Cruz vs Beto

[LCHorn 2615]

8 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

As Bozo stated, there is real strategic value to Beto based on him putting Texas in play. Making conservatives spend money, people, and time on a Texas senate race only hurts republicans elsewhere. The bigger picture is that turning Texas purple means the same for presidential races. Even if Texas continues to end up in the republican column, making the Republican candidate fight it out and spend money/time here is a game changer. There are four major cities and expensive media markets to juggle. Of course, if Texas flips, there is no way to make the electoral college work other than blue.

All of that is why there is so much more at stake in this election than a senate seat. It’s not as much to see if Beto will win as it’s to see if it’s possible for Texas to be purple in the near future and start the domino effect. I’ll be bummed if Cruz wins by 1 or 2, but I will also know that we are close. Real close. The first domino will have fallen and the rest are inevitable.

I feel like Beto HAS to win for the big national money to get spent on Dem candidates in Texas in 2020.

[DDD Dad 14325]

Just watched Beto on NBC 5 this morning. How can anyone with even a slightly open mind not find this guy a refreshing and compelling change of pace?

He sounds a lot like George W when he was running for Governor.

Very positive. No negativity. Push for consensus. Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress.

[Nivek 16922]

No...Cruz is a dependable conservative vote in the US Senate.  
I don't always agree with Cruz...but I know the last thing DC needs is another fraudulent leftist.  
To all my little leftist buddies here, like Huckleberry, who love to 'neg' my posts...please know that a single fuck is given.  
 
 

Do you even know what a conservative is?

[Message Board User 12395]

 

[texas08 1599]

Triple meat!

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

56 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

I feel like Beto HAS to win for the big national money to get spent on Dem candidates in Texas in 2020.

I think a lot will depend on who that dem is. If it’s another Beto type that has a real chance, I think they will jump in......assuming Beto wins or keeps it really close. If Beto loses by more than 3% or the candidate doesn’t play well here, there is no way Texas is in their sights. 

Right now we have one data point, which is Texas got closer to purple in the last presidential election. This will be another data point to (hopefully) show the trend is continuing. 

[pyrohornIII 4814]

2 hours ago, Message Board User said:

 

That's just allsome!   It's so fun to watch all these people poke fun at Cruz and his base without ever saying anything deliberate.   At the same time they are self deprecating while confident. 

Gotta watch that vid just for the skateboarding and tequila comments.

[gmr548 16576]

12 hours ago, OatmealRaisinCookie said:

I do like what little I know about Ted Cruz. Not sure how that makes one a cuck. I just find the generalized stereotype of Beto fans (what I’ve seen here at least, manlet incel looking guys with alt-country tastes and middle aged women with crushes on a good looking peer/contemporary) to be funny and I’m curious how real the wave is...and that it would be funny if he got smashed, however unlikely.

God damn you are so tough and alpha I wish I could be like you

[Fudge Nuggets 19188]

Why are there brown people and people under 70 in the picture?  Does not compute.

[Art Vandelay 1712]

1 hour ago, DDD Dad said:

Just watched Beto on NBC 5 this morning. How can anyone with even a slightly open mind not find this guy a refreshing and compelling change of pace?

He sounds a lot like George W when he was running for Governor.

Very positive. No negativity. Push for consensus. Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress.
 

Nailed it. I'm a right leaning guy, but I'm very impressed with Beto. "Refreshing" is a great way to characterize him, for me. Everything is so negative and partisan these days, but he is positive and talks about actually serving Texans and addressing problems, without constantly pointing fingers at the other side. I wish there were more candidates like him, R or D.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

 I hate how often Wendy Davis gets brought up as  some political trailblazer for him. Abortion cannot be the centerpoint of your platform in this state,  and that was literally all that she was known for. Her blowout was a foregone conclusion from jump street.  Yeah, the “changing demographics of Texas” (Catholic Latinos)  are going to be perfectly leveraged by the abortion lady. 

 

 But no one seems to be acknowledging this. She is nothing like him, and he is nothing like her.   When the national press and the big articles on him relate him and her,  it makes his campaign seem  just as doomed.  

