Ken Paxton is dirty? NO FUCKING WAY!

[WBT 20568]

The impeachment is really just a proxy in the war between Phelan and Patrick right?  Hopefully just the first step.

[Gil Bang 25957]

Last thing I remember; April was working at Zoomar's Petting Zoo by the train tracks, waiting for her ship to come in.

[TexasEd 8067]

16 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

If Patrick isn't played by Jane Lynch it will be a huge miss. 

 

9 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

She's too tall and doesn't have the requisite "Paunch".  Though I'm told with CGI, that's not all that big an issue these days.  

But then, there's also the issue that Patrick looks like a fucking lesbian muppet at a Tommy Hilfiger/Subaru corporate activation event.  

George Santos

[Beau Vine 54226]

Ken thinks he's Trump:

 

[HenryJames 66052]

So I can legally hit them with my car, right?

[YGIFS 19450]

Why do I get the feeling that we're all going to Waffle House tomorrow around 11:00a for my birthday and then taking a massive shit at the Capitol around 1:00p?  

[Beau Vine 54226]

TTrib:

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Kaci Sisk was sitting in the House gallery Friday in support of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The president of the Bulverde Spring Branch Conservative Republicans drove two hours to Austin this morning from Bulverde, a small town north of San Antonio, in the chance that the House would vote to impeach the attorney general. The debate will be Saturday.

“Paxton is the most effective attorney general this state has ever had,” said the conservative PAC president.

“Amen,” said Rebecca Broughton, who was sitting in a row behind Sisk.

Sisk said the impeachment was a baseless, retaliatory move against Paxton for calling on House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign earlier this week after a video of Phelan slurring his words while managing the House floor circulated online. Paxton, and others, suggested Phelan was drunk. Sisk lumped Phelan supporters and those who support Paxton’s impeachment together with the Democrats.

In reality, the Republican-led House committee that is moving forward with impeachment hearings began investigating Paxton months ago.

“Those who vote for impeachment are effectively siding with the Biden administration and corrupt DAs in the state,” Sisk said.

Wearing Texas state flag earrings and a jean jacket, Broughton agreed with everything Sisk said. Broughton, who is the precinct chair and treasurer for the Guadalupe County Republican Party, noted how every Republican she’s spoken with is in lockstep behind Paxton. The support from the Republican base is strong, Sisk said.

“We don’t care that he’s been indicted; we don’t care,” Sisk said. “It’s politically motivated because he is a serious warrior for conservative Texans and for this state.”

Despite Sisk and Broughton’s insistence that the majority of Republicans in the state were behind Paxton, there were few at the Capitol on Friday visibly in support of him. They attributed this to the fact that this sequence of events happened so quickly, and right before a holiday weekend, and therefore many couldn’t make it to the Capitol.

Both women pointed to his decisive victory last November as evidence of Paxton’s popularity. Paxton won reelection by almost 800,000 votes against his Democratic challenger Rochelle Garza. Sisk noted that voting to impeach Paxton would be disenfranchising millions of voters.

“How can they even have the arrogance to want to overturn an election?” Sisk asked.

smh

[NameAlreadyInUse 5112]

Did they come on their horses, or were they the assholes driving 45 MPH in the left lane?

[Pato del Muerto 52497]

4 minutes ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

Did they come on their horses, or were they the assholes driving 45 MPH in the left lane?

No shit, 2 hours? 
 

she probably also believes that everyone is Christian, because everyone she talks to at her Christian church happens to be Christian. 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

Wilks and Dunn

Are they going to shield him from the Nate money friends?

What do they know about it?

Sullivan’s group has close ties to a group of West Texas oil tycoons — notably Tim Dunn and brothers Dan and Farris Wilks — who have donated small fortunes to Paxton. Campaign finance records show that, since 2002, Dunn and the Wilks have been among Paxton’s most generous backers, pouring in at least $1.4 million in individual contributions and another $870,000 through their various fundraising groups, including Defend Texas Liberty PAC.

Last year, Defend Texas Liberty spent more than $5 million in an ill-fated attempt to replace Abbott and Phelan with more conservative candidates. This session, candidates backed by the group — including Bryan Slaton, the former Royse City representative who was ousted by the House this year for having sex with a teenage aide after giving her alcohol — have been by far the most vocal critics of Phelan.

 

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Is it too much to hope that Paxton and Phelan eat each other

[conVINCEd 21469]

I’m in for some R on R violence.  PPV that shit and

[pyrohornIII 4814]

On 5/24/2023 at 11:59 AM, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

Wasn't this already reported on Paxton like a year ago, or was that a different GQP fraud?

5 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

They could sell gallery tickets to fund a happy hour for Phelan.

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

TTrib:

smh

I have no doubts my brother is a card carrying member of that PAC.  

 

What is the Cartel equivalent of the Russian 'fall from a window'?   

