May 20, 2015 11:24 AM

Bearse: Survivor Austin, Slow-witted, Slow-played

From the Right: Quorum Report’s conservative Republican columnist Eric Bearse wants to know whatever happened to simply defeating your political opponents on the merits of the issues

I don’t know why the American Phoenix Project is spending some rich guy’s money to secretly videotape lawmakers, when there is so much good material on the House Floor each day for all the public to see.

You could film a “Survivor: Austin” episode right here in the Texas Capitol in the final weeks of the session, with the slogan: “Slow-witted, Slow-played…” (dang it, slow-lasted is not a word!)

You can tell the slow-witted ones by a telltale sign: the ones that open their mouths. Not all of them of course. And I am not about to name names. Those who slow-play, that’s easy: check and see if they have a D by their name.

The full column from Eric Bearse is in the R&D Department.

By Eric Bearse