What if the Dems become the moderate party for a bit? The Texas senate race shouldn't be in play, but the incumbent didn't bend over hard enough for the president, so he got booted in the primaries for a talentless, spineless crook. There is only one way to be republican right now.

(10-15-2026 08:09 PM)glacier_dropsy Wrote:  What if the Dems become the moderate party for a bit? The Texas senate race shouldn't be in play, but the incumbent didn't bend over hard enough for the president, so he got booted in the primaries for a talentless, spineless crook. There is only one way to be republican right now.

Um, have you seen the guy on the Democrat side? Guy's a wacko.

Have you seen the turtle he is running against?

(10-15-2026 09:07 PM)glacier_dropsy Wrote:  Have you seen the turtle he is running against?

Have you seen where I'm from? lol And trust me, Talarico's much, much worse. Guy's trying to run as a moderate while his own words from several years ago in the state legislature accurately paint him as a wacko leftist.

It's compelling political theater, unfortunately. It's hold your nose and vote for the unabashed crook, or vote for someone too left for Texas

(10-15-2026 08:09 PM)glacier_dropsy Wrote:  What if the Dems become the moderate party for a bit? The Texas senate race shouldn't be in play, but the incumbent didn't bend over hard enough for the president, so he got booted in the primaries for a talentless, spineless crook. There is only one way to be republican right now.

That time the liberal thought what the democrat party has become makes them the moderates.

Good stuff.

(10-16-2026 01:07 AM)glacier_dropsy Wrote:  It's compelling political theater, unfortunately. It's hold your nose and vote for the unabashed crook, or vote for someone too left for Texas

All unfounded allegations against Paxton. And settlements aren't always an indicator of liability or even guilt. The only one that sticks is the adultery one, and we don't even know the whole story. Now do I think he's smarmy? Sure, I do. But at the same time, do I as a Texan want someone who considers the border to be a welcome mat, or thinks letting biological boys compete with biological girls in sports is more important than fairness (his words, not mine), or that there are six genders, that God is nonbinary, or that we should prosecute parents for not allowing their children to have life-altering sex-change surgeries that will mutilate their bodies? (Again, this is what he actually believes.) Hmm... Decisions, decisions.

Nah. I'll vote for Paxton, and the choice is actually much easier than some people seem think.

(10-16-2026 09:07 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  I'll vote for Paxton, and the choice is actually much easier than some people seem to think.

Quite so. I wish everyone in TX could see it that clearly.

Unfortunately, a lot of modern American politics revolves around an attempt to communicate with the kinds of people sometimes described on this forum as “sub 80”. That description is not exactly right but it’s not exactly wrong, either. A successful campaign — in any state, not just TX — must find a way to persuade at least some of those people. The main way to do that is by choosing a strong, compelling, unifying candidate. The TX GOP didn’t do that. Not even close. Of course the TX Dems didn’t do that, either. But what should have been a slam dunk race will instead go down to the wire. Paxton bears a lot of the blame for that. Cornyn, too.

(10-13-2026 08:44 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote:New Democrats for Mike Rogers ad torches Abdul El-Sayed: “Abdul cares more about the West Bank than West Detroit”

{VIDEO}

@DemsForMike
Democrats For Mike Rogers

6:10 PM · Oct 12, 2026

A growing number of black American Legal Citizens are tired of and disgusted with the Democrat's continuous race-baiting, lies and deception that has kept too many ignorant on the Democrat plantation with little hope of leaving. Much of black America is appalled at the atrocious candidates the DSA and Democrat party have been pushing upon them, expecting them to be good little slaves and compliant with voting because of their skin color instead of using their character and intellect. Don't listen to the Democrat Party slaveowners and their echoing minions and accomplices in the lying press. Leave the Plantation...it is a long road, and takes time and hard work but things do get better and you can celebrate and take courage in your own freedom from the nightmare the Democratic party has continued to bestow upon black America for hundreds of years:

pretty much applies to all the Democrats ruinning this cycle....

NBC News engages in a rare act of actual journalism:

Quote: HOLD THE PRESS: NBC holds Abdul El-Sayed’s feet to the fire on his family’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

He CLEARLY panicked and lashed out at the reporter.

