@Freeman15,
Freeman15;41120 wrote:Got any facts to support that?
The GOP carries Texas, and has done so for 30 years. You've got a gun-culture, a HUGE christian base interested in "moral values" (I know, I know, I hate those ***s too), and Rick Perry was re-elected despite being a puppet of Dubya (ie, ceding almost all state sovereignty). You will see our state colored red on CNN come November 2008.
Further, I'm a cynic, and your cynicism concerns me, which says something. Voting for the lesser of two evils still means you're supporting evil. Paul probably won't get the nomination, but he could, just as well as Edwards or Richardson could get the DNC nomination, we haven't even had a primary yet. However, even if he doesn't get the nomination, Dr. Paul might convince 1,000 people to embrace the Constitution, and they might convince another 1,000 people, and so on. America needs people like Dr. Paul and Congressman Kucinich, because they promote IDEAS. The only wasted vote is a vote for somebody you don't want.
You and others like you have underestimated the damage done by Bush and Co., and the anger present because of it. The scenario is similar to the frustration the country felt when Iran held Americans hostage during the last days of Jimmy Carter's administration....and they welcomed the change presented by Reagan, who promised "a new day"...and he delivered, to legend.
Both parties have lost their way...the Dems trying to be too centrist, and the Repubs trying to have reduced government, while spending big, and catering to corporate greed, and forgetting the middle class along the way.
Texas. What a joke we are. Still stuck in the '60's. Big stupid city governments, big stupid state government. Were you around for the debacle of Hurricane Rita...where gridlock of the highways could have meant severe casualties, had the hurricane struck "dead on"...poor planning.
Metro Rail, in Houston...which travels from downtown to the Texas Medical Center...a justified route, but hardly the meager answer to Houstons' traffic problems and moving people from point A (which should be IAH) to point B (Southwest) or point C, (Southeast , to Galveston).
No attention being paid to road improvement, and infrastructure (it's a wonder we don't have a Minneapolis-styled bridge collapse)
Racist enclaves like Vidor, and Pasadena, which makes Jena, Louisiana seem all too familiar.
The contempt I feel for George Bush and Co., is only matched by the contempt that feel for Cornyn and Hutchison, two worthless individuals supposedly representing the people of Texas, who are busy lining their own coffers. I have written to Kay Bailey Hutchison, expressing my concerns about the war, and what I get back is a form letter, talking about us supporting our troops endeavors and keeping America terror free...BS
The lesser of two evils? Why are Dems known as the "party of the people", and the Repubs are known as "the party of the rich"????? There is a reason, you know....it's because it's the truth.
These last 7 years have been a "bacchanalia" for Republicans (and a few Democrats), with lobbyists just throwing money at and around legislators, whom, as P.J. O' Rourke labeled accurately, "a parliament of whores".
Well, people are fed up, and ripe for change...I leading the pack.
Wasn't Ron Paul a past Liberterian? What made him think he'd do well running as a leftist Repub? In any event...nice try, no cigar.
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