Posted on 03/09/2014 4:08:36 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
Dewhurst is fighting for his political legacy after presiding over the Texas Senate for 11 years. In that role, he has chosen committee leaders, controlled the legislative agenda and maintained the Texas Senate's clubby atmosphere that keeps the wheels of government turning.
But after his loss to Ted Cruz in the 2012 GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate, Dewhurst has tacked hard to the right. He has talked more about banning almost all abortions and even appointed Patrick to chair one of the Senate's most power committees, public education.
Patrick, meanwhile, focused on passing abortion restrictions and expanding the number of charter schools in Texas, while unsuccessfully pushing for tougher laws regarding illegal immigration.
Patrick scored big with 41 percent of the vote to the incumbent's 28 percent in a four-way race. Two other conservative candidates, both former lawmakers who serve as elected commissioners for major state agencies, shared 29 percent of the vote.
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I would bet any amount of money that Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana would. There's not a chance that Florida would...too many Yankees. Neither do I think Georgia would, same problem, especially because of their numbers in Atlanta.
I, and other Southerners I have known have never thought of Florida as a Southern state, and now I have doubts about Georgia. Maybe there's no basis for the latter judgment but that's the way that state seems to be shaping up. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Looking good!
Yes but if you are a registered Texas voter and DID NOT vote in the primary you can still vote in the runoff.
While I supported Jerry Patterson in the primary, I have no problem at all voting for Dan Patrick in the runoff election.
Hegar won by default, as Hilderbrand withdrew from a runoff.
Only Rats who sat our March 4 can come forth to vote down Patrick.
Sorry someone had already posted about Hilberbrand’s exodus from the runoff. Hilderbrand is a lieutenant of Straus. Several Straus House allies were defeated for re-nomination, but not nearly enough to topple him as Speaker.
For me it’s Patrick, Paxton, Miller, and Christian in the runoff.
I agree with your analysis though I believe that if the movement got going we may be surprised what states might like to join. Its true it would mostly be southern states at first but once the fracturing begins we may see other subset countries form within the US form which is fine by me. I have no interest in forcing others into a union they detest.
Many people have a hunger for something different instead of fighting a battle that always ends with bigger government and less constitution. I think it is inevitable given the trend that we will lose it all or degenerate into a Civil War that makes the last one look tame. We have too many timid among us who are lulled asleep and while they can be woke up I have come to really doubt that they will remain so for very long unless a real crisis forces them to and if it takes that then the hope for peaceful resolution will most likely be gone.
I don’t think the union is worth 750,000 lives regardless of what the Lincoln worshipers think.
Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful response to my post.
While I wonder how long the sheep in this country will stay asleep while their liberties as Americans are slowly but inexorably destroyed, I have a bit of hope that they are not as brain-dead as they sometimes appear to be.
Given enough time, the “educators” in the U.S. will make it virtually impossible for any rebellion against the status quo to occur because the people will have lost all semblance of understanding what it used to be like being a free people rooted in the values that our Founders and ancestors bestowed upon us. That is my concern. The “Millenials” with their lack of understanding and indifference should worry us all.
As you say, a crisis will be necessary to wake them up to take action. To me, a good example of that crisis could appear as early as when the Gestapo in Connecticut start—and I believe they will—to try to round up firearms. If they do, all hell is sure to break loose and then we’ll see if the peoples’ will can express itself. If they meekly submit, I submit that the game is over and the Americans lack the will or even desire to be a free people again.
What a shame if that happens.
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