Posts Tagged ‘Land Commissioner’

BattleSwarm Blog Endorses Jerry Patterson for Land Commissioner

Saturday, March 3rd, 2018

Because I blog about national and international events as well as state and local events, I haven’t covered some state issues as extensively as I might have.

One of those is the down-ballot race between incumbent George P. Bush and Jerry Patterson (who formerly held the office before his unsuccessful Lt. Governor run in 2014). I didn’t want to vote for Bush, or against him, based merely on his last name. Also, I still haven’t had time to research the Alamo controversy that’s one of the key bones of contention in the race.

And then I came across this tweet of Land Commissioner Bush campaigning for Republican State Representative Jason Villalba:

Actively campaigning for Villalba, a RINO who is clearly one of the worst legislators currently in office (and who you may remember from such hits as Let’s Make It illegal For Gun Owners and Bloggers To Photograph the Police and I Have A Whole Lot of Stupid Ideas) bespeaks of a distinct lack of judgement on Land Commissioner Bush’s part.

Based on that lack of judgement, BattleSwarm Blog is endorsing Jerry Patterson in the Land Commissioner’s race.

Texas can do better.

George P. Bush Running for Land Commissioner

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year.”

That would be Jeb Bush’s son, Bush43’s nephew, and Bush41’s grandson, one of the “little brown ones.” The Bush name alone is probably enough to win him the office, but add to that the fact that the Bush family has one of the most powerful money machines in all politics and you have a prohibitive favorite. Jerry Patterson was probably right to think he’d have an easier time defeating a post-Senate-race-meltdown David Dewhurst for Lt. Governor.

Deeper analysis of a continuing Bush dynasty, and of how Democrats and the press react to facing a Bush scion who happens to be Hispanic, will have to wait until (at least) tomorrow.