Davis shrugs off Perry's scolding
(CNN) – The deeply personal criticism that Texas Gov. Rick Perry leveled at state Sen. Wendy Davis Thursday diminished the position he holds, she said in an interview Friday.
Speaking at a national "Right to Life" conference in Dallas, Perry took aim at Davis' own background, claiming she had learned the wrong lessons from being born to a single mother and having her first daughter as a teenager.
"The fact is, who are we to say that children born into the worst of circumstances can't grow to live successful lives?" Perry said, noting Davis had gone on to graduate from college and Harvard Law.
"It's just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example, that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters," the Republican governor said.
Speaking Friday on MSNBC, Democrat Davis said the decisions she's made in life don't qualify her to dictate how another woman should live.
"I would say to him that I had the privilege of making a choice about the path I chose for my life, and I am so proud of my daughters, but I could never for a moment put myself in the shoes of another woman confronting a difficult personal choice, and it really isn't for him to make statements like that," Davis said.
The state lawmaker, who represents a district in the Fort Worth area, became a hero to abortion rights supporters this week after staging a 13-hour filibuster of proposed legislation that would place new restrictions on abortions in Texas. The law would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and place new regulations on abortion providers.
The measure, declared dead after Davis' marathon filibuster, will be reconsidered during a special session of the state legislature convened by Perry next week.
Perry speaks at a "Right To Life" convention, but boast that Texas has executed it's 500th inmate. See the disparity there?
Texas Christians: Take the beam(hatred of abortion) out of your eye so that you are not blinded by another sin. FIVE HUNDRED living, breathing humans executed in your name for what ? To make you fell safer from future violent crime ? P.S.- I can't think of anything more hypocritical than for Gov. perry saying ,'Texans support ALL forms of life" in defense of his anti-abortion bill on the SAME DAY that # 500 gets the needle.
Aw, come on, hon, why so serious? Don't you realize that you fine little ladies are brood-mares to members of the He-Man Woman Haters Club? You just sit down now sweetie and listen to the Governor - you're just a woman after all, and you're getting all emotional as women so often do.
/snark
good job Ms Davis....Perry is a loudmouth fool who doesnt know the first thing about anything but his fanatical beliefs
Simple truth–why not we give THAT choice to Women–yes, it is women's body?? Why GOP idiots fuss?? Nonsense. Can you feed with your Tax-Evaded money?? Or stashed money in Cayman islands?? Swiss accounts you piled up?? If women want to abort let her have–churches–better stay away for these issues. We have melting pot now.
Wendy Davis has more class in her little toe than perry has in his whole body. Remember folks, If men could bet pregnant, there would be an abortion clinic on every corner of the U.S.
Maybe Perry is a lesson favoring the Pro-Abortion camp.
if only him mamma hadda ...
""It's just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example"
Patronizing, condescending and paternalistic. Yep, misogyny at its finest.
You know, CNN. I myself am going more with a "Rick Perry Offers Nothing But Condescension Towards Wendy Davis" meme.
Please proceed, GOPerville.
all of the so concerned gopers, a child is born into the world and they set all sorts of obstacles to ensure failure and they claim anti abortion, hypocrisy, let the woman be the decider
@Dutch/Bad Newz, VA -aka- Take Back The House -aka- No Redemption Votes
Perry speaks at a "Right To Life" convention, but boast that Texas has executed it's 500th inmate. See the disparity there?
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No! Although not everyone on death row is guilty, name for me one crime an unborn child committed!
Once again Gov. Perry is showing is lack of insight. Yes, it was a filibuster that blocked the Lt. Gov. from conducting the vote the other night, but it was not Sen. Davis' filibuster that finished it off. It was the PEOPLE'S FILIBUSTER that, which began around fifteen minutes before midnight, that carried what Davis started across the finish line.
Perry wants to blame somebody, has to blame somebody. A good politician would never blame The People, most especially when a majority of The People are against him.
Wendy Davis would make a great Governor of Texas .
Rick Perry is a joke , a well oiled political machine will no brain.
Can you believe he ran for president , talk about a bought and payed for politician ,
@sonny chapman
Texas Christians: Take the beam(hatred of abortion) out of your eye so that you are not blinded by another sin. FIVE HUNDRED living, breathing humans executed in your name for what ? To make you fell safer from future violent crime ? P.S.- I can't think of anything more hypocritical than for Gov. perry saying ,'Texans support ALL forms of life" in defense of his anti-abortion bill on the SAME DAY that # 500 gets the needle.
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Sonny, I know you said you only read the GospeIs but Romans 13, the context is human government.
Verse 4 NIV
For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
God gave human government the authority to execute judgment and YES just like anything else this authority is abused!
Hey Steveo, enjoyed our Faith Discussion yesterday. Re: Crimes of the Unborn, they have committed none. As of Roe, their mother's have committed none. They may have sinned in my eyes or in your eyes, but we don't imprison sinners in America, a country of 320,000,000 with different Faith beliefs.
Davis is a hero, Perry is a zero. She shouldn't spend a second on Perry's inane tirade.
Will there be an inquiry into the Legislature trying to force the results with an altered timestamp?
it's possible a politician blame d majority. Cos the majority might be controlled by emotion rather than reality. Which means majority could be wrong.
Davis is coming out of this looking very "large".......Perry is coming out of this looking very "small". We could be seeing the beginning of the end for the Texas "good ole boys" domination of politics down there.
"The law would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and place new regulations on abortion providers."
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I understand the entire right to choose thing, but, any woman who decided after five months to kill her baby is a monster.
@sonny chapman
Hey Steveo, enjoyed our Faith Discussion yesterday. Re: Crimes of the Unborn, they have committed none. As of Roe, their mother's have committed none. They may have sinned in my eyes or in your eyes, but we don't imprison sinners in America, a country of 320,000,000 with different Faith beliefs.
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Sonny, I enjoyed it as well. We do imprison sinners, just SOME types of sin. IE murder, theft! But your point is taken.
Steveo, an important part of my Catholic upbringing which has still stuck w/me is the concept of Free Will & Conscience. This allows one to question Faith Beliefs as well as laws imposed on us as humans.
Perry is a dinosaur. Sinking slowly into the quagmire of right wing muck. For a party wanting to be known for less government...they sure love government intrusion into your personal life,your sex life,your family decisions. Just stay out of gun closets and mental stability checks to own one. While you're at it let's have the government do pelvic exams. Yep that's the party of freedom from big government!!!
I will say this. Davis was elected to represent the will of those who voted for her. If her fillibuster did that, why the concern? If it is tolerated in DC, why not the state and local levels as well? I have no problem with it as long as it is within the rules and as far as I know, it was! Move on people, move on!
Steveo
@Dutch/Bad Newz, VA -aka- Take Back The House -aka- No Redemption Votes
Perry speaks at a "Right To Life" convention, but boast that Texas has executed it's 500th inmate. See the disparity there?
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No! Although not everyone on death row is guilty, name for me one crime an unborn child committed!
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It's not the government's role to tell a woman what they can and can't do with THEIR bodies.
Rick Perry is (just like Akin, Mourdock and Franks) are today's biggets problem with the GOP. These idiots simply don't know when to stop digging. their action prove the GOP doesn't care one whit about the things they claim to. Nor do they see their absolutist solutions fly in the face of what they claim to believe about their constiuents, the Constitution, Democracy, personal fredoms or small government. No siree, when these fools call Obama a socialist (or a communist or an islamo-fascist, or whatever) they really need to just look in the mirror.