LOL the smaller tent caucus goes, making nonsense again. After in 4 years in office, Trump grew the tent by 15m voters in 2020 = 25% more voters than Romney 8 years, earlier. These were mostly new voters to the tent, crossover blue collar Democrats, minorities, and low-propensity voters of several different types.Osodecentx said:Like I said, it sounds like the state reps who voted to impeach aren't welcome in your tent.Quote:Not at odds at all. Political coalitions are full of people who don't like each other. Also full of truces during election season. Most people are smart enough to understand that "never" caucuses are cul-de-sacs of hate and division, and steer clear. If you can't say something nice about the nominee, just don't say anything. Find a way to contribute and you'll see more progress toward your preferred objectives. If you get in front of the wagon, you won't get anywhere and you're likely to get run over. Etc....queue all the sound advice parents give about picking battles.Quote:You seem to be at odds with your fellow travelers. They say the Bush family are trying to take over Texas? Do you believe that "globalists" were behind the impeachment of Paxton?Quote:Quote:Quote:Quote:Quote:
Your glide path got gummed up with mucous
You win. Paxton is the face of the Texas Republican Party
You own him
No, the people of Texas do, but thanks for revealing the "vanity uber alles" that drives your thinking.
If/when he's convicted if something, I'll lead the charge to impeach. Until then, I'm going to work to punish the numbskulls who incompetently executed up a half-baked impeachment idea that could only have been worse politics had it succeeded.
What dumba$$es…..
He is the face of Republicans
He's your boy
I'll caucus with Paxton. And MQS. And Romney. And Bush. And Trump. And RDS. They and more are welcome in my tent. I'll even hold my nose and try not to bump into those pompous *******s Christie and Hutchinson, as long as they can bring themselves to show up. I'll caucus with anyone who will help me defeat progressive agendas. Sure, I may get mud on my shoes. Or have to take pictures with people I'm not terribly excited about, like that one with John Boehner. Oh the things one has to do to help a friend raise money. I might even have to defend something I'd rather not defend.
But if you're too good for that kind of stuff, by all means you be you. Be sure to be real loud about it. Otherwise people won't know how much more virtuous you are than the rest of us. Would be a shame to make the posture and nobody see it.
Are the state reps who voted to impeach welcome in your tent? Will you caucus with Dade Phelan?
I am going to donate to Phelan's strongest primary opponent. And if Phelan wins, I'll do everything I can to see him dethroned as Speaker. However that ends up, I know not to trust his leadership skills, judgment, and teamwork ability and will keep an eye on him. Otherwise, it'll be time to find a way to make a truce and contribute something positive somewhere. We might need one another for something down the road, end up on a committee and commission somewhere. Families are like that. We work hard to like relatives we don't actually like, because we might have to sit at the same table with them at weddings and funerals, and don't want to make it any more uncomfortable than it already is for ourselves and the rest of the family.
First - you'll oppose Phelan in the primary, then oppose him for Speaker, but if he is Speaker you might need to use him so ...
Continue to make the tent smaller like Democrats did in the 90's
you just think the new people in the tent are beneath you, so you're having a little hissy fit.