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SirKibbles posted:Hell I was trying to positive the districts are gerrymandered to hell so there's pretty much no chance for a D gov for awhile. Totally meaningless, we're not gonna have a D governor because Davis, while a pretty charismatic and generally neat lady, is a pretty poor candidate and is against a major machine supporting her opponent (wheelchair joke?). The votes are at large, district means nothing, it's just Davis herself probably isn't the one to make the change. Don't me wrong I think Davis is great, she's got some poo poo I'm not happy with but hell she's a Texas democrat and I'm a socialist, of course she does. I think when the election 'really' starts Davis will rise in popularity but I just think Abbot has too much momentum to keep him rolling (wheelchair joke for sure).
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Jun 18, 2014 00:09
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radical meme posted:Thanks much for this thread Xarthor and the excellent info about Battleground Texas in the OP. Do you, uh, know Davis well because as charismatic as she is she's pretty much a factory standard Texas democrat. Her ability to ignite young voters was never much of her selling point.
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Jun 18, 2014 03:37
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I love Parker, I don't 100% agree with her but I love her just because of the brass balls it takes being an openly gay mostly left wing woman in Texas politics who tells people to shove it.
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Jul 9, 2014 23:27
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VitalSigns posted:She could be known for eating live kittens on TV for all I care. Her opponent is theocrat crazyman Dan Patrick Yea it helps that VTP is a legit good candidate and all, but this is literally a case of 'anyone but the other guy'.
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Sep 21, 2014 17:48
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zoux posted:Has anyone seen any polling in the Lt. Governor's race? Zoux, man, I love your optimistic heart but come on, the well known far right Texan dude is gonna win this.
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Sep 29, 2014 22:34
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The critical questions being asked already in the debate, which of you two will cure Ebola?!
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Oct 1, 2014 02:06
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I wish people gave a poo poo enough to know how scummy Greg really is. "Well you see at the time it was confidential" "But it didn't exist" "Well there was a letter that was kinda like it soooooooo"
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Oct 1, 2014 02:23
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Badger of Basra posted:Someone please post if Greg Abbott calls Davis a bitch or something, because otherwise this is probably one of the least important things happening in the state tonight. Pretty much, this is gonna be a typical boring 'he's a jerk' 'nah she's a jerk' debate completely overshadowed by, ya know, big things.
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Oct 1, 2014 02:25
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Oh my god. "Shouldn't we be spending at least the national average?" "SHOULDN'T WE BE SPENDING WAY LESS?!"
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Oct 1, 2014 02:28
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Greg Abbot: good at rolling.
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Oct 1, 2014 02:54
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:I wonder how Abbott stands on tree protection laws Not well.
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Oct 3, 2014 05:15
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SirKibbles posted:Rick Perry apparently super busted resorts to rules lawyering quote:"I don't know what they're talking about," said McCrum, who was sworn in as special prosecutor in August 2013. I love this so much for some reason. Rick Perry: I don't know what they're talking about.
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Oct 5, 2014 16:20
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zoux posted:Before we all start sucking each other's dicks, remember that the abortion laws were also ruled unconstitutional but a higher court decided to let them be implemented during the appeals process. Abbott will probably argue that the whole state electoral system has been prepared to operate under the new law and will probably ask the Fifth Circuit for the same thing. Yea it's good to have that ruling but this means nothing until the higher court rules. Abbott, for as much as I legitimately hate him as a human being, knows how to play the game super well, he will probably be able to spin 'yo we already started doing things that were super oppressive, we can't change them this close to the election' well and at least get the rules to stay while things advance.
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Oct 10, 2014 15:37
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Badger of Basra posted:How do we feel about Amendment 1? I was planning on voting for because we need to use the rainy day fund for something, but I'm interested to hear other opinions. I'm for it. It's not enough and yea in a perfect world I'd love the rainy day fund to be used for slightly more pressing issues like education but we do objectively need more money in infrastructure and I'd rather have something than nothing. It's a typical Texas proposal, we'll throw some money at it but not enough so we can huff and puff about how the gaddang gubmint can't do nothin right, but it's better than voting no which would result in absolutely nothing.
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Oct 20, 2014 19:10
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zoux posted:If you live in Austin please vote for Prop 1. That bad there? Here in Houston we have a lot of lovely roads but there's actually been a push to fix them for a bit now, it's been slow but the worst one right by my place just got patched up pretty well actually.
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Oct 20, 2014 19:17
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Haha goddamn, I knew it was bad but NY/LA levels? poo poo have fun there.
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Oct 20, 2014 19:22
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Swan Oat posted:Before I voted today I saw a pigeon with a broken wing sitting under a car waiting for the end. Probably an accurate omen for how the election will turn out Is there any reason I should care about Ogg other than her not being a drone to Lycoss? In her debate she seemed pretty terrible in her own unique way of milquetoast bullshit ex republican red state democrat still regressive but she likes weed so she tricks dumb libertarians crap.
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Oct 25, 2014 08:07
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ReidRansom posted:I'm an Aggie Condolences.
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Oct 25, 2014 16:37
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Aliquid posted:lol anyone here represented by Dawna Dukes? I mean nothing inaccurate was said there. I gotta say if your main ad is "haha I can roll faster than traffic right?! (cut the budget)" it's fair game to say you do in fact roll around.
