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pyrohornIII

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  1. Talarico has a chance. Allred doesn't. First thing he has to do is win the primary over Allred. I don't care if you don't give him money, or if you think he has no chance, just vote for him. Please. Beto nearly knocked Cruz off in an non presidential year. I think Talarico has more momentum already, especially after Cornyn and Paxton square off trying to be the most MAGA of the MAGAs. That battle is going to leave a a pretty bloody winner.
  2. I went to see Warren the last time she was speaking in Austin this summer. I had liked what I had seen before on TV and SocMed, but she left me rather disappointed in her presentation. Very bland and uninspiring.
  3. Curious if you folks want an AMA with Talarico. He said he'd be up for it. Still want to bring Kendall in too, but we can't have them on the same night, for fear someone might sense Kendall is endorsing Talarico.
  4. Maybe there's a thread on this somewhere, but I haven't seen it yet. I'd be real interested in a thread about how some of our proprietary Surly humor got started. In particular I am curious about the origins of the "Is HEB open" line. Same for "PM Derka" I know some of this goes back several iterations of the site and some even has roots in the old harridan's site. Ones I fell for when I first hooked in here were the "I did your mom last night" and "PM Derka." So I might be too gullible to deserve knowing how most of these started.
  5. Bingo. I've thought this for a while now, probably since the days of jet pak guy. Circus Maximus for the Intellect Minimus.
  6. For those of you who haven't seen it yet, the Prime documentary Shiny Happy People is fucking eye opening. I saw something similar go on at our little 2A school about 15 years ago. It seemed pretty much a copycat of what this group Teen Mania was doing about the same time. I have been wondering more and more recently how much the athletes and coaches praise Jesus so much more now than they used to. Obviously part of the indoctrination program. Anyway, skip the first season about the Duggars if you want, the second season can stand alone. It has been probably 30 years or more since I said I was proud of anything about the state of Texas. Coincidence? I think not.
  7. Another Epstein diversion. There's much more here to support conspiracy than PizzaGate or 9/11 being an inside job ever had. I think most of the people who fell for those were of the kind who searched for very obscure possibilities, so they could say later "I told you so, but you were too stupid to connect the dots like I did." Guess they have no interest in possible conspiracies that are too obvious.
  8. https://i.imgur.com/gTMFhsO.mp4 Sorry, I know Imgur won't embed here, this is heartrending.
  9. Are you still in CD 10? Any decent contenders stepping up? There's a real piece of work we're having to deal with running (supposedly) in 17. With all the redistricting, I will be moving from 17 to 10, if it all holds up.
  10. No, he never served, but my money is Trump will try to get him buried in Arlington.
  11. This is probably our best chance to win a statewide race. While Talarico isn't very loud, he's got a solid case and he's got his belly full of the billionaires. He's got morals and he's an elementary teacher by trade, so he does know how to speak the language of the under-educated.
  12. My brother said the same thing last year, about how none of the Dems identified themselves as Democrats on their signs or webpages. I figure it's one of their big "gotcha" things. But it seems it's about the same on the Republican side, they tend to use the word conservative more than republican on signs or websites. I guess somehow it's a play for that non-informed voter that keeps saying 'I don't vote for the party, but the candidate.'
  13. I think Trump was looking for an Ivanka doppleganger. Would not surprise me if the russia videos included minors, either. The pee stuff could have been part of it too, but more likely a smoke screen.
  14. Talarico was supposed to make his official announcement Tuesday, but it got leaked early. However his Talarico for Senate website has been sitting with a "coming soon" type banner on it for 2-3 weeks. Allred's a bit more of a mystery. Talarico had the special sessions to get past first. Allred had no such impediments. That's the same game he played against Gutierrez in 24.
  15. There are so many counties in Texas that have been ignored by Dems because they are overshadowed by the big metro 5, Harris, Dallas/Tarrant, Bexar, El Paso and Travis. Amarillo by itself is larger than the largest cities of 10 states. Smith Co with Tyler is over 250,000. Corpus, Laredo, Waco, Lubbock, B/CS, Beaumont are examples of what Texas Dems were considering rural. And that older regime was banking on growing Hispanic demographics in those Big 5 to turn Texas blue. But the problem is that for whatever reason (I think partially apathy and partially voter suppression) those huge population centers are not turning out to vote. For that reason there is a new push towards showing up in those towns/counties of over 250,000. That's about 45 population centers. And while they go into the big metros, not all those people show up, so they need to host events out in the communities, like Plano, Round Rock or Pasadena for instance. Beto was on the right track but like you said about the panhandle, @chainsaw, there is very little organization out in the smaller counties. Hubs like Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa are working with some new life, but yes, there's a real need to look at the marginal returns when you get into the counties of say 20,000 or less. Most of those little counties are so backward and red, that Dems feel threatened if they even put out a yard sign, much less try to knock some doors. TL;DR: Texas Dems are making big efforts to get more presence in population centers that have been overlooked for years. They are hoping the voters in those areas will turn out to vote in numbers that will offset the disappointment in Harris and other counties. The dem nominee needs to find some strong allies who the people of Houston admire to help them get that vote. They have lost a lot of those old line leaders recently, and Judge Hidalgo has had her issues as well. But whoever the Dem nominees are need several champions in each large center. And not all political, but also generally popular like entertainers and athletes. That area and the golden triangle have lost a lot of votes out of the unions that have gone into the MAGA movement. Exactly, they are already doing everything they can to suppress the vote, to make it as hard as possible to vote in the big blue cities. Harder to vote when they are under martial law.
  16. I actually made one of those to sell as a fundraiser for a local Dem group. They didn't allow me to sell swings at it, for fear it might resonate as Dems advocating violence against an individual. This is the world we live in now.
  17. Yeah, the disdain is real. Inexplicably he has a base of donors in Dallas. But that's about it.
  18. I think a good bit of them are naive, and think that the morals of the country are unassailable. And now they are beginning to wake up. Maybe it's not enough, but it's more than we had.
  19. Yep, just like the surge Bernie brought to the party in the 16 race.
  20. I place a lot more hope in Talarico than Allred, for sure. Seeing more and more preachers looking to run for office in order to fight off the prosperity gospeltiers like Osteen, and the Christian Nationalists like Wilkes and Dunn. I have more confidence in them than I do Allred the placator. That man is the poster child of lack of self awareness.
  21. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/talarico-texas-senate-campaign-00546945 Talarico is in!
  22. Talarico announced for Senate just this afternoon. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/talarico-texas-senate-campaign-00546945
  23. Texas Dems, a failed Zoom. We will reschedule.
  24. Sorry folks, we will have to reschedule...I'll let you know. Thanks safesex for showing up!!
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