I think that has been superseded by JR getting shot.
Yeah, well I come from a state whose proudest moment was repealing the constitutional article the prohibited minorities from moving there and now live in the state whose proudest moment was producing the stuff that flattened Nagasaki. We just kind of sit here in the corner, watching the rest of the country tear itself apart.
:rolleyes: No, we actually do have a lot to be proud of, that have nothing to do with the Alamo or the Confederacy or any of that ‘good old days’ crap. We have a good economy, diverse and progressive urban areas, world-class museums, universities and hospitals, great food, music, natural beauty, etc.
That’s what’s depressing. We have so much good going on here but, yes, there are an awful lot of backward-thinking idiots, too.
And you also have a few thousand square miles outside of Austin.
DFW, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso can hardly be described as backwards hickvilles full of shoeless rubes.
Yeppers, and the bad-ass “Don’t Mess With Texas!” slogan is actually an anti-littering campaign (how Liberal!), but don’t tell that to any of those good ole boys.
Yes, there’s also Dallas, Houston (most ethnically diverse area in the nation), San Antonio, El Paso… like I said, “progressive urban areas.” Well, relatively progressive. 
Yes, in a state that’s three times as big as everything. I have all of those things right in my own county.
Yeah! <Scrambles to put her shoes on> What he said!
Me, too.
Yeah, living in Houston I was surprised how many people I met who were visiting for medical treatment. I think most people who shit on Texas know jack about it.
I mean, I totally understand the sentiment. Texas gets a lot wrong. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are prime examples.
Even if he loses, Beto’s popularity at least shows that we are far from being a monolithic red state.
I haven’t heard anyone dissing Texas who brought up their medical facilities. One of the most repulsive parts of Texas, if you must know, is the bragging and brutality. It’s like a part of the world that remained a middle school boys’ gang.
I live in Texas 32 myself, and most every Beto sign I see also has a Colin Allred sign next to it, along with in my area, a John Turner (Texas House candidate) next to it.
And for what it’s worth, they outnumber the Ted Cruz / Lisa Luby Ryan / Pete Sessions signs about 3:1.
I’m pretty optimistic that we’ll get at least one of the three Democrats elected, and cautiously optimistic that we’ll see 2 of the 3 elected. I have a feeling Turner has an uphill fight though.
That, in turn, would depend upon how much he loses by if he does lose. O’Rourke’s got a lot of things going for him in this race that other Democratic nominees for offices voted on by the whole state didn’t have (e.g., he’s charismatic, likable, and is running against an incumbent who’s detested by people in both parties). If he loses and his margin of defeat is within the range of Wendy Davis’s, the Texas State Democratic Party might forget about ever winning a state-wide office for at least another 20 years and fold up its tent.
Me too.
/Dallas
I remember Ann Richards and Lloyd Bentsen.
What the hell happened to Texas?
Gertrude Stein is alleged to have said that Houston has the attitude of Oakland and the climate of Calcutta. That’s not a bad line, so I kinda doubt it.
But is there a there there?