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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:12 PM Original message |
In Defense of Texas. |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. John Connally didn't put LBJ on the ticket -- Mr. Sam Rayburn did. n/t |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yes, Mam, you are so right! I had two window open at the same time |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm from Florida |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. yaaaah. but then most of the politics across nation sucks. can they own that? nt |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ahem. Sam Houston was a Virginian. That is all. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
79. Ahem. All the Bushes are Yankees. That is all. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
88. Sam Houston? Who refused, as governor, to secede, and resigned instead? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
101. Yep. The first and last voice of reason. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #101 |
128. Last voice of reason? Not by a long shot. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
121. All whites in Texas were from somewhere else at that time |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Texas is a beautiful state... |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
122. Did ya know Texas has had 39 dem govs but only 6 repub governors? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #122 |
127. Did ya know Texas elected a woman a democrat governor all the way back in 1925? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #127 |
133. Ma and Pa Kettle, uh, Ferguson. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #133 |
141. Yup, she was a real monster alright.. |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just because Gov. Goodhair and few nuts want to secede |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's certainly not for people who are so closed minded |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hey, dude.... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
150. Freeze a Yankee! |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. get newly-minted Dem Kinky into the governor's seat |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. See, another example of "fereners" not knowing 'bout Texas. |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Texas politicians are not Republican or Democrat, they are Opportunist |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. If Kinky were honest |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. ROFL |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. I wonder if we could take up a collection and send him to Alaska? |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
112. get a candidate |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. 3rd rate pulp novelist...2nd rate novelty singer...1st rate attention whore |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
91. Ding, ding, ding, ding.... You are correct! |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. um, i lived in Texas for 14 years, |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:59 PM Original message |
No, Kinky CALLS himself a democrat now, but that doesn't mean he IS one |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. okay, so who are the other Dem candidates? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. No, can't I not like either |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Take a look at this fellow |
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Melissa G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Hank Gilbert got more votes than Rick Perry |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Cool |
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Melissa G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. There is money and then there is your excellent blogging! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Thanks for the heads up. n/t |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. I wish David Van Os would run for Governor |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Ditto on that. n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Oh, if only... (nt) |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #62 |
152. me too |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #62 |
169. I'd move back to Texas just long enough to vote for him. |
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HouLib (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
87. Bill White |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. The operative words being "lived in Texas" i.e. past tense |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. well, i surely hope that the Dems are able to get a decent Guv candidate |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
105. Says the person with Ahnold as their governor... |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. did you know that election was rigged? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #111 |
119. In Texas that election would never have happened in the first place |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #119 |
155. i did my bit, i voted for Ann vs. GWDouche |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #155 |
166. The electoral show is going to a hoot thise year. |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. And Kinky didn't cost Chris Bell the election. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. Yes, he did |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #63 |
103. Seriously? Did you not read my post or did you not understand my percentages? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Ugh... no. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Bush was from Connecticut though |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
135. Got news for ya, hun. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #135 |
139. Hey you! |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #135 |
157. so all those years living in Houston and Sugar Land were all in my imagination |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #157 |
170. Many of them were. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #170 |
173. Well Said, FSC. Thank You. (n/t) |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
151. Bet you´re glad Prop 8 failed |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #151 |
158. Northern California voted NO on 8 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. It's kinda sad that that significant part of the state keeps re-electing DiFi. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #159 |
162. re Dallas: |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. It's been changing slowly actually. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #162 |
167. In 2006 Dallas County went blue n/t |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:13 AM Response to Reply #162 |
168. Carrollton ain't Dallas. |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's Jim Hightower... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
153. Still is |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yikes. You left out Stevie Ray Vaughan! |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. There are many more, literally hundreds more. Thanks for |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
136. Steve Earle... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. And.. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd delete O'Connor from the list if I were you |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
165. I'd delete o'connor, too. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. & roy orbison |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Jack Johnson, Buddy Holly were Texans :) |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Molly Ivins!!!!!!! nt |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
73. You say "Molly", I say "Ann". |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. You can add Bill Moyers too. n/t |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. and don't forget proud grad of San Jacinto High, Walter Cronkite |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Yes, Walter Cronkite too! |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. don't forget Flamin Lib and W8liftinglady |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Don't forget Stevie Ray Vaughan. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And the Butthole Surfers |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thank you flamin lib - I'm standing right along side of you |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. I vote we force Texas to secede from the union and put up a 20 foot high fence |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Oh you're one to talk Florida |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Be nice Sonia. The shoe is on the other foot here. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. The illegal population would go up |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #39 |
