Dirty Politics Texas Style

The Texas Governor’s race between Wendy Davis (Democrat) and Greg Abbott (Republican) has taken what many call a nasty turn with Davis attacking Abbott in a controversial ad by mentioning that Abbot is a paraplegic.

Alex Pappas from The Daily Caller explains.

The campaign of Greg Abbott, a paraplegic running for governor of Texas as a Republican, is decrying the Democrat’s “disgusting” new television ad that uses his wheelchair against him.

Davis’ new ad, Justice, references the 1984 accident that paralyzed Abbott, while showing a photo of a wheelchair. “A tree fell on Greg Abbott,” the narrator says. “He sued and got millions.”

The ad then cites legal cases Abbott was involved in. “Since then, he’s spent his career working against other victims,” the narrator says.

Here is the ad:

By the way Davis is 13% behind Abbott in the polls and has little or no chance of winning. So is this legitimate political discourse or dirty politics on steroids? I must add it does make dirty politics in New Zealand look rather tame.