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Texas Democrat Arrested !!
ABC News Radio
| 5-13-2003
| unixfox
Posted on 05/13/2003 9:36:16 AM PDT by unixfox
According to ABC radio news, Helen Giddings was arrested at her Austin Texas apartment today. She was one of several Texas democrats that fled to Ardmore Oklahoma.
Developing...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: democratstexas; runawayrats; texas
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:36:16 AM PDT
by
unixfox
To: unixfox
Democrats in jail. Music, sweet music, to my ears.
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:38:21 AM PDT
by
friendly
To: unixfox
What did she do?
3
posted on
05/13/2003 9:38:24 AM PDT
by
annyokie
(provacative yet educational reading alert)
To: unixfox
Anyone loving this as much as I do?
Don't Mess With Texas!!
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:38:47 AM PDT
by
medscribe
To: unixfox
What law did she break? Legislators are actually required to show up?
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:39:11 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: medscribe
Where's the wackjob head of the Texas Dem Party..Molly Beth something...what a looney tune....
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:39:49 AM PDT
by
ken5050
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: annyokie
She's one of those Dems who RAN AWAY yesterday to prevent the House from having a quorum and finishing its work for this legislative session. The House Speaker then instructed the DPS and Texas Rangers to find, arrest, and remand the missing members back to Austin.
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:40:17 AM PDT
by
medscribe
To: annyokie
What did she do? Voted for Gore.
To: GraniteStateConservative
According to Texas law if a legislature does not show up they can be arrested.
It appears they may have taken here to the Legislature.
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:40:49 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(Close the borders, problems solved!)
To: annyokie
What did she do? Wasted your tax dollars.
11
posted on
05/13/2003 9:40:49 AM PDT
by
al_c
To: unixfox
To: annyokie
Who cares what she did. Lock the Doodoocrats up!! LOL!
To: unixfox
Woo Hoo... she was the Queen of Diamonds in my Chicken D's playing card set!
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:41:20 AM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Free Miguel and Priscilla!)
To: unixfox
Bump for the rest of the story!
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:41:48 AM PDT
by
PatrioticAmerican
(to hell with the spyplane - AC130 gunship)
To: medscribe
Lethal injection!
To: medscribe
Aha! Thank you. I live in Oklahoma, but I didn't know about this.
Lock her up!
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:42:12 AM PDT
by
annyokie
(provacative yet educational reading alert)
To: GraniteStateConservative
What law did she break? Legislators are actually required to show up? For a quorum call, yes. This isn't just a Texas thing, BTW. Many states have similar rules.
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:42:13 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: friendly
Democrats in jail. Music, sweet music, to my ears.
Not to jail. She will be take to the legislature.
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:42:26 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(All items with this tag have been marked down. 20% off ! Today only!)
To: annyokie
She illegally violated her oath of office as a memeber of the Texas State Legislature.
The law requires Texas legislators to show up at the statehouse to convene the satte legislature. The state legislature cannot be convened unless two-thirds of the elected representatives show up.
The Democrats are in the minority this session for the first time in 130 years, and they have decided not to show up so the legislature cannot meet or do business.
Texas Constitution authorizes the sergeant-at-arms to arrest or authorize others to arrest representatives who pull this stunt.
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:42:39 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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