NBC: “When people ask you a question, they do expect the truth.”

EL-SAYED (flustered): “Are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?!”

This is so good. Abdul’s panicking and his lies are catching up to him.

A rare act of journalism from NBC News.

{VIDEO}

7:35 PM · Oct 14, 2026

Quote: Steve Guest@SteveGuest

Insane: Charles Blow on CNN NewsNight defends Abdul El-Sayed’s ties to terrorists and terrorism.

{VIDEO}

10:36 PM · Oct 15, 2026

Quote:Pick your fighter, America:

Elon or Ilhan.

{VIDEO}

3:30 PM · Oct 16, 2026

Hey, you...you concerned about affordability? You concerned about prices? You actually believe the Democrats' blatant Lies that they will somehow 'fix' the problems they substantially originally caused? I got some swampland you need to take a look at for sale...

Republicans Dominate 5 Financially Healthiest State Governments,
Democrats Run the 5 Worst

Quote:Republicans dominate the executive and legislative branches of all five of the financially healthiest state governments, while, at the opposite end, Democrats exercise total control of the five states with the biggest debts, as measured by the Truth-in-Accounting (TIA) nonprofit watchdog.

The TIA report — the 17th annual edition of the non-profit’s “Financial State of the States” — compares how much each of the 50 state governments have in terms of assets and liabilities, then computes how much each resident would receive in states with a surplus, and how big a new tax bill each tax-paying resident of deficit-ridden jurisdictions would face. The compilation in this news story of partisan affiliations of the state governments involved was done by The Washington Stand, not TIA.

The healthiest state in the Union is North Dakota, which TIA topped the list despite a decline in revenues from oil and natural gas.

“In 2025, North Dakota’s financial situation improved. It ended the year with $21 billion more than it needed to pay its bills. That means the state had a Taxpayer Surplus of $72,300 and earned an ‘A’ grade from Truth in Accounting. North Dakota reported revenues exceeding expenses,” the TIA report said.

At the opposite end of the rankings is New Jersey, with just $56.8 billion to fund $219.1 billion in outstanding debt. Every New Jersey resident would have to pay $45,800 in taxes to eliminate the deficit. The biggest share of the outstanding debt is in unfunded pension and retiree health care benefits. The former debt is more than $79 billion, while the latter exceeds $91 billion.

Just as Republicans control all of the major offices in North Dakota state government, Democrats occupy New Jersey’s three most important executive branch positions, and Democrats have majorities in both chambers of the state’s legislature.

Together, the top five states gained nearly 48,000 new residents, while the bottom five lost almost 350,000, with California the biggest loser at 229,000.

Connecticut is the second least healthy state government, according to the TIA report, with every resident having to pay an additional $41,400 in taxes to restore the Nutmeg State’s financial health. Third is Illinois, with a deficit per resident of $36,900, followed by Massachusetts, where $24,100 would have to be paid by each resident, and California at $16,000.

Democrats control all three top executive branch positions and both state legislative bodies for all five of the least healthy state governments.

New York ranks 36th on the TIA ranking, with each resident having to pay another $6,700, while Great Plains and Southern states dominate the sixth through 20th positions of the healthiest states, including Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Idaho in the central portion of the United States, and North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Oklahoma, and Georgia in the South....

If you want affordability, even today, Republicans are still always the better option compared to Democrats. Democrats are factually, demonstrably the loser when it comes to making your life more affordable, and it ain't even close. Democrats appear to only know how to tax and spend your money away on illegal foreigners and big corporations that don't care about you.

The past two weeks have been brutal for the DNC and their senate hopes. It started out good enough, with the NYT's putting out fluff polls showing dems leading by 1 to 4 points in practically all of the senate races.

Then dnc insider pollsters start quietly saying that the NYT polls were "too rosy". They didnt say the polls were slightly more optimistic, or that the polls were close to what they were seeing. They were basicalyl admitting the polls were junk.

Now we are starting to see democratic insiders already blame the candidates when they fail to retake the senate. More and more of them are positioning themselves as the "I told you so, you need to listen to me" consultant for the party going forward by saying the following candidates arent great and weill cause them to lose the senate.

