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This is one of the more messed up races in the Austin area, cap. I have friends whose kids attended Westlake at the same time as Brees, and they told me years ago his mom was one big egomaniacal witch. Puryear, the imcumbent she's facing, is a talk-out-of-both-sides-of-his-mouth politician whose ads emphasize he's "never legislated from the bench, and never will," yet you won't see or hear his name mentioned without the word 'Republican' right alongside
They're both losers in my book.
AUSTIN, Texas -- New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has asked his mother to stop using his picture in TV commercials touting her candidacy for a Texas appeals court.
In commercials running on Austin stations, Mina Brees had been using a picture of her son in the uniform of his former team, the San Diego Chargers, to emphasize her ties to football.
"I think the major point here is that my mother is using me in a campaign, and I've made it known many times I don't want to be involved," Drew Brees said Monday.
Mina Brees, an Austin attorney, is running as a Democrat for a spot on Texas' 3rd Court of Appeals. She said replacement commercials that omit any mention of her son were taped last week and sent to stations on Friday.
She said she did not anticipate upsetting her son and that "everything in the ad was true."
She said her connection to football is relevant to her campaign because her father, a successful high school coach, used sports to teach her a strong work ethic that she would bring to the judicial bench.
Drew Brees, who won a state football championship with Westlake High School in suburban Austin, said he got no response from his mother when he first heard about the ads and called her to ask that she stop using them. His agent sent her a letter Oct. 20 threatening legal action, he said.
He called his relationship with his mother "nonexistent" after it crumbled six years ago when he refused to hire her as his agent.
Mina Brees said her son's allegations were a mischaracterization and that she had no intention of becoming his agent.
"I love Drew very much, and I'm very proud of him. But sometimes when people are following a career path, they change," she said.
Mina Brees also said she did not receive any messages asking her to exclude her son from her campaign.
Jill Fredericks, sales director for KVUE Television, said the station received a new version of Mina Brees' commercial late Friday. The old version stopped running Sunday and the new one was scheduled to begin Tuesday, she said.
Mina Brees is challenging incumbent Republican Justice David Puryear in next week's election. The appeals court reviews civil and criminal cases from 24 counties in Central and West Texas.Comment -
She sounds like a scary one. I can't think this situation is going to help her chances. Not really a good thing when you're a lawyer and your being served with legal injunctions from your son who despises you. It's just a piteous episode.Comment -
The women probably saved the guys life a lot when he was small. If she hadn't fed him he would have been fed by social services or whatever, however the fact is she did feed him and that food is the food that kept him alive so that he could grow to have the opportunities he has today.
Basically what I am trying to say is that the guy doesn't seem to have any concept of how much he actually owes her. It's only a photo. So what? Now her name's getting dragged through the mud because 'even her own son hates her'. Doesn't seem right.Comment -
If she didn't have approval from him to run the ads, then she is an idiot and deserves all the shit from him wanting them pulled.
I had good parents, but face it, some people didn't. And even if she was a good parent isn't smart to do this if he might not approve.Comment -
Nobody can call this guy a momma's boy
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Drew Brees is an asshole...Comment -
I agree with that, and now we can see where it came from!Originally posted by imgv94Comment -
Drew Brees might be an asshole. I don't know him as well as some of you do apparently. But he's not an asshole because of this one issue and has every right to expect his own damn mother to respect his wishes in this matter.Comment -
Drew and Myself used to be good friends, but all he ever wanted to do was torment small animals and attend George Bush campaign stops. When he told me he wanted to come to DC and chop down some of our famous cherry trees, I said, "Listen Asshole, now you've gone too far. You and your Mom deserve each other!"
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Well, if he was messing with animals and cheering Dumbya at his campaign stops, then you're right, he's an asshole
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