One little tip for Democrats—when Republicans keep going back to the well of “you are making the kids trans!” or something like that, you need a quick deflecting line. Reagan did this well when Carter (correctly) pointed out his previous opposition to Medicare—“there you go again!” Made voters think Carter was harping on no longer relevant matters (Medicare was law for 15 years by then, people were much more bothered by stagflation) and defanged the attack.
Kamala tried the “I followed the law as written” which is really amazing that any consultant could have approved a response that pleased no one and got robotic in its presentation. But something more effective would be like “again, you guys and other people’s genitals? You’re obsessed, you freaks!” Repeat it enough and voters will hear it in their heads next time these scum go on about the trans.
And it’s fair to point out that just because Stephen Miller’s head looks like a deformed penis, that doesn’t mean he has working parts.
This Senate election is a great opportunity for Texans to show us that they can do better than they have done in the past two decades of Republican rule. Senators are elected in state-wide elections. Their victories cannot be gerrymandered.
Talarico and Paxton have shown us who they are. Now the voters of Texas can show us who they are.
JFC, more culture war BS, just to distract from how horrible the repub policies are for most Americans, and how corrupt their politicians are. And too many Americans fall for it, so vote accordingly. They think that they are voting in their own best interests, but are not. Americans need to stop falling for the cultural war BS, most of which doesn't affect them at all, and vote for real issues that do affect them. Why is it that Americans keep using magical thinking rather than critical thinking when it comes to voting?
I'd like to think that Talarico has a fighting chance, but I'm afraid that Texas has so embraced Trumpian politics that it will be an uphill climb. In fact, it may actually work to the advantage of Paxton that he is a known fraudster and felon and sex creep. It worked for Trump, right?
There are two things Talarico needs to do to win this:
1) Define yourself to the voters before Republicans do (and this should’ve started much earlier but Democrats be Democratting). Big tours, free media and ads everywhere showing him playing with kids, preaching Gospel, friends talking about how he helped them fix their truck—it’s harder to undo an impression than it is to create one.
2) Destroy Paxton. Make “P3” a thing—“Paxton Protects Pedophiles”. Get every surrogate out in the black and Hispanic communities talking about this until no one can think of anything else. Turn everything around on him: “gee, I guess he has a problem with a guy eating vegetables, maybe he just thinks vegetables are to be used for sodomizing children, like the pedophiles he keeps protecting like to do.”
3) Bonus tip—Trump is underwater in Texas. Keep attacking Trump for making your gas and food more expensive and looting your tax dollars and screwing up health care! Saddle Paxton with Trump and set a clear line for voters.
Talarico really is probably the best Dem candidate the party could have fielded, but, like Beto before him, I'd be surprised if it were enough to beat even a scandal plagued corruption machine like Ken Paxton in the rapidly devolving state of Texas. They probably don't even *need* to call Talarico a fa* to pull it off, but they really like doing it soooo...
One little tip for Democrats—when Republicans keep going back to the well of “you are making the kids trans!” or something like that, you need a quick deflecting line. Reagan did this well when Carter (correctly) pointed out his previous opposition to Medicare—“there you go again!” Made voters think Carter was harping on no longer relevant matters (Medicare was law for 15 years by then, people were much more bothered by stagflation) and defanged the attack.
Kamala tried the “I followed the law as written” which is really amazing that any consultant could have approved a response that pleased no one and got robotic in its presentation. But something more effective would be like “again, you guys and other people’s genitals? You’re obsessed, you freaks!” Repeat it enough and voters will hear it in their heads next time these scum go on about the trans.
And it’s fair to point out that just because Stephen Miller’s head looks like a deformed penis, that doesn’t mean he has working parts.
Oh it's only a matter of time before they go there. And they're right to do it it'll help them win in Texas I don't know why anybody would doubt that.
This Senate election is a great opportunity for Texans to show us that they can do better than they have done in the past two decades of Republican rule. Senators are elected in state-wide elections. Their victories cannot be gerrymandered.
Talarico and Paxton have shown us who they are. Now the voters of Texas can show us who they are.
LOL.
JFC, more culture war BS, just to distract from how horrible the repub policies are for most Americans, and how corrupt their politicians are. And too many Americans fall for it, so vote accordingly. They think that they are voting in their own best interests, but are not. Americans need to stop falling for the cultural war BS, most of which doesn't affect them at all, and vote for real issues that do affect them. Why is it that Americans keep using magical thinking rather than critical thinking when it comes to voting?
I'm not so sure Texans would accept Morgan Freeman as god either.
I'm going to hope Talarico wins but seeing Beto and then Allred, an actual football guy, go down in flames makes me wary of the dream of a blue Texas.
I'd like to think that Talarico has a fighting chance, but I'm afraid that Texas has so embraced Trumpian politics that it will be an uphill climb. In fact, it may actually work to the advantage of Paxton that he is a known fraudster and felon and sex creep. It worked for Trump, right?
There are two things Talarico needs to do to win this:
1) Define yourself to the voters before Republicans do (and this should’ve started much earlier but Democrats be Democratting). Big tours, free media and ads everywhere showing him playing with kids, preaching Gospel, friends talking about how he helped them fix their truck—it’s harder to undo an impression than it is to create one.
2) Destroy Paxton. Make “P3” a thing—“Paxton Protects Pedophiles”. Get every surrogate out in the black and Hispanic communities talking about this until no one can think of anything else. Turn everything around on him: “gee, I guess he has a problem with a guy eating vegetables, maybe he just thinks vegetables are to be used for sodomizing children, like the pedophiles he keeps protecting like to do.”
3) Bonus tip—Trump is underwater in Texas. Keep attacking Trump for making your gas and food more expensive and looting your tax dollars and screwing up health care! Saddle Paxton with Trump and set a clear line for voters.
Talarico is doing EXACTLY all 3 things.
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Talarico really is probably the best Dem candidate the party could have fielded, but, like Beto before him, I'd be surprised if it were enough to beat even a scandal plagued corruption machine like Ken Paxton in the rapidly devolving state of Texas. They probably don't even *need* to call Talarico a fa* to pull it off, but they really like doing it soooo...