Wendy Davis Wins the Prize for Most Ill-Advised Political Ad

Attack ads are disgusting. I wish no one used them!

Even solid Democrat Bob Beckel (sp?) said it was a very bad move on Wendy Davis' campaign and he has worked a lot of Democratic campaigns over his lifetime..... You don't attack personal disabilities, no matter what the reason. Attack his decisions or the cases he has worked, but there was NO need to attack his wheelchair/disability.

Plus one sentence about a court case (and one date was 1998) doesn't make for a full story about why he worked on the case or on the side that he did.

It's one of the nastiest things I have seen in a long time.

And Greg Abbott has a very strong record on collecting child support for kids and moms who desperately need it. While I complain from an HR side of having to fill out a New Hire record for every new employee and forwarding deductions every payroll, if there is a CS order, I get it within a few weeks, sometimes sooner. Which means less time that the parent/child goes without a CS payment when the non-custodial parent changes jobs.

I like Wendy Davis but if I lived in Texas that would me question her judgement.

Ok, I guess I just don't understand why this is offensive.

The ad is about the fact that Abbott received a large amount of money from a lawsuit. But now he makes it his business to make sure other people can't do the same thing.

It's not about his disability, it's about his hypocrisy.

I was interested in the fact that despite being disabled himself, he argued that a woman with a prosthetic limb wasn't disabled. 2 members of my family have had prosthetic limbs, and they were most definitely disabled. So I think that he is either a hypocrite or a moron. I don't know the man, so I couldn't say which label is more accurate.

I am from Texas.

You are wrong, which makes your position frustrating. It's frustrating to me that you wouldn't make the effort to get the facts before making a judgment.

Abbot has been our states attorney general. He has served on the Texas Supreme Court.

As a politician he has attempted to craft policy and laws that prevent people from recovering or even getting to court in cases ridiculously similar to the case he himself won a large amount of money for.

To me that is the height of hypocrisy.

This is NOT a matter of a lawyer making and argument to represent his client.

I'm new to Texas but I'm trying to catch up.

As I understand it, Abbott was awarded a bazillion dollars for medical care (lifelong). His damages were not punitive.

Later, as the State AG, he faught against the ability to be awarded outrageous punitive damages.

Which would make him not a hippocrit.

But haters are gonna hate.

Haters are gonna hate. Yeah, I guess that you COULD say that. Or you could say that people with a sense of smell are gonna call bullshit when they smell it.

To me, the article isn't about whether the ad was justified or not. It was about showing a wheelchair in the attack ad, making it seem like she was attacking his disability.

Most people aren't going to try to find out whether the ad was justified or not. They are just going to be left with the impression that Ms. Davis was attacking Abbott for his disability. Not a smart move, IMO, and reeks of desperation. I read a CNN article this morning before I came here that stated that very thing.

True. And sadly, most Americans (in this case, Texans) won't bother to spend any real time researching the platforms of the candidates and therefore won't make an intelligent, informed decision. Sad.

I respectfully disagree. People have been influenced by bad press/ads/etc since stumping back in our early years in the good 'ole USA. Everyone has a right to their opinion. Mine's certainly not the only one, FFS. But the statement I am making, and I still believe it to be true, is that the majority of Americans don't bother to utilize credible sites (or volunteer for their candidates, read, etc.) to back up their preference. We teach our children from middle school age and up to vote and to become an informed citizen. Somewhere along the way we got caught up in the grandstanding, backbiting, and negative politicking that has been the bane of our political arena.

Although I have not seen the ad, I have heard about it, and it does not focus on his disability but on his hypocrisy.  He sued and collected millions, while refusing to let patients at Baylor Plano sue a doctor who operated while under the influence and caused injury to them.  The hospital system donated generously to Abbott's campaign .  As far as personal attacks go, Abbott and his crew have called Wendy "Abortion Barbie" because she dared to defend women's rights.  Flame away, but know that Abbott is not to be pitied or admired just because he is in a wheelchair.