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Oct 29, 2014 04:40
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The man rolls and, again in fairness he made it a literal campaign ad first. So just so I have it clear, the way Abbot is just under siege for being disabled is: 1) It was said it's pretty hosed up that a guy in a wheelchair who profited off the legal system wants to deny that right to others in equal situations. 2) Some rando talking to a crowd of what fifty said he 'rolls around' when normally she'd say 'walk' or 'strut', both would be legitimately rather tasteless to say RE a disabled dude who cannot either walk nor strut.
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Oct 29, 2014 05:53
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That also is a valid thing to say, yes, but it's not a loving attack to say the man rolls. She didn't call him a gimp or something, she used the correct verb for the thing he does to move.
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Oct 29, 2014 06:01
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Omi-Polari posted:Here's how Austin suburbanites do race and gay baiting! Just keepin it weird is all. Omi-Polari posted:Interesting reported article on Texas Democrat doom from Dave Weigel. Excerpts: It's adorable that people think that we were expecting THIS to be the election that turns us purple. Like I've seen so many gloating right wing "Ha ha you hosed up NOW TEXAS IS OURS FOREVER" and it's gonna be so sad in a couple elections when the shift actually does start.
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Oct 31, 2014 05:08
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No they're right, those crazy open carry people are a small, fringe, minority of people who support open carry and they just happen to to constantly have large events and crazy active communities in most gun fan circles, and happen to have a moderate amount of political sway, supported by the already existing pro gun political machines.
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Jan 15, 2015 17:50
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Nearly everyone in the capital is well off through outside means, state government pay is poo poo because it's assumed you're coming in with other sources.
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Jan 26, 2015 17:36
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Oh yea absolutely. Low pay for politics serves only to either get the rich in power who can afford the salary drop or serves to make lobbyist 'contributions' all the more powerful. Like, no I don't think politicians should be getting RICH doing their job but the big kabuki "WE PAY OURSELVES LITTLE TO SHOW WE'RE OF THE PEOPLE (while taking in massive profits in other sources)" is absurd.
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Jan 26, 2015 17:51
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Those people realize that they did indeed come and take it, right?
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Jan 26, 2015 18:16
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So just to be clear our DPS thinks glitter bombs are literal bombs?
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Mar 7, 2015 03:42
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Ok, still super dumb but I was worried they thought it was like the most fabulous Hurt Locker parody whenever someone got one.
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Mar 7, 2015 04:06
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emfive posted:yea it's kind-of a bad sign when a Republican idea gets poo poo thrown at if from Breitbart and Open Carry Texas. Literally everyone wants to record cops. Minorities want to record to have proof when some cop slams their head into the hood of their car, crazy white libertarians want to record them as proof of the GOVERNMENT THUGS HARASSING FREEMEN, democrats want to record them because of opposing police militarization, republicans want to record them because they're agents of the state, literally everyone wants these rules.
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Mar 15, 2015 03:32
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Greg Abbott is a 100% true believer, dude. He's doing this because he literally believes the US loving military needs our lovely state guard to 'oversee' them just in case. If you read something about Abbott and think 'this is dumb' it's because he's legitimately a very dumb, paranoid, little man.
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Apr 30, 2015 06:31
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Sardonik posted:This Jade Helm 15 paranoia stuff is the stupidest poo poo ever. I hate that 'don't train on me' is a solid joke but then they ruined it with 'or tread'.
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Apr 30, 2015 19:02
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Randandal posted:As much as I hate the current legislature anything that pisses off people from Austin is probably a good law Spoiler, the people being hosed here aren't actually loving the bougie white hipsters gentrifying neighborhoods.
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May 14, 2015 05:49
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computer parts posted:So which is worse - the centralization of money and power in automakers, or the local fiefdoms that car dealerships hold? Neither is great but I'd rather at least uniformity in my getting hosed over than having to roll the dice on the dudes near me.
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May 21, 2015 21:01
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LeJackal posted:Was the implementation deeply flawed, or do you just oppose the idea of limiting the police's ability to harass minorities? I think most of us oppose hiding behind 'why don't you care about minority rights' to push the loosest gun laws possible when we all know the only times in America when gun groups and politicians worked together to eagerly add restrictions to guns is when those same minorities had them.
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May 31, 2015 17:57
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LeJackal posted:How do you walk on the sidewalk knowing that at any moment someone may turn their steering wheel to one side and exercise the power of life or death on you?! Here's the LeJackal we all love, a frothy blend of every pissed of 12 year old on Tumblr and every terrified 90 year old NRA member.
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Jun 1, 2015 05:43
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zoux posted:It's sine die yall and nothing terribly egregious passed, so it's a win Ya know, I'd trade this feeling of relief knowing that we have another full empty year between now and the next session of nonsense in exchange for having a functional legislature that actually shows up to work in one of the biggest hubs of the country.
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Jun 1, 2015 15:10
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Yea powdered alcohol is gonna be A Thing to deal with at some point, that poo poo's real dumb.
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Jun 2, 2015 00:15
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Xarthor posted:Paxton Advises Counties Not To Rush Same Sex Marriage Licenses: Eat every cock in the world, Kenny
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