Posted on 05/27/2014 7:36:59 PM PDT by Din Maker
I voted for Hall.
I don’t think it is bad to bring in fresh conservative blood but I am not going to pretend Ralph Hall was not conservative.
I was surprised Hall lost even in his hometown here in Texas.
Well now we have to pay him and his replacement.....I am not saying that is a bad thing but financially we lost.
LOL Not likely, since he was a democrat when he entered public office, but they were all alive and kicking at the time.
I don’t live in Texas, so I don’t know a lot about Ralph Hall.
I have read that he is a good man and a pretty good conservative.
However, issue for me is he is 91 years old.
He simply is old to be an effective fighter in DC. And we need
effective fighters more than ever in DC to fight the GOPe’s.
He has served honorably and I wish him well in retirement.
Did Ralph Hall gain any voters? So he got 48% in the runoff and first round?
Halls rival in next Tuesdays GOP primary runoff, John Ratcliffe, is a former U.S. attorney whose law partners include Johnny Sutton, the U.S. attorney who put Ramos and Compean behind bars.
Ratcliffe had nothing to do with the case.
We were U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to protect the Texas/Mexico border, but Johnny Sutton of the U.S. Attorneys office saw it differently, Ramos says in a video released Tuesday afternoon by the Hall campaign.
We were sentenced to 11 and 12 years in prison for doing our jobs, Compean says. Congressman Ralph Hall stood up for us in our time of need.
ALL the tea party backed candidates won in Texas tonight! Ralph Hall is part of the problem. No more though!
Bachmann endorsed Todd Akins against the tea parties and Palin.
I saw Rep Hall on local TV yesterday andforgive me Lordhe is a breathing goo puddle and not much more. He left the building with Elvis long ago.
I was not surprised. He has been cozy with Establishment as the article alludes, and it had not been forgotten.
He has gotten by with miles of road and press because of his age, but these are not the times for patronizing anyone when there are more capable, deserving candidates running.
I am sure he was a good man in his day, but this is war, and he has missed some dang easy shots. There is a price for that because people depend on these representatives to defend them with confidence, not on a wing and a prayer.
91 years old...about time the folks in TX told him ‘TIME TO CALL IT QUITS’
he got aged out...good new Texas voters...thanks.
Disgusting that Hall ever served this long
Todd Akin was the most conservative on some issues. Brunner supported amnesty in the NDAA.
Congrats to the winner, but here’s a note to the AP writers: when someone is 91 saying that someone else is “barely half” half age doesn’t really have the right ring to it.
Yep. And the thought of serving the voters is the last thing that motivates these types.
Its all about them and the power. What ever happened to TERM LIMITS?
I know, hb, but it was just meant to be funny! B^)
Akin and Bachmann cost us a Senate seat, Palin and the tea parties asked him to drop out, after opposing him in the first place, they were correct.
It seems that not many people remember that Hall was first elected to this Congressional seat in 1980, as a Democrat.
But, he was one of the "Blue Dog" conservative Democrats, voted for most of the articles of impeachment against Clinton, and endorsed Bush in the 2000 election.
He switched to the Republican party just before he filed for the party primary in 2004.
They were right but Im talking about at the point in time where Akin was endorsed. It is not like he was Cornyn or Dan Coats.
Seriously. Do we really need 80 and 90 y.o. people running the country? Even if they’re a decent sort, it’s time to quit and let the next generation do their part.
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