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GoatLD259

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Something that I have noticed that is very concerning to me, and should be to many on this site, is the blu-ing of Texas. In the 2018 mid-term elections Ted Cruz narrowly beat Bet(a)-o-Rourke. In 2016 Trump beat Hillary by 9 points, and polls for 2020 only show Trump is up by a few points. In a Newsweek poll, they had Biden over Trump. It is not just the big races that are narrowing between the parties, it is local races that are going blue now, that were once solidly red. I even read a quote the other day that said, "Texas is not a Red state, it is a non-voting state." As in, democrats in the state are starting to vote, because they see the margin is narrowing, and democrats are winning races.

People on this site, and especially people from Texas. What are we to do? If Texas goes blue, you can pretty much expect to never see a Republican president, senate or house ever agin.

Goat
 
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Hi,

But on a serious note...The whole Never see a republican President, Senate and Congress, etc etc is giving Texas way too much credit.

For example in the 41 Presidential elections that Texas has taken part in... the numbers are 27 Dem, 14 Rep.....Voted for winning candidate 25 times, and loosing candidate 16 times.

Sincerely,
Theis
 
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I passed three TRUMP trailers just within a 5 minute drive. North Texas Trump flags are flying every where. With Beto I was a little worried because all the rich folks around here were supporting him.

we’ll be alright.
 
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My congressional district went blue in 2018 after being red for 20+ years.
I think it was the beto effect though. The Obama/beto message of “I can solve all your problems even if they’re conflicting” is a powerful one with the fools.
I see much more support for Trump than biden though. Polling has Cornyn up by 9. I also think we’ll be ok.
 
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THEIS said:
Hi,

But on a serious note...The whole Never see a republican President, Senate and Congress, etc etc is giving Texas way too much credit.

For example in the 41 Presidential elections that Texas has taken part in... the numbers are 27 Dem, 14 Rep.....Voted for winning candidate 25 times, and loosing candidate 16 times.

Sincerely,
Theis
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Of those years though, was California still in play or had it become the communist republic by then? Kali wasn't always commie. That'd be an interesting stat to cross shop those two.
 
We are more blue than we used to be but I would be shocked if Trump lost here. If you look at the voting maps you have 10 square miles of blue around Dallas, Austin, Houston and some border towns with 1000 miles of red in between. We have the same problem as any red state, I can’t even count how many people I meet from California and Chicago now, and they fall for a so called moderate democrat every time, oblivious to the fact they had to flee their home states because of democrats, it’s like a circular firing squad, and it really doesn’t dawn on them if we lose here the number of places for them to run to is dwindling.
 
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I’ve found one gated enclave in Dallas full of Biden signs. Rest of the area is trump far and wide.

Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, will vote blue. Red everywhere else.

One issue is all the Kommiefornia refugees we are getting that still are too stupid to realize what made them their own state.
 
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GoatLD259 said:
Good Afternoon Hide

Something that I have noticed that is very concerning to me, and should be to many on this site, is the blu-ing of Texas. In the 2018 mid-term elections Ted Cruz narrowly beat Bet(a)-o-Rourke. In 2016 Trump beat Hillary by 9 points, and polls for 2020 only show Trump is up by a few points. In a Newsweek poll, they had Biden over Trump. It is not just the big races that are narrowing between the parties, it is local races that are going blue now, that were once solidly red. I even read a quote the other day that said, "Texas is not a Red state, it is a non-voting state." As in, democrats in the state are starting to vote, because they see the margin is narrowing, and democrats are winning races.

People on this site, and especially people from Texas. What are we to do? If Texas goes blue, you can pretty much expect to never see a Republican president, senate or house ever agin.

Goat
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Texas is definitely going to flip blue by the next election, if current trends are any indication.

Additionally, the midwest may start to flip blue- Sillicon Valley is normalizing remote work. If i’m a Tech Yuppie in the Bay area and I can get 6 figures and live in South Dakota without a commute, you can bet i’m moving. The same might go for Texas- maybe people will ditch Austin once they realize they can bring their tech salary to a no state income tax state.

It will be interesting how this plays out. My prediction is that the Republican party will not be able to compete with the Democrats next election cycle. It has fallen out of favor with the youth, and boomers are dying age now. What will rise to take their place? Or will our system evolve to be more about the primary?
 
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I am sure there are lots of Trump signs, but that is just those areas. When you look at the aggregate, Texas is blu-ing. Due to their business friendly climate and standard of living lots of people are moving to Texas, and bring their politics with them. I hope it does not take a complete destruction of Texas for people to realize what they are doing.

Goat
 
Just read a story that all of the Hollywood schmuck are trying to help Texas turn blue.
 
Yea they are. I’m sure they will eventually too. Wouldn’t be the first time though.

question is where do is Texans go after they commiefornia us? Arizona, Oklahoma, Florida???
 
Lol why are you worrying about Texas going blue? That's like worrying when the ocean will run out of water.

The only thing blue here is that sweet summer sky.

Those folk fleeing from Kali and Chicago are actually conservative refugees so I'd expect Texas to become a shade or two more Red.
 
