Wendy Davis tells Democrats she’s in

[itchin]

What does being white have to do with anything? You're spewing the lefts racist propaganda. If you have a problem because I'm white. **** off. Why would anyone want people who hate whites in their party? I'm not submitting to anyone. Wanna persecute me because I'm white? Come get some.

 

[Jeffrey]

Go back and read slowly. Read the part about Characterizations not accusations. Then read the whole thing again for comprehension.

 

[Vaquero]

What does being white have to do with anything? You're spewing the lefts racist propaganda. If you have a problem because I'm white. **** off. Why would anyone want people who hate whites in their party? I'm not submitting to anyone. Wanna persecute me because I'm white? Come get some.

I didn't read it that way.

 

[itchin]

Yeah characterizations. Its like saying black people are welfare dolts. Hey black people quit being black people. I don't care how its worded. If they hate whites its on them and they can **** off.

 

[cbigclarke]

I get it Jeff. But i offer you this

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this is just a sample of groups trying to spread the good word. But as the saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water but you cant make'em drink"

 

[Jeffrey]

I agree. Those are good efforts, but there's room for more. Maybe something more on a person-to person level. Not like the Jehovah's witnesses or anything. but some kind of individual outreach.

 

[cbigclarke]

Believe me when i tell you. We are taking the water to the horses. They still wont drink

 

[CrazedJava]

Well then you republicans had better loosen your corsets and make room for other opinions in your wheel house.

I am not a Republican.

Actually Romney won the middle, the undecided, moderates. It didn't do him any good..

Those of us in the middle were pretty pissed that the Republicans didn't back our play to. After the election it showed Republican turn out was low. Obama's turnout was low as well, just not as low. Obama carried the election with fewer overall votes than 2008. He was extremely beatable. A lot of Repubs decided to sit out the election and basically gave it to Obama.

Rant on, so retreat to a safe distance.

....SNIP...

Grow a set of balls! That fustercluck gaggle of candidates from 2012 sucked pond s$#@!. Ron Paul and Herman Cain were the only two that sparked my interest, and Herman Cain went limp the minute someone challenged his 9-9-9 idea. (Which had a lot of merit!)

I liked Herman Cain to, but what took him out was his extramarital affair. If he had that skeleton in his closet he should either have not run or tackled that issue head on. It was foolish to think he could challenge Obama and think the media wouldn't be digging hard for something. His 9-9-9 idea was dumb, but he's a businessman and I'm willing to believe he was willing to adapt to what doesn't work. Unlike our current president.

 

[Jeffrey]

Nothing dumb about 9-9-9, if it would have applied to every single person.

 

[cbigclarke]

He never had a affair. What happened to him was just because of who he was, and he dared to run for office.

9-9-9 was a good start to a plan. A plan that nobody else had put forth

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[TheDan]

If you have a problem because I'm white. **** off.

I think you missed the overall theme of Jeffery's post... I didn't take it that way at all.

9-9-9 was a good start to a plan. A plan that nobody else had put forth

It has one too many "9"s in it... Sales tax or income tax... Not both. Cain's plan wasn't the first of its kind, but it was definitely simple to explain and catchy. Lots of people have advocated for a flat tax many times before.

 

[itchin]

That wasn't directed at Jeffrey. It was at the people on the left spouting the old white bs. Its race politics in attempt to get the racist non whites on board .

 

[TheDan]

That wasn't directed at Jeffrey. It was at the people on the left spouting the old white bs. Its race politics in attempt to get the racist non whites on board .

Ah, I see what you're saying... Yeah, the tactic is a little bit of race baiting, but I think it's more to attract young voters. It's not "hip" to be an old white guy.

When I was in my 20's, my friends would poke fun at me for being "like an old man." I think they had that perception because I was on average more conservative than they were. I'm not even friends with most of those people now

 

[Jeffrey]

Sales tax and income tax was to get the deficit paid off. The end result would have been the end of income tax altogether.

 

[Kennydale]

She's a loon. it's a free country. Bet she's into GUN CONTROL.

 

[Jeffrey]

She's a loon. it's a free country. Bet she's into GUN CONTROL.

We had successfully derailed this thread from the socialist harpy, and diverted it to a constructive discussion on ensuring the political future of our State, (Or Republic, whichever way you want to look at it), and here you are to drag us back on topic. ugh.

 

[ArmyZach]

She hasn't a prayer of winning. The Dem's already know Abbott is a shoe in. This is a publicity stunt. She will NEVER get a whiff of the Gov's Mansion.

Writing is already on the wall.

Unless Abbott goes all Clayton Williams on her during a debate and tells her to "relax and enjoy it".