[horncyclist 1387]

Visiting my parents in Abilene. Just drove around to get breakfast tacos. Saw 6 Beto signs. Not a single Cruz sign. Make of it what you will but good to see the 254 county strategy in action.

[Pescado_Rojo 19413]

43 minutes ago, pyrohornIII said:

That's just allsome!   It's so fun to watch all these people poke fun at Cruz and his base without ever saying anything deliberate.   At the same time they are self deprecating while confident. 

Gotta watch that vid just for the skateboarding and tequila comments.

The most impressive part for me is how comfortable he looks on that skateboard in slacks and dress shoes. Ted Cruz on a skateboard would look even more awkward than John Kerry with a shotgun. 

[Born to Run 6569]

Do you even know what a conservative is?

Moaaar Guns/ No Abortion.

That’s all it means now.

[Message Board User 12395]

Be careful Beto - some of these neighborhoods look a little rough.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

20 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

Be careful Beto - some of these neighborhoods look a little rough.

 

Notice the strategy here.  Grassroots outreach/mobilization coupled with intense social media coverage of grassroots outreach.

Very few manufactured political memes/ads or vilification of his opponent.  Just pictures/video of Beto with everyday people everywhere.

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

Beto intentionality sending a strong message that everybody counts. Even poor people in a small-ish town near the border. 

[Message Board User 12395]

23 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Notice the strategy here.  Grassroots outreach/mobilization coupled with intense social media coverage of grassroots outreach.

Very few No manufactured political memes/ads or vilification of his opponent.  Just pictures/video of Beto with everyday people everywhere.

Fixed.  Beto's campaign has apparently decided they will not go negative on Cruz in any capacity - interesting strategy and we'll see how it plays out.  I'm not sure how I feel about it...

[XR4ticlone 122]

4 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

No, he isn’t even that. Why don’t you go look and see what percentage of votes he has missed vs Beto.

Cruz has missed over 13% of votes since 2013. The median in the senate is 1.4%.

Over that time span O’Rourke has missed 2.9%. The median in the house (which has many more votes) is 2.4%.

Don’t be a sucker. The whole presentation of Ted Cruz as some kind of reliable conservative is hogwash. He’s MIA. 

Yes...from 2013.

Cruz ran for President and was the last candidate to drop out.  I don't doubt that he missed more votes than the rest who...weren't running for President. 

But I'm sure you said the same about Obama?  Especially given his 'present' votes?  😂

 

[XR4ticlone 122]

46 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Beto intentionality sending a strong message that everybody counts. Even poor people in a small-ish town near the border.  

Oh...I've got no doubt that those people will vote...2 & 3 times even.  

I know, how could I assume that shady shit would happen in South Texas?  🙄

[ERhine 1894]

But Obama.

[ERhine 1894]

But voting fraud.

[Texas73 420]

27 minutes ago, XR4ticlone said:

Oh...I've got no doubt that those people will vote...2 & 3 times even.  

I know, how could I assume that shady shit would happen in South Texas?  🙄

Tell us how you know "those people" will vote 2 or 3 times and how you know "shady shit" will happen in South Texas.

My opinion is it is because you are a racist.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13570]

Wow.

[Francisco 2.0 32386]

45 minutes ago, XR4ticlone said:

But I'm sure you said the same about Obama?  Especially given his 'present' votes?  😂

 

There it is.  

Edited August 19, 2018 by Francisco 2.0

[Chooky 13307]

40 minutes ago, XR4ticlone said:

Oh...I've got no doubt that those people will vote...2 & 3 times even.  

I know, how could I assume that shady shit would happen in South Texas?  🙄

Cuz Messkins.  Where did you get this?  You sound like a clown shoe right now.

[Bozo_Casanova 26437]

I feel like Beto HAS to win for the big national money to get spent on Dem candidates in Texas in 2020.

Lulz. I feel like Publius Decius HAS to defeat Pyrrhus at Asculum for the Republic to pay for more legions to fight Epirus.

