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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Did the Unforgiveable, He Defeated a Bush, and Now He is Being Impeached
Ken Paxton is a populist, Tea Party conservative who was first elected to the office of Texas Attorney General in 2014. He is bitterly hated by establishment Republicans in Texas, not only for his willingness to use his office to advance the conservative agenda, but also because he had the audacity to win without the establishment’s permission. Repeatedly.
The Bush-wing of the Texas Republican Party has allied with RINOs and Democrats to engage in lawfare against Paxton, but despite their best efforts he has kept on winning. Finally in 2022, the establishment played a trump card to eliminate Paxton. They ran a Bush family princeling against Paxton, knowing that Texans have an unyielding love for the Bushes. George P. Bush (the son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush) already held statewide office in Texas as the state’s Land Commissioner. Then 46-year-old George P. was going to eradicate the Paxton problem, which would also place him on deck as Attorney General to replace Greg Abbott as Governor when the time came. But Paxton then committed the most unforgiveable political act that establishment Texas Republicans have ever endured. He defeated a Bush at the ballot box. The establishment decided that the voters of Texas were wrong, and that this electoral obscenity must be corrected. So they proceeded to impeach Ken Paxton in the Texas House of Representatives. 100% of Democrats joined the RINO Republicans to produce a 121 – 23 vote to thwart the will of Texas voters and impeach Mr. Paxton, for the purpose of removing him from office. The Senate trial will be next month. Mark Pulliam wrote an excellent piece at The Federalist last week that explains the ugly political warfare that is going on against Paxton. Here are some excerpts, but I encourage you to read the whole thing. The Establishment’s Paxton Impeachment Sham Undermines The Will Of Texas Voters [Mark Pulliam -The Federalist – 7/24/2023]Texas politics have long been rancorous, unscrupulous, and, in recent years, marred by bitter lawfare — weaponizing the legal system to circumvent election results.Pulliam discusses the comical felony indictments in recent decades against Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tom DeLay, Rick Perry and others. He then brings it forward to the Paxton situation.
Another is the ongoing campaign to remove from office conservative Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom Texas voters overwhelmingly elected in 2014, and enthusiastically reelected in 2018 and 2022. Paxton’s real “crime” is that he threw his hat into the GOP primary for the AG race in 2014 after the anointed establishment candidate, moderate Dan Branch, thought he had the Republican field to himself. In Texas, the AG position has often been used as a stepping stone to higher office — a path previously trod by both Sen. John Cornyn and current Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. When Tea Party firebrand Paxton upset establishment-favorite Branch in the 2014 GOP primary…the powerful establishment was furious. Branch had been endorsed by George W. Bush and other moderates. In Texas, as elsewhere, the moderate (or “RINO”Pretty much any article about Paxton in the legacy media, or in Conservative Inc., will smear him as being ”scandal plagued” or “under criminal investigation.” It’s all a political hit job against him.faction of the Republican Party loathes grassroots conservatives.
In retaliation for Paxton’s temerity, Branch’s establishment backers, who are supported by the state’s business community and control the Texas House of Representatives (where in 2010 then-House member Paxton unsuccessfully challenged establishment leader Joe Straus for speaker), unleashed a series of frivolous criminal charges against Paxton, which have been pending for eight years. Anti-Paxton forces orchestrated a flimsy fraud indictment from a paperwork violation unrelated to Paxton’s work as a legislator.The conservative base fully understands what is going on, which has strengthened their support for Paxton.
The establishment fumed when Texas voters elected Paxton in 2014 despite extensive news coverage of the bogus fraud charges, and the consternation increased when he was reelected in 2018 and again in 2022 while the phony charges were still pending! Grassroots conservatives gave short shrift to the unproven allegations against Paxton, looking instead to his stellar record as Texas’ top prosecutor. Paxton’s resounding GOP primary victory in 2022, against a crowded field that included George P. Bush (Jeb’s son and GWB’s nephew) … made the establishment apoplectic. In the primary runoff, Paxton beat Bush by more than a 2-to-1 margin. In the general election, Paxton outpolled his Democrat challenger 53.4 to 43.7 percent.Even worse for the establishment, now that the Bush heir was dispatched, there was almost nothing to prevent Paxton from succeeding Gov. Abbott when he finally steps aside.
The establishment worried that Paxton, thrice elected as AG, would become the frontrunner to succeed Abbott as governor, decided to double down on its lawfare campaign. Provoked by Paxton’s claim that Texas Speaker Dade Phelan should resign for appearing on the House floor while intoxicated, in May the House voted to impeach Paxton on additional charges of doing favors for a wealthy campaign donor and terminating four staffers who claimed to be “whistleblowers.”Paxton is suspended from his AG duties until the trial in the Texas Senate next month, where a 2/3 majority is necessary to convict and remove him from office.
In Texas, as in the nation’s capital, impeachment is just another form of lawfare. Convicting Paxton would bar him from holding public office in the future — precisely the establishment’s goal, contrary to the voters’ mandate. Such a result would be tantamount to a banana republic coup unworthy of the Lone Star State.The Texas version of Kremlinologists are unsure if the votes are there in the Senate to remove Paxton or not. Republican Senators who vote to convict should plan on being primaried, and in Texas the conservative base holds the power in primaries. If I could add one final bitter note as a person who defended both George Bushes in their darkest hours, this is an insulting betrayal. It’s probably also worth noting that as “rare” and “solemn” as impeachments are, they are pretty much a political certainty for anyone who dares to defeat a Bush at the ballot box. Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992, ending GHWB’s political career. Bill Clinton was subsequently impeached. Donald Trump defeated Jeb Bush in the in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, ending Jeb’s political career. Trump was subsequently impeached. Ken Paxton defeated George P. Bush in the in the 2022 Texas primaries, ending George P.’s political career. Now Paxton is being impeached. I believe it was Ian Fleming who wrote, “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” As noted above, Paxton accused his persecutor, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, of conducting business while being intoxicated. Here is video of that incident.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:31 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 14, 2023 02:31 PM (j/yko)
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Ah, the Bushes. The g(r)ift that keeps on giving.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:32 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Just Lily at August 14, 2023 02:33 PM (RLLZj)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:33 PM (qhmjS)
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Hey, it works in the country at large!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:33 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 14, 2023 02:33 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 02:33 PM (AcWfM)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 02:34 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:33 PM (qhmjS)
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On safari hunting the hoboes of the Serengeti.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 02:34 PM (YIVH2)
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They have a point. If people start demanding that elected officials can't get drunk (or worse) on the job, almost all of them will have to quit and then nothing would get done!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:34 PM (WkNQM)
The difference between Bush republicans and democrats? Nothing.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:35 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2023 02:35 PM (MOY79)
Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2023 02:35 PM (ptElO)
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George Pee Bush!
George Feel Better Now.
George Hungry, George Eat.
Posted by: wth at August 14, 2023 02:35 PM (v0R5T)
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I assume - but can't be bothered to look up - that Phelan is Bush-aligned.
Also, I don't know if his last name rhymes with "felon" or not, but I will assume it does because it's funnier that way.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:36 PM (WkNQM)
https://tinyurl.com/34btkf3c
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:36 PM (qhmjS)
It tends to remind people of the complicated familial relationships in monarchies, with earldoms, baronies, dukedoms, and so forth.
We fought a war of independence to get away from that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 02:36 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:33 PM (qhmjS)
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Vacation. We're stuck with cobloggers for a couple of days.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:36 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:36 PM (aZlZR)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:34 PM (WkNQM)
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I don't see the problem here...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 02:37 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 14, 2023 02:37 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: wth at August 14, 2023 02:37 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 14, 2023 02:37 PM (xTRSc)
Posted by: Revvvvruuun Jackson at August 14, 2023 02:38 PM (+akdz)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:38 PM (qhmjS)
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And the "P" stands for "Pledge Pin"!
Posted by: Niedermeyer at August 14, 2023 02:38 PM (lf83v)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
You sound like you don't agree with making sure they "don't get anything done"...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 14, 2023 02:38 PM (zbP2D)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2023 02:38 PM (R62ZP)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:39 PM (VTu1l)
[smh]
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 14, 2023 02:39 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2023 02:39 PM (TZ75n)
Posted by: Skip
No, Texas is turning redder, but the republican party is trying their best to stop that.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:39 PM (lTGtQ)
But slightly less embarrassed than voting for dipshit McCain
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (VTu1l)
That's, of course, unlawful as the only qualification to judge him in the Senate is to be a senator.
