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https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1433503454748610563 Can Rising Star <FILE_NOT_FOUND> Finally Turn Texas Blue? e: how are we this far into the process and nobody but Beto (not running), one of the Castros (not running), and McConaughey (not running) is even getting mentioned in passing? How do we not even have some kind of local Howard Shultz-type millionaire getting quoted somewhere as saying "gently caress it maybe I'll run"? Blotto_Otter fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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Blotto_Otter posted:That coverage might not cost him any money but it ain't free. He'd presumably be on hiatus from acting, he'd have to stop hanging out so much at various UT athletic events, and what other endeavors does he have right now? Is all that hassle worth getting a few libs to buy some soccer jerseys? he hasnt changed a single thing about his life and he's already getting coverage over it
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Sep 2, 2021 20:33
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I have a good feeling about Lupe Valdez take two.
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Sep 2, 2021 20:37
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a.lo posted:haven’t heard of McConaughey in a while He's smartly just shut the hell up about his "both sides-ism" poo poo, because if he opens his loving mouth against any of the draconian poo poo that went into effect he's automatically branded a librul and therefore unelectable.
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Sep 2, 2021 20:41
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Spacebump posted:I've changed my position on Matthew McConaughey after the last few days. For the love of God please do it McConaughey, that's the only way we're ever gonna have a chance of cracking through this steel wall of GOP dominance at this point. EDIT: ^^ yeah I wouldn't rule that out, could just be another publicity stunt and he probably wouldn't want to risk tarnishing his career with politics. White Light fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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Sep 2, 2021 21:08
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governor popovich should be gearing up for his fifth election re-election campaign tbh
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Sep 2, 2021 21:37
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Blotto_Otter posted:https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1433503454748610563 Can't wait to watch the dems gently caress this up.
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Sep 2, 2021 22:12
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empty whippet box posted:Can't wait to watch the dems gently caress this up. Not sure if I like this or the current thread title more.
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Sep 2, 2021 22:13
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empty whippet box posted:Can't wait to watch the dems gently caress this up. They are currently loving it up because there is no candidate and we are six months out from the primary.
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Sep 2, 2021 22:18
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let's just go the nevada route of "none of the above"
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Sep 2, 2021 22:42
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zoux posted:They are currently loving it up because there is no candidate and we are six months out from the primary. You'd think the national party would be invested in this at all, but nope. We're gonna probably get someone we've all never heard of and will never hear from again in a few months. I mean, I get it though...statewide office elections are pretty miserable. I'll take anyone who like...halfway gives a poo poo about the pandemic and keeping the power on at this point.
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Sep 2, 2021 22:55
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We should nominate a goon. Not like it would be any worse than the local party would put forward.
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Sep 2, 2021 22:56
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:You'd think the national party would be invested in this at all, but nope. We're gonna probably get someone we've all never heard of and will never hear from again in a few months. I mean, I get it though...statewide office elections are pretty miserable. Anytime the national party gets involved its a disaster, they really only care about us for fundraising. Of course anytime they don't get involved it's also a disaster so v0v
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Sep 2, 2021 22:58
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How did Virginia and Georgia start to turn around some statewide races? What are the lessons we will ignore?
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Sep 2, 2021 23:01
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Roumba posted:How did Virginia and Georgia start to turn around some statewide races? What are the lessons we will ignore? Stacy Abrams didn't run for President and destroy what influence she had advocating gun control
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Sep 2, 2021 23:03
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Stacy Abrams didn't run for President and destroy what influence she had advocating gun control Yeah basically. Georgia's Beto stayed laser focused on stripping the state party down to the foundation and rebuilding it into something competent. Our state's Abrams jumped up on a counter and said he was going to take yer guns and kicked flipped out of the presidential race instead of staying in state.
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Sep 2, 2021 23:07
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:You'd think the national party would be invested in this at all, but nope. We're gonna probably get someone we've all never heard of and will never hear from again in a few months. I mean, I get it though...statewide office elections are pretty miserable. Time to steal a page out of the GOP playbook and make this a national celebrity search, baby. Troy Aikman can't like that announcing gig that much, think he'd be up for leading this dumb state? Let's fight Florida immigrants with Florida immigrants - what's Emmitt Smith up to these days, and can he be talked into running as a Dem? (I don't think I've seen this thread talk about Herschel Walker yet, but it's a nice change of pace to have a lunatic Republican leave Texas to run elsewhere, I guess)
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Stacy Abrams didn't run for President and destroy what influence she had advocating gun control 
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Stacy Abrams didn't run for President and destroy what influence she had advocating gun control But he ate Whataburger on stream and talked about spicy ketchup!
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Sep 2, 2021 23:20
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Roumba posted:How did Virginia and Georgia start to turn around some statewide races? What are the lessons we will ignore? I mean, Abrams' governor race had some pretty blatant voter suppression, like purging tons of black people from the voter rolls "just 'cause" and removing voting machines in predominantly black areas...and CNN still decided to report that as her being a sore loser. At the very least, organizing around voting got better after that race with her leadership.
