| Rick Perry (R) | 38% |
| Chris Bell (D) | 14% |
| Carole Keeton Strayhorn | 19% |
| Kinky Freidman | 20% |
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Texas: Perry Leads Four-For-All by 18 pts.
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- 01. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
- 02. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
- 03. Develop the illustion that total disarmament by the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
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- 11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
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- 13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
- 14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
- 15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
- 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
- 17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
- 18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
- 19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
- 20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
- 21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
- 22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
- 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
- 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
- 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
- 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
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- 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
- 33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
- 34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
- 35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
- 36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
- 37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
- 38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
- 39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
- 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
- 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
- 42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
- 43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
- 44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
- 45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
These numbers reflect voter preferences at a time when almost no one in Texas oustide of Houston knows who Chris Bell is and almost no one knows where Strayhorn or Kinky stand on important issues.
ReplyDeleteAs the voters become educated, expect Strayhorn to fade.
Strayhorn Can’t Win
Here’s the analysis of the Lone Star Project:
“The unusual multi-candidate gubernatorial field in Texas has created an environment that may defy current conventional wisdom. Particularly, early observers may be overestimating the ability of Carole Strayhorn to garner a plurality of support in a potential four candidate field without the base of support that a party nomination provides. Conversely, although Chris Bell has raised relatively little money to date, he won the Democratic primary easily and has a voting record and political history virtually all Democrats, and some true independents, can embrace.
An analysis of the four-candidate field, based on projected voter turnout in 2006, shows that in order to compete and win, Strayhorn would have to run a campaign that simultaneously cuts deeply into the expected Republican vote that would otherwise go to Rick Perry AND cut significantly into the expected Democratic vote that would otherwise go to Bell. Gaining a little from both won’t work, and cutting deeply into one, but not the other, falls short as well. … Strayhorn has to win a difficult game of “playing both sides against the middle.” She has no natural base, so she has to carve one from a very large number of regular Republican voters. However, she must build this Republican base while establishing voter appeal to Democrats, with whom she has no natural affinity….
Strayhorn, interestingly, appears to face the most difficult task of all – she must concentrate heavily on voters who typically vote Republican in a two party race for at least two reasons.
1. Splitting or even winning a majority of Democratic voters does not get Strayhorn to a plurality. She must capture a major portion of votes that would otherwise go to Perry.
2. Carole is a Republican. She identified herself as a Republican. She became and ran as a Republican before Rick Perry. (Source: The Associated Press, 11/2/1986 and Associated Press, 5/11/1989) Prior to 2006, she had voted in every single Republican primary since at least 1990. (Source: Travis County Elections Administration) She has close political and family ties to the Bush White House. In 2002, she endorsed, ran with, and campaigned for the entire Texas Republican ticket, including Rick Perry.”
This excellent analysis is confirmed by Mike Baselice, a pollster who was interviewed in the Texas Monthly article:
“In 2002 the most accurate pollster—by far—was Mike Baselice, who works for Perry and correctly predicted the outcomes of the state’s major races within fractions of a percentage point. Baselice believes that the race can be understood in terms of the built-in votes that Perry and Bell are likely to get as major-party nominees. “The lowest Republican vote this decade was David Dewhurst’s 51.8 percent in the 2002 lieutenant governor’s race against John Sharp,” he says. “So 52 percent is the base. The Democrats went as low as 32 percent, when Marty Akins got stomped for comptroller by Strayhorn. Let’s be generous and say the Republican base is only 50, the Democratic base is as much as 35, and the ticket splitters are the remaining 15.”
But how much of those base percentages can realistically be expected to hold? “Perry got 92 percent of the Republican vote in 2002,” says Baselice. “If he only gets 80 percent of his base, that puts him at 40 percent right away. But then you have to remember that he also got 15 percent of the Democratic vote against Sanchez.” Of the roughly 50 percent Republican vote, Baselice sees 80 percent going to Perry, 10 percent to Strayhorn, 5 percent to Bell, and 5 percent to Friedman. Of the Democrats’ 35 percent, he sees 75 percent going to Bell, 10 percent to Perry, 10 percent to Strayhorn, and 5 percent to Friedman. He assumes that the 15 percent independent vote will be split 30-30-30 among Perry, Strayhorn, and Bell, followed by Friedman with 10. The net result: Perry wins with 48 percent, followed by Bell at 33.25 percent, Strayhorn at 13 percent, and Friedman at 5.75 percent.”
