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Tom Pauken — a Reagan Republican, not a Bush Republican — looks to replace Rick Perry
Houston Chronicle ^ | 07/08/2013 | Ross Ramsey

Posted on 07/08/2013 7:39:37 PM PDT by TexGrill

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Tom Pauken looks like another Ted Cruz.
1 posted on 07/08/2013 7:39:37 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill

His resume looks good but I don’t trust the Texas Tribune.


2 posted on 07/08/2013 7:53:15 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: TexGrill
He’s a self-described Reagan Republican — a label that invokes a conservative hero but that has lost some of its currency in a party swept by a wave of Tea Party fiscal conservatism and, in Texas, by a resurgent strain of social conservatism.

That sentence makes absolutely no sense.

3 posted on 07/08/2013 7:53:44 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp

I didn’t write that sentence. Just copied-and-pasted it from the article.


4 posted on 07/08/2013 7:57:00 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: Liberty Valance

Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t support him just because there’s an article in the Texas Tribune.


5 posted on 07/08/2013 7:58:34 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: TexGrill

I will vote for Abbott..Gotta love the guy’s tweets:

Full booth at gun show joining my fight to protect #gun rights. #txgop #nra #tcot http://t.co/PBW8jrzphb


6 posted on 07/08/2013 7:59:35 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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Why should Texans vote for a conspiracy theorist as governor?


7 posted on 07/08/2013 8:03:16 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: TexGrill

I was initially skeptical about this statement:
as a forum for his argument that the state’s public schools aren’t getting youths ready for careers. (i don’t think public schools should be directing students. they should teach fundamentals RRR and these can be basically taught in several years.) Students should be allowed to exit the system(uugh) when they are prepared to divert their training to other areas. i hated school.
but after reading the article i was impressed by his policy on education. I.e.
He has been a loud critic of one-size-fits-all testing in public schools, arguing that the state shouldn’t try to send every high scholer to college, but instead should give some of them the technical or vocational training they need to go to work after high school. wish i lived in texas we should have these type of discussion here in bankrupt philly


8 posted on 07/08/2013 8:07:47 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: TexGrill

I’ll be voting for Abbott.


9 posted on 07/08/2013 8:10:29 PM PDT by Texas56
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To: TexGrill

Actually that is a pretty good description of him. His record as state GOP chairman was stellar. I think of him as the anti-Rove.


10 posted on 07/08/2013 8:10:31 PM PDT by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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To: TexGrill

Explain to us ignorants please.
What about conspiracy theorist and Abbott?


11 posted on 07/08/2013 8:10:31 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: kvanbrunt2

You could donate to his campaign. If he is elected governor and pushes his education reforms plan it could inspire other states to follow up on these measures.


12 posted on 07/08/2013 8:10:52 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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A Major Watershed issue is the active deportation of the ‘Ted Kennedy Wetbacks,’ and other alien illegal invaders in TEXAS.

The Perry-Bush Amnesty Wing of the RINO Party had their chance, now let’s see what the new crop of politicians stand on punishment for illegal alien invaders.

BTW Tom Pauken, don’t fall for the sucker bait of illegal alien invaders will someday ever vote for you. They are from Socialist Countries, and will vote Socialist here.


13 posted on 07/08/2013 8:16:58 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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I did a Google Search. Didn’t see any mention of him supporting the Rubio/Graham Amnesty Bill.


14 posted on 07/08/2013 8:19:11 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: TexGrill

Thanks. We need to let the newbies know in TEXAS that the RINO Party is D-E-D: dead, everlastingly, dead.


15 posted on 07/08/2013 8:31:26 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: TexGrill
Tom Pauken looks like another Ted Cruz.

No he isn't. In my opinion of knowing about him for many years, he is a disaster and a destroyer - that is my opinion. Couldn't believe he's running for governor. I'll take Attorney General Greg Abbott in a wheelchair any day. It's Abbott who had Cruz working with him in his Attorney General’s office.

16 posted on 07/08/2013 8:39:19 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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“he is a disaster and a destroyer.”

Didn’t Karl Rove say the same thing about Tom Pauken? However, should we say the same about Karl Rove and his GOP sabotage schemes? Is Karl Rove endorsing Abbott?


17 posted on 07/08/2013 8:44:00 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: RedWhiteBlue
His record as state GOP chairman was stellar. I think of him as the anti-Rove.

He nearly killed the party. We fought to get him out.

18 posted on 07/08/2013 8:44:14 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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To: Marcella

Could you elaborate a bit on why you believe Pauken is a disaster ? Just curious about your take.


19 posted on 07/08/2013 8:46:17 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: TexGrill; Marcella

My post may not be clear. It is Pauken who is the disaster.

Abbott and Cruz are superior. Cruz worked for Abbott.


20 posted on 07/08/2013 8:47:20 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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