Betty Brown has spent enough years in the Texas Legislature to learn some of the basics of politics.  Unfortunately, one of things she learned was the art of political double-speak.  Let's take a look at some of Betty's changing positions on important issues.

2003:  Betty votes to approve XXXX, which creates the Trans-Texas Corridor

2007:  200X, Betty votes to postpone the Trans-Texas Corridor

September, 2007:  Betty states at a Republican club meeting that recorded votes will be cumbersome, slowing down the business of the legislature

November, 2007:  Betty comes out for Proposition 11

2003:  Betty votes to cut CHIP funding and make access to the program more difficult for working families

2007:  Betty praises increased funding for CHIP

200X, 200X:  Betty says voters having nothing to fear in regards to increasing property tax appraisals

2007:  Betty blames lower than expected property tax cuts on increasing appraisals

199X:  Betty sends out her contract with voters, promising to limit herself to X terms and telling voters she will resign if she exceeds her self-imposed limit

200X:  Betty's self-imposed limit is up, but she runs for another term and explains the turn-around by saying, "xxxxx"