And Paxton has rightly pointed out, not only are all the charges vague to the point he can't even mount a defense, but that--even if they are-- all these issues were before the voters in the last election, so they can only legally impeach him for the term already served--not the current term.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (FGJND)
They would never ever even think of railroading an average Joe...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (LTZ4s)
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The first modern civil war has already started, and it's taking place inside the GOP.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 14, 2023 02:41 PM (AyRcN)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:41 PM (aZlZR)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:42 PM (qhmjS)
Posted by: Umm... at August 14, 2023 02:42 PM (+akdz)
If I were them, I'd steer clear of lamp posts.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at August 14, 2023 02:42 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Who cares about the law anymore? If it is ok to twist the law into an unrecognizable shape at the federal level, it is ok at the state level.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:42 PM (lTGtQ)
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ok groomer
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:42 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 02:42 PM (AcWfM)
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at August 14, 2023 02:42 PM (CjHGv)
Posted by: wth at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (v0R5T)
I have no idea if Paxton is a good guy or a bad guy or an indifferent guy. As we now know, an accusation, impeachment, federal investigation or indictment isn't exactly a good set of signals for that. Whatever Paxton did (if he did it), he'd probably be just fine if he didn't cross the dynastic families or permanent bureaucracy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (Xrfse)
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He got all the process that was due!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (aZlZR)
Debatable. I know a lot of Texans who despise Bush. They are not Republicans as much as they are conservatives. But, yes, the GOPe of Texas has been a willing accomplice of Bushism which is actually more NE Liberal.
The Bush family/name is mostly mud. Their power, however, remains because Austin (centrally) is liberal. And too many in the GOP are actually more Democrat than Republican, but they have learned to change their spots since the (R) matters at the ballot box in Texas.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (8X7eW)
Damn, dude. That must have been a hell of a party.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (eOEVl)
That is why the RINO scum did all they could to sabotage President Trump, and why they gleefully stood by as the marxists blatantly manufactured statistically impossible vote fraud to steal 2020.
We do not have a legitimate federal government. Why would you believe the state governments weren't the same cesspit of stinking sewage rats as the DC hell hole?
Posted by: Pete at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (9uoO8)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 02:37 PM (YIVH2)
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Nor do I. Sarcasm is sometimes difficult to decode via text.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:44 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: mr tmz at August 14, 2023 02:44 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 02:44 PM (AbYHm)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 14, 2023 02:41 PM
Nothing worse than pox on a bush.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 02:44 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: your GOP - Send Money at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (v0R5T)
Damn, dude. That must have been a hell of a party.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 14, 2023 02:43 PM (eOEVl)
The Johnny Manziel of the Texas house
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (CjHGv)
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As a side note, we should be asking what fucking business does the EEEEEF BBBBBB EEEEEEYYYE have investigating internal state affairs?
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (krqg6)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (3AatT)
Good night! Not...drink. Drink. Drunk. Running for....Senate. Qualified!
Posted by: Senator John Fetterman at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (+akdz)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:41 PM (aZlZR)
What makes him "genuinely dirty"? I've seen no evidence.
Posted by: Inogame at August 14, 2023 02:45 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (aD39U)
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Manziel at least won some games. Not sure what Phelan has done.
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (sX1BW)
Dude was either drunk or having a stroke. Or maybe is like Joey, Mitch, Feinstein, and Fettermonster.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (ynpvh)
That is why the RINO scum did all they could to sabotage President Trump, and why they gleefully stood by as the marxists blatantly manufactured statistically impossible vote fraud to steal 2020.
We do not have a legitimate federal government. Why would you believe the state governments weren't the same cesspit of stinking sewage rats as the DC hell hole?
Posted by: Pete
Succinct. That is all that needs to be said.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Zombie Bones McCoy at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (Xrfse)
I'm sure that is the actual malfeasance that "Jim" is referring to
Can't be overlooked, nor under-punished!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (AcWfM)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: John Fetterman at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (5hfjS)
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Manziel at least won some games. Not sure what Phelan has done.
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (sX1BW)
Does he Phelate?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (ynpvh)
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To understand the depths of corruption of Texas Republicans, you have to know 2 things:
1) a lot of them were Democrats and would be Democrats tomorrow if the state flipped blue
2) they kept Strauss in the Speaker long after texas went red entirely on the vote of Democrats. It was such a joke to have a "Republican" Speaker getting elected by 100% of Democrats votes plus a few liberal Republicans. Then this "Republican" would block all conservative bills.
And the media would report only that Republicans blocked it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 02:47 PM (FGJND)
Posted by: Jeb at August 14, 2023 02:47 PM (+akdz)
But we never seem to reach the "enemy action" phase.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 14, 2023 02:47 PM (tf4XU)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM
He was Phelan no pain.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 02:47 PM (GwxCX)
https://tinyurl.com/34btkf3c
Posted by: SMH at what's coming
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A police state, if you can keep it.
Posted by: Things Ben Franklin might say at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (lf83v)
https://tinyurl.com/25ubevum
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (qhmjS)
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He implements policies I like. I'm looking for politicians that are into implementing my favored policies. I'm tired of politicians that merely feign support of my favored policies.
A benefit of Trump. Roe v. Wade is dead. Thank you sir.
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (sX1BW)
I'm sure that is the actual malfeasance that "Jim" is referring to
Can't be overlooked, nor under-punished!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM (AcWfM)
I was confused until I saw comment #20. Not me.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had
And there it is. Take him out before 2024.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (TZ75n)
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Lol el Jebo...
He looked like a pencil salesman, he had the personality of a damp dishrag... if you stayed awake while he spoke, the only thing you could think about was what an utter imbecile he was
Corruption is the only way he ever got elected to governor in Florida
And he likely turned the state deep purple until Desantis turned it back red. He was as much of an utter failure of a human being as Biden's son... but without the interesting drama
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Jeb at August 14, 2023 02:47 PM (+akdz)
No thanks; don't wanna be like BJ Bill Clinton. You can keep your clap to yourself.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (aZlZR)
The entire system is set up to keep anyone who isn't controlled opposition out of DC. Governor's races and Senate races in red states are for this purpose alone. If anybody but a Uniparty candidate makes it into one of those seats, it means the Party completely fucked up it's primary responsibility, and they act like it. It's why it so rarely happens.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (0FoWg)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:41 PM (aZlZR)
How many boosters can a human body hold?
Jim knows the answer.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 02:46 PM
Sounds like he was part of the conspiracy to overthrow Democracy in the insurrectionist coup! He should be indicted along with Trump for conspiracy!!
Posted by: Concerned True Conservatives at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (ou9hh)
Posted by: A dude in MI at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (/6GbT)
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You are correct, I do not care.
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:50 PM (sX1BW)
Because my Governor is Gavin and he's dreamy!
Posted by: CA Wine Mom at August 14, 2023 02:50 PM (v0R5T)
That's why Cornyn and McCaul keep winning in the primary's.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 02:50 PM (AbYHm)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:50 PM (aZlZR)
But we never seem to reach the "enemy action" phase.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 14, 2023 02:47 PM (tf4XU)
Clinton's was about Monica and about Clinton's lies under oath; don't think that was about Bush
Trump's was about trying to oust the deep state, not about Bush.
This impeachment? YMMV
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:50 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Jack at August 14, 2023 02:50 PM (VUsY+)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:48 PM (VTu1l)
Well Jeeb did have a druggie daughter, who went to rehab. Much like Bidet's daughter.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (yRved)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:49 PM (aZlZR)
Got more than a three word-er on that? If you persist in vague posts I'll start listening to my gut and ignore you.
Posted by: Inogame at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (53oGX)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023.
https://tinyurl.com/tt3kb7xr
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (qhmjS)
But slightly less embarrassed than voting for dipshit McCain
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (VTu1l)
the ONLY thing that slightly mollifies me about those votes, is the alternatives were so much worse.
but man, it doesn't help much...
Posted by: SturmToddler at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (KZaqS)
How many of us would still hold Ollie North in high regard?
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (HaTLf)
Heh. I literally just got to that line in Goldfinger last night.
Paxton also sued the federal government over 2020 election results.
Yup. He’s been on the right side of just about every issue before Texas and the country.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (MOY79)
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I'll see your two degrees of consanguinity and raise you a dynasty.
Posted by: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (lf83v)
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That's exactly what Paxon is saying, the charges are so vague he has no idea what he is supposed to have done wrong.
It really is, as "Jim" bleats above, "Paxton is icky."
Lord, save us from the Good, Pure Christians who insist we must only vote for Good, Pure Christians.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (FGJND)
Your concern is
Noted [X]
Other than Noted [_]
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (aD39U)
Our entire government is a grift at this point.
Getting people who do what I want in office is the only point of politics. I'm not going to be persuaded to be dignified or lawabiding or observant of norms or any of that nonsense. Paxton is a useful tool. He doesn't have to be anything else.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (ppBhU)
That's why Cornyn and McCaul keep winning in the primary's.
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The sentiment is true, the base holds a lot of power in primaries. Doesn't mean they will always vote exactly the way we want. But Cornyn has never really had someone worthy of a challenge - like Cruz was to Dewhurst.
