Cruz vs Beto

[cactusflinthead 27626]

1 hour ago, thepop said:

Got an email that Cruz just put a 7 figure ad buy in. Guess it's time to raise another million.

Relating to this perhaps?

 

[Gengs1 2583]

This will get ugly with the negativity that the Rs will go after.

will be a bloodbath 

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20834]

2 minutes ago, Gengs1 said:

This will get ugly with the negativity that the Rs will go after.

will be a bloodbath 

 

Beto should just turn around and use this for his own good. "I get that. I get that my opponent is going to have a ton of outside PAC money come in and try to paint me in a bad light.  I'm not going to call my opponent a pathetic wussy.  I'm not going to suggest that he has the scruples of a mafia hit man. I'm not going to say that he looks like a decomposing vampire. I'm going to stay positive, talk about ideas and inclusion and, if that doesn't do it for me and if outside money from New Jersey convinces Texans to vote for a Canadian, then let the chips fall where they may. 

[JimmyJames 12271]

Republican playbook on full display coming up. Out of state unlimited dark money used to prop up an unpopular candidate who they, whomever “they” may be support. Let’s see if that strategy works cotton. 

[atomheartbevo 90547]

4 hours ago, Mack Tripper said:

And then people will complain that the liberal Hollywood elites are out on the campaign trail for Beto.

Those people bitching about librool Hellywood  eleets were never going to vote Beto anyways. 

[gmr548 16681]

46 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

 

Can't lie - the fact that this is probably just the first of multiple massive money blitzes is a little disheartening and is definitely a bit of a reality check after such a big week. Texas is home to big numbers of exactly the kind of low info voters that the kinds of petty, negative, largely bullshit ads are meant to work on. That Dallas Observer article was right - if a voter out there doesn't know who Beto is by now, they are probably going to bite on ads like this.

That said, I am glad he is feeling the heat. It's confirmation that this is working. That it's different. I chipped in another $25 (not shaggy surly 1%) tonight, and it only takes 39,999 like minded folks to do the same to hit seven figures. The campaign will need the resources, and as many have said throughout the campaign, making the Rs spend time and money to hold TX is already significant in in the grand scheme of things.

[babysdaddy 2731]

I think people are sick of all the bullshit. Seeing a bunch of cunty ads supporting Cruz and going negative on Beto are just going to turn more people to Beto. I’m so sick of this dork representing Texas.

[Celery Man 21076]

23 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Can't lie - the fact that this is probably just the first of multiple massive money blitzes is a little disheartening and is definitely a bit of a reality check after such a big week. Texas is home to big numbers of exactly the kind of low info voters that the kinds of petty, negative, largely bullshit ads are meant to work on. That Dallas Observer article was right - if a voter out there doesn't know who Beto is by now, they are probably going to bite on ads like this.

That said, I am glad he is feeling the heat. It's confirmation that this is working. That it's different. I chipped in another $25 (not shaggy surly 1%) tonight, and it only takes 39,999 like minded folks to do the same to hit seven figures. The campaign will need the resources, and as many have said throughout the campaign, making the Rs spend time and money to hold TX is already significant in in the grand scheme of things.

39,998

[gmr548 16681]

9 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

39,998

[ERhine 1937]

39,998

39,997.

Like I said previously, the ease of donating via Act Blue is both impressive and hopefully a game changer. Took ten seconds for me to donate, and that includes searching email for most recent Beto email.

[pyrohornIII 4844]

1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

Relating to this perhaps?

 

The Club for Growth?  Seriously?   What are they growing but their own bank accounts and waistlines? 

[JimmyJames 12271]

3 minutes ago, pyrohornIII said:

The Club for Growth?  Seriously?   What are they growing but their own bank accounts and waistlines? 

Pence is hoping for penis. Lots and lots of growing penises.

[danger_snax 127]

Page is to the hilt full of beggars who never left high school and their dreams of Cool Kids Club status.

The oncoming ass-kick is cringey to take in.  Super sorry socialists, you may be verby AF on here and other social media, take note, your silent elders will save you from your stupid asses once again.

It's amazing how yall drip with it.

