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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Trust Issues

I came across a blog that discussed an issue that has been causing more and more mistrust in the Texas Republican Party and thus creating a decline in support. Matt Glazer, author of the blog, claims that Cathie Adams and the Republican Party have been declaring some fishy accusations against Bill White. He continues on to explain that the accusations against Bill White are not only false but are asserted merely "because they can't win an honest or open debate." With Texas' reputation as a bold red state, to much sup rise support for the Republican Party has been deteriorating for the last 5 years. Glazer justifies the decline in the fact that the Republican Party has already lost its hold on Travis, Dallas, and Harris County and that they never really had a grasp on Bexar, El Paso or the counties located in southern Texas, known as the valley. To make matters worse, the Republican Party, started making fraudulent tweets concerning Bill White despite the fact that he "has nearly double the followers of the RPT."Meanwhile the public is trying to figure out how Rick Perry has become a multi-millionaire merely serving in public office. Oddly enough, the Republican Party has failed to comment on this issue or any other disputable issue for that matter. However, Bill White has taken the time to repudiate all the lies that have been placed on him, as well as keeping up with general issues at hand.
This is clearly a blog directed towards democrats and those that don't support the Republican Party. I feel like Glazer's argument is legitimate to an extent. One of his sources from Politifact.com seems respectable and creditable more or less because it appears to be unbiased, while his other sources lead to a Bill White website, thus tending to be biased information. Politifact.com reported that Cathie Adams does in fact have a tendency to spread some dishonest facts about White, hence the decline in trust overall. However, Glazer does come off to be a strong democrat and therefore the reader is only revealed the mistakes and flaws of the Republican Party and of course the good in issues are ignored.
Overall I think Glazer makes a valid point, at least when it comes to trusting some of the important Republican figures that make crucial decisions for Texas. Mistrust in a Government is never an easy issue with people being so skeptical and fearful of Government and its control.

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