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class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150115013024/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/bobby-blanchard/">Bobby Blanchard</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 5 Jan 2015 18:05:46 -0600" title="2015-01-05 18:05"> Jan. 5, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150115013024/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/05/texas-political-elite-attends-paxtons-swearing/comments/"><span class="value">21</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <aside> <ul class="social_links"> <li class="comment"> <a href="/web/20150115013024/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/05/texas-political-elite-attends-paxtons-swearing/comments/" title=""> <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> <span>Comment</span> </a> </li> <li class="republish"> <a href="/web/20150115013024/http://www.texastribune.org/content/republish/79792/"> <i class="icon-share"></i> <span>Republish</span> </a> </li> <li class="email"> <a 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What a disgrace Ken Paxton is.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001247871347"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100001247871347/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 6:22 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001247871347">Mary G. Mann</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Complacency is what got him elected. Ethics -- what ethics?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1798342356"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1798342356/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 6:26 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1798342356">Troy Reynolds</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">A confessed felon elected to the highest law enforcement seat in the state because stupid people vote straight tickets.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1686456260"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1686456260/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 6:30 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1686456260">Bambi Clark</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Oh goodie, a felon policing crime.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1258536575"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1258536575/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 6:36 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1258536575">Glenn Glover</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I've never seen a more forced smile than Dewhurst's here.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563054888"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/563054888/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 6:42 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563054888">Andrew Goldberg</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">'republican elite' = 'Nazi paramedic' or 'Cannibal Gourmet' or maybe 'expert pedophile'</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 6:57 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Jay Trainor </span> </p> <p class="comment">Wonder what the process is to replace AG Pazton if he's indicted and/or convicted ? Would mentor Gov. Abbott give Paxton a full pardon??</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000387568363"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000387568363/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 8:05 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000387568363">Tim Dusek</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">He needn't worry - the grand jury he may face will not be complacent.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1399925636"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1399925636/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 8:10 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1399925636">Joan Hardy</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Packing those pockets with more of our money. Yeah</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1683603327"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1683603327/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 8:21 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1683603327">Kayline Ballard Cabe</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Confessed felon. Way to go voters or those who didn't vote.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=686800406"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/686800406/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 9:17 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=686800406">Kerry Brix</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">We need to guard against felon Ken Paxton.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 9:33 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> WUSRPH </span> </p> <p class="comment">Now that Paxton has been safely sworn in as Attorney General, have any of you who venture out amongst the multitudes that hang around the Capitol heard anything about any further action against him by either the Public Integrity Unit of the DA's office or by the Ethics Commission?<br/> <br/>I have predicted that, if he isn't left completely off the hook under the "Forgiveness Doctrine", the worst that will happen will be a No Contest plea to a misdemeanor and a fine and then he will go on his way to finding something bout which to sue the federal government. <br/> <br/>Any word to anything?</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004322886702"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100004322886702/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 5 @ 9:45 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004322886702">Royce Schuelke</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">He is Ted Cruz's man</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 6 @ 8:17 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Pickles Sorrell </span> </p> <p class="comment">He will be indicted because a Travis County Grand Jury will indict a Republican regardless of what the law says. That's why the PIU is going somewhere else.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1331863723"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1331863723/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 6 @ 9:35 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1331863723">Chuck Wright</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">"elite"? Yeah, no agenda mongering with that word is there?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007045936361"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100007045936361/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 6 @ 2:18 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007045936361">Adele Roberson</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">http://libertyinvestor.com/lindsey-graham-assures-netanyahu-that-congress-works-for-israel/</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058650217"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1058650217/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 6 @ 3:07 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058650217">Susan Kocian</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Crook</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 6 @ 4:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> William Ardis </span> </p> <p class="comment">I always get a chuckle when conservatives whine. Conservatives have no problems calling their opponents names ( including misspelling their opponents names) or just making up BS about their opposition. And of course no conservative is ever guilty of breaking any law. Perhaps instead of worrying about imaginary overreach by the federal government we should worry about the very real overreach of conservatives who seek to impose their extremist agenda on Texas</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 6 @ 5:56 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Darwin Hobbs </span> </p> <p class="comment">Martin Woodward, dallas lawyer?<br/><br/>Why the vitriol? Branch promise you some work as AG? <br/><br/>Turn the page.<br/><br/></p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=700327111"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024im_/http://graph.facebook.com/700327111/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> January 6 @ 6:45 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=700327111">Kathi Thomas</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115013024/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152929864105837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">"Guard" is an interesting word for someone who broke the law.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a 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