(10-12-2026 08:53 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 08:32 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 08:11 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 07:56 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  How many on this board are going to need to be committed when he wins?

None, because if it's legit, we'll accept the results and move on. And that's IF, not when.

Are you suggesting sll rightwingers will accept the results, G-Coog? I would hope not. There will remain some conservatives who have allowed themselves to be convinced Talarico was admitted to a mental hospital. They will never be open to thinking otherwise.

Just like there are many leftwingers who are strongly convinced Don Trump engaged in a golden shower with Russian hookers (he did not). Their minds cannot be changed.

Some people believe what they want to read and hear — even if it's complete BS.

I'm saying we deserve answers, one way or the other.

If he was committed to a mental hospital — then, yes, the Texas voters need to know. No doubt.

(10-12-2026 10:20 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 09:27 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  At this point it would be worse if he had the flu. He basically disappeared and his campaign didn’t know what to do. For two weeks. That part is indisputable.

That is weird. Unless he became severely dehydrated, he is down a few days tops. He is a relatively healthy young guy. Even if he did not want to spread any germs, he could have done some stuff by video.

This is a strong point, C-Ave. A healthy person at this age is typically not felled by the flu for 10 to 12 days. Plus, missing that many days with the election looming? You would think that if Talarico had, in fact, suffered a severe case of the flu, he still would have found a way to be at least somewhat public. It's odd. And it is one reason I am open to the thought that Talarico was institutionalized.

But again, I could just as easily see this as being right-wing conspiratorial BS.

(10-12-2026 10:52 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 10:20 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 09:27 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  At this point it would be worse if he had the flu. He basically disappeared and his campaign didn’t know what to do. For two weeks. That part is indisputable.

That is weird. Unless he became severely dehydrated, he is down a few days tops. He is a relatively healthy young guy. Even if he did not want to spread any germs, he could have done some stuff by video.

This is a strong point. A healthy person at this age is typically not felled by the flu for 10 to 12 days. Plus, missing that many days with the election looming. You would think that if Talarico had a severe case of the flu, he still would have found a way to be at least somewhat public. It's odd. And it is one reason I am open to the thought that Talarico was institutionalized.

But again, I could just as easily see this as being right-wing conspiratorial BS.

Talarico said he had been recovering from the flu and denied claims that his absence involved a stress-induced episode or treatment.

Talarico said he had visited his primary care physician but was not hospitalized, describing his illness as a “nasty case of the flu.” He said he spent much of the period in bed, drinking fluids and working from home, while avoiding campaign events so he would not risk getting others sick.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/jam...r-AA2e0SOw

(10-12-2026 08:45 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 08:32 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 08:11 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 07:56 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  How many on this board are going to need to be committed when he wins?

None, because if it's legit, we'll accept the results and move on. And that's IF, not when.

Are you suggesting sll rightwingers will accept the results, G-Coog? I would hope not. There will remain some conservatives who have allowed themselves to be convinced Talarico was admitted to a mental hospital. They will never be open to thinking otherwise.

Just like there are many leftwingers who are strongly convinced Don Trump engaged in a golden shower with Russian hookers (he did not). Their minds cannot be changed.

Some people believe what they want to read and hear — even if it's complete BS.

He is a prof filth weirdo whether he got the certificate from the nut house or not

The muh both sides retardation about trump and hookers is just that

Your use of "nut house" made me smile, as I recall as a kid watching pro wrestling and taking note when Sonny "Rough House" Fargo competed. Legend had it that Fargo, who died in 2008, was a mentally unstable wrestler who had received treatment via a psychiatric hospital in North Carolina.

Interesting tidbit: Sonny "Rough House" Fargo's birth name was Jack Lewis Faggart.

Bill Faggart has a nice ring to it.

Ponder.

(10-12-2026 10:55 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 10:52 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 10:20 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 09:27 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  At this point it would be worse if he had the flu. He basically disappeared and his campaign didn’t know what to do. For two weeks. That part is indisputable.

That is weird. Unless he became severely dehydrated, he is down a few days tops. He is a relatively healthy young guy. Even if he did not want to spread any germs, he could have done some stuff by video.

This is a strong point. A healthy person at this age is typically not felled by the flu for 10 to 12 days. Plus, missing that many days with the election looming. You would think that if Talarico had a severe case of the flu, he still would have found a way to be at least somewhat public. It's odd. And it is one reason I am open to the thought that Talarico was institutionalized.

But again, I could just as easily see this as being right-wing conspiratorial BS.

Talarico said he had been recovering from the flu and denied claims that his absence involved a stress-induced episode or treatment.

Talarico said he had visited his primary care physician but was not hospitalized, describing his illness as a “nasty case of the flu.” He said he spent much of the period in bed, drinking fluids and working from home, while avoiding campaign events so he would not risk getting others sick.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/jam...r-AA2e0SOw

During his nine-day recovery period, and as I understand, Talarico was never seen on camera via streaming video, Git.

That raises questions. Keeping him sequestered like that might have been a mistake (at least potentially) by his aides. They could have shown him in bed battling the flu.

