The Beto Effect - How To Lose Elections and Influence Nothing

[Bama Chick 28596]

Beto Houston rally about a 6 min walk from me this week. I’ll be there !
[mention=332]Bama Chick[/mention] anything you want me to tell him ?

lol

Dare you to tell him “My friend from the internet who volunteered for your speech in Birmingham says ‘Good luck and I’m still donating to your campaign!”.

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[Js1 85336]

Generic Ballot is R+4 (was R+3 in 2018 and R+7 in 2020) 

45-40% - Abbott under 50% 

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15 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

 

El Paso?  I spent a week there one night...../Kramer

If anyone in Austin is interested, I'm sure you got the mailer already...Beto will be in Austin for his 50th birthday celebration on Sunday 25 September.  I'm not going but I'll forward you the invite if you want to donate/attend.  

[Bama Chick 28596]

And no one told me he would be on Kimmel.

He seems much quicker to attack without conditions than he did against Cruz.

[Jersey Man10 3528]

[fattyflattie 4639]

Still maintaining that he’s going to win. 

[Voldemort86 2259]

The latest Dallas morning news poll was awful. I think it was 51-40 hot wheels.

[Willfully Horn 8017]

On 9/16/2022 at 11:33 PM, fattyflattie said:

Still maintaining that he’s going to win. 

I’m sure you do. Got to think positive, right? Otherwise you’d have to pay for your life goals on your own, without subsidy from the poor and middle class.

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33870]

lol wut?

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

goddamn I hope that's real. 

[chainsaw 9868]

Cue the pearl-clutching disabled veterans

[Bozo_Casanova 26460]

On 9/16/2022 at 11:33 PM, fattyflattie said:

Still maintaining that he’s going to win. 

Abbott was always going to win. You can’t win a statewide race in Texas without guys like you, and guys like you don’t hold the people you vote for accountable for performance. I don’t mean that to be insulting, it’s just a fact. 

[aggie08 21504]

27 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Abbott was always going to win. You can’t win a statewide race in Texas without guys like you, and guys like you don’t hold the people you vote for accountable for performance. I don’t mean that to be insulting, it’s just a fact. 

Yup. Beto never had a chance because of millions of people like fatty. But he'll still pat himself on the back for not directly voting for Abbott in a race that was never in doubt. Heroes, one and all.

[fattyflattie 4639]

1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Abbott was always going to win. You can’t win a statewide race in Texas without guys like you, and guys like you don’t hold the people you vote for accountable for performance. I don’t mean that to be insulting, it’s just a fact. 

Beto will best Abbott.  This isn’t some kind of reverse jinx voodoo I’m working out. I’ve been saying and believing it since at least before Uvalde. 

[Biff Tannen 45684]

4 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

 

Beto posts on Surly?

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7 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

 

7 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

lol wut?

6 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

goddamn I hope that's real. 

So disappointed that it was fake.

[South Austin 52500]

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10 hours ago, chainsaw said:

Cue the pearl-clutching disabled veterans

Abbott isn't even remotely adjacent to a veteran. Unless you count the battle he lost against a tree limb.

[Voldemort86 2259]

Polling sucks with this race, but maybe Beto can help Texas dems win some other races like last cycle he was running. 
 

most recent poll I saw was cripple 50- Beto 43

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

Abbott will win. Texas has too many voters that just identify as republicans for no apparent reason. You can list out all of Abbots failures and they will say it’s still better than beto would be. They won’t even spend 5 minutes listening to both sides. There’s little hope.

[Nivek 16929]

Abbott will win because Beto's campaign doesn't go far enough.   Abbott is using fear tactics to smear Beto on TV.   Beto is trying to use logic to inspire women and men to support him.    Beto should be using fear tactics, to show the carnage, and to show the COST of what voting for Abbott has done to them.   One of his campaign promises at a meeting which got some of the biggest cheers is to LOWER property taxes in the state back to what they were before Abbott took office.   

If he campaigns on lowering your taxes, protecting your rights, and making Texas a safer place (by being tough on crime), he takes away everything from Abbott.  Instead, Beto will focus on giving long answers to complicated issues and he will campaign on abortion, gun control, police reform, and immigration, and once again he will fucking lose.   

His campaign message needs to be modified.   

He could place an add where some older guys are talking about getting some practice in at the range.  One guy has a bolt action, the other a new AR15.  They take their time shoot well.  Then along come some punks with AR15s acting like fools and they shoot like shit, and accidentally shoot the roof.   One of the old guys who knows the kid and his family takes the gun away and tells him he isn't responsible enough for this.  It's not his fault, he wasn't responsible enough when he was 18 for this thing either.  Older guy promises to show him how to properly use it when he is ready in a few years.    > This is a feel good video, so it goes on the website not on TV.

An video he can air, how much money greg abbotts bullshit has cost us.   dead kids, dead teachers, his promise to end rape has failed, tax hikes, border crossings, freezing temps killing people, a shooting epidemic in houston and on Texas roads.   Criminals getting access to firearms and killing cops.  criminals getting out on bail and killing people (one fuckhead murdered a dad, stole his car with his little boy in it, and then left the kid in the car to die from the heat).   This is what greg has done.  Elect him if you are OK with this.   THAT needs to be on TV.