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (sX1BW)
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No one is above the law.
Posted by: Rule of Man at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (fs1hN)
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You are correct, I do not care.
Rule of Law for thee, but not for me (and any/all of the people I like).
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (aZlZR)
Someone responded, "Well, yes, after the owner of the island they met on died"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:53 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Zombie Bones McCoy at August 14, 2023 02:53 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (ppBhU)
Politicians are fecal matter by default. That I may get something out of the deal is the best case scenario.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 14, 2023 02:54 PM (KbCG3)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023.
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Are they gonna tax lawns?
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 02:54 PM (bA3Ln)
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Ah yes, the old Rule of Law, while our President and his coked up son continue to not be in jail.
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:54 PM (sX1BW)
As to the rest of the RINOs in the House, we have a pretty good list based on their votes on the Paxton Impeachment. Each and every one who voted for needs a challenger.
It's time for a Texas RINO hunt.
Posted by: Brewingfrog at August 14, 2023 02:54 PM (aJmA5)
Posted by: Molly Ivins, B.A. (Smith) at August 14, 2023 02:54 PM (PiwSw)
That's why Cornyn and McCaul keep winning in the primary's.
If someone had stepped up, Cornyn would be gone. Ted Cruz went from nobody to US senator in about 3 months, as soon as people saw they didn't have to pick the party's choice.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:55 PM (lTGtQ)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023.
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What about cold-related deaths, which occur 10 times as much as heat-related deaths?
Those deaths go against the narrative, f* them.
- Your Rulers
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2023 02:55 PM (fs1hN)
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No one is above the law.
Posted by: Rule of Man at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (fs1hN)
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Eric Holder
Lois Lerner
Jim Comey
Chris Wray
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:55 PM (ynpvh)
You mean the state securities fraud that is such an urgent, burning concern that the charges have been pending for a decade or so?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 02:55 PM (ppBhU)
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You know.
The summer that has been exactly like every summer for the last 100 years, except often cooler.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 14, 2023 02:55 PM (QsOFZ)
"Extreme heat crisis" my foot.
If there were an extreme heat crisis, they'd have put up the fire restriction warnings in May. Y'know, like three years ago when it was in the 90s on Memorial Day.
The fire restriction just now went into effect last weekend. It's mid August. This has been the platonic ideal of summer, this year.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2023 02:55 PM (ou9hh)
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You are kidding right? If the dirtiest politician, whatever you mean by that, wins and implements the policies I want he is the RIGHT POLITICIAN. Period.
You fit in well with the "That is not who we are cuckservative wing of the GOPe.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (DmtxH)
"Extreme heat crisis" my foot.
If there were an extreme heat crisis, they'd have put up the fire restriction warnings in May. Y'know, like three years ago when it was in the 90s on Memorial Day.
The fire restriction just now went into effect last weekend. It's mid August. This has been the platonic ideal of summer, this year.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 14, 2023 02:55 PM (ou9hh)
It is pretty hot...
Posted by: Lahaina, HA at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (53oGX)
Good to know.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (aZlZR)
I learned it from you and your Democrat friends!
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (HHeVI)
Sad to say, we now live under totalitarian rule, and it's just a matter of which faction currently rules.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (qhmjS)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023.
Gee, it's hot in August. Who knew?
Posted by: Infidel at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM (n2500)
That, as much as anything, pissed off the RINGS.
Cause that's Abbott's stomping grounds and no way in hell are they going to let their share of that fraud (that they use to push their liberal candidates into the state) get taken away.
Notice that Abbott appointed his chief of staff as the interim AG?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM (FGJND)
But slightly less embarrassed than voting for dipshit McCain
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (VTu1l)
the ONLY thing that slightly mollifies me about those votes, is the alternatives were so much worse.
but man, it doesn't help much...
Posted by: SturmToddler at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM
Same, agree with you both. I feel like I need to shower now.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM (GwxCX)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023. ...
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (qhmjS)
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Boy, that's sure not to be a corrupt system full of lies.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM (WkNQM)
Donald Trump defeated Jeb Bush in the in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, ending Jeb’s political career. Trump was subsequently impeached.
To be fair, it was Jeb Bush who defeated Jeb Bush. Trump didn't have to lift a finger to trim that Bush.
I mean really? Fucking tip-toes???
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: Molly Ivins, B.A. (Smith) at August 14, 2023 02:54 PM (PiwSw)
Fuck Molly Ivins with a shovel. Her and her fake, affected southern bullshitese. When she got cancer, I felt sorry for cancer. And wherever her mouldering corpse is buried is less fortunate than an EPA superfund site.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (ppBhU)
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Maybe tell all the yankees who moved down South to live down here for 30 years or so before deciding that normal everyday heat is Global Warming and we need to ban cars.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (QsOFZ)
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Right the same heat crisis that is so bad that instead of using the actual temps they use the heat index to try to jazz up the hysteria.
And its 65 degrees here today. HEAT WAVE!!!
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (DmtxH)
From the Susquehanna Hat Company?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Infidel at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM
It get's hot in summer. Nobody could have seen that coming.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (GwxCX)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023.
https://tinyurl.com/tt3kb7xr
Posted by: SMH
LOL
It's currently 92 degrees. In Texas. In August.
Bwahahahahahahaha.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (nW4TA)
Posted by: Inogame at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (53oGX)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023. ...
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM (qhmjS)
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Boy, that's sure not to be a corrupt system full of lies.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM (WkNQM)
And no mention of Winter related deaths. I've seen the charts, and those deaths are about 10x of heat-related deaths.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Jess.E. Jackson at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (aD39U)
I tried to look into them when I first heard about them a couple of years ago. They have all the appearance of being ridiculously vague, purposely so as to be able to keep them alive, and purely partisan.
I don’t trust any politician, including Paxton, but there doesn’t seem to be anything to these particular charges.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (DmtxH)
From the Susquehanna Hat Company?
Posted by: Count de Monet
Slowly I turned...
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (nW4TA)
Also, if you think corruption and breaking the law are just standard politician characteristics, and all that really matters is their policies, then why do you complain about the corruption and illegal acts of other politicians? It matters for the politicians you don't like, but it doesn't matter for the politicians you do like. That's not just a double standard: that's no standard at all.
Also, don't vote in any election. They are all rigged by Democrats, so voting is a waste of time. You can believe this because J.J. Sefton said so.
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (aZlZR)
Bwahahahahahahaha.
Posted by: rickb223
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79 here in southern IL.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (qhmjS)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (4I/2K)
Donald Trump defeated Jeb Bush in the in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, ending Jeb’s political career. Trump was subsequently impeached.
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As I recall, Jeb shot himself in the foot the first day of his 'campaign' by telling us Immigration Is Love. At that moment, he had the largest campaign chest and all the endorsements from right proper Gopers nationwide.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (HTCOy)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023.
Ironically, this makes sense. They are burning Rome...might as well keep track of the temperature.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (Xrfse)
And its 65 degrees here today. HEAT WAVE!!!
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger
not even in 80, in OK, in the middle of August...
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (CIS44)
Well, now you could.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Jim
The Bidens are guilty Jim, how do you like them?
Ilhan Omar married her brother to commit immigration fraud. How do you like her Jim?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (zbP2D)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 02:56 PM (DmtxH)
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Great idea!
But to make it fair, we must issue straw hats to those who are unable to afford them. We will ensure a fair and equitable bidding system is in place to ensure adequate straw hat contracting integrity. My cousin Tony is in the straw hat business, and he can help us make sure that we have a fair bidding and distribution structure.
Posted by: Legislator at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (QsOFZ)
Donald Trump defeated Jeb Bush in the in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, ending Jeb’s political career. Trump was subsequently impeached.
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As I recall, Jeb shot himself in the foot the first day of his 'campaign' by telling us Immigration Is Love. At that moment, he had the largest campaign chest and all the endorsements from right proper Gopers nationwide.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (HTCOy)
He shoulda hunted with Dick Cheney. Then he'd know what being shot in the face would feel like.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (ynpvh)
yeah but we like those deaths - Your Betters, Wintering on Grand Cayman
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 03:01 PM (AcWfM)
Sad to say, we now live under totalitarian rule, and it's just a matter of which faction currently rules.
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The rule of law, norms, mean tweets, pword. It just Country club rino for you'll vote for who we tell you to vote for...
Posted by: Simplemind at August 14, 2023 03:01 PM (NGFVa)
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I'd say its more like 2/3.
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 03:01 PM (sX1BW)
I tried to look into them when I first heard about them a couple of years ago. They have all the appearance of being ridiculously vague, purposely so as to be able to keep them alive, and purely partisan.
I don’t trust any politician, including Paxton, but there doesn’t seem to be anything to these particular charges.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
If it takes you 8 years to charge someone, stfu & stfd.