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Sep 2, 2021 23:31
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Roumba posted:How did Virginia and Georgia start to turn around some statewide races? What are the lessons we will ignore? Virginia Democrats came up with the ingenious plan to have most of their population be suburbanites of a major metropolitan area
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Sep 3, 2021 00:01
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I love so many things about this state, but I've been feeling like this lately https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCL_IiUXiBc Not everything, but the overall sentiment.
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Sep 3, 2021 00:18
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Dameius posted:Yeah basically. Georgia's Beto stayed laser focused on stripping the state party down to the foundation and rebuilding it into something competent. I'll never stop laughing at what an idiotic piece of poo poo he turned out to be... If only he weren't right, though 
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Sep 3, 2021 00:22
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It's almost impossible for the Democrats to regulate their interparty apparatus. They lack cohesion. When you have people who turn on their own, Royce West, Harold Dutton, it's makes everything that much harder.
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Sep 3, 2021 00:40
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empty whippet box posted:Can't wait to watch the dems gently caress this up. The eternal thread title.
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Sep 3, 2021 00:58
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Manager Hoyden posted:Wondering how the medical cannabis expansion is going to work out. PTSD seems like the kind of diagnosis that card mills would take advantage of. It's still super low THC% only so theres not much point unless you're actually trying to medicate.
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Sep 3, 2021 02:13
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Governor McConaughey slams his fist on his desk and screams into his phone. “I don't give a hot gay gently caress what the lege says! Legalize weed, dude!”
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Sep 3, 2021 02:20
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Roumba posted:How did Virginia and Georgia start to turn around some statewide races? What are the lessons we will ignore? Sometimes demographics are destiny. Just not in Texas. Or Nationally.
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Sep 3, 2021 02:20
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Legislature just adjourned sine die. I guess they'll be back in a couple of weeks for redistricting. Low stakes prognostication: October 5
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lobster shirt posted:Governor McConaughey slams his fist on his desk and screams into his phone. “I don't give a hot gay gently caress what the lege says! Legalize weed, dude!” I struggle to imaging Matthew McConaughey slamming his fist into anything
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Sep 3, 2021 02:25
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zoux posted:Nah she sprinted from that position in her campaign "No I wrote in Lyndon LaRouche like I do every 4 years." 
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Sep 3, 2021 02:52
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God damnit how the hell did these assholes pass hundreds of new laws? WTF is all this poo poo? I read over the electric grid reforms. It doesn't look promising. ERCOT board will be appointed by politicians instead of industry, which isn't really an improvement. Power plants will be required to weatherize unless they are non-critical, which will probably be all of them. Nothing was done about the huge debt power providers racked up with ERCOT jacked the rate to $9000/MWh, so Texans will be paying increased electric bills for years. The only good thing is that Republicans didn't find a way to screw over electric and wind energy. The biggest thing is the abortion bill, which is some serious bullshit. I predict Texas will become the biggest importer of mail order abortion pills. You think I have time to drive to a brick and mortar abortion store? It's all mail order now.
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radical meme posted:It's almost impossible for the Democrats to regulate their interparty apparatus. They lack cohesion. When you have people who turn on their own, Royce West, Harold Dutton, it's makes everything that much harder. See the problem though, is that Royce West wasn't wrong in his critique, as who he was critiquing was barely 'of our own' to bring with
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i say swears online posted:governor popovich should be gearing up for his fifth election re-election campaign tbh
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Sep 3, 2021 03:30
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R's are more willing to hold their nose and vote for the party than D's/liberals/leftists are. I'm not telling people to vote blue no matter who, but because Republicans tend to fall in line and pull the lever for the team regardless of who is on the ballot, they have a built in advantage. Also, the republican constituency is almost uniformly white and religious. The Democratic party is made up of a number of socioeconomic and ethnic factions, with their own issues, needs, and goals. This is always going to create friction. Another built-in advantage for the Republicans. zoux fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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Maybe Democrats should cater to the right, in order to capture more moderates. That will work this time. And if it doesn’t, they can simply veer farther to the right next time Beto needs to air an ad for mypillow stat
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Sep 3, 2021 03:48
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Hello thread, I'm very late to this issue and I'm also dumb. How is the new Texas law on abortion even legal with Roe v Wade?
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Sep 3, 2021 04:08
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It is still technically legal to have an abortion in Texas. That’s about it.
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Sep 3, 2021 04:10
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Texans are asking the question: will a hero arise? Who will be our Caesar with the valiant spirit to cross the Red River from campaigns in Oklahoma and restore civic virtue from the corrupted Texas State Senate? I believe in such a hero. His name: Matthaios McConnaius.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQbmW1AND2w
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Skyarb posted:Hello thread, I'm very late to this issue and I'm also dumb. How is the new Texas law on abortion even legal with Roe v Wade? There are 5 anti abortion justices on the supreme court, that's how
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