Edited August 29, 2018 by danger_snax

[pyrohornIII 4844]

39,996.   And honestly, I think this is going to backfire on Cruz.  I think every PAC dollar they spend trying to shore up his base will stir up the undecideds and younger voters who are tired of politics as usual.   I feel Cruz is going to wake a sleeping giant with all this outside money.  It is playing right into Beto's hands. 

[JimmyJames 12271]

3 minutes ago, danger_snax said:

Page is to the hilt full of beggars who never left high school and their dreams of Cool Kids Club status.

The oncoming ass-kick is cringey to take in.  Super sorry socialists, you may be verby AF on here and other social media, take note, your silent elders will save you from your stupid asses once again.

It's amazing how 

Y

Good talk Russ. 

[danger_snax 127]

3 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

Good talk Russ. 

Stunned, while I turn nutritious asparagus.

[atomheartbevo 90547]

58 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Can't lie - the fact that this is probably just the first of multiple massive money blitzes is a little disheartening and is definitely a bit of a reality check after such a big week. Texas is home to big numbers of exactly the kind of low info voters that the kinds of petty, negative, largely bullshit ads are meant to work on. That Dallas Observer article was right - if a voter out there doesn't know who Beto is by now, they are probably going to bite on ads like this.

That said, I am glad he is feeling the heat. It's confirmation that this is working. That it's different. 

The pragmatic part of me says this:

• Beto and Co. have most likely been planning on Cruz going negative for quite a while.  They know Cruz's history and are most likely ready.
• All of those hundreds of town halls across Texas have thrown just about every conceivable question at Beto that you can imagine, including ones from Republicans, so Beto and Co. are going to have a response for just about anything.
• Negative campaigning, in Ted's case, is probably more about just trying to get his actual base out to vote and donate money than anything else.  Many folks in Texas already have their minds made up about Ted, and those Rs who are looking to Beto are probably not going to be influenced by negative ads (they wouldn't be looking at Beto in the first place if keeping them was as simple as an ad buy).
• Ted Cruz going negative really hard - how does that help him with women?  It doesn't.  Speaking of women, there's probably more than one Republican gal in Texas who wonders why the fuck he didn't fully stick up for Heidi when Trump was trashing her.  Women notice that stuff.
• If Ted goes really hard on the negative campaigning, it's going to reek of desperation, and people notice that.  Negative campaigning like that is not a "power" or a "alpha" move, it's a move that shows a huge lack of confidence in your own platform, abilities, and your base.
• All of Ted's negative campaigning is going to raise Beto's name recognition substantially.  This is actually really stupid on Ted's part, because if people start taking a look at Beto's twitter and Facebook, and see huge crowds and Beto staying positive about Texas, while Cruz is filled with petty little sniping, Beto comes out looking better.

[Celery Man 21076]

26 minutes ago, danger_snax said:

Page is to the hilt full of beggars who never left high school and their dreams of Cool Kids Club status.

The oncoming ass-kick is cringey to take in.  Super sorry socialists, you may be verby AF on here and other social media, take note, your silent elders will save you from your stupid asses once again.

It's amazing how yall drip with it.

Edited August 29, 2018 by Celery Man

[Mack Tripper 703]

McIntosh said it had not been determined when the Club’s campaign would begin. But he said it would focus heavily on casting O’Rourke as an establishment figure who, contrary to the non-political and outsider persona he’d cultivated, was eager to climb the ranks of political power.

So casting Beto as the bizarro Ted Cruz? Good luck with that.

‘The race has tightened’: Cruz allies sound alarm about Texas Senate race - POLITICOhttps://apple.news/A7ebtBYohTcauyFToT-s7Uw

[danger_snax 127]

26 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

You're kidding.  90%✓ Hillary you may should be less stupid.

[thepop 4418]

you may should be more stupid alright 

[MaybeACoordinator 8350]

13 minutes ago, danger_snax said:

You're kidding.  90%✓ Hillary you may should be less stupid.

There is no electoral college in Senate races, Snax. Midland, Abilene and Tyler don't have electors. It's a simple up or down majority. I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you. And I wouldn't be so proud of voting like an aggy either. 