Seriously.
(Not you SPB)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:01 PM (nW4TA)
Stuff like this is par for their course.
If you don't play, you won't win. If you do play, you also won't win. So why do people still play?
How this long-con still works is a mystery to me... It needs some new word. Like super-ultra-mega-long-con. They've been running this shell game for three quarters of a century, and their marks still line up for the next ass-blasting, as if they had a hereditary duty to be blasted right in the ass.
SMDH.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2023 03:01 PM (0FoWg)
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Uh, yes? I thought it would be more than half though.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 14, 2023 03:01 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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But those can't be blamed on the Dread Global Warming, so that mustn't be discussed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: redridinghood at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (xTRSc)
Bwahahahahahahaha.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (nW4TA)
100 currently in my little slice of suburban Houston, Texas where the sun shines most of the time.
Going to 105 this afternoon. A-gin!
Posted by: Count de Monet, 24 Hours At A Time at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (aZlZR)
Yes, Jim. I do. I think more than half (because I'm sure some were allowed to vote no by agreement) are machine RINOs. I have no proof or data, but what I know bout political machines entrenched in states tells me this is true.
Posted by: Inogame at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (HTCOy)
Posted by: Homer J. Simpson at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (1WSeq)
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from lawmakers and state and local officials to do more to address an extreme heat crisis that has defined the summer of 2023.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 02:51 PM
Ah, yes. The old "Something bad is happening, so the government has to do something, even if it doesn't actually help". Works on retarded liberals every time.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Legislator
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Can you make sure that Tony's hat company qualifies as a woman or minority owned business? Please and thank you.
Posted by: Administrative State at August 14, 2023 03:03 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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But those can't be blamed on the Dread Global Warming, so that mustn't be discussed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (WkNQM)
So, taking the next logical step, if they could somehow LOWER world temps, the number of winter cold deaths, already 10X summer heat deaths, would increase substantially while summer heat deaths MIGHT lower a little, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 03:03 PM (ynpvh)
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But Trump said "pussy" and we're tired of all the drama.
If we just give up and nominate another candidate, the Democrats will be fair and return to normalcy and civility.
This was proven as the smart, tactical-- and only realistic--plan when we chose the Right Type of Republicans and won with President McCain and President Romney.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 03:03 PM (FGJND)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 03:03 PM (AcWfM)
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Yankees understand cold. And no one is moving anywhere to say "It's much colder than it ever was during my childhood in Georgia, which must mean it's Global Warming!!!"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 14, 2023 03:03 PM (QsOFZ)
Um, yes? And, yes, they were "pushed" to do this because Paxton is the conservative in this spectrum. Why would one not expect RINOs to oppose - legitimately or illegitimately - the conservative? That's what political opportunism is.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at August 14, 2023 03:03 PM (8X7eW)
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He said it was an Act of Love. Any Republican at the Fed level would full-throatedly agree.
PS their throats are definitely full. Full of monkeypox.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2023 03:03 PM (0FoWg)
And don't even think about mentioning helmets.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 14, 2023 03:00 PM (QsOFZ)
Ant eaters.
Posted by: Count de Monet, 24 Hours At A Time at August 14, 2023 03:04 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (HTCOy)
........
Never saw the value in Brillo Pads, eh?
Posted by: wth at August 14, 2023 03:04 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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But those can't be blamed on the Dread Global Warming, so that mustn't be discussed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (WkNQM)
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I was assured by The Day After Tomorrow that global warming would lead to massive ice storms that instantly freeze all of New York and send the American population south over the Mexican border in such a wonderful bit of irony.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:04 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 02:41 PM (aZlZR)
New nic... hmmm, let's go to the scorecard, shall we?
Single syllable first name: Check
Starts with the word "we" as if we're all on some team: Check
Sets up a strawman argument: Check
Asserts the guilt of the party in question: Check
Renders judgement on the basis of his own assertion: Check
Ok, looking at the scorecard, I think we, the jury, have rendered OUR verdict: You are a dirty stupid trolly troll what trolls.
Go away now, or we shall taunt you another time.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 03:05 PM (dGCAG)
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Leaf Blowers from coast to coast. This must be Lawn Maintenance Destiny.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:05 PM (DmtxH)
https://is.gd/fOZ9gB
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:06 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (HTCOy)
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Never saw the value in Brillo Pads, eh?
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A Brillo Pad on a war lance just doesn't say flair.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:06 PM (DmtxH)
Yeah, if we're good boys and eat all our num nums, they'll go back to calling us Metaphorical Hitler instead of Literal Hitler. Behave and reap the rewards, fellow crypto-nazis.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 03:06 PM (ppBhU)
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Ha.
Like the wealthy folks on Martha's Vineyard keeping four or five of the highly publicized illegals on the island so that they would have someone to do cheap roofing and yard work.
(true story)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 14, 2023 03:06 PM (QsOFZ)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 14, 2023 03:06 PM (8T/7H)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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But those can't be blamed on the Dread Global Warming, so that mustn't be discussed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:02 PM (WkNQM)
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I was assured by The Day After Tomorrow that global warming would lead to massive ice storms that instantly freeze all of New York and send the American population south over the Mexican border in such a wonderful bit of irony.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:04 PM (LvTSG)
All the heat magically disappears, clouds form (which need heat to form, as moisture in the air requires heat to get it there form the ocean) to reflect sunshine away (instead of holding heat in like AGW proponents say)...Yeah, right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 03:06 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Legislator
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Can you make sure that Tony's hat company qualifies as a woman or minority owned business? Please and thank you.
Posted by: Administrative State
Tony = Antonio.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:07 PM (nW4TA)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 14, 2023 03:07 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at August 14, 2023 03:07 PM (0q+t6)
https://is.gd/VwCoMR
Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (0N1h0)
Also, if you think corruption and breaking the law are just standard politician characteristics, and all that really matters is their policies, then why do you complain about the corruption and illegal acts of other politicians? It matters for the politicians you don't like, but it doesn't matter for the politicians you do like. That's not just a double standard: that's no standard at all.
Also, don't vote in any election. They are all rigged by Democrats, so voting is a waste of time. You can believe this because J.J. Sefton said so.
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All that verbiage and you still haven't provided any details other than a vague reference to "securities fraud" in one of your many asinine posts. Most of us here are not from TX. I'm not a Texan myself. We're probably persuadable if you bothered to make detailed arguments. But you seem to have come here to do some 'concern trolling'.
Posted by: the lower depths at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (+b4rY)
Make them walk a straight line, count backwards, say the alphabet backwards, stand on 1 leg, then put it on pay for view.
We would'nt even need any taxes (sales, fuel, tobacco , property etc). Texas could support itself on pay for view deepstate drunken antics alone.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Count de Monet, 24 Hours At A Time at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (4I/2K)
https://is.gd/VwCoMR
Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (0N1h0)
Well, some lawyers chase ambulances...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (ynpvh)
and there it is!
coming soon to a formerly vibrant city near you!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (AcWfM)
https://is.gd/VwCoMR
Posted by: bonhomme
Sell them city hall and be gone as soon as the check clears.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (nW4TA)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:06 PM (WkNQM)
Somewhere Dennis Moore is suddenly very intrigued.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 14, 2023 03:09 PM (xPJvm)
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I thought that guy sold Prince Spaghetti? He was always late getting home, too.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:09 PM (2graF)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2023 03:09 PM (0FoWg)
Posted by: SH (But Prefer Clark Griswold) at August 14, 2023 02:52 PM (sX1BW)
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That's the deal. That's why they win.
Pubbies control the primary assuring that the 'chosen one' gets the votes.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 03:09 PM (AbYHm)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 14, 2023 03:09 PM (slgIg)
Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at August 14, 2023 03:09 PM (QzZeQ)
Bwahahahahahahaha.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (nW4TA)
Currently in Waco, TX it is 101 degrees.
Currently in Dallas it is 99 degrees.
Must be a cold front.Yesterday the high was 106 degrees in Dallas.
Posted by: Glenn John at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM (RilAR)
Why?
Because prosecutors are generally bigger criminals than the defendants, wearing their suits and ties to hide the scum that is underneath.
You really have to convince me he did it. And I don't believe anything anybody says about anything, so don't be relying on some confession your cops beat and coerced out of the poor sap. I need actual proof.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 14, 2023 03:09 PM (slgIg)
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I advocated for voting for Dan Crenshaw's Democrat opponent last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM (LvTSG)
Fuck the Bush's, they, like the Kennedy's, Clintons and Obama's should go the way of the dodo.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM (qoLdL)
https://is.gd/VwCoMR
Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM
Seemed like a lot of the pictures showed ritzy properties surviving in a sea of devistation. Hmmm.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM
We should keep an eye out for you.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:11 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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But what about our NORMZ!!!!!
