Cage fight: Paxton vs. Cronyn

[Stable Genius]

And boy is it gonna be fun to watch.

[Pete1111]

A knife fight in a phone booth. 

The commercials about Paxton are in the gutter, and rightly so.

Trump will announce his choice.  Is Diaper Don waiting for the highest bidder?

The amount of money spent so far, just for the primary, is insane.

[Suckrates]

Our focus should remain on Talarico......But lets hope Talarico wont be the next Beto 2.0 ?    

[Pete1111]

Beto nearly won his try.  He has great things to say about Talarico.

The Dems prefer Paxton to be the opponent.  Sounds like Trump will be the decider.

 

[Suckrates]

10 minutes ago, Pete1111 said:

Beto nearly won his try.  He has great things to say about Talarico.

The Dems prefer Paxton to be the opponent.  Sounds like Trump will be the decider.

 

These days, an endorsement from Trump can be "the kiss of death".......    Paxtons a felon and Cornyn is a geriatric who's been in the seat forever.    Time for a young, religiously aligned, charismatic fellow WHO CARES to take the reins.....

I favored Talarico from the start.....   He seems to be a "sweetheart" ?   Rare in todays politics. 

[stevenkesslar]

4 hours ago, Suckrates said:

I favored Talarico from the start.....   He seems to be a "sweetheart" ?   Rare in todays politics. 

 

See, Sis.   God smiles on us aging queer sisters.   I get Robert Irwin, and you get James Talarico.  To each her own.  It all works out in the end.  😉

That said, be careful with Mamdani now.  They are both gorgeous men in different ways.  But James is probably not into three ways, I'm guessing. 🫢

But, on a more serious and happy note, the biggest headline out of Texas was the Hispanic vote. 

Texas Latinos turned out in massive numbers for Democrats

And this is not the first time.  Same thing with the special election that Democrat Taylor Rehmet won in a red Texas Senate district in January.  It probably helped that he is a machinist union leader.  If Democrats want to win they should be running lots of union people talking about decent wages and affordability.  And no tax cuts and special favors for the rich.  En espanol, por favor.

 

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Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s stunning upset victory is explained in part by the massive swing by Latino voters toward his campaign compared to other Democrats in recent elections.

 

One might argue that if Trump were not such an arrogant war mongering raping lying felon un-American total piece of shit, he might have noticed this.  Brookings did.

 

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According to the 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll, the cost of living/inflation, economy/jobs, housing costs, and health care costs were the top four priorities for Latino men in 2024.

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The economy’s importance to Latino men, combined with the perception that Trump and Republicans are better at reducing costs and creating higher-paying jobs, was clearly a key factor in shaping their voting behavior this cycle. However, it is important to put this into context. Nearly a third of construction workers in the country are Latino, a labor force hit hard during COVID-19 closures. Furthermore, we found in our academic research that a third of Latino families lost their business/were in jeopardy of losing their business, with Latino men being more likely to experience economic stress during the pandemic.

 

So what did Trump do to create more jobs, raise wages, and create affordable housing and new Latino small businesses? 

He deported their asses.  Like Latino men working in construction jobs.  You just can't trust those fucking Mexicans, can you?

 

 

By the way, Sis.  Did I mention that Donald Trump is an arrogant war mongering raping lying felon un-American total piece of shit?

The implications of this could be vast, for both 2024 and 2028.

That is the history of Latino voting in Presidential elections since 1980.  Note that Harris did worse than any other Democrat, with one possible exception:  Jimmy Carter.

So a few things enter here.  Without even discussing politics, there is reversion to the mean.  If a Democrat in 2028 does as well as the average Democrat since 1980, they will win. 

Now let's talk inflation. That is what killed Carter.  It killed incumbent parties all over the world after COVID.  My theory all along has been that Hispanics in general, and Hispanic men in particular, are very much oriented around what Brookings described above:  jobs, wages, prices.  So are most working class Americans of any race, of course.

So Trump benefited from that in 2024.  Being the arrogant fuck he is, he took that as a mandate to start Trump Wars.  The arrogant piece of shit.  In 2026 and 2028 he will learn his lesson.

But I digress.  Back to your new love James. 

And please don't call me a cheap bitch.  I am sending him only $25 a month, compared to $100 a month for Sherrod Brown, Mary Peltola, and Jon Ossoff.  I figure Roy Cooper has it in the bag.  And if he can't win North Carolina, Democrats can not win the Senate.  North Carlina, Ohio, Alaska, and Maine are the must win Senate seats for Democrats to have a majority in 2028.  And Democrats have to hold Georgia and Michigan.  All seem possible.  Once Michigan and Maine have primaries I'll start sending money to the Democrats who win there, too.

James would be nice to have on the team, too.    So cute. 

But we know about Texas, Sis.  Everything is big there.  And we love our big cocks, of course.  But Democrats dream big in Texas, and always fail.  So call me a skeptic.

Anyhoo, have fun with James, Sis.  And Zohran.  Robert sends his love.  😉