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Huge hispanic population that is rapidly becoming the majority in the state. They vote blue and so do the transplants from California that keep moving here. Not sure that it will happen this time around but it's coming.
 
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The big cities in Texas, from my time there, are suffering from the wave of Cali rejects that leave their failed state to ruin another one
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Yup, CA liberals are fleeing the state to stupid to realize if they keep voting for democrats, Texas will be like CA. Democrats are like cancer. Take over one body part then travel to another spot. Of course I know a few Arkansas natives that fled to the big cities of Texas bringing their liberal fantasies with them.
 
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For decades Texas was Blue and California was red.
Democrats were the southern farmers and republicans were from the elder statesman and Ivy League of the north east.

the Bush family is old school New England Republican not Texan.

just cycles
 
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For decades Texas was Blue and California was red.
Democrats were the southern farmers and republicans were from the elder statesman and Ivy League of the north east.

the Bush family is old school New England Republican not Texan.

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W tried hard to fit in and daddy hated him for it.
 
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W tried hard to fit in and daddy hated him for it.
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two truths which had been discussed. Both bill clinton and George w Bush. Many politicians, strong opponents people who couldn’t cross the aisle on anything with either of them all had to admit. Both guys were so personable, funny easy to talk to and charismatic they just couldn’t help but gravitate toward them in a room.

George hw. Skilled knowledgeable distinguished, never shared that same level of charisma.
 
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We are more blue than we used to be but I would be shocked if Trump lost here. If you look at the voting maps you have 10 square miles of blue around Dallas, Austin, Houston and some border towns with 1000 miles of red in between.
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Two primary factors:

- Bastions of limousine-liberal enlightened elitists as elsewhere
- Too many R's trying to out-Dem the D's.

Countered by:

- Trump showing the way with inroads and appeal by standing up for America and its citizens without distinction.
- Will always be those who reflexively go D or R, but hopefully critical thinking will come back into vogue.
- Texas' rugged individualism will carry the day in the correct direction but no resting on the laurels.

Remember the Alamo, draw the well defined line and run up the flag!
BLUF: Texas aint goin' blue!!

V/R,

N Tx Stalwart
 
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Isn't this the same shit they said when that dumb beaver Wendy Davis was running for governor, the entire national media couldn't get enough of the next "rising star" who was going to finally turn Texas blue since that battle axe Ann Richards fucked up everything she touched back in the early 90s?

Yeah, Wendy Davis lost by 20 points.

I've been hearing texas will go blue for at least 20 years.
 
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Yup, CA liberals are fleeing the state to stupid to realize if they keep voting for democrats, Texas will be like CA. Democrats are like cancer. Take over one body part then travel to another spot. Of course I know a few Arkansas natives that fled to the big cities of Texas bringing their liberal fantasies with them.
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This must have been before Fayette-Chill (Fuck sakes if that moniker don't drive it home) became little Dallas. I loved Fayetteville in the early 90's when I was attending U of A. Now? I avoid the place like the plague! As close as I want to get is Fort Smith. As for DAFW... Last time I went down to Triple C (headed back on Black Friday... maybe) I pealed off of 30 at Daingerfield and took FM's and RM's as much as possible! Damn near meditative driving the back roads. I love the area and would move in heartbeat but work would be in, yup, the MetroPlex. No thanks...
 
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GoatLD259 said:
Good Afternoon Hide

Something that I have noticed that is very concerning to me, and should be to many on this site, is the blu-ing of Texas. In the 2018 mid-term elections Ted Cruz narrowly beat Bet(a)-o-Rourke. In 2016 Trump beat Hillary by 9 points, and polls for 2020 only show Trump is up by a few points. In a Newsweek poll, they had Biden over Trump. It is not just the big races that are narrowing between the parties, it is local races that are going blue now, that were once solidly red. I even read a quote the other day that said, "Texas is not a Red state, it is a non-voting state." As in, democrats in the state are starting to vote, because they see the margin is narrowing, and democrats are winning races.

People on this site, and especially people from Texas. What are we to do? If Texas goes blue, you can pretty much expect to never see a Republican president, senate or house ever agin.

Goat
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Who tjhe fuck are you asswhipe i grew up in central and south texas when being gay was a crime becuase speading aids was a criminal offense.
So fuck off if you dont like it.
I have nothing to oppoligize for.
 
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XLR308 said:
Who tjhe fuck are you asswhipe i grew up in central and south texas when being gay was a crime becuase speading aids was a criminal offense.
So fuck off if you dont like it.
I have nothing to oppoligize for.
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We should be friends! Seriously!
 
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Even animals are more evolved, or go exticnct.
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And if John B. Calhoun is to believed it is the latter. The clinton archipelago is lost (For the most part), may God save the rest of us!
 
California transplants + VERY unpopular president. Texas is still red, but elections are popularity contests. Cruz is also super unpopular.

SH community is not the average yokel on the street. They vote for they guy they like. POlitics? WTF is that?
 
