Texas GOP Senator Ratliff resigns over redistricting flap

bmbmd

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Fri Nov-21-03 10:52 AM
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Texas GOP Senator Ratliff resigns over redistricting flap

AUSTIN (AP) � State Sen. Bill Ratliff, a Republican who served for two years as acting lieutenant governor and re cently denounced the GOP-led congressional redistricting ef fort, said Thursday he is re signing.

Quoting from the Bible, Ratliff said ''to every thing there is a season.'' He said now is his ''time for going out.''
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judge_smales

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Fri Nov-21-03 10:53 AM
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1. And I'm sure that the Texas GOP is glad to be rid of him

A man with scruples has NO PLACE in that organization.

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GOPisEvil

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Fri Nov-21-03 10:54 AM
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2. I'm gonna miss ol' Obi-wan.

I didn't often agree with him, but at least he was a reasonable Republican, not a neo-con screamer. A true conservative, not an ideologue.

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pmbryant

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:00 AM
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3. Seems the GOP is purging the more reasonable members

My GOP State Senator Wentworth (aka known as the "formerly reasonable, at least on re-districting, Wentworth") has apparently decided to assimilate rather than be purged himself.

He went along wholeheartedly with the re-re-districting sham. :grr:

Ratliff was the only GOPer who appeared disgusted with the thing. I am sorry to see him go.

--Peter

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GOPisEvil

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:03 AM
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4. Yeah, you'd think Wentworth would have been disgusted.

After all, the hard-liners (Sibley) torpedoed the redistricting bill he had written in 2001. They made him look ineffective. I'd have been pissed and laying in the tall grass waiting for them, but I suppose he likes his job...:eyes:

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:14 AM
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5. Everything has a price.

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