 

Is it possible all these investigations into the big hospitals was the straw that broke this?     I know it wasn't all of it, but you have to know those places are raising a few glasses tonight.

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33870]

50 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

Wilks and Dunn

Are they going to shield him from the Nate money friends?

What do they know about it?

Sullivan’s group has close ties to a group of West Texas oil tycoons — notably Tim Dunn and brothers Dan and Farris Wilks — who have donated small fortunes to Paxton. Campaign finance records show that, since 2002, Dunn and the Wilks have been among Paxton’s most generous backers, pouring in at least $1.4 million in individual contributions and another $870,000 through their various fundraising groups, including Defend Texas Liberty PAC.

Last year, Defend Texas Liberty spent more than $5 million in an ill-fated attempt to replace Abbott and Phelan with more conservative candidates. This session, candidates backed by the group — including Bryan Slaton, the former Royse City representative who was ousted by the House this year for having sex with a teenage aide after giving her alcohol — have been by far the most vocal critics of Phelan.

 

 

god even their terms and nomenclature suck. cabal? who uses that word in everyday speech (I'm talking about wypipo here). their words are somehow an assault on my ears and I'm only reading them

[Woland 733]

I think defend Texas liberty is the group that has the billboard on 35 in jerrell that says something like more casinos mean more crime. So I guess they don’t want Texans to have the liberty to own, operate, or patronize casinos in this state. 

It’s a theme repeated often in different iterations. A new American ethos.

[TwiceHorn 31468]

13 minutes ago, pyrohornIII said:

Wasn't this already reported on Paxton like a year ago, or was that a different GQP fraud?

They could sell gallery tickets to fund a happy hour for Phelan.

I have no doubts my brother is a card carrying member of that PAC.  

 

What is the Cartel equivalent of the Russian 'fall from a window'?   

 

Is it possible all these investigations into the big hospitals was the straw that broke this?     I know it wasn't all of it, but you have to know those places are raising a few glasses tonight.

 

It's baffling.  I don't see any of this as not being well within normal tolerances of GQP.

One thing, though, as someone mentioned, Texas is basically a one-party state.  The GOP doesn't have to sell out on Trump to stay in office here, really.  I suppose they may want to ward off that every 30-40 year flop between R and D.  Maybe some of these people are actually sick of being performative assclowns.

Nah.

[Firemans4Horn 18049]

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2 hours ago, WBT said:

The impeachment is really just a proxy in the war between Phelan and Patrick right?  Hopefully just the first step.

This is not a fight that Patrick wants - if he loses, he’s weakened, and he’s already announced his retirement.

I’d like to think this is moderates vs MAGA , but it’s probably far more simple - House didn’t want to be an accessory to Paxton’s crimes by ponying up the settlement and/or they know some serious heat is coming from the feds or elsewhere.

Paxton really fucked himself over by being so arrogant and leaving paper trails and trying to use public funds to defend somebody like Nate Paul.  And Paul probably already rolled on Paxton.

[CTC2 2797]

3 hours ago, WBT said:

The impeachment is really just a proxy in the war between Phelan and Patrick right?  Hopefully just the first step.

For some reason I think it’s more about self preservation. Like something is coming related to Paxton and they did not want to be seen as paying his settlement and risk looking like they were helping cover it up as opposed to draining the swamp. 

[Beau Vine 54226]

 

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

Camryn? 

[SizzleChest 8283]

Hot on the outside.  Dead and smelly on the inside.

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I fucking love this.  I'd be willing to bet that most of the people rushing to Paxton's defense have only seen his statements/comments, and did not actually read the 20 articles or so of impeachment.

[Beau Vine 54226]

4 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

Hot on the outside.  Dead and smelly on the inside.

I know this is going to shock you, but she was the White House correspondent for One America News.

[Beau Vine 54226]

Just now, atomheartbevo said:

I fucking love this.  I'd be willing to bet that most of the people rushing to Paxton's defense have only seen his statements/comments, and did not actually read the 20 articles or so of impeachment.

[SizzleChest 8283]

1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

I know this is going to shock you, but she was the White House correspondent for One America News.

[ultimaton 2981]

1 hour ago, pyrohornIII said:

Wasn't this already reported on Paxton like a year ago, or was that a different GQP fraud?

They could sell gallery tickets to fund a happy hour for Phelan.

I have no doubts my brother is a card carrying member of that PAC.  

 

What is the Cartel equivalent of the Russian 'fall from a window'?   

 

Is it possible all these investigations into the big hospitals was the straw that broke this?     I know it wasn't all of it, but you have to know those places are raising a few glasses tonight.

 

[Cousin Strawberry 1261]

Abbott has to be on board, right?  They already know who he is going to appoint?  Paxton must be a complete imbecile and liability for those other limpdicks to want him out.  

