AbsolutelyNot having a pair and standing up for the right thing at the right time on a continual basis has got us to this point. The time to have been active in choosing our leadership was months ago, not days away.
AbsolutelyNot having a pair and standing up for the right thing at the right time on a continual basis has got us to this point. The time to have been active in choosing our leadership was months ago, not days away.
Zero doubt. I've seen first hand how a purple state can turn deep blue within a very short time.
That being said, the recent polls don't tell a good story for Beto, so I'm not really worried about a Beto victory party anytime soon.
Still, reading that some might prefer Beto running the state, on a supposed 2A forum is very, very worrying to read.
Good leadership takes more than voting for the lessor of two poor options on election day. We need become more active in the election process of those who govern us. Donations of time as well as money are needed to successfully have good leadership.
California hasn't been purple since I've been alive and I'm 41 years old
Do you see a better pick, given the choices?And Abbott is the only choice?....
At this point, yesAnd Abbott is the only choice?....
At this point, yes
I voted for Perot.
Twice.
Anyone remember how that turned out?
I voted for Perot.
Twice.
Anyone remember how that turned out?
Clinton won both times.
92, 96.
I will repeat myself to some extent. If you do not want Francis in the State Capitol, you only have one choice. The number of candidates doesn't matter, it is one of two people who will win. Sure, "if only people would do XYX..." is great, but they don't and won't. We have to work with what we've got and what we've got is two flawed men, pick the flaws you can live with.Texas was only blue for over 112 years before. That was a different shade of blue. Today’s blue is more like pinko commie.
ETA:
Check your ballot. There’s four names and a write block.
Republicans pols have to start doing what is in the best interest of our Republic and quit being the feckless @#$%s they have been for decades. That means holding corrupt Dems and Republicans responsible for their corruption and abuse of power.It's funny, I remember a lot of these same discussions in California when Gavin Newsom was being recalled. This was after Newsom had put everyone into a strict lockdown for a year, and destroyed the small business community in California (while keeping Walmart and Costco afloat). Supposed "Conservatives" saying, "Yeah I don't like Gavin Newsom at all, but Larry Elder is basically a black trump, and going to feed into WHITE supremacy."
Imagine that, a conservative black guy who was born in Compton, was going to be supporting white supremacy and racism against colored people.
Newsom retained his political career with a 62% to 38% victory. Now California is dealing with $8 gas, minimal gun rights, even higher and higher taxes, and gender affirmation theory pushed right in their K-12 schools (after the transsexual drag queen show in the school library). He's favored to win re-election by 30+ points.
Sometimes I think conservatives and libertarians are their own worst enemy. They play this game called "Perfect is the enemy of good", and all the while, they evangelize their principled rhetoric, dragging conservative/republican candidates through the mud for not doing enough here, or doing too little there, not being perfect when they should be. Instead of trying to influence for better policies and advocate for change for their own team, they cast them aside and resort to political balkanization, supporting little known principled paragons with little influence, and even less experience to navigate the politics of running a state of nearly 30,000,000 people. We love to point our knives at each other. It happened in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and so on, until we weakened each other so much that the other side simply had to step over us to victory.
Now, the other side... well, they don't have these same "principled" problems. They vote lock step, hands grasping each other tightly, as they march towards rainbows, and communism. Some from our side even believe it would be better if the other side won, you know, to "wake us up" to the horrors of their vile ideology. This is how dysfunctional we've become in our thinking, while the other side continues their zombie like march to overrunning us completely.
If not for President Apple Sauce Brains, I am convinced we would be facing a red rout, instead of a possible red wave. I think it's fortunate that we have Apple Sauce Brains in office, really, really fortunate. He's become so unpopular, even Beto didn't risk campaigning with him for "support". But we can't rely on that always being the case, and we've got to find a way to vote for freedom, TOGETHER, or possibly risk losing it forever.
Why not fault anyone not voting Abbott now? I would fault them. Either they support 2A or they don’t.I hope Texas does not turn blue. I don't fault anyone for not voting for Abbott - but if we cannot come together as a strong group - they'll get that crack, they'll get their wedge, and the politcal course of Texas and the US could be damaged a lot.
Not having a pair and standing up for the right thing at the right time on a continual basis has got us to this point. The time to have been active in choosing our leadership was months ago, not days away.
Sometimes I think conservatives and libertarians are their own worst enemy. They play this game called "Perfect is the enemy of good", and all the while, they evangelize their principled rhetoric, dragging conservative/republican candidates through the mud for not doing enough here, or doing too little there, not being perfect when they should be. Instead of trying to influence for better policies and advocate for change for their own team, they cast them aside and resort to political balkanization, supporting little known principled paragons with little influence, and even less experience to navigate the politics of running a state of nearly 30,000,000 people. We love to point our knives at each other. It happened in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and so on, until we weakened each other so much that the other side simply had to step over us to victory.
Yep, but a rock in my boot is better than no foot.No, your system has gotten us the rinos we have today. They know you’ll stick with them regardless of how bad they stab you in the back. The lesser of two evils, is still evil.