The internet is full of back and forth political fights and disagreements, but rarely do you see a candidate for national office go so far as to take on his critics personally and even 'out' anonymous screen names as Texas Senate Candidate Dwayne Stovall did.
The controversy actually started last June when, during a bizarre conversation with a couple of his supporters (which included the odd accusations of 'loving horseflesh'), Stovall went into a rant about lawyers in politics including Ted Cruz and Louie Gohmert. During the conversation, Stovall stated he would not 'demonize' them during the campaign, but instead, wait until he was elected then 'go after them with both barrels'.
Fast forward to this weekend when Facebook poster and former Stovall supporter Stace In Texas posted screenshots of the conversation showing, in her opinion, Stovall could not be trusted in his claim to support conservatives like Cruz simply because of his hatred for all lawyers.
Stovall posted what he claimed to be screenshots of the full conversation on his own campaign website although it obviously had some areas cut out of his comments about Gohmert and Cruz.
http://texansforstovall.com/stace.phpAs you can see from his images, part of some comments about Cruz and Gohmert appear cut off from the top and the other commenters are responding to those. Stovall appears to be hiding criticism of Cruz and Gohmert in his response.
Responding to critism is one thing, but Stovall has taken it one step further posting several statements on his own Facebook page referencing the conversation with an anonymous poster but going so far a to 'out' her last name that she didn't use on her profile (she has since added it after the 'outing). I've redacted her name if she chooses to not have it public again.
https://www.facebook.com/TexansForStovall We've discovered that this is the source of Stacy M*****'s assertion that Dwayne is out to get Ted Cruz. Of course, not having any interest in the truth, Al Lee has been posting her baseless assertions everywhere.
My two favorite parts of this conversation: Dwayne says, "I support Cruz." But the best part is where Stace says at the end, "Ok so you're not necessarily lawyer bashing as you are adhering to the Constitution."
Got that?
Okay everyone - go post the hell out of this and stop these two who persist in lying about Dwayne.
And Stace - to save face, you might consider an apology to, oh I don't know, everyone in Texas. Especially those voters who changed their vote based upon your utter misrepresentation of the truth. You have some explaining to do for those people, I suspect.
The bizarre need to respond to an anonymous internet critic, the selective posting of conversation screenshots hiding his criticism on his own website, the outing of an anonymous poster's real name, the calling to 'post the hell' out of it and go after this person makes one question Stovall's fitness for office. Will he spend his Senate career playing Internet trolling games or actually represent Texas in the Senate.
There are other options to Cornyn and Stovall in the Senate race. I would like to suggest giving Steve Stockman your consideration as he is endorsed by many of the top Conservative organizations.
Steve Stockman for US Senate 2014 Conservative rating is exemplary.
2014 Americans for Prosperity - Lifetime Score 90%
2014 Americans for Prosperity - Positions (Jan. 7, 2014) 90%
2014 Americans for Prosperity - Positions (Jan. 7, 2014) 90%
2014 Americans for Prosperity - Lifetime Score 90%
2014 Heritage Action for America - Positions (Jan. 9, 2014) 90%
2014 Heritage Action for America - Positions (Jan. 9, 2014) 90%
2014 Heritage Action for America - Positions (Jan. 9, 2014) 90%
2013 Competitive Enterprise Institute - Workplace Choice (August, 2013) 100%
2013 Eagle Forum - Positions 100%
2013 Eagle Forum - Positions 100%
2013 FreedomWorks - Positions 90%
2013 National Right to Life Committee - Positions (Jan. 14, 2014) 100%
(as of writing this, his vendetta hasn't stopped as he is still spending time going after these few critics of his).