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Republicans gathered at Leals Mexican restaurant here, Monday, Oct. 30, for GOP candidates last-minute swing through Amarillo and Lubbock to bash Democrats, Austin and Hooters.
Amarillos Sen. Kel Seliger, who introduced Attorney General Greg Abbott, commended Abbott for battling sexual predators on the Internet.
“And I dont mean my two boys and the Hooters Web site,” Seliger quipped.
“We may have to drop our investigation of Hooters,” Abbott retorted, as he took the microphone.
Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst both commended the Panhandles legislative delegation on stage with them — Pampas Warren Chisum, Dumas David Swinford and Amarillos John Smithee. All three lawmakers are committee chairmen in the House of Representatives.
“This cadre is all chairman make a big difference,” Perry said.
The governor also campaigned for Don Willett, the Texas Supreme Court justice whom Perry appointed in August 2005 to fill a vacancy. Willett, who was with the campaign caravan, is now running to keep the seat.
“There is one individual on that Supreme Court who is a powerful, pro-life, pro-Texas, conservative-values individual that we must make sure we elect this Nov. 7,” Perry said. Perry urged everyone to vote and stay the course.
Perry is in a five-way race with Democrat Chris Bell, Independent Kinky Friedman, Independent Carole Keeton Rylander Strayhorn and Libertarian James Werner.
Down the road and around the corner, Strayhorn spoke Monday, Oct. 30, at Amarillo College in a campaign appearance. The topics of her speech were education and the need to replace Perry as governor.
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