[DigglerontheHoof 21199]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Abbott will win. Texas has too many voters that just identify as republicans for no apparent reason. You can list out all of Abbots failures and they will say it’s still better than beto would be. They won’t even spend 5 minutes listening to both sides. There’s little hope.

Yup.  the (R) by their name is all that is required.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

8 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Yup.  the (R) by their name is all that is required.

This is the truth right here.  It’s just like other states where Herschel Walker, Dr. OZ, etc… have a legit shot at winning senate seats just because they have the R next to their name.  They have no business being allowed to run our government.  Hell, I wouldn’t trust people like that to run the local Dairy Queen.  It shows us that the problem is not who is running for office but who is voting.  A majority of our citizens are idiots unfortunately.  

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

In terms of the 2021 freeze, Beto should be driving home the idea that the average electricity bill TODAY is much higher because of Abbott has failed to do. And if another freeze event like that happens, 2023 or 2024 could be that much higher. 

People have effectively forgotten the freeze hardship they faced and the deaths involved. The amount on their Sept bill is fresh in their minds.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

In terms of the 2021 freeze, Beto should be driving home the idea that the average electricity bill TODAY is much higher because of Abbott has failed to do. And if another freeze event like that happens, 2023 or 2024 could be that much higher. 

People have effectively forgotten the freeze hardship they faced and the deaths involved. The amount on their Sept bill is fresh in their minds.

Well, see, I was told that is all Biden’s fault.  

At this point, while you are giving good advice, it doesn’t matter.  The people of TX have already made up their brain washed minds.  A reasonable person would see that Abbott and the republican officials in TX are responsible for the failure of the grid, high electric bills, school shootings, high property taxes, and lots of other bad stuff but all it takes is Fox News to tell them Dems are socialists.  Dems are communists.  Dems will take your guns.  Dems will make your kids and grand kids gay.  They hear that and vote R.  As my avatar would say, “it is what it is”.  

[Biff Tannen 45684]

3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

You can list out all of Abbots failures and they will say it’s still better than beto would be

This.  Facts DO NOT MATTER.  The "conservative" masses that care to vote have been brainwashed for 40 years.  They cannot be reached.  

[Poe It Up 126]

Abbott is all over the tv and radio and I rarely hear anything from Beto. Is there a serious gap when it comes to funding? 

[Biff Tannen 45684]

2 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Abbott is all over the tv and radio and I rarely hear anything from Beto. Is there a serious gap when it comes to funding? 

Beto ads outnumber Abbott ads 2-1 on the morning local Fox affiliate (Fox 7).

[Poe It Up 126]

8 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Beto ads outnumber Abbott ads 2-1 on the morning local Fox affiliate (Fox 7).

Interesting, I guess it’s different in Houston. I also just read up on the funding and there’s a gap, but not as much as you’d think. 

[Humble Beast 258]

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26460]

13 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

Beto will best Abbott.  This isn’t some kind of reverse jinx voodoo I’m working out. I’ve been saying and believing it since at least before Uvalde. 

From your lips to God’s ears

24 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Abbott is all over the tv and radio and I rarely hear anything from Beto. Is there a serious gap when it comes to funding? 

Nope, just Texas Democrats doing their Washington Generals bit. 

[mchookem 16335]

9 minutes ago, Humble Beast said:

 

well, there it is. this state is gone  completely lost. good luck to those of you that stay 🤘

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

7 minutes ago, Humble Beast said:

 

This shows the stupidity of the people in this state.  If the concern is really securing the borders why hasn’t Abbot who has been governor for 7 years fixed this issue?  Shouldn’t he have secured this border already or does he need another 7 years to take care of this issue.  Why is immigration a top concern for so many people here in Texas?  I guess I get the people that live down on the border but a soccer mom in N Dallas that makes this her biggest concern is because why?  Is it just too many of those brown people coming into our state is the real reason these people have issues with immigration?

[Biff Tannen 45684]

10 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

 Is it just too many of those brown people coming into our state is the real reason these people have issues with immigration?

Yes.  It's completely irrational.  These people live in constant fear of fake boogeymen.  My in laws are a prime example.  Small town Texans that have nothing better to do than listen to right wing media and be scared of everything.  

[Beau Vine 54226]

49 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Abbott is all over the tv and radio and I rarely hear anything from Beto. Is there a serious gap when it comes to funding? 

I was watching Cardinals-Padres on MLB.Tv last night, and every half inning that fucking commercial where they spliced together Beto's words ran.  

[Bozo_Casanova 26460]

29 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

This shows the stupidity of the people in this state.  If the concern is

There are stupid people everywhere. It’s the terminal incompetence of the TDP. It really is. They have everything they need from a raw material standpoint. 
what’s worse is that the national trend is to recreate what TDP has done. 

Edited September 22, 2022 by Bozo_Casanova

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42 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

 If the concern is really securing the borders why hasn’t Abbot who has been governor for 7 years fixed this issue?  Shouldn’t he have secured this border already or does he need another 7 years to take care of this issue.

