The newest move by the Texas Democratic Party is a laugher, but one with strong teaching power. The party responsible for over 55 million dead babies now wants to take the “party of life” tag from the GOP in Texas.
In a KVUE.com story Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa debuted the talking point in a “Wendy Davis for Governor” campaign article disguised as a puff piece. “We really are the party of life, not the Republicans”, said Hinojosa.
The first thing to notice is the Texas Democratic weakness this underlines. They are running from their image as the party of abortion, which hangs like a millstone around their neck here. True, they are not switching sides on abortion, but they would like a piece of the moral superiority being “the party of life” provides even if there is no credible way to pull it off. There are 55 million reasons this strategy is hopeless and will only draw attention to the truly monstrous side of their party. There are pictures one would assume they’d rather not have shown during elections that they can call into legitimate use by pushing this line.
The second thing to notice is that the Democratic Party run toward an issue that the GOP bosses run away from. The Dems seem to understand the power of the life vote better than the leadership of the actual party of life does.
So, not only do lobby moderates wear conservative costumes during primary season, the out-and-out liberals are fitting themselves for the same.
The cash value? Conservatives who run aggressive “real vs. fake” campaigns, like Ted Cruz did, win. Conservatives who run nice, quiet campaigns that please the establishment will, in fact, please the establishment by losing.
And the Dems are hopeless in Texas without amnesty.
–KVUE Davis puff piece