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Next time I get down on you slack-jawed yokels in Texas, which could be any time, I don't want to hear any flack. No excuses. You can take my critique in the gut and live with it OR you can tell me to stuff it. But the latter is only an option if you get off your bovine Texas asses and do what you need to do.
State Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, faced searing questioning during his uncommonly long confirmation hearing Wednesday at the Senate Nominations Committee.And Chairman Mike Jackson, R-La Porte, said McLeroy's nomination is on shaky ground because he might not be able to get the required two-thirds vote from the Senate.
Democratic senators Kirk Watson of Austin and Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso challenged McLeroy over his leadership during a number of controversial Board of Education decisions, including the recent adoption of new science curriculum standards that critics say undermine the teaching of evolution.
Shapleigh said he plans to have McLeroy separated from the others when his nomination comes up on the Senate floor so that it could be debated and voted on individually.
"You've created a hornet's nest like I've never seen," Shapleigh said, noting that 15 bills - "the most I've ever seen" - have been filed during this legislative session to strip various powers from the State Board of Education.
Texans, call or email your Senator now! Put the pressure on! Get this guy out of there!
And then, you can hang your head high and ride into town on that longhorn of yours with pride.
HT: Pharyngula
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Comments
Er... "hang?" your head high? Hold, perhaps, heads are usually only 'hung' high as a threat to others. Not, I think, what you're aiming for here...
Sorry, moment of pedantry... ;-)
Posted by: peter | April 23, 2009 11:08 AM
"Get this guy out of there! "
And don't let another one take his place, either!
Posted by: Paul Lundgren | April 23, 2009 1:04 PM
On hanging: I was still reeling from an earlier post on a guy who hunged himself.
Posted by: Greg Laden | April 23, 2009 2:10 PM
Well that would b e nice but my senator is that ass John Cornyn----ICK.
Posted by: Betsy | April 23, 2009 9:57 PM
There was an editorial against McLeroy in today's Austin American Statesman newspaper. I want to write a letter to the editor, but I am stuck on a word to describe McLeory. Incompetent and unqualified are not strong enough. Anticompetent and antiqualified are the best I can come up with, but seem inadequate. Any help here?
Posted by: Jim Thomerson | April 24, 2009 6:47 PM
Pernicious?
Posted by: Stephanie Z | April 24, 2009 6:53 PM
Boob?
Posted by: Andrew | April 24, 2009 7:28 PM