I thought we had DPS Attack Boats keeping the waters clear. That not working?

[Humble Beast 258]

21 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

There are stupid people everywhere. It’s the terminal incompetence of the TDP. It really is. They have everything they need from a raw material standpoint. 
what’s worse is that the national trend is to recreate what TDP has done. 

It’s always the messaging, never the message. 

[Nivek 16929]

Chatting with my mom she thinks that illegals just show up and get free food, clothing and shelter and it isn’t fair. I did my best to set her straight. But the constant barrage of Fox/GQP propaganda is working.

I just asked her to think about why no one goes after the companies that hire illegals, why it only becomes an issue during election years, and why didn’t they solve it for the past 30 plus years of Republican dominated control? I mean if abbot is so moved by this why does he need another term to do something?

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16 minutes ago, Nivek said:

I mean if abbot is so moved by this why does he need another term to do something?

Are you shaming a man in a wheelchair for not working hard enough, sir?

Edited September 22, 2022 by RPM

[Js1 85336]

I'm gonna throw my TV out the window if I see this "Beto is too extreme for Texas" because he opposed SB 29. 

[Biff Tannen 45684]

57 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Chatting with my mom she thinks that illegals just show up and get free food, clothing and shelter and it isn’t fair

Even if this were the case, why is that not fair?  We should treat human beings like human fucking beings.  We should help people, especially people coming from war torn or otherwise hostile countries that are literally fleeing for their lives.  

[royiv 9317]

1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

Even if this were the case, why is that not fair?  We should treat human beings like human fucking beings.  We should help people, especially people coming from war torn or otherwise hostile countries that are literally fleeing for their lives.  

Dude, they're brown rapists and murderers. Didn't you get the memo?

[hookem2010 2624]

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

Chatting with my mom she thinks that illegals just show up and get free food, clothing and shelter and it isn’t fair. I did my best to set her straight. But the constant barrage of Fox/GQP propaganda is working.

I just asked her to think about why no one goes after the companies that hire illegals, why it only becomes an issue during election years, and why didn’t they solve it for the past 30 plus years of Republican dominated control? I mean if abbot is so moved by this why does he need another term to do something?

No shit. If you want to curb immigration, go after the hypocritical fucks who hire them in the first place. Of course, then they will bitch about prices of goods and services rising. It's much easier to lay the problem at the feet of the Democrat party. So fucking dumb.

[Humble Beast 258]

12 hours ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Why is immigration a top concern for so many people here in Texas?  I guess I get the people that live down on the border but a soccer mom in N Dallas that makes this her biggest concern is because why?  Is it just too many of those brown people coming into our state is the real reason these people have issues with immigration?

You and all the other CRers are discounting the awareness of drug trafficking going on. You act like everybody coming across is some refugee looking for help but it’s not true. I think it’s will end up being overplayed a bit, but fentanyl is a thing. A growing problem. Locally 4-5 kids OD’d and died in Buda Hays in the last 6 months. If you think that the drug business isn’t enabled a Federal govt and WH that doesn’t really seem TGAF about the border then I don’t know what to tell you. Mom in Frisco has heard of this and knows Ds don’t really care about the border. Also that Beto was adamant about defunding the police. I mean we have a violent drug pseudo state on our border and one candidate talked about defunding the police. Asinine.  
 

I’m not even saying it can be stopped. But the message is so off to act like there’s nothing there. I’ve encountered it here repeatedly. 

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

6 minutes ago, Humble Beast said:

You and all the other CRers are discounting the awareness of drug trafficking going on. You act like everybody coming across is some refugee looking for help but it’s not true. I think it’s will end up being overplayed a bit, but fentanyl is a thing. A growing problem. Locally 4-5 kids OD’d and died in Buda Hays in the last 6 months. If you think that the drug business isn’t enabled a Federal govt and WH that doesn’t really seem TGAF about the border then I don’t know what to tell you. Mom in Frisco has heard of this and knows Ds don’t really care about the border. Also that Beto was adamant about defunding the police. I mean we have a violent drug pseudo state on our border and one candidate talked about defunding the police. Asinine.  
 

I’m not even saying it can be stopped. But the message is so off to act like there’s nothing there. I’ve encountered it here repeatedly. 

Why did those kids die from fentanyl?  Why were they ingesting it?

[scottsins 1966]

Why did those kids die from fentanyl?  Why were they ingesting it?

Probably just trying to cope with being groomed into gun hating transgender socialists by their teachers.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

16 hours ago, Nivek said:

Chatting with my mom she thinks that illegals just show up and get free food, clothing and shelter and it isn’t fair.

Many people need someone to look down upon. And if the people below you are receiving “free” then pretty soon that person will have more than me.

The Right is also consumed by hypothetical fairness but if you point it back at them for any reason, you’re dismissed. Welfare recipient accidentally or intentionally lies to get more benefits, let’s ban them from benefits for life.  Brett Favre takes welfare money, then let’s give him an opportunity to pay it back, or can’t we just forget about it.