Nancy Skinner, and Thom Hartmann, on ieamericaradio.com, interviewed Texas Democratic Chairwoman Molly Beth Malcolm, who is holed up in a Holiday Inn in Ardmore Oklahoma with her democratic legislator colleagues, preventing a quorum that would allow Texas Republicans to Gerrymander six extra congressional congressional seats, at the same time disenfranchising millions of Texans.
Molly Beth
Malcolm
TDP Chairwoman
Here's what chairwoman Malcolm said.
"This is nothing but a partisan power grab" Nothing is more partisan than redistricting. Quite frankly this is probably the fairest districting we've ever had. They take rural areas and lump them in with city areas, like plano, so the rural area get no representation at all.
I'm really proud that the democrats have taken a stand on principle We are not going to be run over by Tom DeLay and the far right wing. it is criminal what the Republicans are doing. The democrats are not going to be a part of this.
I'm a former republican who switched parties in 1992 because I realized they tell people one thing and do another.
I hope Americans are going to wake up and see. It is very frightening to me...
As long as thy could get what they wanted, they didn't care what happened to the regular working people. Everyone better wakeup in this country and quit believing the Republican rhetoric.
What you can do. Let these heroes know you appreciate them. www.txdemocrats.org
On Thom Hartmann's show too.
These folks are Texas patriots. They've drawn a line in the sand that ... reduces hispanic American representation.
They would absolutely gut all of the rural vote all over the state.
There's a reason there hasn't been a Republican leader since reconstruction (over 100 years ago)