[Bozo_Casanova 26437]

Yes...from 2013.
Cruz ran for President and was the last candidate to drop out.  I don't doubt that he missed more votes than the rest who...weren't running for President. 
But I'm sure you said the same about Obama?  Especially given his 'present' votes?  
 

Now you’re comparing Ted Cruz to Obama, so I know for sure I’m winning the argument, not that there was any doubt.

2013 happens to be when Ted Cruz entered the Senate as a first term senator. He hasn’t been a “reliable” anything. That was a fair knock on Obama also. Now you are accusing Ted Cruz of the same thing even while you praise his reliability. Deal with it.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13570]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13570]

...about all that Latin shit, I mean.

[XR4ticlone 122]

1 hour ago, Art Vandelay said:

Nailed it. I'm a right leaning guy, but I'm very impressed with Beto. "Refreshing" is a great way to characterize him, for me. Everything is so negative and partisan these days, but he is positive and talks about ac

That talk is easy...until you get the job or have to pay for all this bull shit. 

With leftists it's never about reality.  Bernie & She Guevara are out there touting free this and free that...and to the great unwashed masses with a below 550 Beacon score it sounds great.   They're not worried bout the costs...heck they can't even have a checking account anymore!  You think they're worried about the Gov's financial situation?  They think the Gov just prints more money!  Right??? 

And to the white guilt leftists & college indoctrinated it's great as well.  Free shit that the 'rich' will pay for...not me.  I mean there are so many more rich people that just don't pay their fair share!  Except that you can't steal enough from even the top 20% & evil corporations to pay for all this shit.  But let's be honest...they weren't taking economics or finance classes in school.  And clearly even those classes aren't what they used to be...or should be...how else do you have an economics degree from Boston U and run as a socialist?  It's akin to a Cardiologist who practices blood letting.  

 

The part the left doesn't get is everything you do has an impact...on spending, on investment, on how we behave.  You take away the rewards and no one wants to take the risks.  You can be mad at 'rich people' for not being willing to do it...but you won't either.  Would you pick up and move across country for a job that you don't know if it will pay well or last?  Of course not.  And they're not investing their money & time in something with huge risk and no promise of reward. 

Also, human nature is deeply engrained in us...it doesn't change.  People are greedy.  Socialists are greedy.  Fuck Bernie for his constant bad mouthing of the 'rich' that mother fucker has 3 houses!  Fuck him! I've got just one house and I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting to keep my hard earned money?  That mother fucker never had a job before age 40!  And everything he's done since has been 'public service' IE theft from tax payers.  Even sat his wife up so she could defraud us as well.  

That's your hero?  That's the guy you want to lead this country?  That guy isn't worth 2 shakes of piss on his best day. 

 

You really care about people?  Great.  Help them yourself. Help them find a job. Help them become financially responsible.  Hell, start by raising your damn kids to be responsible.  

But don't pretend that the Gov is going to help them.  Because trillions of dollars later we've not fixed anything.  We've still got poors.  We've still got failing schools.  We've still got corruption and powerful corporations...and in most cases it's even worse.  

 

Freedom is the answer.  Individual control is the answer.  Power to the people!   The individual people...not power to the Gov that supposedly is helping the people.

Fuck that...it's a trap!  Every. Single. Time. 

 

*And yea, with personal freedom comes personal responsibility...which is a big part of the problem leftists have with it.  

**And yes, with smaller Gov we're going to have to do more ourselves in the form of helping others, charity, and support.  But that is more efficient. It has only a fraction of the fraud.  And it actually works to help people...not make them dependent. 

Rant over...

 

 

 

 

 

[Zonahorn 8079]

Who wants the kill shot on corn Aggy?

[RDCanecutter 26381]

2 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

 I hate how often Wendy Davis gets brought up as  some political trailblazer for him. ....

She is nothing like him, and he is nothing like her.  

 

I was just now thinking of this:

 

vs. this:

[RDCanecutter 26381]

20 minutes ago, Calihorn said:

Who wants the kill shot on corn Aggy?

Unless he violates board rules, negs in cloak room are weak shit.