Posted by: Becky suburban, flat flatassed wineterian at August 14, 2023 03:11 PM (NGFVa)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
But he has an eye patch and makes videos in front of things blowing up
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:11 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: the lower depths at August 14, 2023 03:08 PM (+b4rY)
Here, here.
I did see some articles regarding the $3.3Million payout and Paxton's apologies to those he fired (the so-called whistleblowers), and that he employed a woman he supposedly had an affair with. MSM articles, so YMMV.
e.g. https://is.gd/8SdKVi
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 03:11 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
But he has an eye patch and makes videos in front of things blowing up
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:11 PM (CIS44)
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But Democrats are worse, I hear.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:11 PM (LvTSG)
*whew*
I've been pouring and finishing concrete all day,, man,, I sure could use some lunch. Anyone else up for a bologna sandwich?
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (5hfjS)
Posted by: Infidel at August 14, 2023 02:57 PM
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The weather app on iPhone is always saying that 5-10 days out it will be 90F or 102F here in Santa Barbara this summer. We have yet to have a 90F day. Most days are in the low 80s if it gets to 80. Coolest summer in my life here. We definitely are 11-15F degrees colder everyday this summer. But hey keep pushing the burning planet narrative on Apple.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (17s+e)
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No.
They are not just RINOs, they are Stupid RINO's.
Their legislative output is borderline illiterate, convoluted and intentionally weak.
The Republicans rule the state from top to bottom yet we still have serious and legitimate concerns that it could flip blue.
Because they block actual, serious conservative laws.
You really think the "private cause of action to sue abortion providers " was serious? It was intentionally allowed to pass because they were sure it would get tossed.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (FGJND)
Yes, but they're not measuring cold deaths. The metric is heat deaths and how we need to eliminate those by any means necessary.
Cold deaths are irrelevant to the metric.
/
Posted by: Fed.gov beancounter at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (ou9hh)
Just call my friend, Greg!
Posted by: Frmr Travis County, Texas District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg BAC .23 at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (3AatT)
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM (GwxCX)
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I'm not sure. I saw some stuff that looked like that, but I suspect it comes down to construction (concrete vs. wood). I have no idea if the concrete structures actually survived, or if they just remained standing and are burned out inside.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: uniparty
I regert all of them except Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (nW4TA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (AbYHm)
Awwwww, did widdle Georgie's feewings get hurt? Tooooo bad, widdle boy. Go suck your thumb in the corner with your low energy daddy, Yeb.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (5pZqO)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM
Talk about throwing the baby out of the pan and into the kettle black fire, or whatever...
Posted by: Confused Moron at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (pIzTo)
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Not surprising. Money can buy their own water systems to protect themselves. Diesel generators as well. They probably also maintain fire breaks around the property, as well.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (2graF)
I hope everyone of them gets cussed out until they are too traumatized to ever pick up a phone again.
Posted by: Fed.gov beancounter at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (ou9hh)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:10 PM
We should keep an eye out for you.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:11 PM (GwxCX)
ICWYDT
Posted by: Inogame at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: That guy who always says... at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2023 03:14 PM (MOY79)
Posted by: That guy who always says... at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (Xrfse)
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Go on...
Posted by: Pete Boot-Edge-Edge at August 14, 2023 03:14 PM (WkNQM)
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Wasn't it GF saying it to Pussy Galore?
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:14 PM (2graF)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at August 14, 2023 03:15 PM (Xrfse)
The President made a statement last Thursday and you'll hear more from him this week, but look this is something the President is clearly concerned about and blah, blah, blah."
Joe is clearly concerned? No, that's not clear, KJP, that's why the reporter asked you when we'll hear from him, you propagandist mop-top!
The Junta sticks our nose in it every chance they get. She could have said Joe is very concerned, or used a hundred adjectives to describe Joe's level of concern. "Clearly" doesn't mean anything - Joe could be truly concerned or be concerned he must pretend to give a sh!t about what happens in a place on the other side of the world, a place where he already has its Electoral College votes pocketed.
A trip to Maui is now totally TBD per KJP. Maybe Joe needs a lot of time before meeting with realives of the dead to write a note card with his story about how Beau died in a climate-warming caused wildfire in Iraq.
Posted by: Gref at August 14, 2023 03:15 PM (AMIL/)
Yes, but they're not measuring cold deaths. The metric is heat deaths and how we need to eliminate those by any means necessary.
Cold deaths are irrelevant to the metric.
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Posted by: Fed.gov beancounter at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (ou9hh)
You think cold deaths are bad now.. just wait till we get rid of natural gas heating...
Posted by: EPA at August 14, 2023 03:15 PM (53oGX)
Bwahahahahahahaha.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 02:58 PM (nW4TA)
Currently in Waco, TX it is 101 degrees.
Currently in Dallas it is 99 degrees.
Must be a cold front.Yesterday the high was 106 degrees in Dallas.
Posted by: Glenn John
It is. Overnight low is supposed to be 62. Twenty degrees cooler than normal.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:15 PM (nW4TA)
Posted by: Ben Had
As he would take cornyn out in a primary in a heartbeat if he decided sen over gov
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:15 PM (CIS44)
Washington is taking greater note. The Biden administration issued heat safety orders last month, and Democrats recently advanced new workplace protections. Union efforts, including a UPS labor deal set to air-condition vehicles for the first time, have added momentum. But as the 2024 presidential campaign revs up, policy efforts risk slowing even as the climate crisis intensifies.
It's NONSENCE. They took the easiest sites in which they can BS employers to "measure" for the greater good, i.e., union or potential union personnel.
If they knew how legally over decades, the Secretary (of Labor) would have promulgated laws but didn't because measurement and enforcement are virtually impossible. In lieu of promulgating laws, Fact Sheets and Hazard Warnings are available - the SAME as for several decades. No laws, beatable citations.
Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (GshMh)
Posted by: InZona at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (5GZJ1)
Which it may be. But if you aren't going to say what he is being accused of, chances are about 100% that he did whatever they claim
Posted by: deadrody at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (kYmXc)
@CitizenFreePres 11m
KJP mispronounced the name of Hawaii's Sen. Mazie Hirono and then called her a man.
"Senator Hareeno, he thanked the president..."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (4I/2K)
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"And four times is a conspiracy theory! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:17 PM (9UaSi)
Posted by: That guy who always says... at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (Xrfse)
Not mine!
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 14, 2023 03:17 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (4I/2K)
A sauna under there...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 14, 2023 03:17 PM (ynpvh)
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, ... conducting business while being intoxicated.
That was positively Bidenesque
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2023 03:17 PM (5pZqO)
He's got Abbott's Harris County fraud machine behind him.
Backstopped by having his district in the heart of RINO land--Democrats who want lower taxes cause they live in million-dollar homes.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 03:18 PM (FGJND)
Georgia DA trying to get DJT's head first
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2023 03:18 PM (MOY79)
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Strike that! Reverse it.
Posted by: Willy Wonka politics geenyoos at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (NGFVa)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:35 PM (lTGtQ)
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They lost me when I found out they were besties with Clintons.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (3JfbU)
@townhallcom 32m
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE:
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2023 02:35 PM (lTGtQ)
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They lost me when I found out they were besties with Clintons.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (3JfbU)
I'll befriend the Clintons or die trying!
Posted by: Jeffrey E at August 14, 2023 03:20 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Sam Adams at August 14, 2023 03:20 PM (KEWDx)
Posted by: That guy who always says... at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (Xrfse)
Not mine!
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 14, 2023 03:17 PM
Why not, it's flat.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:20 PM (GwxCX)
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE:
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (IG4Id)
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Ah, so she's channeling her inner Kamala.
This is very informative information.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:20 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 03:21 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (AbYHm
^^^^THERE^^^
That is the real reason for getting rid of Paxton. Dictators don't like losing.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 14, 2023 03:21 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: That guy who always says... at August 14, 2023 03:13 PM (Xrfse)
Not mine!
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 14, 2023 03:17 PM
Why not, it's flat.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:20 PM (GwxCX)
Stonk empowered womans don't lay down on the job!
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 14, 2023 03:21 PM (53oGX)
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE:
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (IG4Id)
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C'mon Jack, burnt bodies look all the same. Imagine their terror in not knowing what to say?
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023 03:21 PM (2graF)
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM
He ran calling wildfire!!!
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:21 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 14, 2023 03:21 PM (0EOe9)
Posted by: Zombie Norm Crosby at August 14, 2023 03:22 PM (Xrfse)
A trip to Maui is now totally TBD per KJP. Maybe Joe needs a lot of time before meeting with realives of the dead to write a note card with his story about how Beau died in a climate-warming caused wildfire in Iraq.