Abbott is going to appoint some Lakeway mom without a law license to AG.  All she will talk about is Mexicans, the border, human trafficking, gays, trans kids and the Bible.  She will win the election in a landslide.

[Brisketexan 105139]

Abbott has to be on board, right?  They already know who he is going to appoint?  Paxton must be a complete imbecile and liability for those other limpdicks to want him out.  
Abbott is going to appoint some Lakeway mom without a law license to AG.  All she will talk about is Mexicans, the border, human trafficking, gays, trans kids and the Bible.  She will win the election in a landslide.

Straw here gets it.

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Also, I enjoyed the SHIT outta this text I just got, about LIBERAL DADE PHELAN!

Also, I dunno where the hell they think I live...I love the fact that they assume my rep is Lopez (a Rio Grande Valley Republican) because hey....we all know all those beaners live down in beanerville in beaner county.

If you have done anything to get texts from shitheads like that, well I don't want to be associated with your type.

[Cousin Strawberry 1261]

29 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Straw here gets it.

The Nate Paul situation has to be much bigger than we know.  Hire his mistress, meh. Get a $25K campaign contribution from a guy worth a couple hundred million dollars, meh. Renovate your house for free, troubling but doesnt really move the needle.  Abbott wants him gone because Abbott is running for president at some point  and there is something much darker on the horizon involving Paxton.

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

48 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

The Nate Paul situation has to be much bigger than we know.  Hire his mistress, meh. Get a $25K campaign contribution from a guy worth a couple hundred million dollars, meh. Renovate your house for free, troubling but doesnt really move the needle.  Abbott wants him gone because Abbott is running for president at some point  and there is something much darker on the horizon involving Paxton.

As one of the few "out" R's on this forum, I totally agree.  Paxton and Paul are toxic.  Something bad is going down soon, I think.

[conVINCEd 21469]

57 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

The Nate Paul situation has to be much bigger than we know.  Hire his mistress, meh. Get a $25K campaign contribution from a guy worth a couple hundred million dollars, meh. Renovate your house for free, troubling but doesnt really move the needle.  Abbott wants him gone because Abbott is running for president at some point  and there is something much darker on the horizon involving Paxton.

Abbott ain’t running anywhere.

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

Just now, conVINCEd said:

Abbott ain’t running anywhere.

ISWYDT.

[conVINCEd 21469]

He deserves to be mocked.  You disagree.  I’ll leave it at that.  It’s late and I’m about to go to bed.

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

41 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

As one of the few "out" R's on this forum, I totally agree.  Paxton and Paul are toxic.  Something bad is going down soon, I think.

Thanks for the middle finger, fudge.  I know that rational conversation is difficult these days, but I am trying to do so.  CR doesn't look like the place to talk rationally.

Edited May 27, 2023 by DalTxHornFan

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56 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

He deserves to be mocked. 

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2 hours ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

 Abbott wants him gone because Abbott is running for president at some point  and there is something much darker on the horizon involving Paxton.

1 hour ago, DalTxHornFan said:

As one of the few "out" R's on this forum, I totally agree.  Paxton and Paul are toxic.  Something bad is going down soon, I think.

I don't know if it's directly Abbott's doing, but I do know that Abbott can't enter the race if shit is about to blow wide open and it looks like the Texas GOP was covering for Paxton. If the legislature had signed off on the whistleblower funds and Abbott then signed off on that, Abbott would be super-fucked.  But yeah, really feels like some other stuff is going on.

When you read the list of articles, it's pretty damn varied and documented - it feels exactly like something the House would do if they wanted Paxton gone and didn't want to leave it up to chance - sure, he might be able to beat a few of those, but he's not beating all of them.

And don't get me wrong, Abbott is still super-fucked next year.  In the Texas GOP primary next  year, the only way he polls higher than 5-10% is if DeSantis or Trump drop out, and their supporters are pissed at the remaining candidate and still get out and actually vote for anybody else.  Then Abbott might crack double digits because he's "anybody else" (and not because he's Greg Abbott). But that assumes the loser's supporters don't stay home.

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As for what the "much darker" thing on the horizon for Paxton is, I'm guessing the federal investigation uncovered a lot more stuff and/or Paul is completely ratting out Paxton.

Paxton and Paul were probably in some kind of pseudo-prisoner's dilemma situation, because Paxton was trying to help Paul against the FBI for a reason that had to have benefited both of them.

I'm curious if the feds would have cooperated with/contacted the House committee. Getting Paxton out of office would probably help the feds out tremendously, and probably help with prosecution of his "old" indictments.  Hell, his old indictments probably don't matter at this point, other than to show a pattern.

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

Thanks for the thoughtful post.  I follow politics some, and pretty much knew that the Paxton and Nate Paul deal (I've always been suspicious of Nate Paul) was an unholy alliance.