142. Actually Texas would get illegal Americans |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. Kicked and Recced. |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm Canadian, but here's a favourite nobody else has mentioned... |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Did you know that |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Nope...Didn't know that... |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
98. Bush, Sr. ran for the Senate twice |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. Not to mention no one bashed the entire state of Alaska |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
50. I overwhelmingly agree with the gist of your argument |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
51. My parents backed a Hispanic for Governor in 1958!!!! |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
92. I loved Henry B. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
53. Proud Native Texan here. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. It seemed to be his signature gift |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Wow, that's a pretty cool story! n/t |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. I'm with ya. Gotta lot of friends in TX |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. Dunno, that almost balances out GWB. |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Can't do that. It's not in keeping wirh the spirit of the OP. nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
59. I was in Sam Rayburn country today |
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LT TX (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
66. You go! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Janis Joplin was from Pt Arthur. n/t |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #68 |
81. There's a great museum there |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #81 |
89. My mom graduated high school with Janis' younger sister, Laura |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. Then do go look at that second link in my post above |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #95 |
140. I checked it out last night, pretty cool pics |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yes and yes. It's like one of the talking heads on CNN said; |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Don't forget Dan Rather, born in Wharton Co, Tx, College and JD from |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. My home town! |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #76 |
85. So cool! Sorry I missed DR's name in your list. My |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Dan Rather has a law degree? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Oops. I found only one source for that, so it must be in error. Sorry. nt |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
113. Dan used to make jokes about how he went to |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
71. I agree with most of what you said, but I must admit.... |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Then jist quit it, ya heer? Quit it rite now. nt |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
75. I put my criticisms where they belong. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #75 |
102. "In Texas, you have hordes of idiots on the steps of the statehouse screaming for secession!!!" |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. you failed. where else in the country do you see such a spectacle? |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. Suck it. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. typically texas. just what I expect fom you. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #104 |
123. Vermont? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #104 |
164. Where else do you see wingnut seccesion groups? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #75 |
160. Don't get me started on Missouri... |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #75 |
161. It is by accident of birth that your not a Texan.. ;) |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
78. k&r |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
80. Alright. This op kicks ass. recc'd n/t |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
82. And Molly Ivins! |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
84. I assume this is in response to that semi-literate dumbass who posted the bash Texas thread. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
86. "Buddy Holly,"--I was going to mention him. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
90. The US is stocked full of stoopid... |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Thanks tjwash! |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:33 AM Response to Reply #90 |
172. . |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
94. Sandra Day O’Connor helped SCOTUS appoint W. Blecch! |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
96. Texas will also probably be a blue state in 10 years |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. I bet we could have a big blue shift in 2012 if we work hard enough for it |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #99 |
107. Si se puede! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. I did not know that |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. Texas will be a brown state, that is for sure.. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
97. We CAN turn Texas blue -- but there that state really is a top producer of wingnuts |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
100. K&R |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
109. oh, go ahead, everybody! Mess With Texas! |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #109 |
115. heh little do most know that is an Environmental Slogan |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #115 |
143. Yup, it's our anti littering slogan.. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
116. What if we do think AZ, NH and FL are crazy too? |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
117. The problem with Texas is |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. You've got a lot of hutzpa |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Gotta expect some bad with the good, yin and yang eh? |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #120 |
147. Bigger on both sides |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #120 |
156. Unfortunately for Texas |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #117 |
125. Your misplaced perceptions? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
124. Many favorite Texans have I. Molly Ivins chief among them but also |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
126. Slave state. And the overall mentality hasn't changed all that much since. |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:25 AM Response to Reply #126 |
171. Nice. n/t |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #126 |
174. And You Know That Because You Live In Seattle? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
129. That Van Clyburn fella shore can tinkle the ivories. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
130. And who but the Pride of Port Arthur, Texas but one Janis Joplin, whose |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #130 |
144. Don't forget Johnny and Edgar Winter either... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. Indeed. Texas does awfully well in talented folks. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #146 |
154. Yup unfortunately that includes talented assholes as well.. ;) |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
131. By day, San Antonio is one of the most handsome of U.S. cities. But at night, |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
132. I hope nobody has a problem with George Strait. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
134. "Nobody bashes Florida as a whole." |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #134 |
137. true, I thought "only in Florida!" was the DU refrain |
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cmf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
138. Sandra Day O'Connor? |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #138 |
148. It cost her, her legacy for sure |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
145. Houston, you have a problem |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
149. Rock on! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
175. "remember the alamo"- which was basically a showdown to keep slavery. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #175 |
177. BS |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
176. "Galveston, O Galveston / I still hear your sea waves crashing... |
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