Posted on 09/01/2018 8:41:01 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Beto sounds like the name you would expect for a member of the Mafia.
Th house is vacant. They’ve already left for warmer climes. I see it all the time up here in New Hampshire.
plenty of time for this.plus in october .trump’s 100,000 rally in dallas brings a route
She was lucky. No scratches 🇺🇸
near as bad? No need for all the caveats. Ted Cruz is one of the most conservative senators we've got with a 99 lifetime ACU rating.
But you are a fun guy...
Beto signs in Austin for the last year or so. I don’t expect to see Cruz signs. Just get him in the ballot. We’ll take it from there!
Sometimes Cruz can be a total idiot.
Direct mail doesn’t work, nor does robo-calls.
In before lying Ted. Who would vote for such a heinous liar? Remember 2016. A bunch of cruzbots and never trumpers to be punished.
I recall people who dismissed Trump’s outsized yard sign advantage in real America and were surprised when he won.
I’m not sure Cruz will lose - Texas is still very red, but I’m sure that it’ll at least be closer than any of us are comfortable with if he doesn’t. Beto is young and charismatic, and Cruz is not as young and has zero charisma. It’s an infuriating part of politics, but I’m convinced that the charisma gap is what saved us from a Crooked presidency. It’s also what stuck us with 2 terms of Hussein.
Cruz better get his voters out. Hopefully, the president helps him with that since his trips have been huge boosts to other candidates so far.
SORRY FOR YELLING BUT I LIVE IN BIG D AND DON’T NEED TO READ THE ARTICLE TO TELL YOU THE TWO REASONS WHY. First, last I check CruZ signs were closer to $50 and Neto’s were $5. Second, even in conservative Texas I fear my home will get vandalized if I put up the Cruz sign. I’m not the only here. Dallas is like any other big city with tons of Democrats. Dropping $50 to have my house egged or rocks thrown isn’t worth it. Especially when Cruz isn’t going to lose.
“aversion to campaign yard signs because they’re ineffective.”
They may be ineffective as to convincing people who to vote for. It seems they’re a good indicator of how an election might play out.
We were on a cruise with Media Research Center, and Steve Moore spoke. At the very outset of Trump’s campaign Steve went to a small rally in a rural area — Ohio, I think — as an advisor. He wasn’t an official member of the team yet, but was feeling things out as to whether he would be.
The drive from the large airport where they landed to the rally was a couple hours, and through the rural heartland of America. He said he was astonished to see Trump signs everywhere, and maybe only a couple for Hillary. That’s when he figured Trump had an excellent chance of winning.
In the 2016 Election, Hillary signs littered all of San Antonio including signs with Hillary, Obama & JFK faces on them. I saw 0 Trump signs. Hillary lost cause signs are just litter and car stickers make me not want to drive behind them. So signs might help get you name out, but it can also easily become an annoyance. Conservative signs in front of homes and on cars should be left for the violent Democrats to get bored with.
Veto Beto.
It’s Beta en español!
Trump voters will be voting for Cruz, don’t fret.
The GOP generally starts it’s election campaign later then the Democrats.
Have you phone banked?
I did it in both W campaigns. No one answered, even back then. I’m sure it’s worse, now. I tried to organize callers in 2004. No one wanted to call because it is exhausting to go thru so many unanswered calls and the people who did pick up, hang up immediately when the caller identifies themselves. Today, everyone I know ignores the phone and checks the caller ID, first.
Mailers? I look at the expensive glossy, 4-color card stock mailer and toss it. It says good things. Of course it does.
TV? I haven’t had TV for 10 years. I knew they lied then. Most people know they lie now. Who sits through the ads? No one I know.
Radio? CBS spews at the top of the hour on days I listen to Rush. I turn them down, if possible and ignore them if I’m working and can’t reach the remote fast enough.
I vote. I research online. I would not vote for a D if my life was at stake.
I think this above is the problem for the Ds. In my local primary, there was a contest on the D side for State Assembly. The most extreme socialist had door knockers, glossy mailers, and a ton of yard signs. She lost to the moderate who did none of those things. The primary was the second highest participation ever. Even the poll workers were amazed. It was like the 2016 General in turnout on our side.
Best is word-of-mouth. Helping us is the get-in-your-face threats from insane donks. People share those experiences.
A counter move would be to flood TV with commercials with photos of O'Rourke showing he's mayo on white bread and then picking one or two positions to attack. Those would, IMO, be much more effective closer to election time.
I'm not complacent by any means, far too many areas in Texas where election mischief is rife, but I think the "close race" is just a MSM drum beat, kinda like Abortion Barbie and Abbott. Before that election it was "too close to call" and margins were "razor thin" and Texas was about to turn purple if not outright blue.
And we know how that turned out.
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