5.27.2011

Tort Reform Flier Gets Out In Austin . . .


 . . . which depicted breastfeeding while urging Texas not to become a Nanny State. (Fairly clever if I do say so myself.)

But this caused an uproar with the women folk in the legislature and caused Rep. Senfronia Thompson to break down crying as she addressed the House: "And I find it hard to believe the Texas Civil Justice League would go so low that they would put out this kind of hateful, resentful, bitter, despicable, despiseable, violent fliers toward women just to get at a piece of legislation."


Which should have prompted a response of, "Hateful? Violent? What the heck are you talking about? You do know that's a baby, right?"


Austin American Statesman.