Posted by: Gref
I thought that he expired from thermal shock after jumping into the ice-cold Euphrates River during a 112 degrees in the shade day in Baghdad.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2023 03:22 PM (5pZqO)
Minor bit of clarification but the in order to remove Paxton it requires the votes of 2/3rds of senators *present*. Hypothetically a couple senators here and there, like say Senator Mrs. Paxton, could take off out of state and lower the threshold.
Posted by: Robert at August 14, 2023 03:22 PM (pfckh)
Posted by: Sam Adams at August 14, 2023 03:20 PM (KEWDx)
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I'm curious if there's a single state-level GOP apparatus that's at all conservative.
I really don't think there is one. There are just those that are more and less obnoxious about how much they hate the base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:22 PM (LvTSG)
He says it to Bond; I’m reading Goldfinger right now, and just got to that line last night.
And yeah, the Texas House is filled with light-in-the-loafers “Republicans”. It’s why we still don’t have educational pluralism, still haven’t abolished property taxes, and still subsidize unreliable power and shut down reliable power, in a state that is flush with reliable power.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Glenn John
It is. Overnight low is supposed to be 62. Twenty degrees cooler than normal.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:15 PM (nW4TA)
A lot of cold fronts fizzle out just south of the Red River. Collin and Denton counties always seem to get more rain than Dallas County.
Posted by: Glenn John at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (RilAR)
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
........
No, they were a devastatingly devastating devastation.
Posted by: wth at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:20 PM
Inner Kamala? Meaning full of jizz?
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (ppBhU)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:04 PM (LvTSG)
I was assured I would be dead by the time I was thirty and I am still waiting.
The only positive thing is the same people tell me I will own nothing and be happy. I figure I have a 50/50 chance that they are wrong about me owning nothing, also.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (3AatT)
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (GwxCX)
++++
In KJP's case, I kinda doubt it...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:23 PM (WkNQM)
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The first modern civil war has already started, and it's taking place inside the GOP.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (VTu1l)
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Dems are all of one mind and that includes the GOPe wing, it's the conservative nonconformists that are in their sights. How dare they want to be happy and free?
Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 14, 2023 03:24 PM (3JfbU)
Posted by: Pink Sock at August 14, 2023 03:24 PM (ji3Wy)
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 14, 2023 03:21 PM (53oGX)
Heh.
Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at August 14, 2023 03:24 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Most Southern states have internal conflicts over the Bidness coalition and the people who are actually popular. The Bidness coalition are there to grift and their nominal party label makes little difference. The politicians that are reformers and want to do something for the voters are attacked by various underhanded means by the Bidness coalition.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2023 03:24 PM (IK+LM)
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:24 PM (tQL7r)
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Wasn't it GF saying it to Pussy Galore?
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 14, 2023
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I think it's Goldfinger's line, after Bond has bumped into him in Miami (and busted up his little cheating-at-cards deal). Then Bond beats him at golf, and turns up a third time investigating Goldfinger's gold-reclamation plant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2023 03:25 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2023 03:25 PM (5pZqO)
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I say we do it anyway. At least we'll be rid of them for a few weeks.
Posted by: Constant Weeder at August 14, 2023 03:25 PM (NGFVa)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 14, 2023 03:25 PM (0EOe9)
Posted by: Kamaltoe Harris at August 14, 2023 03:25 PM (17s+e)
Yeah, hard to tell. The Senate seems to vote much more reliably conservative than the House, but of course that could be just more failure theater knowing that their bills won’t get through the House.
Like the DC House and Senate willing to kill the unaffordable care act only so long as they know it will get vetoed by the President.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2023 03:26 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at August 14, 2023 03:26 PM (vbuLV)
@townhallcom 32m
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE:
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (IG4Id)
______________
"It was a fiery fire!"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 14, 2023 03:26 PM (YqDXo)
That said, he is on our side for now, so for that, I would back him and keep him in office.
Posted by: Nova Local at August 14, 2023 03:26 PM (exHjb)
Yeah, hard to tell. The Senate seems to vote much more reliably conservative than the House, but of course that could be just more failure theater knowing that their bills won’t get through the House.
Like the DC House and Senate willing to kill the unaffordable care act only so long as they know it will get vetoed by the President.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2023 03:26 PM (EXyHK)
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SC can't get constitutional carry or even closed primaries. My view of state level GOP is...not generous.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:27 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (4I/2K)
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Wearing sucking out of a pair of 80 lb Camelbacks probably keeps her balanced and her spine straight.
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:27 PM (D89Il)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 14, 2023 03:27 PM (oWBc3)
Georgia DA trying to get DJT's head first
Posted by: Skip at August 14, 2023 03:18 PM
That BITCH! Giving men head for political gain is MY job!
Posted by: VP Kamala Harris at August 14, 2023 03:27 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: JT at August 14, 2023 03:27 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Kamaltoe Harris at August 14, 2023 03:25 PM (17s+e)
........
Rooolll another one
just like the other one
You've been hanging on to it
and I sure would like a hit
Posted by: wth at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (v0R5T)
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
Which is why we stand ready to buy your properties at rock-bottom prices. We won't be underbought!
Posted by: Cabal RealTOR Association at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (ptElO)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 14, 2023 03:27 PM (oWBc3)
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I remember 2018 exit polls showing that Cruz won transplants to TX but Beto won natives.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: deadrody at August 14, 2023 03:16 PM (kYmXc)
For certain forms of "did."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (dGCAG)
That whole movie is amazing. I love the part in the library where the cold air is literally chasing the kids down the hallway, but is stopped by closing the doors. Then, some high-roading prick scolds the bookish nerds for burning tax law books to keep warm and tells them that books are for learning.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (0N1h0)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (xcxpd)
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There are also boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
I really don't think there is one. There are just those that are more and less obnoxious about how much they hate the base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The Uniparty GOPe hide in plain sight. Conservatism has no core principles whatsoever and is perfect for a variety of grifting sobs to cover their actions.
The GOP as a party has always been centralized in the South because that was how federal patronage was distributed during the 100 years of Dixie Democrats. They long ago developed the beautiful loser candidates that would suck up money for useless candidacies.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (IK+LM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:27 PM (LvTSG)
Machine controlled states are just that.. controlled.
GOP or Prog Commie... they are controlled.
Posted by: Inogame at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (53oGX)
If any driver is found transporting someone who is unlawfully in the sunshine state, they could face five years in jail and a $5,000 fine.
The road law came to light after civil rights groups asked a judge to throw out the ruling, claiming that it could make it unsafe for people to receive medical care, meet with family, and go to work, CBS News reports.
Posted by: SMOD at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (RHGPo)
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This is the way.
*intensifies*
Posted by: Constant Weeder at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (NGFVa)
85R/64D. So about 3/4 of the Rs must have voted for impeachment.
So either the GOPe is cataclysmically out of sync with the voters or this impeachment is popular in TX.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (VNGpB)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door
A Number Six?
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:30 PM (tQL7r)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (VNGpB)
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I know which way I'm betting, and it's not because the GOP has shown itself politically capable on any level over the past 20 years of me paying attention to politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:30 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 14, 2023 03:30 PM (0EOe9)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 14, 2023 02:40 PM (VTu1l)
I don't think we can get rid of the establishment from within. We've been trying since the Tea Party days. They've shown that they'll pull in help from the Democrat establishment to maintain their position against us.
They'd rather betray their voters and hold onto power at all costs than do their jobs and represent us.
It's time for a new party. The GOP won't be around for more than a decade if we leave it.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:30 PM (gJKGU)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (xcxpd)
Your statement hints at some profound concepts which hardly anyone takes time to consider.. we are living in the results of that indifference, or ignorance perhaps.
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: SMOD at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (RHGPo)
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How are they going to work if they're illegal?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (WkNQM)
@townhallcom 32m
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE:
Wildfires in Hawaii have been "a devastating devastation."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2023 03:19 PM (IG4Id)
______________
"It was a fiery fire!"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 14, 2023 03:26 PM (YqDXo)
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"The significance of the passage of fire, right? The significance of the passage of fire. So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of fire ... there is such great significance to the passage of fire."
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (D89Il)
So yeah, a whole shitbucket of scumsucking RINO's suckling that teat.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (FGJND)
I really don't think there is one. There are just those that are more and less obnoxious about how much they hate the base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
Id say over the last 5ish years OK has moved in a definite conservative direction, from their "conservative" position, ever since that corrupt twat waffle Fallon termed out.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (CIS44)
They'd rather betray their voters and hold onto power at all costs than do their jobs and represent us.
It's time for a new party. The GOP won't be around for more than a decade if we leave it.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:30 PM (gJKGU)
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We've been trying since the Taft/Eisenhower days.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
Indeedy do.
Posted by: 102ZZZ at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (CIS44)
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Well, huzzah. I hope you are right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:32 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 14, 2023 03:32 PM (0EOe9)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Texas Speaker of the House is a pretty powerful post because it is a coalition of Dems and GOPe that keep him there. Rank and file dare not cross the guy.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2023 03:32 PM (IK+LM)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water
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There are also boobs.
