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  1. I agree it shouldn’t have a distinction but I think it does. Many have driven with too much to drink and not gotten pulled over but were lucky they didn’t. Far fewer have gotten in crashes and then arrested for drunk driving.

     

  2. I think Troph was referencing the fact that Beto crashed into another vehicle while driving drunk and put another driver's life at risk versus just getting pulled over by a patrol car.
     

    Yes this is why it may be a bigger deal. I’d hammer on this distinction if I were a surrogate for Cruz.
  3. It’s not just a DUI it was a near intoxication man slaughter event. It’s not easily dismissed but it’s also not new info. That’s a big effing deal that he’s gotten past it once already.

  4. Oh FYI our phone banking is equality specific so while we overlap with all issues like immigration etc we call equality voters and encourage them to vote to ensure lgbtq equality advances. That’s the only other qualifying aspect of our phone banks. Consider us an affiliate (not legally) of the campaign so to speak.

  5. Hope Hicks.  Or Tomi Lahren.

    Are they running for elected office? I’m talking about those seeking power positions requiring a vote of the electorate. That’s another sticky thing - men are expected to seek power so it’s okay. Women? Not so much.
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    Interesting post. I always wondered about the stories of women just fawning over JFK. IMO, the attraction had a lot to do with his conduct and charisma, and not objective appearance.

     

    On the other end of the spectrum, with women’s appearance, my wife runs into that a lot. Like people walk up, look at her and demand to speak to the “actual pharmacist”. They just assume she is some hot, vapid ACC technician chick.

     

     

    I have stories on both sides. It’s actually the hardest part of my transition. I mean really fucking hard. I’m trying to figure out how to be both - reasonably attractive - and intelligent - and be recognized as both - and it doesn’t totally work. I get sidelined some, I’m a bitch some, and I don’t get the added bump from charisma some. Previously I could find the place where I easily got credit for all three and it was something I took for granted.

     

    Money is another one. Women with their own money aren’t viewed like men with money.

     

    The list of differential treatment between the sexes/genders is actually kinda long.

     

     

    Anyway back to the fuckability of Beto and his lanky/boney appearance.

  7. Beto will win the 18-35 female vote because his policies are compassionate, humane, well thought out and he expresses them with passion. He’s attractive not because he’s good looking, he’s attractive because of all of it. Men who have their eyes set on a prize that includes brining others with them - i.e. real leadership - produce feelings that aren’t always rational but that doesn’t mean rationality isn’t part of it.

     

    I think the guy is very attractive mostly because of the above not because I think a overstated crooked nose is handsome. if he was an egotistical male corporate lawyer talking down to me on a deal I’d think he was a cocksucker shitstain.

     

    He becomes handsome because of his ideas, his intelligence, his thoughtfulness and his genuine approach in his pursuit of a goal - to make Texas and our country better for all. The fact that it includes a sexual energy component is just human or at least for those that can be or are attracted to men.

     

     What’s interesting to me is that both the intelligence and appearance really work for men in an almost synergistic way. I don’t know if it works that way for women. Smart girls who look super hot have a helluva time being taken seriously and smart girls that aren’t attractive don’t become attractive when they speak. I don’t know the magic formula for women to catch the wave like Beto. Who is the female rock star politician that everyone fawns all over? I don’t know of one.

     

  8. I know I’m going to be in the minority on this but I think Beto wins and it’s not going to be that close.
    like Beto by three to five points. 

    The enthusiasm supports your conclusion but we have to see how the GOTV works. Honestly he’s mobilizing like a mofo now. He really could pull this off and walk away with it in modern political numbers - flipping negative 9 to positive 3-4. I’m thinking it’s a nail biter either way but thinking he wins bc he’s yet to fuck up and that makes me think his campaign is rock solid for the next two phases - GOTV and defend the TV onslaught. It’s clear he’s going to campaign like a man on fire though and that’s what it will take.

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  9. Our eighth and final phone bank is underway. It's very obvious that Beto's name recognition has skyrocketed in the last five weeks.  A lot more people we call know who he is. It's also gratifying to see how many enthusiastic young people are showing up for these things.  I would say the average age of our attendees is about 23.  NW Austin peeps, too bad you weren't able to show up, you would have enjoyed the, um, "scenery".  No, no pics.  I want these girls to come back if we have any more events.  Anyway M12 is going this weekend to be trained as a volunteer trainer and I'll probably do the same.  We're all in.  We've also contributed the max to his campaign. That's right.  The 1%, I am in it.  


    Happy to pick up the torch here if you are finished phone banking.

    HRC Austin has solid equipment and software to make it easy and we have a south Lamar location and about 4-5 dates for phone banking. Same deal ... must love teh gays, trannies and POCs and be okay being the minority in the room for a change. But my homie in charge makes it a good fucking time. If you are interested PM me.

  10. 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.)

    You can say that all you want but in their era and hay day they won. They won.
  11. 35 minutes ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

    Tell those gays if they want this gay they need to have good beer.  I'll leave the whiskey for the straight guys.

    You know how I know you’re a lesbian?  

  12. Yeah and I’ve had to educate the gays that if my straight male lawyer friends are coming we need shiner and whiskey. They are learning but not without some confusion.

  13. Troph threw a damned fine party, which was really well attended.  We raised some serious jack for Beto last night, but we weren't the biggest fundraiser of the night.  After our deal, Beto headed over to West Lake Hills for another fundraiser.  As I was taking out my trash this morning, I started chatting with a neighbor who was at that fundraiser--they raised north of $90K.  Between the two, that's a good Monday night.
    And as an added bonus, troph let me take the half of the fifth of Knob Creek that went undrank as a party favor.  Something about only straight guys drinking bourbon . . . .  Anyway--gift horses and all that.
    Oh--final note.  I've seen a lot of politicians speak.  Some are great.  Most are good.  I've seen some bad ones.  Beto may be the most dynamic politician I've ever seen speak.  He's really impressive.


    We were pushing $100k too, a lot of donors said to hell with it on parking and gave but didn’t show. not sure how close we got, but if they were at $90, I bet it was about a $170-200k night for the campaign. I’m also a bit miffed, the Westlake event took some of my Lakeway peeps. Grrrr.

    Thanks for the kudos, we had a blast!
  14. Shout out to Ghost of LL making an appearance and bringing some drinking buddies with him. The guy can hold his own. Solid A+ dude. Not sure I can say the same for the rest of you clowns.

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  15. And they are a formidable voting block. The Dems love the gays, unions, minorities, etc but it’s hard to turn your back on conservative church going whites when they make up what 30% of the voting population and will coalesce around a single issue like abortion. The party let it happen bc it was guaranteed wins for a long time.

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