[danger_snax 127]

4 minutes ago, thepop said:

you may should be more stupid alright 

Staggering shit, pop, let me recover.

Viva Venezuela and Irish Tex-Mexicans with Home Burglary records.  jesus.

41 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

You're kidding.  90%✓ Hillary you may should be less stupid.

[danger_snax 127]

Cocky says...

Fuh-nee

Bring a friend to the polls atop our streaming "grandparents" pretty goddamned satisfied with direction.  Blacks, Hispanics, stuck like a bug with facts?  Yowzers.  Monikers fall like a mexican dildo.  But.  Beto !! revolucion upside-down exclamation

[Celery Man 21076]

^ false (home burglary charge). Low information voter.

 

[danger_snax 127]

Informed !!  on socialism.  All better.

[berlinerbaer 692]

1 hour ago, pyrohornIII said:

39,996.   And honestly, I think this is going to backfire on Cruz.  I think every PAC dollar they spend trying to shore up his base will stir up the undecideds and younger voters who are tired of politics as usual.   I feel Cruz is going to wake a sleeping giant with all this outside money.  It is playing right into Beto's hands. 

I gave $250 last week in my first ever political donation.

 

39.986

[burntorangebongos 10809]

 

Edited August 29, 2018 by burntorangebongos

[Gil Bang 26176]

I think the Beto strategy of staying positive is a great idea.  

I also think that Beto needs an attack-dog surrogate.  Some legit, no-shit Texan that isn't afraid to roll around in the mud with Cruz, but allows Beto to remain above it all.

Somebody needs to call Cruz an fucking pussy motherfuckng Canadian.  Somebody needs to question his very questionable manhood.  Beto isn't the guy.  Where's Kinky when we need him?

[shnsajax 3605]

Ted Cruz killed 5 hookers at a Tim Horton’s

[MaybeACoordinator 8350]

4 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

Ted Cruz killed 5 hookers at a Tim Horton’s

Take off ya hoser, eh?

 

It was at an Expos game. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19558]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

I think the Beto strategy of staying positive is a great idea.  

I also think that Beto needs an attack-dog surrogate.  Some legit, no-shit Texan that isn't afraid to roll around in the mud with Cruz, but allows Beto to remain above it all.

Somebody needs to call Cruz an fucking pussy motherfuckng Canadian.  Somebody needs to question his very questionable manhood.  Beto isn't the guy.  Where's Kinky when we need him?

[Hornius Emeritus 12780]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

I think the Beto strategy of staying positive is a great idea.  

I also think that Beto needs an attack-dog surrogate.  Some legit, no-shit Texan that isn't afraid to roll around in the mud with Cruz, but allows Beto to remain above it all.

Somebody needs to call Cruz an fucking pussy motherfuckng Canadian.  Somebody needs to question his very questionable manhood.  Beto isn't the guy.  Where's Kinky when we need him?

 

I doubt a Jewish guy from New York is the one for the job.

[MaybeACoordinator 8350]

I wish there was a Texan James Carville. Because I am part Cajun he's a coozan to me but I don't think he resonates with much of the rest of the state. 

[pyrohornIII 4844]

Could you imagine what Ann Richards would do to Cruz?   Or Molly Ivins?

 

[RPM 26560]

1 hour ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Take off ya hoser, eh?

 

It was at an Expos Nordiques game. 

fify, eh

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

5 hours ago, babysdaddy said:

I think people are sick of all the bullshit. Seeing a bunch of cunty ads supporting Cruz and going negative on Beto are just going to turn more people to Beto. I’m so sick of this dork representing Texas.

I wish that was true, but every election in the history of forever says otherwise.

