Obama's Plan to Turn Texas Blue

[TexasGal]

...The plan, officially unveiled in a meeting in Austin on February 26 by Obama operative Jeremy Bird, hails the onset of Battleground Texas. Texas is not a swing state, at least not yet, but Battleground Texas intends to treat it like one in a sustained and systematic way so that it becomes one....

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/03/20/th ... epage=true

[John75]

That's disturbing. I wonder if there are counter plans in place to take blue states red. Actually, when certain blue states go broke maybe enough voters will see the light. Conservatives will need to do a better job at getting their message out. It's hard when the left controls the media but with the internet that could change.

[K.Mooneyham]

I copied the link to that article and sent it to the Republican Party of Texas. Not sure if they will give a hoot about it, but no one can say I didn't try.

[cw3van]

It's very hard to match the give a ways seems more folks vote for a handout than an opportunity to work. Not sure how this will play out but for sure the money will run out.

[JP171]

When the money runs out the Emperor Obama will opt for a short victorious war that will be neither short nor victorious, then blame someone else for his failure. come on its all the rave to blame ones shortfalls and incompetence on someone else, they even teach the concept in schools as a separate and graded classroom curriculum

[gthaustex]

its all the rave to blame ones shortfalls and incompetence on someone else, they even teach the concept in schools as a separate and graded classroom curriculum

/sarcasm
We are all equal. We don't want to hurt anyones feelings....
/sarcasm off

Oh...almost forgot. Everyone also gets a trophy.

[gthaustex]

Another sad thing is that in the first section of the article, the author compares and contrasts business environment, tax rates, unemployment, etc. That says it all. And to think that they essentially want to turn Texas into California.

[JALLEN]

Another sad thing is that in the first section of the article, the author compares and contrasts business environment, tax rates, unemployment, etc. That says it all. And to think that they essentially want to turn Texas into California.

and they're not done with California yet. It's a long way from the workers' paradise these goons swoon for.

When Texas went from red to blue, in the '60's, why was it? Lyndon Johnson won a new term handily, if not overwhelmingly, yet John Tower managed to get that seat, and that was the crack in the dam Republicans needed to get a toehold and here we are.

Sometimes I worry we are on the edge of an abyss, a terrible stretch where all the values of our western Christian democrat culture will be snuffed out for many generations, liberty, learning, fairness, equality, opportunity and such like ideas. Our forebears managed to get this close to sweeping away a good many of the terrible afflictions of mankind, bring some security to what had been for many millenia a very short, uncomfortable existence beset with hideous dangers, risks, disease and discomfort of every kind, not universally, to be sure, but ever more in the direction of universal quality of life, and here we are on the verge of tossing it all away for the apparent promise of equality of result where everyone will be equally miserable.

[John75]

I copied the link to that article and sent it to the Republican Party of Texas. Not sure if they will give a hoot about it, but no one can say I didn't try.

I'm looking at the TexasGOP twitter account and they've been aware of them.

[SlowJohnny]

Sometimes I worry we are on the edge of an abyss, a terrible stretch where all the values of our western Christian democrat culture will be snuffed out for many generations, liberty, learning, fairness, equality, opportunity and such like ideas. Our forebears managed to get this close to sweeping away a good many of the terrible afflictions of mankind, bring some security to what had been for many millenia a very short, uncomfortable existence beset with hideous dangers, risks, disease and discomfort of every kind, not universally, to be sure, but ever more in the direction of universal quality of life, and here we are on the verge of tossing it all away for the apparent promise of equality of result where everyone will be equally miserable.

I couldn't have said that better and I am seriously scared that our great nation is on just this path.

[TexasGal]

Camelot. We humans seem to be capable of such greatness and then the base nature of those it is handed to starts to take hold.
I have young family members in their 20's who have bought into the whole promise of the utopian nanny state. I feel such remorse and loss and fear when we debate the political direction of the nation. This is what 12 years of public education has wrought along with 3 years of college. They have been quite well brainwashed. Certainly none of that came from any of their elders. Abyss indeed.

[Purplehood]

I copied the link to that article and sent it to the Republican Party of Texas. Not sure if they will give a hoot about it, but no one can say I didn't try.

I know that the GOP is looking for ideas...they sent me a questionnaire right after the last election asking what I thought needed to be done to improve their general situation. I am not claiming credit, but apparently alot of folks think like I do because they seem to have adopted some of the thoughts I floated.

[APynckel]

Breed more entitlement into the minorities, and those who have something to lose with leave.

Yay America!

[stevie_d_64]

I copied the link to that article and sent it to the Republican Party of Texas. Not sure if they will give a hoot about it, but no one can say I didn't try.

I know that the GOP is looking for ideas...they sent me a questionnaire right after the last election asking what I thought needed to be done to improve their general situation. I am not claiming credit, but apparently alot of folks think like I do because they seem to have adopted some of the thoughts I floated.

Unfortunately, I am part of the Republican Party establishment (20 years), I say unfortunate, because it is hard to obtain any leadership positions in a group that is more concerned with keeping their own leadership positions and status more than winning elections...But some of us in the ranks will endeavor to persevere...

First, you have to bhave candidates that really have virtuous intent, true conservative and proven values, who believe in the original intent of the duties of government and understand they are there at the sole behest of their constituency...It is hard to find people willing to put their heads on the chopping block that don't already have some other "get out of political jail card" ready to throw down...

Some of us will continue to try and pump out the bilges of this political ship, and hopefully we'll still be afloat to attempt to deliver folks with believable "conservative" messages that truely reasonate to the people so we can start winning back this country...

The Democrats have beaten this Republican party leadership in two general election cycles, and the tea leaves were proving this trend way back as far as 2004...they have a message (if you can call it that) that resonates with younger, talented, yet politically young folks that look for leadership that doesn't stiffle, and doesn't pigeon-hole new folks who are eager to get involved into some lame timeframe of "you have to sit there and wait for your chance to sit at the big table" mentality...

The democrats are wiping the floor of republicans on a technological front...Just go look at some of the county party websites they put up...

True Conservatism should not be looked at or expected to be some stodgy, old peoples' way of doing things, and folks that come in with new ideas, should not be immediately cast off as something that replaces those old-school values...That is what is destroying ANY chance of future political successes for the entire country...

And the political leadership of the Republican party had better believe they are a target for change, whether they like it or not...It is not a hateful movement, or one that needs to be contentious, but it will be perceived as such because I fully understand the leadership and its need to justify their existance, and they are afraid they'll lose something personal, instead of considering losing something bigger...Their country and its unalienable rights afforded in those pesky founding documents they claim to protect...

They are doing a lousy job of it!!!

I'm off my soapbox now...

I need to write this stuff down before I forget it!!!

[stevie_d_64]

A little additional "lite" reading to support some folks opinions/ideas...

http://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-eve ... 00141.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Timing couldn't be better!!!

BTW, I am not bashing Democrats...I just have a healthy disagreement with their agenda...My ideas are diametrically opposed on many political issues...And I am sure they feel the same way about me...

I'm of the opinion that we need to remove the plank from our own eye (republican leaderhip) before we engage those that are our political opposites...