Finally, this is the same conclusion of analyst Chuck McDonald for the Austin Fox news affiliate.
Strayhorn Shouldn’t Win
Strayhorn is an abhorrent candidate who will never appeal to any significant number of Democrats for several reasons.
Consider Strayhorn’s comments (and refusal to comment) when asked about her views on women’s reproductive rights by the Dallas Morning News:
DMN: Should Roe vs. Wade be overturned?
Strayhorn: I believe in the sanctity of life.
DMN: Are Texas laws too restrictive for adult women? Would you favor adding new restrictions or repealing current ones?
Strayhorn: Declined to answer.
DMN: Should abortion be legal in cases of rape, incest and to protect the life of the woman?
Strayhorn: I know there are those extraordinarily tough circumstances where heartbreaking choices have to be made.
DMN: Should pharmacists be allowed to refuse to dispense the “morning-after” pill?
Strayhorn: Declined to answer.
DMN: Should schools limit discussion of pregnancy prevention to abstinence-only?
Strayhorn: Declined to answer.
Consider Strayhorn’s flip flops as reported by the Abilene Reporter News:
School Vouchers - Got a loan of almost $1 million from voucher supporter James Leininger in her 1998 comptroller campaign. But earlier this year, Strayhorn vowed to “veto any type of legislation that puts a single dollar into any voucher program.”
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) - Called for cutting CHIP spending in 2003, by requiring registration every six instead of 12 months. But in 2004, she blamed Perry’s tight-fistedness for a large drop in enrollment. “It’s time to put children first,” Strayhorn said. “It’s unconscionable that we’re dead last in percent of children on health insurance.”
Toll Roads - Strayhorn called for more toll roads as part of a Texas Performance Review report in 2001 on the Texas Department of Transportation. But since toll roads have become a focus of Perry’s road-building program, Strayhorn said in January that she is “dead set against toll roads.”
Tuition Deregulation - Strayhorn called for it in 2003, but nine months later said a student’s tuition rate should be frozen at what they paid as a freshman.
TAKS Test - She endorsed grade advancement based on testing in 1998. But a few weeks ago, she said she would “scale back the importance of the state’s standardized TAKS test.”
Consider Strayhorn’s corporatist anti-populist agenda as set out in her own words in her “Select Proposals from Challenging the Status Quo”:
“The General Land Office (GLO) should be … required to target at least 5 percent of all underused lands for sale each year….”
“Less confrontational methods of … enforcing environmental laws often can be more effective than traditional, punitive approaches. The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission should aggressively market its Regulatory Flexibility Program to reduce onerous restrictions on businesses….”
“Create a Bill of Rights for business. Every business has the right to expect state agencies to provide … a commitment to streamlining regulations….”
Consider Strayhorn’s bigotry against the Unitarian Universalist church.
Among the seven principles that guide Unitarian Universalists is the belief that we must all respect the interdependent nature of all existence. This belief demands an attitude of tolerance. Never had any state or governmental agency questioned the Unitarians tax-exempt religious status because of this religious philosophy UNTIL Strayhorn became angered by the fact that he Unitarian Universalist church stepped out of line from the common practice of Texas churches endorsing right-wing agendas.
Defying the church’s long history, Strayhorn claimed that the church wasn’t really a religion so she could use that argument as the basis to yank the church’s tax empt status because, in Strayhorn’s words, the Texas Unitarian church “does not have one system of belief.”
Of course, even conservative legal and religious scholars were shocked. Conservative University of Texas law professor Douglas Laycock, who specializes in religious liberty issues, was quick to point out that Texas has not always barred similarly inclusive religions from tax exempt status. Previously, even the Republican Texas Supreme Court had and other Texas courts had rejected this tactic, holding that such a bigoted practice “fails to include the whole range of belief systems that may, in our diverse and pluralistic society, merit the First Amendment protection.”
Strayhorn vowed to fight the Unitarian Universalist church to the U.S. Supreme Court, comparing the church to a “wannabe cult” with members who “dress up and parades down Sixth Street on Halloween.” Just a week after this bigoted statement, Strayhorn reversed her biased decision and gave up her persecution.
If this was not enough to convince anyone that Strayhorn is no sane alternative, remember that as a member of the Legislative Redistricting Board, Strayhorn cast the deciding vote to gerrymander Texas House districts to reward Republicans and punish Democrats.
As Strayhorn’s views on these issues become better known, she will hold no appeal for Democrats and she will fade away because she cannot beat Perry among Republicans.