-- How to make winning Republican TV ads in Texas. If you aren't ashamed of being from Texas after reading and watching this, then you're a TeaBagging GOP primary voter with poor spelling and grammatical skills. But I repeat myself.
-- Dan Patrick denies that a hand-written letter, produced by the man whom he hired years ago and was undocumented at the time, is written in his hand. This sordid display of renouncing one's previous compassion (WWJD?) is embarrassing enough for most Texans, but it still probably won't keep Patrick out of the runoff in his race.
Just to review: Dan Patrick is ashamed he once helped an immigrant, while Greg Abbott has no shame about standing with a pants-crapping, draft-dodging, virulently racist and sexist child predator. And those two will probably be the governor and lt. governor candidates for the Republicans in November.
-- The Texas Observer has a worthy down-ballot aggregate. It includes Debbie 'Terror Anchor Babies' Riddle, the 'my God can beat up your God' war between Baptists and Methodists in Tarrant County, and US Senate also-ran Chris Mapp, who despite calling the president a SOB and saying that "wetbacks" ought to be shot, can't get any traction in a primary race that includes Steve Stockman. Oh, and Pete Sessions' Tea Party challenger, Katrina Pierson, is also toast. It wasn't the Sarah Palin endorsement that finished her off, but the fact that she was once on unemployment.
-- Don Imus has endorsed Kinky Friedman for ag commissioner. Does more need to be said? Is that a brainer?
-- Last, the Texas Tribune, essentially the only news organization left covering the Lege and Texas politics, continues to be assaulted by people besides James Moore. And yes, Evan Smith is a giant schmuck. Everyone knows this.
The TexTrib is an embarrassment to media, and Evan Smith does blow goats... but they are all Texas has left for political insight, so I suppose I'll try to be a little nicer to them than some others. Sorry, Evan: after that argument we had on the phone a few years ago about your polling -- you remember? you were banging pots and pans around in the background -- and my blog disappeared from your roll, you lost out on any donations from me.
You seem to be doing OK without them, though. Good for you.
-- Dan Patrick denies that a hand-written letter, produced by the man whom he hired years ago and was undocumented at the time, is written in his hand. This sordid display of renouncing one's previous compassion (WWJD?) is embarrassing enough for most Texans, but it still probably won't keep Patrick out of the runoff in his race.
Just to review: Dan Patrick is ashamed he once helped an immigrant, while Greg Abbott has no shame about standing with a pants-crapping, draft-dodging, virulently racist and sexist child predator. And those two will probably be the governor and lt. governor candidates for the Republicans in November.
-- The Texas Observer has a worthy down-ballot aggregate. It includes Debbie 'Terror Anchor Babies' Riddle, the 'my God can beat up your God' war between Baptists and Methodists in Tarrant County, and US Senate also-ran Chris Mapp, who despite calling the president a SOB and saying that "wetbacks" ought to be shot, can't get any traction in a primary race that includes Steve Stockman. Oh, and Pete Sessions' Tea Party challenger, Katrina Pierson, is also toast. It wasn't the Sarah Palin endorsement that finished her off, but the fact that she was once on unemployment.
-- Don Imus has endorsed Kinky Friedman for ag commissioner. Does more need to be said? Is that a brainer?
-- Last, the Texas Tribune, essentially the only news organization left covering the Lege and Texas politics, continues to be assaulted by people besides James Moore. And yes, Evan Smith is a giant schmuck. Everyone knows this.
The TexTrib is an embarrassment to media, and Evan Smith does blow goats... but they are all Texas has left for political insight, so I suppose I'll try to be a little nicer to them than some others. Sorry, Evan: after that argument we had on the phone a few years ago about your polling -- you remember? you were banging pots and pans around in the background -- and my blog disappeared from your roll, you lost out on any donations from me.
You seem to be doing OK without them, though. Good for you.