Those candidates they are bemoaning are the democratic candidates in Maine, Texas, Minnesota, and Michigan. Two of those states would be GOP flips, making it practically impossible to win the senate if either of those two flip. And the insider b*tching about them has really picked up in the past few days. Its like they see the bad news in their insider polls.

now the muslim brotherhood candidate has lost the former democratic chair.....

the dnc insiders have been saying it quietly, but now it is getting vocal. the dems in certain senate races are in trouble.

Quote:Mountain Man@MountainMan280

So @LATIMES you’re admitting that illegal aliens do vote? Because if someone is a citizen they have zero to fear from ICE

7:48 PM · Oct 17, 2026

Yup, what does any Legal US Citizen have to fear from ICE? Nothing. Only Illegals who are being used to skew our elections and rob legal citizens' votes would have anything to fear: they are breaking our Laws again by voting or by others filling out their mail-in ballots and dropping them off for them, thus stealing the vote away from Legal Citizens.

Every illegal who votes effectively steals a legal citizen's vote.

(10-18-2026 06:38 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote:Mountain Man@MountainMan280

So @LATIMES you’re admitting that illegal aliens do vote? Because if someone is a citizen they have zero to fear from ICE

7:48 PM · Oct 17, 2026

Yup, what does any Legal US Citizen have to fear from ICE? Nothing. Only Illegals who are being used to skew our elections and rob legal citizens' votes would have anything to fear: they are breaking our Laws again by voting or by others filling out their mail-in ballots and dropping them off for them, thus stealing the vote away from Legal Citizens.

This x1,000,000,000

If those dumb Demonicrats moved to the center...at least, maybe they could muster some Clinton type candidates and voters. But NOOOOOO, they want to become Socialists and think that it's what the people want. I tell you they ain't too smart. Just the fact that the muslim in Michigan can't denounce the jihad is proof of his leanings. Don't be stupid Demons, Sayad doesn't like you either.

(10-19-2026 10:14 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  If those dumb Demonicrats moved to the center...at least, maybe they could muster some Clinton type candidates and voters. But NOOOOOO, they want to become Socialists and think that it's what the people want. I tell you they ain't too smart. Just the fact that the muslim in Michigan can't denounce the jihad is proof of his leanings. Don't be stupid Demons, Sayad doesn't like you either.

You shouldn't call others dumb when you literally either did not hear El-Sayed say directly to that GOP plant the other day that he denounced them or you're believing lying ted cruz, who is still a dick.

Even elmo's twitter had to add a community note on it!

(10-19-2026 11:09 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-19-2026 10:14 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  If those dumb Demonicrats moved to the center...at least, maybe they could muster some Clinton type candidates and voters. But NOOOOOO, they want to become Socialists and think that it's what the people want. I tell you they ain't too smart. Just the fact that the muslim in Michigan can't denounce the jihad is proof of his leanings. Don't be stupid Demons, Sayad doesn't like you either.

You shouldn't call others dumb when you literally either did not hear El-Sayed say directly to that GOP plant the other day that he denounced them or you're believing lying ted cruz, who is still a dick.

Even elmo's twitter had to add a community note on it!

He's just trying to get elected by "moving to the center". It's what typical leftist Democrats do, and, sadly, there are enough people who were gullible enough to give him a fighting chance.

(10-19-2026 01:20 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-19-2026 11:09 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-19-2026 10:14 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  If those dumb Demonicrats moved to the center...at least, maybe they could muster some Clinton type candidates and voters. But NOOOOOO, they want to become Socialists and think that it's what the people want. I tell you they ain't too smart. Just the fact that the muslim in Michigan can't denounce the jihad is proof of his leanings. Don't be stupid Demons, Sayad doesn't like you either.

You shouldn't call others dumb when you literally either did not hear El-Sayed say directly to that GOP plant the other day that he denounced them or you're believing lying ted cruz, who is still a dick.

Even elmo's twitter had to add a community note on it!

He's just trying to get elected by "moving to the center". It's what typical leftist Democrats do, and, sadly, there are enough people who were gullible enough to give him a fighting chance.

just like the lyin' biatch in Virginia when she ran (away from her rhetoric) for Governor....fool us once....