According to Speaker Tom Craddick Saturday morning, those that seek his removal are getting in the way of running the state as its founders intended.

Craddick’s press secretary, Alexis DeLee, churned out a press release that simply excoriated his detractors for distracting him from “the important business of state.”

Craddick then issued an amended House Journal entry that called the attempts to remove him unconstitutional and that basically he wasn’t going anywhere, and no one can make him.

Partisanship? Unconstitutional challenges by democratically elected representatives? How many pages from the current presidential administration’s playbook has he copied? Let’s just see if he can claim that, by mounting their challenge over Memorial Day weekend, they are not supporting the troops.

This article appears in May 25 • 2007.

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The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.