Hotze on the Move: Targets Texas Democratic House Members

A couple of reasons I'm not terribly impressed by the e-blast below from Conservative Republicans of Texas (CRT):

1. Recruit Republicans to run for the Texas House by email? Really?

2. CRT endorsed a slate in the Nov. 3rd City of Houston elections, and didn't exactly get results. Six out of nine lost out right: Roy Morales, Amy Peck, Joe Chow, Mills Worsham, Griff Griffin, Curtis Garmon and Pam Holm. You may be asking yourself, "who are some of these people?" Well, all Conservative Republican of Texas-Hotze backed candidates have these stands on issues in common:

ant-public education

anti-affirmative action

anti-choice

anti-gays

among other things, under the guise of "family values" which is anything but. Basically, it's your haters who say things like you read below, about "liberals who seek to destroy our identity." It's the tea party folks before they knew they were tea partiers. For a taste of the kind of "support that stands ready to assist you" read about one of Hotze's mail ballot programs from the past. 


I'm sure this email campaign will drive a lot of crazies out of the woodwork to run against Chris Turner, Carol Kent, Pete Gallego, and other Democratic Texas House members. I think the economic and moral starvation Steven Hotze speaks of is his own, and that it's time to close the door on the tired family values agenda. Certainly the email below does not speak to solutions: instead, it invokes hatred and fear. 

Contact: Chris Elam Executive Director, CRT 713-234-0499 (cell) 281-404-4695 (office)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2009

Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC Launches Statewide Candidate Recruiting Email Campaign Across 11 State House Districts

Email blast seeks to identify strong Republican challengers to Democrat incumbents

(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - Conservative Republicans of Texas (CRT) PAC has begun an email campaign to tens of thousands of Republican primary voters in 11 State House districts, as part of a statewide initiative to recruit a full slate of conservative GOP challengers in the 2010 Elections. The targeted districts are widely considered by political observers as Republican-leaning areas, and potential pickups for the GOP majority in 2010.

In the email, CRT President Steven F. Hotze, MD, promised Republican voters that “This email serves not only as our own electronic ‘Help Wanted’ sign, but also as a demonstration of the support that stands ready to assist you.”

Hotze continued, “This email is a call to arms - a plea to Texas patriots to step forward and be counted among those who will defend Texas from the liberals who seek to destroy our liberty. The 2010 elections serve as a referendum on the future of our State and our Country. Will we continue down the road of socialism, universal health care, and the leadership of Obama / Pelosi / Reid? Or will conservatives finally stand united and declare ‘Enough!’ in the face of economic and moral starvation?”

Stating the broad support of other statewide organizations in launching the campaign, Hotze said, “Groups such as Texas Eagle Forum, Heritage Alliance, Vision America, the Republican Party of Texas, and many others too numerous to list here, agree that Texas needs more conservative leaders in Austin. They have urged me to use CRT's powerful email capabilities to seek out our newest candidates and potential leaders. We strongly believe that the greatest potential of Texas comes not from our networks of power brokers in Austin and other metropolitan areas, but from you - the citizens of this great State.”

Given the immediacy of the short campaign season, CRT has created a “Candidate Recruitment” webpage at www.ConservativeRepublicansofTexas.com/recruit - where potential Republican candidates can log on to request more information and express their interest in running for office. Potential candidates are also encouraged to contact CRT by phone by calling 281-404-4695.

Target Districts include: 1- Stephen Frost, 3 - Mark Homer, 21 - Allan Ritter, 35 - Yvonne Gonzales Toureilles, 45 - Patrick Rose, 74 - Pete Gallego, 85 - Joe Heflin, 96 - Chris Turner, 102 - Carol Kent, 106 - Kirk England, 107 - Allen Vaught.

UPDATE: Bay Area Houston follows the yellow brick road and has more about Hotze.  


UPDATE 2: Someone had sent me the CRT email, and it's reported on Quorum Report. Just wanted to give you that link, although I can't seem to link to the original story. Here you go. What QR also has, are the individual emails to each targeted House District.