Wendy Davis

 

Wendy Davis, Fibber   ... "Well, most outlets have treated her admitted fabrications as news, although some have been noticeably generous in their framing of the issue. “Wendy Davis tells a fuller version of her rags-to-riches story,” CBS News tweeted on Monday. CNN observed that Davis’s life story is now “more complicated” than the “compelling narrative” she had originally presented. MSNBC was quick to cast the story from an anti-GOP angle: “Right pounces on news that Wendy Davis embellished life story,” a familiar position from which to launch the inevitable follow-up: “Will Republicans overreach?” ...

According to MSNBC, the real reason conservatives “pounced” on the story is that they loathe Davis for “making life choices they disagree with — including the decision, as a mother, to prioritize her career.” And adding to the charge of sexism, MSNBC adds, “It’s hard to imagine those choices generating criticism were Wendy Davis a man.”

Mostyn Law Firm donates $1 million to help Wendy Davis in Texas governor's race   Do not hope for tort reform from Ms. Davis. In fact, I fear for Texas' favorable legal climate.

Wendy Davis’ ex-husband: “They’ve asked me not to talk to reporters”  "Wendy Davis, the progressive movement’s Texas darling because of her pro-late term abortion filibuster, is withering under revelations that much of her narrative of struggle and financial hardship is misleading at best, fabricated at worst.
"The wagons are being circled around her with claims of a War on Women and sexism … all because the truth has come out via an interview with her husband by the Dallas Morning News, and other investigation." 

"I think she had a midlife crisis. She wanted to be around a younger crowd," Jeff said, referring additional questions to Wendy.

H/T to Weasel Zippers