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Deep in the Heart of Texas

Posted on | August 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

My old friend Ken Hanner reports for Human Events:

AUSTIN, Tex.—Hundreds of people braved temperatures exceeding 100 degrees on Monday to send a message to President Obama: “Keep your hands off Texas.”
Hours after Obama visited the city for a Democratic fundraiser and a speech to University of Texas students, speaker after speaker at the Hands Off Texas rally contrasted Texas’ somewhat vibrant economy with a much bleaker national picture.
“The President wants to enact a liberal agenda in Texas by electing Democrats,” said Lathan Watts, Lewisville city councilman. Calling Texas an “inconvenient truth” for Obama, Lewis said state policies of low taxation, spending and regulation have helped Texas avoid the worst of the economic stress affecting most of the country. . . .

Read the whole thing.

Category: Barack Obama, Tea Party, Texas

Comments

2 Responses to “Deep in the Heart of Texas”

  1. A Voter
    August 12th, 2010 @ 3:50 am

    Not a few hundred, just a few people shy of 1,000.

  2. A Voter
    August 11th, 2010 @ 11:50 pm

    Not a few hundred, just a few people shy of 1,000.