National Review reports on a campaign statement by Wendy Davis, Democratic candidate for Texas governor, blasting her opponent Greg Abbott for allegedly being behind a Dallas Morning News story finding that discrepancies between the life she’s actually lived and the story her campaign has been putting out. Davis responded:

We’re not surprised by Greg Abbott’s campaign attacks on the personal story of my life as a single mother who worked hard to get ahead. But they won’t work, because my story is the story of millions of Texas women who know the strength it takes when you’re young, alone and a mother. I’ve always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn’t.

The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future and that’s what I’ve done. I am proud of where I came from and I am proud of what I’ve been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn’t walked a day in my shoes.

Well, no, Greg Abbott hasn’t walked a day in Wendy Davis’s shoes. He hasn’t walked a day in his own shoes for nearly 30 years. He’s a paraplegic.

UPDATE: Frank Beckwith writes:

Can’t make this up. Annie’s List, group supporting Davis, says Abbott is, get this, “running scared.” Oh my! What’s next: Abbott’s attack will cripple his campaign? Davis has a leg up? Wendy can go toe-to-toe with Abbott? Abbott against gay marriage; doesn’t walk on wild side? Abbott doesn’t stand for Texas values? I could go on.