Why won’t Donna Debate?

Donna Campbell seems to think she’s Rick Perry- refusing to meet with mainstream newspapers or debate her opponents. What is she afraid of? Since we don’t know, let’s guess:

  She’s afraid:

1. of showing how ignorant she is on all issues over which the State actually has purview;
2. that she will show how woefully ill-prepared she is to do anything other than spout tea-party slogans and obstruct;
3. that people will realize she’s a carpet-bagger, with no real knowledge of SD25 or our concerns and problems;
4. that if she engages with our population at large, they might actually expect her to govern for all of us, not just the extreme right;
5. that if enough people find out just how extremist she is, there is no way they will vote for her;
6. that folks will realize she isn’t the solution, but an even bigger problem, and no way do we need that;
7. that too many folks will understand she wants to gut public schools in order to privatize education so that education, too, becomes a profit center;
8. if enough people hear her, and can question her, no way will they vote for her, that following Rick Perry’s model of refusing to meet with editorial boards or debate opponents will help her, but remember how badly Perry did when he finally got under public scrutiny- do we want the same? Once elected, the State Senator will be with us for 4 years- far too long to have an incompetent in office.
9.  all of the above being not only true, but found out by all the voters.

 There’s a story about a guy who was dying and St. Peter told him he had been 50/50, so he could take his choice, heaven or hell. Being a good consumer, he wanted to check both out. First, he went to hell, and there were golf courses, beautiful women skimpily dressed, the best food you could imagine, great weather, and just everything else he could want. He couldn’t believe his eyes! Next, he went to heaven, which was lovely, but WAY more staid. He took a second to think and said he thought he’s be happier in hell. Poof, he was in hell, but it wasn’t the same. It was hot, burning hot. People were screaming in agony, it was nothing like he’d seen on his visit. He saw the Devil and asked what happened. The Devil looked at him and said “When you came first, you were a prospect, now you’re a customer.” 

Bottom line, if Ms. Campbell treats us like this now, when she needs our votes, imagine how she’ll treat us if she gets elected. She won’t be answering to us, but to a far, far right extremist few whose mantra seems to be “mine, mine, mine.” I was brought up to believe that there is enough for all, that none of us are well off if one of us suffers, that, as a Christian, what we do for “the least of us” is indeed what we do to Him. Ms. Campbell spouts off a lot about her faith, but from hearing what she says, if she didn't tell us she was a woman of faith, you'd never know it from her words. She brings to mind the saying that "I can't hear what you're saying because your actions are so much louder than your words."

John Courage, her Democratic opponent, is a veteran, a school teacher, and has lived in the district since the early 1970’s. He has served our country in the military, and his community on Alamo Community College District Board of Trustees in San Antonio, San Antonio Teachers' Council Board, and on San Antonio Literacy Commission, as well as teaching special education and history in San Antonio schools. John has campaigned for “Clean Elections”- getting the big money out of elections so that our officials are beholden only to the voters, not big moneyed special interests. I will add that Mr Courage is ready to debate Ms. Campbell at any time, as well as meet with editorial boards.

With John Courage, we in Senate District 25 have the opportunity to elect a leader with deep roots in the community and a proven record on the #1 issue of our day - education. Courage is a living example of the mainstream Texas values of family, faith, freedom, and fairness.