General Zod
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That’s how I feel about every single vote that went to Abbot in the primary.
Whatever your or hot wheels’ definition of conservative is sharply differs from mine. Remember, constitutionally the governor only has nine* powers.
1. Signing or vetoing bills passed by the Legislature.
2. Serving as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
3. Convening special sessions of the Legislature for specific purposes.
4. Delivering a report on the condition of the state to the Legislature at the beginning of each regular session.
5. Estimating of the amounts of money required to be raised by taxation.
6. Accounting for all public monies received and paid out by him and recommending a budget for the next two years.
7. Granting reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and revoking conditional pardons.
8. Declaring special elections to fill vacancies in certain elected offices.
9. Appointing qualified Texans to state offices that carry out the laws and direct the policies of state government.
See Article 4, pp 111-119
*There’s a directive in Art 4 for the governor to cause the laws of the state to be faithfully executed and conduct state business among the states and the United States as permitted by state law. That’s not a power, it’s a directive.
As I stated above, Abbot should have been ousted in the primary, but he wasn't. Now we're stuck with him as the non-Beto candidate who has a chance of winning. I'm also well aware of the governor's responsibilities and the fact that Abbot has overstepped. But he's what we're stuck with, and the other option is Beto. And if the conservative vote gets split by a third party allowing Beto to waltz in, that's the left's foot in the door to flip the state as they've dreamed of doing for the last couple of decades. That's going to be the start of a long downhill roll toward Californication.