I love America and I am a Democrat. This might not be shocking news to any of you, but Marsha Farney could be incredibly surprised to hear this "news". From a press release the Judy Jennings campaign sent out earlier today, Farney went from secret hiding to highly insulting in 24 hours, only to go back into hiding.
It's bad enough that Republican nominee for SBOE District 10 Marsha Farney has been virtually silent for weeks regarding her priorities, if elected to the State Board of Education.
Far worse was what Farney said once she finally broke her silence, before quickly returning to seclusion.
"I'd rather be here than with those America-bashing Democrats," Farney said at a July 4th weekend Tea Party rally in Georgetown,to the Austin American-Statesman.
Before I go into too much more detail, let's do a little housekeeping. I still work at GNI Strategies and one of our clients is Judy Jennings. (It's easy to work for people you agree with). House keeping piece number two, Judy Jennings is running against Marsha Farney and you should go to her website right now and support a candidate that believes in education and listening to experts instead of inserting blind partisanship into the classroom.
Thanks for sticking with me during the necessary aside.
Usually when a candidate makes a claim that insults an entire group of people, the candidate likes to clarify or explain their thoughts and positions. Having put my foot in my mouth a few times, it is always important to make sure people understand the truth and not the misstatement. Well, apparently Farney didn't misspeak or doesn't have anything to clarify. Farney is staying mum and letting her original quote stand.
Now, Farney is hiding from reporters and refusing to answer questions on why she has completely abandoned all pretense of being a mainstream candidate for an office entrusted with the education of Texas' school children. The Houston Chronicle has attempted for days to contact Ms. Farney to question her on what she meant, but Farney has again gone underground.
Judy Jennings did have something to chime in with though.
"Especially in light of research released yesterday proving that Texans are sick and tired of hyper-partisanship being inserted into the classroom, Marsha Farney must be embarrassed," said Judy Jennings, who is running against Farney for SBOE Place 10.
"For weeks I have called on Farney to explain to Texas families whether she would join those already on the SBOE in ignoring the advice of teachers and experts, by continuing to push hyper-partisan ideology on our school children., For weeks she has remained silent. Now that she's proven the extent to which she will pander to a fringe element, she has quickly returned to her 'undisclosed location' and refuses to answer any questions, in hopes that Texans won't notice," Jennings said.
"I have been clear from the start. When I am elected to the State Board of Education, I will not inflict ideology on the schoolchildren of Texas. Instead, I will listen to the advice of experts and teachers, and will remain focused on the task at hand - providing our Texas children with a world-class education," Jennings said.
"Shamefully, it's now clear that we cannot expect the same from Marsha Farney."
Earlier today, Hurta wrote more about the poll Judy is referencing. You should take a look. Apparently so should Marsha Farney. Let's take partisanship out of the classrooms and make education a priority. |
