himself, as well as State Representative John

Davis's ethical lapses, has shown what the Harris County GOP really

is: a bunch of damn hypocrites.

The Republicans of Texas have mastered the use of simple minded

campaign slogans. Family values. Tort reform. Tax cuts. Integrity.

Honor. Dignity. And yet they are involved in sex scandals, divorced

multiple times, spending their donors money, claiming to cut taxes

while increasing fees, indicted for money laundering, deregulating

services and increasing the costs, and insulting the true hypocrites

of this great state.

Besides the blatant hypocrisy of the GOP, their record in Texas is

nothing to be proud of. As a result of 10 years of Republican rule,

the cost of living in Texas has skyrocketed and Texas ranks near the

bottom of every major category such as health care and the

environment.

Tort reform was a bust providing nothing but protection for insurance

companies. Tax cuts have never materialized except for the wealthy and

corporations. Insurance rates are the highest in the nation. College

costs have skyrocketed by over 44%. Electricity deregulation was

nothing but a scam. And the list can go on and on. And it does.

The Harris County GOP has tricked the public with fancy media

messaging and has insulted the real hypocrites of the state. The

leadership of the GOP in Harris County should resign and leave the

hypocrisy to those who can successfully cover it up.

Labels: Harris County GOP

posted by John Coby at 6:18 AM

33 Comments:

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

Actually, all the Rosenthal emails prove is that Chuck is

highly qualified to be Governor of Arkansas and President of

the United States.

And that his wife is qualified to be Senator from New York and

(according to most Democrats) President of the United States.

I'm not sure who is more hypocritical, Jon -- Chuck, who has

high standards and sinned, or you, who believes that sexual

affairs are only wrong if the person having one has an (R)

after their name.

And as for John Davis -- you already know my response.

12:16 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Much as I strain myself to see Greg's point, I think I must

have missed it. Granted, Bill Clinton was a philander. But the

legal system we have in place, one Greg no doubt supports, was

employed to render a judgment, and it did. What left to say?

But what his roaming has to do with his wife's ability to be a

senator or president is the part I'm having difficulty

understanding. That's OK, Greg probably didn't know what he was

trying to say anyway. It was just a good opportunity for his

usual partisan "gotcha".

I'm still amused at Rosenthal using the "zone of privacy"

argument, an argument he himself argued against in Lawrence.

That take some big ones.

2:11 PM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

I've got no problem with Rosenthal using that argument -- after

all, once the precedent is established, we all have to live

with it and can avail ourselves of it.

And as far as Chuck's wife is concerned, her qualifications for

office are certainly equivalent to Senator "Stand by Your Man"

(D-NY).

2:39 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sexual affairs are wrong if you are flaunting a WWJD bracelet,

or are of the party of "family values".

It is wrong because you are a hypocrite.

Which the republican party is.

3:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well maybe. I have no idea what Chuck's wife is qualified to

do. I do know that the voters of New York state elected Hillary

as senator. That does still matter.

And the voters are entitled to re-elect Chuck if they so

please, though I'm not holding breath on this one. I'm guessing

his wife might have other plans for him. And thanks for the

lesson in precedent. I wonder if Chuck thought of that concept

before he brought up the argument.

3:49 PM

Blogger Matt Bramanti said...

Sexual affairs are wrong if you are flaunting a WWJD bracelet,

or are of the party of "family values".

Do you really think they're fine in other circumstances?

4:06 PM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

Interesting admission, isn't it, that the Democrats are the

party of no values? That is the only way in which one can argue

that Bill "Big Bible At Church" Clinton isn't a hypocrite.

But then again, when one considers that he took Jesse Jackson

and his pregnant mistress as "spiritual advisers" during the

midst of that crisis, that should have been obvious.

By the way, I'm not arguing that sexual affairs are wrong --

but I'd take issue with your use of the word "hypocrite". The

proper word is "sinner", something that every Christian must

admit he or she is. "For we all have sinned and fallen short of

the glory of God."

4:22 PM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

TYPO ALERT:

That should read as follows:

"I'm not arguing that sexual affairs aren't wrong. . . "

4:33 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh, My God! Divorced multiple times. Those divorced people are

the worst.

Thank God for marriages that are strong where people don't

cheat on their spouses.

6:15 PM

Anonymous bob said...

A bit off topic, but to John and his readers, my wishes for a

Happy, Prosperous, and Humorous New Year.

6:32 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Do you really think they're fine in other circumstances?" says

Matt.

Actually i think they are no one's business, not yours, not

mine.

Except, that is, when they involve an employee receiving

special treatment and / or perks. And when the person involved

is paid to be in the business of monitoring the conduct of

others.