[Fudge Nuggets 19188]

26 minutes ago, XR4ticlone said:

That talk is easy...until you get the job or have to pay for all this bull shit. 

With leftists it's never about reality.  Bernie & She Guevara are out there touting free this and free that...and to the great unwashed masses with a below 550 Beacon score it sounds great.   They're not worried bout the costs...heck they can't even have a checking account anymore!  You think they're worried about the Gov's financial situation?  They think the Gov just prints more money!  Right??? 

And to the white guilt leftists & college indoctrinated it's great as well.  Free shit that the 'rich' will pay for...not me.  I mean there are so many more rich people that just don't pay their fair share!  Except that you can't steal enough from even the top 20% & evil corporations to pay for all this shit.  But let's be honest...they weren't taking economics or finance classes in school.  And clearly even those classes aren't what they used to be...or should be...how else do you have an economics degree from Boston U and run as a socialist?  It's akin to a Cardiologist who practices blood letting.  

 

The part the left doesn't get is everything you do has an impact...on spending, on investment, on how we behave.  You take away the rewards and no one wants to take the risks.  You can be mad at 'rich people' for not being willing to do it...but you won't either.  Would you pick up and move across country for a job that you don't know if it will pay well or last?  Of course not.  And they're not investing their money & time in something with huge risk and no promise of reward. 

Also, human nature is deeply engrained in us...it doesn't change.  People are greedy.  Socialists are greedy.  Fuck Bernie for his constant bad mouthing of the 'rich' that mother fucker has 3 houses!  Fuck him! I've got just one house and I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting to keep my hard earned money?  That mother fucker never had a job before age 40!  And everything he's done since has been 'public service' IE theft from tax payers.  Even sat his wife up so she could defraud us as well.  

That's your hero?  That's the guy you want to lead this country?  That guy isn't worth 2 shakes of piss on his best day. 

 

You really care about people?  Great.  Help them yourself. Help them find a job. Help them become financially responsible.  Hell, start by raising your damn kids to be responsible.  

But don't pretend that the Gov is going to help them.  Because trillions of dollars later we've not fixed anything.  We've still got poors.  We've still got failing schools.  We've still got corruption and powerful corporations...and in most cases it's even worse.  

 

Freedom is the answer.  Individual control is the answer.  Power to the people!   The individual people...not power to the Gov that supposedly is helping the people.

Fuck that...it's a trap!  Every. Single. Time. 

 

*And yea, with personal freedom comes personal responsibility...which is a big part of the problem leftists have with it.  

**And yes, with smaller Gov we're going to have to do more ourselves in the form of helping others, charity, and support.  But that is more efficient. It has only a fraction of the fraud.  And it actually works to help people...not make them dependent. 

Rant over...

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, well... fuck off.

[XR4ticlone 122]

48 minutes ago, Texas73 said:

Tell us how you know "those people" will vote 2 or 3 times and how you know "shady shit" will happen in South Texas.

My opinion is it is because you are a racist. 

No...but I am a culturalist.

But I guess we can all pretend that Mexico & South America isn't dominated by the culture of corruption?  

If it makes you feel any better, my adopted sons are from the Caucasus Mountain region of Southern Russia.  This is where the term Caucasian comes from...these are literally and undisputedly the whitest mother fuckers on the planet.  They have a massive CULTURE of corruption as well.  

Facts aren't racist.  You cannot pretend that S Texas isn't corrupt.  You can't pretend Mexico & S America, or Russia aren't corrupt.  

Facts don't care about your opinions either. 

#Sorry

 

[Zonahorn 8079]

24 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Unless he violates board rules, negs in cloak room are weak shit.

So is trolling in cloak room

[Celery Man 20931]

You're an idiot if you expect the government to come in and fix your life, or for anyone else other than you to take charge of your life the way that you should be taking charge of it.  You're also an idiot if you think that republicans are fiscal conservatives.  Also if you think that a lift yourselves up by your bootstraps model of feeling good about yourself and holding on to your disdain for poors will ever improve any complex macro problems, or that their problems don't affect you.  Also an idiot if you think that the people sucking on the teet of government assistance are leftist D's, unless you are limiting your focus to browns.

