Really Senator Shapiro?

This week on her monoblog (I call it this because it does not allow comments), my competitor, Senator Florence Shapiro writes:

As your Senator, my philosophy has always been—and will continue to be—that the role of government should be a limited one. Government cannot and should not be allowed to continually expand its role.

Really, Senator Shapiro? Then how do you explain:

• Your 47% economic ranking with the Heritage Alliance in 2009.
• The fact that under your party’s control the size of the Texas Government doubling in the last ten years. And, yes, as I pointed out in our candidate forum this takes into account population increases as well as inflation.
• The $21 billion shortfall in the state budget and worse the $193 billion unfunded liability that the state has racked up under you and your cronies from both parties.
• The fact that more members of the North Texas Tea Party, a group known for their true fiscal responsibility, thought that I was the better candidate.

If you are a true fiscal conservative, I challenge you to sign and the same pledge I have – a pledge to resign if you ever “vote for increasing the tax burden or increasing spending.”

Oh, yeah, and allow comments on your blog, someone on your staff should have told you how embarrassing that is.