Posted by TheJames Madison
Sorry, guys. But those are mostly fake.
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:32 PM (tQL7r)
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:32 PM (tQL7r)
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Meh. So is government legitimacy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating
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CNN poll. Why do you keep citing it?
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (AbYHm)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (xcxpd)
Your statement hints at some profound concepts which hardly anyone takes time to consider.. we are living in the results of that indifference, or ignorance perhaps.
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (PCK5/)
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Mao. Barrel. Point.
Some disassembly required ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (D89Il)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas
I remember well how people reacted when I suggested that more than a decade ago.
Seems most of my laughter is bitter these days.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:30 PM (tQL7r)
You don't need to know that. Sheriff Bart will be sent instead of doing a Number 6.
Posted by: Gref at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door
A Number Six?
Posted by: Prime Sister
Bill always gets his SIXs confused with his TWOs.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (17s+e)
This ^^^^^^^^^^^^
I got a call from RINO INC. (Republican Party of Texas) begging for money and expressed similar concerns. I read them the riot act since Cornyn had, at the time, introduced a "gun control" bill. A republican writing a gun control bill. Jeez!
I said I'm tired of the grifting bull shit. You need to do what you say for at least the next 10 years for me to donate to GOPe Texas.
I also added that I'd be voting for whoever ran against Cornyn even it it was a damned Donk. If Cornyn's going to act like a Donk, why have a cheap imitation when I can vote for the original ? Saving thier ass, and keeping the grift a going is the only thing these assholes understand.
Burn it down, leave no stone standing atop another. Salt the earth where it stood.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (cCxiu)
'Even if you spray the Bushes with 100% straight Roundup, they'll pop back up in about ten, twelve weeks or so.'
Then do it every 10-12 weeks.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (VNGpB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating
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CNN poll. Why do you keep citing it?
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (AbYHm)
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Because I've seen no other data to say otherwise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
...have you MET the GOPe?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Ackshually, it was a perfect ring of fire. Anyone else see that picture? Or video?
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (tQL7r)
https://tinyurl.com/34btkf3c
Posted by: SMH
I believe it was the Police Chief that said that once the public learns all of the facts, they will understand why they did what they did. Doubtful. I hope that her son sues the hell out of them and wins a boatload.
Posted by: Cheri at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating
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CNN poll. Why do you keep citing it?
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (AbYHm)
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Because I've seen no other data to say otherwise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (LvTSG)
Do you draw a conclusion from that?
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: brak at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (25k9m)
https://tinyurl.com/5n97jrzm
Posted by: PJ at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (G1dq6)
I really don't think there is one. There are just those that are more and less obnoxious about how much they hate the base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Things swing pretty quickly sometimes. Iowa was kind of purple just a few years ago...we had Senator Harkin, a pair of Dem Govs, some Dem Reps, Republican Gov Branstad was a moderate squish....
And now, Governor Reynolds is a ruthless, under-the-radar DeSantis, destroying the Left and pushing all sorts of conservative initiatives through whatever powers she can muster. And the State Party, for the most part, is helping (or staying out of the way). We'll see if it lasts...Senator Ernst has been a disappointment lol
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:31 PM (LvTSG)
I wasn't around for those, so I'll take your word for it.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (gJKGU)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oWBc3)
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Very possible, and I'm not exactly trustful of polls.
But, seriously, I've seen nothing else to say otherwise and Cruz did barely win while Abbott cruised to victory by 16 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: uniparty
...
I regert all of them except Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM (nW4TA)
Most of my votes have been "against" votes, excepting the two you mentioned.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (LvTSG)
++++
FIFY
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (WkNQM)
Then do it every 10-12 weeks.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (VNGpB)
Flamethrower. It's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (4I/2K)
Texas adressed my concerns by removing me from the "Beg Money" list. heh.
I'll take that as a small victory.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (LvTSG)
++++
FIFY
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (WkNQM)
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*drat*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (LvTSG)
that POS just went from useless idiot to traitor in my book. What a curse on this country that whole family is.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (Pxjgu)
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I'd put it this way, Texas primary votes are overwhelming for Trump.
Trump has been impeached for BS.
Is being charged for more BS reasons.
I don't see Texas conservatives saying, "but this is proper"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (FGJND)
Yeah, the election was only last year. Paxton won 53 to 44 with these “scandals” hanging over his head. In the primary he beat George P. Bush 68 to 32, similarly “hampered” and was always referred to by fake news as something like the “embattled incumbent… beleaguered with legal and personal scandals”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: KLP at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (AMIL/)
They'd rather betray their voters and hold onto power at all costs than do their jobs and represent us.
It's time for a new party. The GOP won't be around for more than a decade if we leave it.
Posted by: Cato
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Like you, I am not optimistic that the GOP can be reformed at the national level, doubtful in some states, and even hard to do at the local level.
Without free and fair elections and cutting off the massive campaign funding of oligarchs and other organized groups to something like a couple of hundred bucks period, no party system will work.
Simply put, we are in the rotten boroughs stage of democracy.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (IK+LM)
Seems most of my laughter is bitter these days.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (OUMaO)
I was probably one of those against it, and I was wrong. Forgive me, I was young and unaware of just how deep the rot had gotten.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (gJKGU)
That whole movie is amazing.
It is a testament to its authors having missed all discussions concerning heat capacities in thermodynamics' classes
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (5pZqO)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (PCK5/)
That's all I want to hear from a candidate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (0FoWg)
Posted by: SMOD at August 14, 2023 03:29 PM (RHGPo)
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How are they going to work if they're illegal?
Posted by: Joe Mannix
If they are 'meeting with family' they can get a visa to visit.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (zbP2D)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (PCK5/)
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And they killed Davey Crockett!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (LvTSG)
I really don't think there is one. There are just those that are more and less obnoxious about how much they hate the base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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All of the major population centers in every state are deeply, deeply corrupted so it's nearly impossible to have a solid conservative majority in any state. The representation in each state depends on those centers of population, which tend to vote for RINOs (assuming their votes are even tabulated correctly, and not manufactured for the voters by the Machine).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (5pZqO)
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Ah, yes. And the lectures about how it was totally possible!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (LvTSG)
++++
FIFY
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:35 PM (WkNQM)
=========
*drat*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (LvTSG)
maybe he had the cruise control on the chair set
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (D89Il)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Very true. As are most things these days.
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (tQL7r)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (xcxpd)
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There are also boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
They say boobs are the opiate of the people.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (xcxpd)
Simply put, we are in the rotten boroughs stage of democracy.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (IK+LM)
If we can ever get an Article V convention, real campaign finance reform (that's not just rearranging the corruption into new forms, or the Democrats trying to cripple their opposition) must be a priority.
Keeping the oligarchs out of politics, or at least sharply limiting their influence, is a must.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (gJKGU)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."
-- Thucydides
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (jAB79)
Posted by: uniparty
...
I regert all of them except Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:12 PM
I feel dirty looking back. Hangs head in shame. Well no more, my last RINO vote is done.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
They say boobs are the opiate of the people.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (xcxpd)
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Marx didn't say that because Marx sucked cock by choice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (PCK5/)
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And they killed Davey Crockett!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (LvTSG)
Why yes, yes they did.. well that Santa Anna guy might have been involved a little bit…
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (PCK5/)
No respect.
Posted by: Robert Francis O'Rourke at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (LvTSG)
Why yes, yes they did.. well that Santa Anna guy might have been involved a little bit…
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (PCK5/)
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I was really hoping for an Animal House callback.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (WkNQM)
Speaking of that, we need more people pointing out that the social contract has been broken - and how - by the government.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:40 PM (gJKGU)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 14, 2023 03:40 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM
Don't forget about us! Beto is dreamy! The Mexican Trudeau!!!
Posted by: Austin at August 14, 2023 03:40 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (PCK5/)
No respect.
Posted by: Robert Francis O'Rourke
We don't count almosts, Pancho Vanilla.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 14, 2023 03:41 PM (nW4TA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (LvTSG)
Why yes, yes they did.. well that Santa Anna guy might have been involved a little bit…
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (PCK5/)
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I was really hoping for an Animal House callback.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (LvTSG)
I have failed you… again.. Lo siento..
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:41 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (YIVH2)
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* Arizona has entered the chat, and put on its rainbow shades *
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:41 PM (D89Il)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM
Actually, it was the Mexican Army who killed Davy Crockett.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 14, 2023 03:41 PM (jAB79)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (LvTSG)
I have failed you… again.. Lo siento..