 

[cbigclarke]

I forget her name, but i want to hear what the libertarian candidate has to say

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[Sapper740]

Rant on, so retreat to a safe distance.


The problem with the republicans is two-fold. First, it's an image thing. Everyone views you as a bunch of grumpy old men. Not fun, or attractive.

Second, You are a bunch of grumpy old men. (I'm old too)
What I'm about to spew out here isn't all accusations. Some of it is Characterizations, i.e. how outsiders view the republicans. This is the image that has to change.
It's really none of your business who someone chooses to sleep with. Yes, I know the Bible calls it an abomination, and I agree. However, you can't force someone else to live by your moral choices. (Personally, I think government just needs to get their noses out of the whole marriage thing)
If someone wants to sit in their living room and smoke pot, that's their choice. Leave them alone. Treat it just like alcohol. This alone would slash the number of harmless people lock up in prison, and reduce the cost of law enforcement across the board.
Stop being a party of old white guys. Remind the black community that Lincoln was a republican, and that it was republicans that fought against slavery, while democrats fought to protect it. It was republicans that fought for equal rights, and democrats that fought for Jim Crow Laws. MLK was a republican.
Stop being stodgy and old-fashioned (politically). Show people that you are ready to move into a new millennium, and confront the new issues, and lay out a plan that shows constitutional solutions to problems that don't involve raping people's rights away from them. Help remind people that we are America, and yes, we can do the hard things. Promote a message of encouragement. Give the people some accountability. This will give them purpose.
Separate yourselves from Bush/Cheney!!!!!!! End the fascist neo-con crap. Speak out against the patriot act, and other constitutional infringements.
Move towards the ideas of Ron/Rand Paul. (I like Ted Cruz as well, I'm just waiting for him to "season" a bit. He's a new flavor)
Grow a set of balls! That fustercluck gaggle of candidates from 2012 sucked pond s$#@!. Ron Paul and Herman Cain were the only two that sparked my interest, and Herman Cain went limp the minute someone challenged his 9-9-9 idea. (Which had a lot of merit!)
Enough with the Mitt Kerry/John Romney (intentional) stuffed-shirt plain vanilla candidates. Paint yourselves with BOLD colors. Quit trying to please everyone. It doesn't work. All it does is get everyone pissed off at you.
If you don't do these things, the republican party will become irrelevant, and I'll probably end up on a clock tower.

Jeffrey (I understand these may or not be your beliefs), here's what a grumpy old White TEA Party member would say to your talking points: "Not fun or attractive" I don't know about you but "fun" and "attractive" aren't even on my radar when I consider who to support. If it is was, I'd be pushing Miley Cyrus to run for office (isn't twerking fun!) or George Clooney (isn't he attractive!). Fortunately Conservatives aren't shallow little twits who vote based upon the number of Facebook friends one has although I firmly believe most Conservative women are effing hot while most Liberal women are mutts. "It's none of your business who someone chooses to sleep with" Jeffrey, I don't know a single Conservative who cares if some man wants to stick his dick into another man's hairy bunghole in the privacy of their lavender scented boudoir, however I know many Conservatives who are adamantly against the federal government usurping State's Rights and pushing for Gay marriage as it's not in the purview of the federal government. Secondly, we don't want any of our payroll taxes going to support a lifestyle that we disagree with. Marriage would confer survivor benefits on the spouse. People need to get their facts straight before they assume anything about Conservatives. "Move into a new millennium and confront the new issues" What issues are those Jeffrey? The debt? The deficit? A nuclear Iran? The breakdown of the family as a root cause for all the insensate violence plaguing our inner cities? Should we drop those old conservative issues to "move into a new millennium" to confront "new issues" such as what? Legalizing marijuana? Ya, that problem always jumps to the fore when I consider the deeply troubling issues facing America. The old issues are the ones that need fixing and Conservatives are the only ones willing to face those problems. Democrats and Liberals are like children who'll ride the crazy train until it wrecks, then blame the republicans and TEA Party for not stopping the train for maintenance. Jeffrey. I don't know if you're Conservative or Liberal, but you have an uncanny ability to think like a Lib.

 

[karlac]

Walking the dog this morning, actually saw a "Let's Win With Wendy" sticker on a neighbor's car (they moved here from NY two years ago). Nice folks, but that didn't take long; and it won't take them long to impose their will on Texas, given the opportunity.

Hard not to notice that the majority of folks conditioned to crowded urban areas are more likely to exhibit that anti-this and that attitude that comes from a limited perspective when you look out the window.

Given that much of rural Texas is increasingly going into the hands of absentee landowners from Houston, Dallas/FW, Austin, et al, this is no longer your father's Texas.

We definitely do not need to get lulled into complacency on this one, folks.