# Texas Democrats: you've gotta be fucking kiddin me **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 13, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948 "2003-05-13T13:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/101 "2003-05-14T03:30:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\*[ These are a people who, desiring barbeque, might actually go to Kansas City. \*\* Damn straight! Kansas City is the place you _should_ go for good BBQ. I’m sure that’s what you meant… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/102 "2003-05-14T03:45:47Z")
**SkipMagic** : not unless Kansas City is spelled L-O-C-K-H-A-R-T. ---
**Author:** ![rhodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@rhodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhodyne)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/103 "2003-05-14T03:53:26Z")
Dewey - if Oklahoma is the mortal enemy of the state of Texas then those Dems can be legally accused of treason by our (Texas) [constitution](http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/txconst/sections/cn000100-002200.html). ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/104 "2003-05-14T03:56:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JeffB \* > \*\*\*\*While I agree that this concept is indeed inspirational, I suspect that Canada would be all too happy to honor an extradition request. 😃 \*\* What makes you think there would be a request? \*\* [/QUOTE] Why is Texas asking for its politicians back? They may be corrupt, vile, cretinous, and functionally illiterate, but they do control the purse strings. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/105 "2003-05-14T04:01:32Z")
Sorry about the coding, JeffB was the one who asked why there would be a request. mischievous ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/106 "2003-05-14T04:05:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*As Governor Perry is an Aggie, I have little hope that he would authorize anything more than an airdrop of Dixie Chicken bumper stickers. \*\* Whoop! Homebrew Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of '92 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/107 "2003-05-14T04:17:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\ ***SkipMagic** : not unless Kansas City is spelled L-O-C-K-H-A-R-T. \*\* As in “June”? Hell, I think you’re just as Lost in Space as she was. … which might explain your confusion about the whole barbeque thingy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/108 "2003-05-14T04:19:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Whoop! \*\* There it is? ---
**Author:** ![rhodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@rhodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhodyne)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/109 "2003-05-14T04:47:34Z")
Dewey - if Oklahoma is the mortal enemy of the state of Texas then those Dems can be legally accused of treason by our (Texas) [constitution](http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/txconst/sections/cn000100-002200.html). ---
**Author:** ![rhodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@rhodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhodyne)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/110 "2003-05-14T06:13:32Z")
Back button and refresh…a truly awesome combination ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/111 "2003-05-14T06:29:26Z")
Brings new meaning to the phrase, … Texas crude. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/112 "2003-05-14T06:32:18Z")
There’s one thing about this that everyone can agree on. You’ve got to admire the Dems’ moxy… …in going to Oklahoma. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/113 "2003-05-14T12:14:05Z")
> [@](#): > > -Wait a minute-that’s gerrymandering, right? Isn’t that illegal? You’ve gotta be kidding. This kind of battle goes on all the time. Someone called it political self-interest in its purest form. Texas is just upping the ante by rescheduling it severely and making it eclipse other, more desperately essential issues. Besides, regardless of what its true intent may be, coming on the heels of the first Republican-dominated legislature in Texas since Reconstruction, it looks painfully like an attempt to cement that situation. My query as an out-of-state Liberal-type – if Texas has achieved its record of ineffective pollution control and other situations liberals are generally against with a _Democratic_ legislature, what will it do now with a Republican-dominated legislature? I realize that Republican does not equal Conservative and all, but you gotta wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/114 "2003-05-14T12:34:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \* > \*\*There it is? \*\* **Homebrew** should have explained this for the uninitiated 'round here, but being an Aggie he naturally didn’t think that far ahead. “Whoop” is a cheer of sorts for Texas A&M. It is used in much the same way as “Oo-rah!” in the armed forces. It is not fully pronounced as in the Tag Team rap song – it is pronouced quickly, with an “uh” rather than “oo” sound, and in a relatively high-pitched voice. If you were to say “Oklahoma sucks” (or, more commonly, “UT sucks”) in front of a crowd of Aggies, they’d all reply with “Whoop!” Silly Aggies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lionel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@lionel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lionel)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/115 "2003-05-14T12:58:27Z")
> [@](#): > > _By elucidator_ > > No, the Texas Rangers can’t legally shoot a liberal. > > But shit happens. Silly person, Texas Democrats are more conservative then New England Republicans. This is just politics. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/116 "2003-05-14T13:06:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\*😕 > > I have not slanted or misstated the facts in any way, shape or form. Fact: Many Texas Democrats are holed up in Oklahoma. Fact: That they chose Oklahoma is an abomination before all that is good and holy. Where is the distortion? \*\* Are you saying **december** slants or misstates facts? I am shocked! He is clearly as “fair and balanced” as Fox News Network! What? BTW: I was just kidding as you seemed to be posting on a lot of political issues lately- no serious point was intented. Like I said before, Oklahoma was the right choice- even if they do get arrested for not being Republican, they may get off with time served. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/117 "2003-05-14T14:06:27Z")
The links on the CNN home page were kind of disturbing if you weren’t aware of the goings on in Texas. The first link is [Report: 16 bodies found in tractor-trailer in Texas](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/05/14/truck.bodies.ap/index.html). Then 4 links down from that is [Texas Democrats flee to Oklahoma.](http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/13/texas.legislature/index.html) I started having Onion flashbacks. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/118 "2003-05-14T14:44:02Z")
This is further evidence that Democrats in general cannot handle the fact that they are becoming irrelevant. Rather than stay in town and face the distasteful fact that they are no longer in power, they leave the state. This prevents those who are duly elected by the people the Democrats claim to revere from exercising the power that the electorate chose to bestow upon them. Attach noble motives to their activity if your ideology compels you to do so…but the bottom line is that the Democrats are thwarting the will of the majority of the people in the state of Texas. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/119 "2003-05-14T15:29:25Z")
If anything, this walkout demonstrates that the Democrats are still _highly_ relevant, and cannot simply be ignored. To wit, without the Dems, the R’s can’t redistrict the state. Ah, remember the halcyon days of yesterday, when the Lege was still controlled by the Dems and a certain Republican governor was so proud of how well the Republicans worked together with the Democrats to build a better Texas? Guess there’s no more need to work together now that the R’s have both houses in the Lege, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948/120 "2003-05-14T15:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*If anything, this walkout demonstrates that the Democrats are still _highly_ relevant, and cannot simply be ignored. > \*\* But by running away like a flock of seagulls are they not **DEFYING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE**? Did not the people of Texas rise up, and pronounce the Democratic party too touchy-feely and icky? Did they not vote? What mandate, what ethos, what rationale then justifies these slinking skulking shenanigans? Are they not an open open attempt to defy that which Democratic process has said must be so? Irrelevant? Of course they’re irrelevant. They just haven’t faced facts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-democrats-youve-gotta-be-fucking-kiddin-me/174948.md?page=7)