But Chuck is right, strange as it may seem. The Harris County

Republican leadership committee (and I can only imagine what a

fun bunch that group must be) didn't elect him to office. He

has every right in the world to tell them, as he pretty much

did, to stick it where the sun don't shine.

But the voters can decide his fate, if the Mrs. allows him to

last that long.

7:08 PM

Blogger jobsanger said...

Happy New Year John!

I hope 2008 is a great year for you and your blog.

9:05 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

No Greg,

When you and your party claim the high road, claiming that God

is your chairman, and your sh*t don't stink, then sin, you are

a HYPOCRITE.

Don't compare the rest of us with our hypocrisy. Your party was

suppose to be the party of "family values". Remember when Bush

would say at the end of this rallies in 2004?

"When I put my hand on the bible, I promise to bring honesty

and integrity to the whitehouse." [or something like that]

No, Greg, sorry. Your party is the Grand Old hyPocrites.

Deal with it.

6:06 AM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

Funny, I don't recall electing God as the chairman of the

Harris County Republicans -- nor is he the chairman of the

Texas Republicans or the RNC. Those individuals are,

respectively, Jarred Woodfill, Tina Benkiser, and Mike Duncan.

While I didn't stop and check, i don't believe that

God" is the middle name of any of these individuals, so your

absurd assertion that we are "claiming that God is your

chairman" is an obviopus lie on your part.

And while you make an assertion regarding feces, I assure you

that I've never encountered anyone in the GOP who makes such a

claim -- especially after eating Mexican food.

I will point out that every Republican I know accepts the

reality that we are all sinners who fail to live up to our

values from time to time.Having high standards that you fall

short of is not hypocrisy -- it is morality. On the other hand,

thank you for implicitly admitting that your party is the party

of no moral values and anything goes. it certainly explains a

lot -- Robert Byrd, Ted Kennedy, William Jefferson, Bill

Clinton...

However, if your intention is to claim that Democrats reject

God and that your party does stink, I'll agree with you

completely.

9:52 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Obviously Greg isn't very familiar with statements made by the

"leaders" of his own political party. A simple Google search

would have educated him about the "God is our chairman"

statement.

And his rant about Democrats and morality is so very much Greg

- uninformed but spilling over with excessive self-righteous. I

still can't believe we let him anywhere a school classroom. I

assume some of his students must have figured him out by now.

10:06 AM

Blogger John Coby said...

Here Greg. Choke on this.

At Saturday morning's prayer meeting, party leader Tina

Benkiser assured them that God was watching over the two-day

confab.

"He is the chairman of this party," she said against a backdrop

of flags and a GOP seal with its red, white and blue logo.

The party platform, adopted Saturday, declares "America is a

Christian nation" and affirms that "God is undeniable in our

history and is vital to our freedom."

10:10 AM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

I repeat my statement -- Jared Woodfill, Tina Benkiser, and

Mike Duncan are the respective chairpeople at the county,

state, and national levels. And what Tina said at a religious

service that is NOT part of the official activities of the

convention is irrelevant -- though I can't argue against the

notion that an omniscient God is watching over and seeing

everything. And if you folks want to insist that the "God is

our chairman" statement is a literal one, I'm certainly willing

to take your implication about who chairs the Democrats. ;)

As for the two platform statements, I don't take issue with

them. Look at the demographics and try arguing that the United

States is not a Christian nation. And I believe that it was a

great American who wrote the following words adopted by a group

of equally distinguished men -- "We hold these truths to be

self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are

endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that

among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." I

think that adequately supports the notion that God is

undeniable in our History and essential to our freedom. If your

party wants to reject God and those freedoms, so be it.

By the way, I'll stand the accomplishments of the GOP up

against those of the Democrats any day -- but think that today

is a particularly good one on which to do so.

12:31 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Man, you didn't drink the kool aid. You made it!

Talk about being out of touch with reality.

12:38 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks, Greg, for copying and pasting a portion of the

Declaration of Independence for us. But it's hardly evidence

that this is a Christian nation. Several non-Christian

religions believe in God. Several non-Christian Americans

believe in God.

Greg is probably an "original intent" constructionist person.

So, here is my question: if it was the intent of our Founders,

whom he believes (wrongly) were Christians, that we were to be

a Christian nation, why didn't they tell us so in the

constitution they drafted?

They found reason to give us specific language on quartering of

troops in private homes and on payment of just compensation for

property taken for public use. Evidently telling us we were a

Christian nation was of little importance, for not one single

word to that effect can be found in our founding document. Not

one word.

it's a tired old argument, Greg. Saying it over and over again

as if it were true makes it no less false. Our government is

secular, by design of the Founders.

12:45 PM

Blogger John Coby said...