[Zonahorn 8079]

20 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

You're an idiot if you expect the government to come in and fix your life, or for anyone else other than you to take charge of your life the way that you should be taking charge of it.  You're also an idiot if you think that republicans are fiscal conservatives.  Also if you think that a lift yourselves up by your bootstraps model of feeling good about yourself and holding on to your disdain for poors will ever improve any complex macro problems, or that their problems don't affect you.  Also an idiot if you think that the people sucking on the teet of government assistance are leftist D's, unless you are limiting your focus to browns.

Republicans love welfare, for corporations and white trash

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

40 minutes ago, XR4ticlone said:

That talk is easy...until you get the job or have to pay for all this bull shit. 

With leftists it's never about reality.  Bernie & She Guevara are out there touting free this and free that...and to the great unwashed masses with a below 550 Beacon score it sounds great.   They're not worried bout the costs...heck they can't even have a checking account anymore!  You think they're worried about the Gov's financial situation?  They think the Gov just prints more money!  Right??? 

And to the white guilt leftists & college indoctrinated it's great as well.  Free shit that the 'rich' will pay for...not me.  I mean there are so many more rich people that just don't pay their fair share!  Except that you can't steal enough from even the top 20% & evil corporations to pay for all this shit.  But let's be honest...they weren't taking economics or finance classes in school.  And clearly even those classes aren't what they used to be...or should be...how else do you have an economics degree from Boston U and run as a socialist?  It's akin to a Cardiologist who practices blood letting.  

 

The part the left doesn't get is everything you do has an impact...on spending, on investment, on how we behave.  You take away the rewards and no one wants to take the risks.  You can be mad at 'rich people' for not being willing to do it...but you won't either.  Would you pick up and move across country for a job that you don't know if it will pay well or last?  Of course not.  And they're not investing their money & time in something with huge risk and no promise of reward. 

Also, human nature is deeply engrained in us...it doesn't change.  People are greedy.  Socialists are greedy.  Fuck Bernie for his constant bad mouthing of the 'rich' that mother fucker has 3 houses!  Fuck him! I've got just one house and I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting to keep my hard earned money?  That mother fucker never had a job before age 40!  And everything he's done since has been 'public service' IE theft from tax payers.  Even sat his wife up so she could defraud us as well.  

That's your hero?  That's the guy you want to lead this country?  That guy isn't worth 2 shakes of piss on his best day. 

 

You really care about people?  Great.  Help them yourself. Help them find a job. Help them become financially responsible.  Hell, start by raising your damn kids to be responsible.  

But don't pretend that the Gov is going to help them.  Because trillions of dollars later we've not fixed anything.  We've still got poors.  We've still got failing schools.  We've still got corruption and powerful corporations...and in most cases it's even worse.  

 

Freedom is the answer.  Individual control is the answer.  Power to the people!   The individual people...not power to the Gov that supposedly is helping the people.

Fuck that...it's a trap!  Every. Single. Time. 

 

*And yea, with personal freedom comes personal responsibility...which is a big part of the problem leftists have with it.  

**And yes, with smaller Gov we're going to have to do more ourselves in the form of helping others, charity, and support.  But that is more efficient. It has only a fraction of the fraud.  And it actually works to help people...not make them dependent. 

Rant over...

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, we’re all for personal responsibility and less government in our lives.

However, the game has changed over the past 40 years.  Hard work and personal responsibility doesn’t earn a living for many in America anymore.  Sure, people can survive but the economic ladder the boomers had has been pulled up, wages are stagnant, the cost of healthcare, education, housing, and general goods have skyrocketed.

The government abandoned working for the people long ago and instead now writes laws for the people exploiting the population for personal gain and power.

Most folks have no idea how the insanely wealthy really live because they never see it.  The system is rigged for them.  

Too-big-to-fail exists because of them.  They live in a state of absolutism where they can get away with crashing the economy and walk away virtually consequence free only to do it again and profit from it the next time.

