Jump to content

UpperWestside

Certifiably Surly
  • Posts

    6465
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Reputation

9334 Surly 1%

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

  1. If I had to put co one that I would want to see win it would be her, but for the reasons you stated it won’t happen and I also find that extremely disappointing. So incredibly ignorant to judge her because she is a black woman and one that has no qualms about voicing her thoughts. I love that about her. I have only been in relationships or dated black women since my 2nd year of college. They’ve all been women who work twice as hard as their white counterparts and I can say that they were all exceptionally intelligent as well. All beautiful too, but that’s another story. I say that to say that I feel strongly about seeing black women in the halls of power. The more the merrier.
  2. What a time to be alive.
  3. No one is trying to FAFO with any of them.
  4. This is more/less my view. Talarico is obviously an underdog in Texas. That whole being kind to others and treating all people with dignity and love doesn’t play well with the die-hard in the cult. Out of the two he still has the better shot to win, even if it’s a long one.
  5. I do not know how else I can say why this is not in the best interests of Texas Democrats. Fascists run Texas right now. Ms. Crockett is not going to win a statewide race under those circumstances. I have a better chance of the Lakers signing me to play shooting guard than she would have flipping that state right now. No amount of spectacle is going to change that. Talarico, once again, should be out canvassingTexas trying to break the fever grip of fascism that has engulfed the state. He’s the one for this cycle. Whether he wins or not I do not know. I do know Ms. Crockett should’ve ran for Congress again. That is where she can affect change.
  6. Also that’s a what’s in it for me if I don’t try to pass legislation making it even harder to run an athletic program from that congressman. Just an attempt to grift.
  7. I feel like I already answered this, but I’ll try and restate it with more words. I do not, in theory, think it is ever a bad idea to have this in a time of normalcy where you have a modicum of decorum etc. These are not normal times. Every single day he is not out canvassing the state presenting to voters in Texas his ideas for how to attempt to right a ship that’s leaning heavily towards sinking is a day wasted. You want to hold this contested primary in a time where contrasting two candidates and their ideas matter is different than the current landscape of combatting fascism that now has a fairly firm grip on Texas. Time is of the essence in attempting to fight back. Talarico is, and I think this will hold true, the right sex and color for that state. I find that abhorrent because I’d personally rather vote for women of color almost all of the time. I was able to vote for AOC once when I lived in her district. Talarico will be able to talk to people who normally do not want to hear one of those evil libtards because of how he looks and that he’s a man. It’s not right, but it is what it is. I also happen to like Congresswoman Crockett quite a bit. Her and AOC are two that I enjoy listening to. She just is not going to win a statewide race in fascist Texas. I want ideas to matter and I want to hear a diverse array of them. I won’t agree with every single thing a Democratic candidate thinks or says, but I want to hear their ideas in a normal time. This just is not it.
  8. I am looking at a country destroying public school education right now and that has no political stripe because New York is gutting their public schools in favor of charter schools the same as Texas is and those two states are polar opposites on most everything else. The results of this will not be seen until 15-20 years down the road. The United States has world class universities because the world has been coming to the United Staes to get educated because we used to believe that’s a good thing. Invite the world to come here to get educated and if you have something valuable to add to America we wanted these people to stay and work here. The last decade has shown that is no longer the case. When you actively scare off great professors and foreign students it has an effect and it’s one that will show up down the road. I use history as a guide on almost everything and history says what’s happening now will not end well for higher education.
  9. I just clearly stated my position on this.
  10. I feel primary challengers are good in normal times and in states that are not like Texas. Talarico gains nothing by having to make his case against Congresswoman Crockett.
  11. Yep. It sucks. A fairly decent portion of American society would rather field a great football or basketball team rather than invest money into students who are struggling to make it through school. It’s embarrassing how little we care about academics in the US as a whole.
  12. I don’t know what you want me to say about ASU being in the negative as well. There’s only a select few schools turning a profit. I don’t think that’s news to anyone here. I think I already said more schools are going to do this. If ASU folded up the entire athletic program it wouldn’t have any tangible effect on me. It’s just entertainment. I don’t base my life around the football team or athletic program. And it’s pretty easy there “champ” to talk about Utah doing this when they should just drop football if they are taking PE money to field a team.
  13. Wulaw also thought that Dodgers getting Ohtani for the price they paid was a bad decision. He's like an older Helo.
  14. I have an uncle that'd have a coronary if she won the seat. He's not particularly religious nor does he seem to care about Maga from what I can gather, but Crockett is a no go for him.
  15. Getting alcohol sold at all of their sporting events. Should be fun watching Mormons drink during the game and not before it anymore. No way that alcohol ban stays in place with this deal. BYU will probably follow with that as well. Should make for some good Mormon on Mormon violence, especially during football and basketball games. I know it’s not that simple, but seeing this transpire will be something.
×
×
  • Create New...