AUSTIN, Texas -- Oh, come now, Gov. Bush. None of us minds a little
exaggeration; a little polishing of the positive when it comes to your
record here in Texas. But now it's "liar, liar, pants on fire." Your nose is
growing, Governor.
George W. Bush is now running a TV ad around the country that claims:
"While Washington was deadlocked, he passed a patients' bill of rights.
Under Gov. Bush, Texas enacted some of the most comprehensive
patient-protection laws in the nation."
Excuse me, but if anyone is interested in the truth, George Dubya vetoed
the patients' bill of rights in Texas when it was first passed by the
legislators in 1995; and when they passed it again, over his opposition, by
a veto-proof majority in 1997, he threatened to veto it again and then let
it become law without his signature because a veto wouldn't hold.
He never even signed the patients' bill of rights, and you can look it up.
Claiming that "he passed" or "delivered" the patients' bill of rights is
turning the truth on its head.
Let us return to those thrilling days of yesteryear in the 74th and 75th
sessions of the Texas Lege.