Candidates for Lt. Governor to debate Monday night

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Argh, this hour flew by.

 

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Debate over. Was really good. I think you can watch it later on the link I posted or find it on YT certainly.

 

[GlockOwner]

Patterson definitely was straight forward with all his answers. Didn't have to think "how should I answer this to make me look good", he just immediately answered and did a good job with it.

Dan Patrick was kind of annoying at times, but he had a good closing statement. (says he also supports campus carry)

Staples was just kinda there...nothing memorable

Dewhurst, like Koinonia said, was a smug mofo. "I am who these guys want to be, therefore I'm better".

Patterson just said he's for campus and concealed carry.

"It's about liberty...a citizen who cannot carry a firearm isn't much of a citizen, frankly, he's a serf!"

Open Carry (sorta obvious he supports concealed carry )

 

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Dewhurst, like Koinonia said, was a smug mofo. "I am who these guys want to be, therefore I'm better".

Check this out!

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[GlockOwner]

Check this out!

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Yup, i heard that and thought that statement was a microcosm of his entire demeanor tonight lol

 

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[karlac]

It was on PBS Channel 8 here in Houston, but with no sound on uVerse. All other stations, and programming before and after this, the audio was fine. Anyone else experience this?

 

[Phoneguy]

U-Verse bugged out on me for 30 seconds or so only on KERA.

 

[GlockOwner]

uVerse and KERA here as well, but no problems. smooth broadcast. I was on the HD channel, not the SD...

 

[V-Tach]

Patterson was the only one that didn't get into the pettiness the other three displayed.....

He clearly won the debate ...imho of course...

 

[AustinN4]

Since I started this thread, it is only proper that I state my reactions to the "debate".

Patterson definitely was straight forward with all his answers. Didn't have to think "how should I answer this to make me look good", he just immediately answered and did a good job with it.

Dan Patrick was kind of annoying at times, but he had a good closing statement. (says he also supports campus carry)

Staples was just kinda there...nothing memorable

Dewhurst, like Koinonia said, was a smug mofo. "I am who these guys want to be, therefore I'm better".

Pretty well sums up my reaction as well. I didn't like Patrick's smug answer to the question of if he felt morally obligated to pay back some of the debt that was discharged in his bankruptcy now that he is doing so well even though he was not legally obligated to do so. And I loved the observation that someone made about Dewhurst - that since Dewhurst supported term limits, why was he running for a 3rd term.

I was really disappointed from the get go when nobody, not even Patterson, would give a straight up answer to the direct question about specifically what they would do to secure the border. But, yes, Patterson gave the best answers in the overall "debate" (really just a Q&A).

Patterson was the only one that didn't get into the pettiness the other three displayed..... He clearly won the debate ...imho of course...

Agreed.

 

[Southpaw]

Thanks for posting the video BC. I was working so I'll check it out in a bit.

 

[AustinN4]

Video of candidates' reaction to the "debate": Lt. governor debate touches on marijuana, abortion and... | www.statesman.com