Until the alliance between corrupt corporations and corrupt politicians is obliterated, we will not have the economic liberty every American deserves the opportunity to participate in.

This is not a left vs right issue.

It’s a people vs power/money problem.

Edited August 19, 2018 by Hugo Stiglitz

[Bozo_Casanova 26437]

43 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Unless he violates board rules, negs in cloak room are weak shit.

Agreed. He drifts into un-american xenophobia and anti-west racial prejudice, his takes are light, hot garbage, he posts twitter hoaxes, and he's got even less understanding about the nexus of policy and economics than @slorch without the empathy and amusing wit, but he's within the rules. 

Edited August 19, 2018 by Bozo_Casanova

[atomheartbevo 89626]

36 minutes ago, Calihorn said:

Republicans love welfare, for corporations and white trash

If the Republicans grow that gap between the haves and have nots too much, they are going to find that they will eventually be paying a lot in private security. 

[Skyline 325]

49 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

You're an idiot if you expect the government to come in and fix your life, or for anyone else other than you to take charge of your life the way that you should be taking charge of it.  You're also an idiot if you think that republicans are fiscal conservatives.  Also if you think that a lift yourselves up by your bootstraps model of feeling good about yourself and holding on to your disdain for poors will ever improve any complex macro problems, or that their problems don't affect you.  Also an idiot if you think that the people sucking on the teet of government assistance are leftist D's, unless you are limiting your focus to browns.

Quoted for truth. 

 

We need to do away with the notion that only Republicans/conservatives understand economics. Nothing we've seen in recent history reflects that. It's just a big, dumb meme at this point. 

[atomheartbevo 89626]

24 minutes ago, Skyline said:

Quoted for truth. 

 

We need to do away with the notion that only Republicans/conservatives understand economics. Nothing we've seen in recent history reflects that. It's just a big, dumb meme at this point. 

Republicans understand perfectly how to help their corporate donors make more money at the cost of the America taxpayer.  At least they no longer try and hide it these days. 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13570]

That talk is easy...until you get the job or have to pay for all this bull shit. 
With leftists it's never about reality.  Bernie & She Guevara are out there touting free this and free that...and to the great unwashed masses with a below 550 Beacon score it sounds great.   They're not worried bout the costs...heck they can't even have a checking account anymore!  You think they're worried about the Gov's financial situation?  They think the Gov just prints more money!  Right??? 
And to the white guilt leftists & college indoctrinated it's great as well.  Free shit that the 'rich' will pay for...not me.  I mean there are so many more rich people that just don't pay their fair share!  Except that you can't steal enough from even the top 20% & evil corporations to pay for all this shit.  But let's be honest...they weren't taking economics or finance classes in school.  And clearly even those classes aren't what they used to be...or should be...how else do you have an economics degree from Boston U and run as a socialist?  It's akin to a Cardiologist who practices blood letting.  
 
The part the left doesn't get is everything you do has an impact...on spending, on investment, on how we behave.  You take away the rewards and no one wants to take the risks.  You can be mad at 'rich people' for not being willing to do it...but you won't either.  Would you pick up and move across country for a job that you don't know if it will pay well or last?  Of course not.  And they're not investing their money & time in something with huge risk and no promise of reward. 
Also, human nature is deeply engrained in us...it doesn't change.  People are greedy.  Socialists are greedy.  Fuck Bernie for his constant bad mouthing of the 'rich' that mother fucker has 3 houses!  Fuck him! I've got just one house and I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting to keep my hard earned money?  That mother fucker never had a job before age 40!  And everything he's done since has been 'public service' IE theft from tax payers.  Even sat his wife up so she could defraud us as well.  
That's your hero?  That's the guy you want to lead this country?  That guy isn't worth 2 shakes of piss on his best day. 
 
You really care about people?  Great.  Help them yourself. Help them find a job. Help them become financially responsible.  Hell, start by raising your damn kids to be responsible.  
But don't pretend that the Gov is going to help them.  Because trillions of dollars later we've not fixed anything.  We've still got poors.  We've still got failing schools.  We've still got corruption and powerful corporations...and in most cases it's even worse.  
 