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Im leaning more towards extenction, since a small tiny segment of society is afflicted with a disease that doesnt support survival of the species as a whole.
We will survive if we dont kill our selves for the will of the weak and petty.
I am not trying to be a bad person just being realistic since we arent meant to be weak and induvidualls.
Stong and advancing the race is what we are meant to do and anyone that doesnt agree is week and in denial.
 
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THink about this--Conyrn (I can never spell or say his name) is brow beating his challenger 8+ points (Texas Senator). But if Trump loses to Biden in Texas, that means ~ 10% people voted for a (R) Senator and a (D) President. Current polls are Trump +4-5 and Cornyn +8.

There is some scuttle but about the Texas house flipping, not sure how true that his or if it is wishful thinking. That would be more of an indicator.

But don't underestimate those Cali Transplants and growing HIspanic pop. HIspanics aren't blacks in that they are not a 90/10 pro Dem, but its still pretty unbalanced.

I guess Technically I am a transplant of 15 years, but Iowa/Wis to TX is more "its hotter" and the land is all private and expensive to hunt on. WI--I gots people I knows.
 
I know its insulting or even corrosive to say but atleast 99% of us or more wouldndnt even exist if we were gay by nature.
So fucking.get over it, i dont gjve a rats ass who is gay and im glad its a realtivly rare disease. But lets be serious it is a disease, a mental disease.
 
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GoatLD259 said:
Good Afternoon Hide

Something that I have noticed that is very concerning to me, and should be to many on this site, is the blu-ing of Texas. In the 2018 mid-term elections Ted Cruz narrowly beat Bet(a)-o-Rourke. In 2016 Trump beat Hillary by 9 points, and polls for 2020 only show Trump is up by a few points. In a Newsweek poll, they had Biden over Trump. It is not just the big races that are narrowing between the parties, it is local races that are going blue now, that were once solidly red. I even read a quote the other day that said, "Texas is not a Red state, it is a non-voting state." As in, democrats in the state are starting to vote, because they see the margin is narrowing, and democrats are winning races.

People on this site, and especially people from Texas. What are we to do? If Texas goes blue, you can pretty much expect to never see a Republican president, senate or house ever agin.

Goat
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Well, what are you doing about it? I assume you live in TX, but no idea where. Are you running for office? Are you encouraging others to run for office? For the ones who've decided to, are you helping them get to where they want to be? This mask mandate stuff, forced business closures, etc, have you done anything on that front? How often do you call the Governor's office, testify to the TX lege, attend hearings, etc on the state level? On the County level? Local level? Do any high faluting politicians on either side of the isle know your name? Do they know you're actively working to replace them with candidates like Shelley Luther, Lui Larotta, Neko Antoniou, Martin Holsome, etc, etc, etc?

Kinda need more info to give any better advice than a bunch of questions I expect someone making a post like this to have answers for.
 
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I think part of the issue with the political class as a whole, is that generally the most skilled people that have some integrity tend to gravitate towards other jobs. They don't want to jump in the mudpit and have their good name dragged through the filth, just to mud wrestle pigs. It's a thankless job, but if you don't partake, you end up ruled by your inferiors.
 
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I think part of the issue with the political class as a whole, is that generally the most skilled people that have some integrity tend to gravitate towards other jobs. They don't want to jump in the mudpit and have their good name dragged through the filth, just to mud wrestle pigs. It's a thankless job, but if you don't partake, you end up ruled by your inferiors.
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Do you speqk from experience or an over educated lack of it ?
I have been on both sides of the fence and have skills that benifit me and others regardless of the politicall situation.
 
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This must have been before Fayette-Chill (Fuck sakes if that moniker don't drive it home) became little Dallas. I loved Fayetteville in the early 90's when I was attending U of A. Now? I avoid the place like the plague! As close as I want to get is Fort Smith. As for DAFW... Last time I went down to Triple C (headed back on Black Friday... maybe) I pealed off of 30 at Daingerfield and took FM's and RM's as much as possible! Damn near meditative driving the back roads. I love the area and would move in heartbeat but work would be in, yup, the MetroPlex. No thanks...
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The people I am speaking of lived in El Dorado, went to school in Magnolia then met the only mexican at that college and had babies. Now she is college educated is pro-illegal immigration and now teaches at a bilingual charter school in Dallas.
 
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Do you speqk from experience or an over educated lack of it ?
I have been on both sides of the fence and have skills that benifit me and others regardless of the politicall situation.
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My anecdotal experience in speaking to people I know who have had interest in political office but were off put by the true nature of the work when they started investigating it a little more. They typically found more fulfilling and less stressful work elsewhere. Its just my opinion above, certainly not gospel by any means.
 
AManWearingAHat said:
My anecdotal experience in speaking to people I know who have had interest in political office but were off put by the true nature of the work when they started investigating it a little more. They typically found more fulfilling and less stressful work elsewhere. Its just my opinion above, certainly not gospel by any means.
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So anotherwords no experiance ?
Do you have a skill that benifits society or any other skill other than side stepping a question ?
 
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