AMEN!

12:52 PM

Blogger Matt Bramanti said...

"Do you really think they're fine in other circumstances?" says

Matt.

Actually i think they are no one's business, not yours, not

mine.

For someone who thinks they're no one's business, you spend a

lot of time dwelling on them.

You might respond that the problem here is not the affair, but

the hypocrisy, to which I would answer with my previous

question:

Do you think sexual affairs are okay in general?

1:38 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually Matt, I was answering your question, which I gather

was directed at John. I gave my personal answer, not his.

Whether John focuses on sexual issues or not is none of my

business - or of yours. If you don't care to read his thoughts,

then you can certainly stop reading his blog. Your choice.

Please make the right one and go comment someplace where people

actually care what you think. Seriously, dude.

2:27 PM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

When you consider that roughly 80% of Americans are

self-identify as Christians, I think that the Christian nation

issue is rather definitively settled.

Just as the self-identification of the Founders themselves as

Christians rather definitively settles that question, too.

Just what did the Founders believe about Christianity?

Benjamin Franklin: "History will also afford the frequent

opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion,

from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious

character among private persons; the mischiefs of superstition;

and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others,

ancient or modern."

George Washington: "To the distinguished character of patriot,

it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished

character of Christian"

Thomas Jefferson: "Of all the systems of morality, ancient or

modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me

so pure as that of Jesus."

Still later we get these words from another great American.

Abraham Lincoln: "Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a

firm reliance on him who has never yet forsaken this favored

land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our

present difficulty."

2:50 PM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

By the way -- the Founders didn't include a lot of things in

the Constitution that are self-evident. Heck, they didn't even

initially include that quartering amendment that you mention in

the document, because their original understanding of the

document included the notion that the federal government had no

power not expressly delegated to it. The Bill of Rights came

only as a part of a deal to get the document ratified by the

states.

I also think that you and I are using the term "Christian

nation" in very different senses. You intend it to mean that

the US is a biblically based theocracy. I (and most Republicans

I know) use it to acknowledge that this country was settled

predominantly by Christians and is populated predominantly by

Christians and that this country has always been (and will be,

for the foreseeable future) a nation in which a Judeo-Christian

ethos and heritage will dominate in our culture and our laws.

And may I add that the quote from the Declaration was intended

to support the statement that you folks took issue with from

the platform. It shows that from the founding there has been an

understanding that "God is undeniable in our history and is

vital to our freedom." So if you have a problem with that

platform plank, take the matter up with Thomas Jefferson.

2:51 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

IF YOU THINK THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION, WHY IN THE FUCK DON'T

YOU START ACTING LIKE ONE?

Your party has absolutely NO RIGHT to preach to us about

Christianity.

Get your house in order, your dick back in your pants, and pull

your damn head out of your ass.

damn republicans.

3:17 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Allah is The Creator, the one and only God.

5:09 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Death to America.

Now wait. Death to the Republicans.

6:21 PM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

Such class and insight from those last three commenters -- and

not one of them willing to put a name of any sort with their

words.

I wonder why that is?

Could it be that one is crude and profane, one misrepresents

the beliefs of the Founders, and the third wishes death upon

his/her fellow Americans?

I'd argue that the Democrats have sunk to new depths of hatred

and unAmericanism, but then I recall the history of that party.

8:40 PM

Blogger John Coby said...

Hey, I agree with Anon. So let me just repeat what he/she said:

IF YOU THINK THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION, WHY IN THE FUCK DON'T

YOU START ACTING LIKE ONE?

Your party has absolutely NO RIGHT to preach to us about

Christianity.

Get your house in order, your dick back in your pants, and pull

your damn head out of your ass.

damn republicans.

Let me add: Stupid republicans.

oh. and death to republicans!

8:45 PM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

Gee, John, i wonder what your close friends Nick Lampson and

Rick Noriega would have to say about your wishing death on your

fellow Americans because of your political differences.

10:13 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gee, RWR. I wonder if you can recognize when someone is trying

to show you how stupid you are. Do you always take everything

literally?

Respect all religions, dude. They are protected under our

Constitution.

11:12 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Republican party is a CHRISTIAN Party. And so is our

COUNTRY! And God IS our Chairman.

Get over it dude. Or become a Democrat.

Or move.

7:14 AM

Anonymous Rhymes With Right said...

Well you folks certainly do when you quote the "God is our

chairman" comment.

And "Death to Republicans" is certainly a comment which,

whether intended to be figuratively or literally understood,

strays beyond the bounds of legitimate political discourse.

And as for respecting all religions, I don't think so. I do,

however, tolerate them, which is a far different thing.

8:57 AM

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