The debate went on as planned.
In the fall campaign season’s first debate open to all candidates for governor, Democrat Bill White waited until his closing statement to attack the candidate who wasn’t there, incumbent Rick Perry, regarding allegations that he has used taxpayer funds to reward high-dollar campaign donors.
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“I appreciate the other candidates being here,” White said in his opening remarks. “I think each of us views appearances in public forums as an obligation of a candidate to be accountable to you. Now there may be career politicians who think it can be done in 30-second sound bites that do not want to answer the tough questions about the state’s budget or why we’re number 49 out of 50 states of the percentage of adults with a high-school diploma.”
Alluding to the Emerging Technology Fund in his closing remarks, White told the audience of about 300 that it was important “to make sure that this state government is well-run as a public service for all the people and not as a political machine.”
Who watched the debate? What was your impression? Leave a comment and let me know.
UPDATE: Here’s a good report from Texas Liberal.
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I went to this event and wrote a very good blog post about the debate.
http://texasliberal.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/candidates-for-governor-of-texas-debate-education-an-eyewitness-report/
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