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

4 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

The pragmatic part of me says this:

• Beto and Co. have most likely been planning on Cruz going negative for quite a while.  They know Cruz's history and are most likely ready.
• All of those hundreds of town halls across Texas have thrown just about every conceivable question at Beto that you can imagine, including ones from Republicans, so Beto and Co. are going to have a response for just about anything.
• Negative campaigning, in Ted's case, is probably more about just trying to get his actual base out to vote and donate money than anything else.  Many folks in Texas already have their minds made up about Ted, and those Rs who are looking to Beto are probably not going to be influenced by negative ads (they wouldn't be looking at Beto in the first place if keeping them was as simple as an ad buy).
• Ted Cruz going negative really hard - how does that help him with women?  It doesn't.  Speaking of women, there's probably more than one Republican gal in Texas who wonders why the fuck he didn't fully stick up for Heidi when Trump was trashing her.  Women notice that stuff.
• If Ted goes really hard on the negative campaigning, it's going to reek of desperation, and people notice that.  Negative campaigning like that is not a "power" or a "alpha" move, it's a move that shows a huge lack of confidence in your own platform, abilities, and your base.
• All of Ted's negative campaigning is going to raise Beto's name recognition substantially.  This is actually really stupid on Ted's part, because if people start taking a look at Beto's twitter and Facebook, and see huge crowds and Beto staying positive about Texas, while Cruz is filled with petty little sniping, Beto comes out looking better.

The pragmatic part of me says you have way overestimated the intelligence of the Texas electorate at large.

[Napoleon 8802]

2 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

Could you imagine what Ann Richards would do to Cruz?   Or Molly Ivins?

 

They preached to the choir. They rallied the troops, but they didn't necessarily win over the independents / independents who didn't feel like voting. And they sure as hell didn't get Republicans to pass on voting due to witty/entertaining/spot-on criticism of a Republican candidate.

I'd like to see Troy Aikman go all in against Cruz. Maybe Dick Cheney as well. Just some white bread mo'fo's. Maybe the cast of "Iron Resurrection" wears BETO shirts in a couple of their episodes. (Though I do suspect that "Joe Martin" of Martin Bros. shop perhaps might have been José Martín, but I doubt that that has even occurred to most of the viewers.)

[atomheartbevo 90547]

3 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

The pragmatic part of me says you have way overestimated the intelligence of the Texas electorate at large.

Something has Cruz really spooked, and it’s not money.  At the end of the day, Cruz knows that no matter how much he may be disliked here and back in Washington, there are plenty of people with lots of money who will not easily give up a Senate seat.  Especially a Senate seat that shouldn’t even be contested, and especially when Trump could find himself impeached. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

“Great time with friends at Hickory Roots BBQ tonight in Terrell! Let's #KeepTexasRed! #TXSen”

-Senator Cruz

Edited August 29, 2018 by Hugo Stiglitz

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9483]

Wish I could make it to the Cedar Park rec center this morning for Beto's speech. Several of my friends will be there & the city posted a map with the overflow parking location. I expect it will be packed.

[Hiphopopotamos 21158]

24 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

“Great time with friends at Hickory Roots BBQ tonight in Terrell! Let's #KeepTexasRed! #TXSen”

-Senator Cruz

Its like a casting call for the next Cocoon movie.

[yoladu 4187]

11 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

For the first time, I just went and scrolled through Cruz’s twitter and then Beto’s. The difference in tone is striking. The negativity coming from Ted is honestly overwhelming.

if you go over to the political board at Texags the tone is very similar. It's so completely negative. it depressing. 

[yoladu 4187]

11 hours ago, Disco Strangler said:

i wonder how many Blue Oxford shirts Beto has gone through. This summer heat must have taken a toll.

Edited August 29, 2018 by yoladu

[Longhorn94 2478]

my boys walked from campus to the rally last night. it was amazing.

 

39,986? make that 39,983.

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9483]

It's a damn good choice by Beto and staff for him to wear shirts that don't hide his perspiration. He's working hard & sweating his ass off to meet the citizens of Texas and listen to their concerns. Emphasize the effort. Let people know you're proud and able to work hard.

i wonder how many Blue Oxford shirts Beto has gone through. This summer heat must have taken a toll.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

It also helps he’s skinny AF.

Cruz couldn’t pull off the sweaty shirt.

[Celery Man 21076]

4 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

It also helps he’s skinny AF.

Cruz couldn’t pull off the sweaty shirt.

i wonder if we're not seeing attacks with him on the album cover wearing the dress because Cruz is smart enough to worry about the female vote