Posted on 03/08/2014 8:17:15 AM PST by Morgana
Fresh from his becoming the republican nominee for governor in the Lone Star State, Greg Abbott is now the subject of attack by left-wing cable television station MSNBC. The liberal “news network” is following friends of Wendy Davis in going after the pro-life Texas gubernatorial candidate over his physical disability.
The Truth Revolt web site reports on MSNBC’s horrible comment:
GregAbbott5On Friday, MSNBC reporter Zachary Roth described Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is paralyzed from the waist down, this way:
The simple sight of him in his wheelchair—matchstick-thin legs dangling in front of him as he maneuvers himself around—is enough to set him apart from the parade of conservative Republican white men who talk about helping the job creators and seem never to have suffered a day in their lives.
The description of Abbott’s “matchstick-thin legs” is incredible; MSNBC would never use a similar description with regard to, for example, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, nor would MSNBC describe the physical infirmities of Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in such demeaning terms. But from the same network that routinely sings odes to State Sen. Wendy Davis, Abbott’s opponent, it’s no surprise, even though the article discusses Abbott’s “spine of steel.”
At age 26, Abbott was struck by a falling oak tree that injured his back as he jogged by. He has used a wheelchair ever since and has become an eloquent pro-life advocate — speaking up for both the disabled and the unborn.The accident serves as a reminder that regardless of someone’s circumstances, he or she deserves a chance at life, Abbott has said.
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“As I laid there motionless on the ground, gripped with pain, as helpless as a child in the womb, I knew my life had changed forever,” he said at the National Right to Life convention in June. “Some people think it’s easy to write off the lives of the disabled or the different. But every day, God reminds us that all life has value, no matter the form.”
“Matchstick thin legs”.... come from atrophy (i.e. LACK OF USE ..... because he is paralyzed).
The MSNBC Brain....also matchstick thin from lack of use
wow...
didn’t even know Abbott was wheelchair bound... how the heck did I miss that?
lol
Yes, I am waiting for all the disability rights organizations to come out swinging in his defense. Crickets ….
and other body parts....
Like maybe the spine?
90% of the people watching MSNBC are conservatives looking for something to bitch about.
Stop watching this network, ignore their idiotic announcers and stop giving them free PR.
they only have like 1000 viewers at any one time. More people see you get your teeth cleaned than watch MSNBC.
I think the real problem is that Wendy has failed too quickly.
I had hoped she would be a national progressive campaign money sinkhole.
Probably too lame now to draw much national support.
I’m not sure she will even get a date with Bill Clinton.
Disabled people put too much strain on Obamacare. They’d prefer to see them exterminated.
I’m continually astonished by the media’s fixation on physical beauty (as they see it) of the Left’s icons, from the leg tingling “sexiness” of Barak to the “awesome muscular arms” of Michelle. They literally swoon over the supposed attractiveness of their hero’s. Yet, there was Scott Brown (R) who posed as a nude model with a well-above-average “build” and not a word.
And, when it gets down to it, do you want the captain of your plane to be supremely competent, yet ugly, or drop-dead-movie-star attractive and a complete idiot? (I think the question answers itself.)
“is enough to set him apart from the parade of conservative Republican white men who talk about helping the job creators and seem never to have suffered a day in their lives.”
How the hell is this even considered legitimate commentary on TV? And to think that people scream about Fox News?
Each and every day my HATRED and Disdain for Libtards increases, without fail.
These “people” are the most Vile, Disgusting, and Loathsome creatures that have ever sullied the face of the earth.
He was paralyzed after a tree fell on him wile he was jogging. This happened some years ago.
“I’m not sure she will even get a date with Bill Clinton.”
Oh, I don’t know about that. The Queen of Baby Killers still has a pulse and we all know that the Dope From Hope has no standards at all when it comes to females.
I’m gueesing Wendy Davis supporters on the attack using the MSM
We will know them from the rotten fruits they produce.
Making fun of a person’s disability is cesspool worthy.
Sucks to be a deranged leftist but they choose it with glee.
So be it....
You’re braver than I am.
I would never try to get into the head of some slimy Libtard POS.
He doesn’t even require a pulse. Remember when he was hitting on that 3,000 year old mummy?
MSNBC watchers are like Klan informants- there’s more FBI informants in a Klan meeting, than there are actual Klan members themselves.
Cheer up-—its gonna be a sweet day in early November when we flush down their lieberal darling from Rhodent Island ‘Gone with the Windy’.
I can’t punch that ballot hard enough for Abbott.
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