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:41 PM (PCK5/)
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It's not me you have failed, it is the Horde.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:41 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oWBc3)
I drove through El Paso a few months back, at night. Seeing all the lights on the other side... Mexico is RIGHT THERE, in ways the drive on I8 in California isn't, even though you can see the fence for miles.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 03:41 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: SMOD
Meanwhile, our pole smoking Gov. in CO has given illegal aliens the green light to get driver's licenses in this state. Whoopee! You thought driving through the Rockies in Winter could get dicey before?
Posted by: Cheri at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (oiNtH)
from https://marksimonappledaily.substack.com
no cite so not sure how true.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (Pxjgu)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:28 PM (xcxpd)
The law is only worthy of respect when all are equal before it.
When it has become nothing but an instrument of power, used to suppress opposition, it is illegitimate.
Which is, to say, the only reason not to become a pirate right now is just to avoid punishment.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (gJKGU)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (PCK5/)
Simply put, we are in the rotten boroughs stage of democracy.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2023 03:36 PM (IK+LM)
I'm confused. So, what IS a rubber button?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (n+4am)
Seems most of my laughter is bitter these days.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at August 14, 2023 03:33 PM (OUMaO)
Sorry. I wasn't paying attention to the replies. Did you get told that all third parties are evil rapists, drug addicts and libertines who seek to destroy America as it was founded so they can follow their impossible millennial goals, or is that reserved for anyone who strays away from straight doctrinaire rule following Conservatism and worshipers of government power to create "stability"?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM
You, Sir, are no Flounder.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (jAB79)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (hv9bm)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (PCK5/)
++++
It's got yellow roses, though. Well, at least one.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (gJKGU)
*nods*
Don't get caught.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (xcxpd)
* Arizona has entered the chat, and put on its rainbow shades *
Posted by: ShainS
Perfessor said "voted for RINOs"... obviously AZ doesn't fit that scenario and never will with the Sec of State being tied up by the cheaters.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (zbP2D)
Posted by: Austin at August 14, 2023 03:40 PM (JCZqz)
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South African-American > Mexican-Cuban
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (D89Il)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (Pxjgu)
Secret missions tend not to generate a lot of sources for citation.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (gJKGU)
Posted by: tubal
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And they killed Davey Crockett!
Posted by: The James Madison
Don't forget about JFK
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (tQL7r)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (gJKGU)
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Well, that and if I went rogue, I'd need someone to feed my cats...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (YIVH2)
'I'd put it this way, Texas primary votes are overwhelming for Trump.
Trump has been impeached for BS.'
Good corroborating point. Texas conservative voter *wouldn't * see BS in just one of those cases.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (VNGpB)
Plaintiffs have a fundamental right to a clean and healthful environment, which includes climate as part of the environmental life support system,” Seeley wrote in her decision.
The Held vs. Montana case was the first case challenging state and national climate and energy policies to make it to trial in the U.S., and is now the first in which the plaintiffs, 16 Montana youth now ages 5 to 22, were victorious.
Julia Olson, the chief legal counsel and executive director for Our Children’s Trust, the group behind the lawsuit, called Seeley’s decision “a sweeping win” for Montana, the youth plaintiffs, and the climate, and said more court victories would be coming.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (slgIg)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (gJKGU)
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Well, that and if I went rogue, I'd need someone to feed my cats...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (YIVH2)
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Teach that thing to rest on your shoulder and fit it out for an eyepatch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:38 PM (xcxpd)
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Marx didn't say that because Marx sucked cock by choice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 14, 2023 03:39 PM (LvTSG)
#Truth
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:37 PM (YIVH2)
Missouri is pretty solid. The state legislature is dominated by downstate pols. Even with St. Louis and KC, they're not enough to make any real dent.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (gJKGU)
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What's the APA style guide say about citing secret missions? I want to share that with my class next week...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2023 03:45 PM (l3jbj)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2023 03:45 PM (l3jbj)
Oh probably flaunt her breasts in loud provocative clothing, wearing hooker boots…
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (PCK5/)
Prattling about the rule of law in this country is just fucking ridiculous.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (0FoWg)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (gJKGU)
Aaarrrggghhh!! Surround yourself with a sufficient number of scurvy dawgs, and there will be no punishment.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (hv9bm)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (dGCAG)
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I live in MO. It's pretty solid, yes, though the pols in KC, St. Louis, Columbia (home of Mizzou), and Springfield can still cause quite a bit of trouble.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (VNGpB)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (GwxCX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:44 PM (YIVH2)
If you go rogue, wouldn't you be generating a number of someones to feed your cats?
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (gJKGU)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (hv9bm)
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Talk Like A Pirate Day is next month...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:47 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:42 PM (gJKGU)
*nods*
Don't get caught.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (xcxpd)
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* Francisco d'Anconia has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:47 PM (D89Il)
Posted by: tubal
*perks up*
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 14, 2023 03:47 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM
* scribbles notes *
Posted by: Nancy P. (D-CA) at August 14, 2023 03:47 PM (jAB79)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 14, 2023 03:48 PM (WkNQM)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2023 03:48 PM (hv9bm)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (gJKGU)
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Heh.
Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 14, 2023 03:48 PM (D89Il)
Cruz beat the COC and the Bush's,
Posted by: Braenyard at August 14, 2023 03:49 PM (AbYHm)
***********
Been to Texas as well, I remember seeing a lot of roads and highways. A lot of them. Like seriously, a lot.
I also stood on the spot where the CIA murdered JFK
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at August 14, 2023 03:49 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at August 14, 2023 03:43 PM (gJKGU)
Well, yes but 30 years later you would expect it to be written about by someone in a book. I guess if it had ever been seen as a good idea, it would have, but this was never confused with being smart.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 14, 2023 03:49 PM (Pxjgu)
Posted by: tubal at August 14, 2023 03:49 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 03:46 PM (YIVH2)
It's weird, in that Democrats CAN win statewide, and you can also get squishy Gopes in the Gov's mansion and Senate, although right now that's not really the case. Unless you consider The Parson to be squishy.
I do believe though, the legislature has mostly purged itself of Gopes in leadership positions. I don't follow it very closely now, but last I saw the Governor wasn't going to be able to override any legislation they passed, even if he wanted to, and right now, he doesn't seem to want to.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 14, 2023 03:50 PM (dGCAG)
Easily a quarter of the R's in the House are Democrats. And at least a quarter more are RINOs.
Posted by: Tar Bae at August 14, 2023 03:53 PM (kW93L)
Posted by: Austin at August 14, 2023 03:40 PM (JCZqz)
Beto's mom had sex with Castro?!!?
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 14, 2023 03:54 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: AnnaS at August 14, 2023 04:01 PM (lbal/)
Every bit of Paxton's distractions come from liberal press initiatives that date back him beating Rove's client Dan Branch in 2014.
I had to go to ancient Dallas TV station reporting to get away from the 'Texas Observer', Texas Tribune' and other such lib rags that now contribute to Hearst publications.
Posted by: DanMan at August 14, 2023 04:05 PM (DB6tu)
When the county asked what it would cost to prosecute him three attorneys out of Houston (Kent Schaffer, Brian Wice and Natalie Lagorda (?)) estimated it would take $30k. Collin County budgeted $100k and their first invoice came in at $245k! They eventually got paid but their next invoice was for almost $500k and it was never paid.
Collin County dropped the case while Paxton was requesting a speady trial. Wice and Schaffer are in the current mix and have not only revived the Collin County case, they got it moved the Harris County (Houston).
The federal Western District of Texas court got caught extorting witnesses in the 2020 case out of Travis County (Austin) and were removed from that case only to see it move to Garlands DOJ when it got revived by the house.
My Texas rep Stan Kitzman voted to impeach and will serve his first and last term because of his vote.
Posted by: DanMan at August 14, 2023 04:17 PM (DB6tu)
Posted by: A person afraid of the LGBTQ lobby at August 14, 2023 04:20 PM (zODkY)
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Posted by: DanMan at August 14, 2023 04:23 PM (DB6tu)
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Posted by: DanMan at August 14, 2023 05:29 PM (DB6tu)
Posted by: Car Pit Baggin at August 14, 2023 05:46 PM (ZTo+d)
Just think where we would be today if the Republican Party had not undermined their own leader for 4 years and then helped the Left steal President Trump's reelection with millions of phony votes.
I hate the Republican Party and hope they die. Forever. After President Trump, I will NEVER vote for them again. And I am not alone in that sentiment.
Posted by: Tracy at August 14, 2023 07:13 PM (8fkk+)
And assuming that there is some sort of a legitimate electoral political process in force after 2024, there is no reason to be a Republican. Another political vehicle will have to be found.
Subotai Bahadur
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at August 14, 2023 08:07 PM (nwDHw)
We fought a war of independence to get away from that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 14, 2023 02:36
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You are not a professor of history, I take it. You also know nothing of the history of the Bush family if you think familial relationships and double/quintuple standards don't apply in the US,especially in the political system.
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