Jump to content

Guest Sideliner

Recommended Posts

On 5/6/2009 at 10:27 PM, TheShadowKnows said:

Β 

Β 

Here is a question. What do you think this lady does for a living?

Β 

She sounds like a school principal.

That's the problem with principals, they talk about bullying being bad, but punish kids for defending themselves against them.Β 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/politics/texas-revoked-a-fort-worth-mans-anti-trump-license-plate-see-what-other-vanity-plates-were-rejected/287-0e3e8697-db07-4b78-a67c-5d5fa0355da6?fbclid=IwAR3v1CJICYx2Tiw3qjdMHnawTDsultPDSyiHCBru5eWOqfNVyDrMshzf7SEΒ Β 

I see hypocrisy with this guys plate, especially with his bumper stickers. Β You can't make this stuff up. Β He should be driving some sort of electric car if he really stood behind his "beliefs". Β 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, PepeSilvia said:

Sounds like there are some snowflakes in Texas that can’t handle a simple license plate.Β 

For once we may be in agreement. Β I could care less. Β Let him vent his butthurt however which way he see's fit. Β If he wants an orange man bad ! Β license plate, Β have at it.Β 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

About that β€œBellwether” Texas Special Election…
DB Daily Update ^Β | David Blackmon

Posted onΒ 1/29/2020, 8:34:18 AMΒ byΒ EyesOfTX

This result does not fit the Democrat/media election narrative. It doesn’t fit that narrative at all. – In what the corrupt Democrat activists in the mainstream news media spent weeks calling a β€œclosely watched special election” in Texas, the Republican candidate won in a landslide Tuesday night.

The race was for Texas House District 28, a suburban district on the outskirts of Houston. You know, the kind of suburban area where the corrupt media has been trying to convince us that GOP candidates were struggling with Millennial-aged housewives, who supposedly don’t like President Trump and would certainly be turning my home state of Texas into a β€œblue” state anytime now, maybe even this year.

That was the narrative, anyway. Of course, it was the exact same narrative Texans heard back in 2014, when the Democrats, led by gubernatorial candidate Wendy β€œAbortion Barbie” Davis, were going to sweep into power. But then Davis got shellacked by Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, in an election in which Republicans again swept every statewide office, and in which Davis won just 39% of the vote.

And it is the exact same narrative Texas were treated to in 2018, when Irish Bob β€œBeto” O’Rourke poured $80 million of California and New York dollars into a senate race against Ted Cruz. Despite out-spending Senator Cruz by a 3-to-1 margin, Irish Bob came up a crapper – just as he did in his presidential effort – losing to Cruz as GOP candidates once again swept every statewide office, as they have done in every Texas election cycle since 1994.

Interestingly, Irish Bob, in his new role as Democrat grassroots specialist, became very active in the HD 28 race, going door to door in the suburban neighborhoods, attempting to use his boyish charm to convince those angry suburban housewives to get out and vote for Democrat candidate [consults notes] Eliz Markowitz. O’Rourke’s efforts, combined with millions coming into the race from out-of-state Democrat interests, would surely turn the tide this time.

Oops. Bad plan.

As is his habit, Irish Bob came up a crapper once again. Seems his boyish charm has lost its allure to Texas suburban housewives who are sick to death of the nonsense his party is putting our country through, and pretty damn happy with the booming economy that 26 years of Republican leadership has brought to our state.

In the end, GOP candidate Gary Gates easily won the election, carrying the vote by a whopping 58-42% margin. Mind you, this is a district that President Trump won by just 10% in 2016, and which the outgoing Republican won by only 3% in 2018.

If this be a Democrat β€œbellwether,” then by all means, bring more bellwethers on.

God Bless Texas.

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Coming from the left-leaning Texas Tribune:Β https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/28/gary-gates-eliz-markowitz-texas-house-district-28-2020-runoff/

Quote

The special election runoff drew massive attention from Democrats. At least three presidential candidates got involved, national and state groups poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the race, andΒ Beto O'RourkeΒ made it his top political priority since ending his White House bid in November.

Over 30,000 votes were cast, representing 20% of registered voters β€” an unusually high showing for a special election, which are known to have low voter turnout.

Gleeful Republicans said Gates' resounding win showed Democrats had made a severe miscalculation. Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement that Democrats "pulled out all the stops for this race" and "voters resoundingly rejected [their] socialist ideology and took a major step toward keeping Texas red."

Β . . .Β 

No Democratic figure had gotten more involved in the runoff than O'Rourke, who spent back-to-back weekends stumping in the district.Β 

Instead of "Beto" maybe they should call him Robert "Kiss O' Death" O'Rourke.Β 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Monte1076 said:

I am a huge proponent of the following: if a candidate is running for office in Texas (with the exception of President) they should only be able to get fundraising money from within the state.

AMEN........I'd take it even further......you can only get fundraising money from the DISTRICT you are running in .......someone from San Antonio could not give money to someone running here in Tyler, Hardin, Jasper county.....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, WestHardinfan1 said:

AMEN........I'd take it even further......you can only get fundraising money from the DISTRICT you are running in .......someone from San Antonio could not give money to someone running here in Tyler, Hardin, Jasper county.....

That works, unless someone is running for Senate. So with a slight modification to consider that, I think that's a great way to look at it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Monte1076 said:

That works, unless someone is running for Senate. So with a slight modification to consider that, I think that's a great way to look at it.

U. S. Senate is a statewide office.......no modifications needed...........STATE senators have their own senate districts........

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...