Oscar Mauzy is MIA at the DNC!!!
By Byron LaMasters
Yup. The Dallas Morning News breaks the news. Oscar Mauzy is missing in action at the Democratic Convention (screenshot available here):
MIA at the DNC
The Democrats best known to the most Texans aren't at the Boston Hilton this week. They aren't delegates, so they're on vacation or back at work. They include:
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Austin
Rep. Chet Edwards, Waco
Rep. Martin Frost, Arlington
Rep. Solomon Ortiz, Corpus Christi
Rep. Max Sandlin, Marshall
Former comptroller and lieutenant governor nominee John Sharp
Governor nominee Tony Sanchez
Former attorney general Jim Mattox
Former land commissioner Garry Mauro
Former agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower (although he came for a day to promote his book.)
Former House Speaker Pete Laney
Former U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (who is in frail health)
Former state senator and Texas Supreme Court Justice Oscar Mauzy
Former Senate nominee Victor Morales
Good research to the guy at the Dallas Morning News. It's abundantly clear that Texas Democrats are running away from the Kerry / Edwards ticket!
A slight problem, though. And I won't even mention the fact that Jim Hightower and Victor Morales have distanced themselves from the party in recent years (Hightower supported Nader in 2000, Morales refused to support Kirk in 2002). A bigger problem though is that Oscar Mauzy died in 2000 - almost four years ago:
OBITUARY:
Justice Oscar Holcombe Mauzy, champion of the people and friend of the underdog, died peacefully after a brave battle against lung cancer on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2000.
Born to Harry Lincoln Mauzy, Sr. and Mildred Eva Kincaid Mauzy on Nov. 9, 1926, Oscar was the sixth of eight children and the namesake of long-time Houston mayor Oscar Holcombe. Although his father's death when Oscar was only three prevented Oscar from knowing him, he was always proud of his father's work as a union organizer. The family was raised by Mildred Mauzy in Houston's Fifth Ward.
Oops. Next time the Dallas Morning News wants to engage in Democrat-bashing on their headlines, they ought to do better research. Or, if they want to list dead Democrats as being MIA in Boston, they ought to include Ralph Yarborough, Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn. Then again, they mentioned that Lloyd Bentsen is in frail health, so you would think that they would point out that AWOL Oscar Mauzy is dead.
Hat tip to Tom Blackwell.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at July 29, 2004 01:38 PM
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