My gut feeling is that the mental hospital scenario is simply right-wing conspiratorial garbage.

But ...

I think there’s audio of someone at a mental institution in Ohio confirming his release from said facility.

Mr. Paxton’s efforts to exploit the momentary absence are not faring well.

Saying you want “proof of life” from an opponent whose debate invitations you keep ducking... that’s a tough sell with any electorate.

Why didn't the little beta boy just come out in the first place and tell the people, I have the Flu and I won't be on the campaign trail for a while.

Paxton should debate him. Hell, I’ll go debate him in Paxton’s place. It should all of about 3 mins to show this limp wristed insane whack job needs to be back in a nut house and not the senate.


When will these moron idiot libs realize they are never going to get their socialism here in America?

(10-12-2026 11:09 AM)450bench Wrote:  I think there’s audio of someone at a mental institution in Ohio confirming his release from said facility.

Quote:Sortor’s allegation depended on a recording purportedly capturing a telephone conversation with an employee at the Lindner Center of Hope.
Amacher said the calls took place on the evening of October 10. In the recording circulated by the influencers, the purported employee appears to say that the patient in question was discharged that evening.
But the Texas Tribune had already reported on October 9 that Talarico was back on the campaign trail after recovering from the flu.
Talarico was also publicly appearing in Austin around the time of the supposed hospital discharge, including an appearance at Austin City Limits music festival with concert-goers on October 9 and with musician Kacey Musgraves on October 10.

It’s just a bad look. It is not going to help Paxton and is probably not helping Republicans.

Talafreako is not gonna win, so there’s that.

(10-12-2026 10:52 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 10:20 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 09:27 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  At this point it would be worse if he had the flu. He basically disappeared and his campaign didn’t know what to do. For two weeks. That part is indisputable.

That is weird. Unless he became severely dehydrated, he is down a few days tops. He is a relatively healthy young guy. Even if he did not want to spread any germs, he could have done some stuff by video.

This is a strong point, C-Ave. A healthy person at this age is typically not felled by the flu for 10 to 12 days. Plus, missing that many days with the election looming? You would think that if Talarico had, in fact, suffered a severe case of the flu, he still would have found a way to be at least somewhat public. It's odd. And it is one reason I am open to the thought that Talarico was institutionalized.

But again, I could just as easily see this as being right-wing conspiratorial BS.

No right winger made up the fact he was missing for 12 days, just before the election.

And as you said yourself, the flu is a weak explanation for such a young person to go completely missing, especially at this point.

Dems (open and closed) and their media allies conspired to hide Biden’s deteriorated mental state and viciously attacking those pointing out the Emperor had no cloths. Now they are carrying the water for a person with apparent mental illness in need of treatment and forcing him to ride the rigors of the campaign trail in heartless disregard for him and the electorate. Shameful and disgusting….

(10-12-2026 11:11 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  Mr. Paxton’s efforts to exploit the momentary absence are not faring well.

Saying you want “proof of life” from an opponent whose debate invitations you keep ducking... that’s a tough sell with any electorate.

Well, that's your opinion, Gitanole. Look, I'll grant you that it's all speculation until actually confirmed one way or the other by either his staff or, more preferably, the man himself. Until then, we're free to speculate all we want, whether we like it or not. And yes, I'd say the same thing about a Republican if there were actual concerns about his mental -- no, psychological state and not made up by a lying leftist media, which we have now. I mean it. If this was surrounding Paxton, I'd say the same thing I'm saying now. (Admittedly, I'd be more inclined to defend it, but in the back of my mind, I'd be thinking "this isn't good" until he could provide definitive proof he didn't do what Talarico is alleged to have done in this case.)

(10-12-2026 04:51 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 10:52 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 10:20 AM)CliftonAve2 Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 09:27 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  At this point it would be worse if he had the flu. He basically disappeared and his campaign didn’t know what to do. For two weeks. That part is indisputable.

That is weird. Unless he became severely dehydrated, he is down a few days tops. He is a relatively healthy young guy. Even if he did not want to spread any germs, he could have done some stuff by video.

This is a strong point, C-Ave. A healthy person at this age is typically not felled by the flu for 10 to 12 days. Plus, missing that many days with the election looming? You would think that if Talarico had, in fact, suffered a severe case of the flu, he still would have found a way to be at least somewhat public. It's odd. And it is one reason I am open to the thought that Talarico was institutionalized.

But again, I could just as easily see this as being right-wing conspiratorial BS.

No right winger made up the fact he was missing for 12 days, just before the election.

And as you said yourself, the flu is a weak explanation for such a young person to go completely missing, especially at this point.

Valid points, T-A.

No one has the flu for two weeks to the point you can't speak on a zoom call or anything like that. You will be hospitalized with pnuemonia.

(10-13-2026 08:47 AM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  No one has the flu for two weeks to the point you can't speak on a zoom call or anything like that. You will be hospitalized with pnuemonia.

Right. And he's not 80 years old. If he's in bed for 2 weeks, he doesn't have the health to do the job.