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1 minute ago, DalTxHornFan said:

I follow politics some, and pretty much knew that the Paxton and Nate Paul deal (I've always been suspicious of Nate Paul) was an unholy alliance.

I've never heard of a state attorney general spending taxpayer funds/expending state resources to try and help a private citizen by targeting the FBI agents investigating him, or giving the private citizen access to the documents relating to the FBI search of their property. 

That kind of sounds like the opposite of what a state attorney general should be doing.

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

I haven't looked at docket sheets lately, but I think the the lawyers sitting beside Nate Paul also sit beside Alex Jones.  Crazy.

[Radical Larry 28606]

Did they come on their horses, or were they the assholes driving 45 MPH in the left lane?

[RPM 26320]

12 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Is it time to start predicting who plays Paxton, Patrick, Paul, etc in the Netflix docuseries?

Buscemi is way too skinny and good looking to play Paxton. And Marty Feldman has been dead for 40 years.

Charlie Day would make a good Paxton.

 

[YGIFS 19450]

2 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Wow, I was today years old when I realized that was James Cromwell.  Damn.  

Oh, and also---Nate just gave up a buncha shit on Paxton to the Feds.  He was gonna wait until the end of session but Ken pushed some extra buttons and expedited the whole thing.  Abbott has turned his back, as has the RPT.  Dan Patrick is his only friend left and that ain't saying much.  I really don't think he gets hung out by the Senate, but he will get hung.  

[royiv 9314]

4 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Thanks for the middle finger, fudge.  I know that rational conversation is difficult these days, but I am trying to do so.  CR doesn't look like the place to talk rationally.

You admittedly pulled the lever for Paxton because his opponent committed the unforgivable sin of working for the ACLU. You're going to get some blowback from that one, hombre.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3284]

11 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

TTrib:

smh

I’m pretty surprised at how many smooth brain mother fuckers I’ve seen defending Paxton in various places…guess I probably shouldn’t be tho

[YGIFS 19450]

2 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

I’m pretty surprised at how many smooth brain mother fuckers I’ve seen defending Paxton in various places…guess I probably shouldn’t be tho

That's his true power.  Say what you want about Abbott and Patrick, they're extremist assholes.  But they have an agenda.  A purpose.  A schedule.  A routine.  The brilliance of Ken Paxton is he has no agenda.  People just blindly follow him for no fucking reason.  Other than show-man-ship "own the libs" filings, tell me one fucking thing he's done since taking office all those years ago.  He just shows up at press conferences to scream about shit, meantime not doing a fucking thing.  At least Abbott and Patrick push through legislation.  Phelan, too. Ken just hangs back and yells and drools and looks off into the sunset.  Like a fucking 10-ply goofball.  One fucking person that voted for him, tell me how he reduced crime in Texas as AG.  Just one example.  I'll wait.  Guy can't even do laundering crimes correct despite being the person in charge of deflecting laundering crimes.  It's fucking shameful is what it is.  Fucking half-wit, one-eyed tit-fucker.  And there are 100 posters on here who'd suck his balls if he asked him too.  Fucking, fuck.  

[SydneyCarton 48104]

8 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Thanks for the middle finger, fudge.  I know that rational conversation is difficult these days, but I am trying to do so.  CR doesn't look like the place to talk rationally.

 

7 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Thanks for the thoughtful post.  I follow politics some, and pretty much knew that the Paxton and Nate Paul deal (I've always been suspicious of Nate Paul) was an unholy alliance.

 

3 hours ago, royiv said:

You admittedly pulled the lever for Paxton because his opponent committed the unforgivable sin of working for the ACLU. You're going to get some blowback from that one, hombre.

Came to post the above. You have admitted to knowing about Paxton and Nate Paul, which is years old and before the last election.  You also have admitted you think Paxton is an embarrassment. And you knowingly voted for him anyway, despite knowing he is a criminal, because they had an R next to their name. Or as you framed it, because their opponent worked for the ACLU. 
 

In light of what I posted above, by all means, please explain to me why anyone should consider YOU to be a rational partner for discussion? Please, explain that to me. 

Edited May 27, 2023 by SydneyCarton

[SydneyCarton 48104]

There is a public referendum. We are voting for a bus driver to drive our kids to school every day. One of the bus drivers has experience driving a bus, but she’s been supportive of icky electric buses to replace ICE buses. The other person hates electric buses, but they don’t have a fucking drivers license of any kind, much less a large vehicle license. You vote for the second option because fuck the green agenda, and politics trumps actual qualifications to you. Now, why should anyone take you seriously?

 

and before you or anyone else takes my comparison and says it’s shitty, keep in mind you voted for a well documented criminal to be the top cop of the state. That’s not as far off from voting someone without a license to drive a school bus. It’s literally like, the one thing they should need to be to be AG; not a fucking criminal. 

Edited May 27, 2023 by SydneyCarton