Freedom is the answer.  Individual control is the answer.  Power to the people!   The individual people...not power to the Gov that supposedly is helping the people.
Fuck that...it's a trap!  Every. Single. Time. 
 
*And yea, with personal freedom comes personal responsibility...which is a big part of the problem leftists have with it.  
**And yes, with smaller Gov we're going to have to do more ourselves in the form of helping others, charity, and support.  But that is more efficient. It has only a fraction of the fraud.  And it actually works to help people...not make them dependent. 
Rant over...

 
 
 
 
 

This reminds me of those I Love The 90's episodes, except for Fox News.

[Brisketexan 105064]

No...but I am a culturalist.
But I guess we can all pretend that Mexico & South America isn't dominated by the culture of corruption?  
If it makes you feel any better, my adopted sons are from the Caucasus Mountain region of Southern Russia.  This is where the term Caucasian comes from...these are literally and undisputedly the whitest mother fuckers on the planet.  They have a massive CULTURE of corruption as well.  
Facts aren't racist.  You cannot pretend that S Texas isn't corrupt.  You can't pretend Mexico & S America, or Russia aren't corrupt.  
Facts don't care about your opinions either. 
#Sorry
 

Agreed. He drifts into un-american xenophobia and anti-west racial prejudice, his takes are light, hot garbage, he posts twitter hoaxes, and he's got even less understanding about the nexus of policy and economics than [mention=354]slorch[/mention] without the empathy and amusing wit, but he's within the rules. 

Add to your excellent list “defends Trump and GOP at every possible turn, while also claiming that he hates corruption.” Pretty awesome.

Watching someone depants himself repeatedly is amusing, not neg-worthy.

[Longhorn94 2448]

Republicans have been the party of fiscal irresponsibility for the last 40 years. Democrats have been more fiscally responsible over that same period of time and its not even close. I really dont care if someone is a Democrat or Republican. I want their policies to be responsible. I want their policies to follow the same advice that they would give their children. I want their policies to follow the same advice that they would give to a poor person asking how to get ahead in life. I want their policies to follow the same advice that they would follow running their own business. This isnt hard. Republicans sold out our country a long time ago to large corporations and the wealthiest, and while doing so, have incited fear by relying on tired slogans invoking LBJ's ghost in the name of every Democrat. It's over. It's done. Every single time the Republicans get in control of the WH and Congress they go on a huge spending splurge while massively cutting revenue. It is fiscal insanity. It is a literal money grab every single time. They are not principled. They are not responsible. They are dangerous to our Nation. And they should be voted out until they become responsible and start following sound, reasonable economic sense. 

 

The best part of Beto winning will be that it will make both parties pay attention to Texas. I am tired of the parties pandering to the plains states and the midwest. I would love to see California and NY become important to both parties too.

The fact that every vote for Beto will count will lead to a huge turnout. There are a lot of liberals, progressives and left-leaning moderates who do not vote because they know in national elections their vote won't matter and in local elections their vote has been gerrymandered into nothing. I think Beto will inspire every single one of those voters to vote. Beto is going to win. 

[Message Board User 12395]

14K people viewed Beto...folding laundry today.

 

[Zonahorn 8079]

28 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 

Add to your excellent list “defends Trump and GOP at every possible turn, while also claiming that he hates corruption.” Pretty awesome.

Watching someone depants himself repeatedly is amusing, not neg-worthy.

 

Too late, he's dead Jim

[atomheartbevo 89626]

Got this from the Beto campaign a few minutes ago. 

Hi 7.5incher, this is such-and-such w/ Beto for Texas. You're invited to a mock Get Out the Vote operation that we're having in Austin on Thu 08/23 in preparation for Nov 6! Staff will be hosting phone banks and block walks all day.  Event details are here: https://act.betofortexas.com/event/action/12350 Can you make it?

 Cannot recall a candidate, national or local/state, outside of Obama, putting this much effort into campaign.  And I volunteered in 2000 for W (we all have our youthful indiscretions).   I get sporadic stuff from other candidates (and I didn’t tell them to take me off their lists).