20 thoughts on “Texas GOP Misses Deadline, Votes Anyway, Changes Timestamp

  1. “Wait… *how* many people were watching the live stream of the filibuster? That can’t be right…”Report

  2. “Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he was “very frustrated” with the night’s results, after officially declaring near 3 a.m. that the bill could not be enrolled.

    “An unruly mob using Occupy Wall Street tactics” derailed legislation that was intended to protect women and babies, he told reporters.”

    Hmmm… either he thinks OWS invented the very idea of protesting -OR- the Democrats set up a tent city and were pooping on the sidewalk.

    As much fun as assuming the latter would be, I’m tempted to think the former. What a goober.Report

  3. Similar sorts of shenanigans have been pulled elsewhere. This one time, in Sacramento, an Assemblyman stood on his chair to manually push the minute hand of the wall clock back as midnight approached.Report

  4. Is deliberately falsifying a senate record a crime? Should it be a crime?

    The senators who attempted this deception should spend a few dozen years in a cell.Report

    1. When I was in Texas with a few friends to watch football game (Cowboys, natch) a woman originally from England started mocking the US for its inconsistency between foreign and domestic policy. Another guy there said, “what are you talking about? It says right there in the national anthem “land of the free, home of the cheaters””. She looked at him for a few seconds uncertainly. Then said, without conviction, “no it doesn’t.”, followed by “does it?”Report

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