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I said before that I have nothing against LTC West or against Gov. Abbott. I will probably vote for Abbott to get re-elected but I am not set on that yet. My only decision on this so far is that Mr. Huffines has some detailed explaining to do to get my vote.

I had not read this much on West before this. I knew he was an Army officer and a former congressman. I certainly cannot condemn him for his actions based on the story related by Mr. Cotton. As a former vet and a retired cop, I know that sometimes the actions needed in a specific situation are not always what is legal or proper.

But I also see that Mr. Cotton has a point that some might be missing. LTC West is not necessarily a bad person for what he did, but is it the actions I would want in a governor? Would he show a similar disregard for the law if some situation happened in Texas while he was governor? He would not be the first governor someone tried to assassinate, if it was a very similar situation. Would I expect him to obey the whole law or could he break some of it to get the information on the plot. In law enforcement, there is a whole branch of study on this phenomenon called "Noble Cause Corruption", where cops do wrong in some way against one person because they are trying to the right thing for more people.

I am not saying to not vote for LTC west or to vote for him. I suggest some research and make up your own minds on this.

I am not 100% happy with the governor but not really wanting him out either. I have nothing against LTC West, but it does look like some debatable parts in his past could hurt him. I agree that Cornyn is more of a liability to us than Abbott, but since he was just re-elected it looks like we are stuck with him for at least four more years.

I am surprised that so far, only George P. Bush has announced a challenge to Paxton for AG. I think Paxton has done well for us so far, but his personal legal problems make him very vulnerable, IMO. I had thought that Glenn Hegar would try to move up to AG from Comptroller, if only to prep for a future run for LT Governor or Governor.