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HAVE YOU HEARD? Quotes worth repeating


“The Big 12 owes a lot of people an apology. It punted on expansion & shanked its future. The University of Houston deserved better.”


“People have been talking about Texas going back to being a Democrat state. We’ve heard it now for over 15 years, and


it’s not going to happen. ...I think you’ve got an outlier poll. Texas is not going to be a Democratic state.”


—Former Gov. Rick Perry said in an interview prior to the presidential debate, a University of Houston poll released showed Trump holding a 3-point lead over Clinton in Texas.


“Somebody ought to sit there and say, ‘Kids, pool your lunch money together


and see if you can’t hire a lobbyist.’” —Retired District Judge John Dietz, who tried the last two challenges to the state’s system of financing schools, on persistently low per-student spending on education


that we need the United States to be more like Texas. In fact, I believe America longs to be the way Texas is.’’


‘‘What Texans believe in is —Gov. Greg Abbott - Sean Hannity interview


“There is too much shouting. There is too much making fun of each other.” —Bernie Sanders when talking about the election


14 Issue 3, Fall 2016


“All told, it’s enough that even some of us who have


been disappointed by President


—Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted after the University of Houston’s campaign to join the Big 12 Conference was shut down


Obama’s two-term administration


are having second


thoughts about his leaving. Alongside the field of


nominees seeking


to succeed him, he at least looks and


sounds presidential. One thing’s sure. Judging from the


dire predictions of national calamity if either Clinton


or Trump wins, the Nov. 8 election


won’t be the end of our national torment.”


—Waco Tribune Editorial Board on the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees


(Texastribune.org)


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