Texas GOP Official, Calls For 'Amicable Divorce' From 'Maggots' Who Voted For Obama

[frankfrank]

Then there is apathy, a joke of a Dem party - did you notice on the ballot that if you went straight ticket Dem you didn't vote in a bunch of races because there was no Dem? If Texas doesn't go blue, the Dems are equally to blame.

I noticved the same thing on my ballot here in western Illinois - there were ALMOST NO Democrats on the ballot for any of the local (county, township) races. Of course both Parties were represented for the Representative and Senator who represent me at the state house in Springfield.

What would be nice, though, is if someone could pull a Jedi mind trick and get the legislature and governor to approve a law requiring the electoral votes to be split proportionately.

NOOOO! I'd actually like (in a way) to see it done in Texas which would make it more Democratic, but I quickly realize that it's entirely inconsistent and that can very easily be abused. Which "blue" states retained their Republican majorities in the state assemblies and perhaps in the Governor's seat (or at least enough for Republicans to pass such laws)? I think Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are ALL in that category, even after the election. If those states were to pass similar laws "in retaliation," the Electoral College map would become even more Republican than it is now.

I don't even think that Maine and Nebraska should be splitting their Electoral votes. I feel it should be consistent "from sea to shining sea."

 

[TX-Beau]

I ask you WHERE is Obama's fabled ground game around here? The Dems could have Texas like a two dollar whore if they fukin' bothered.

 

[Kulindahr]

I don't even think that Maine and Nebraska should be splitting their Electoral votes. I feel it should be consistent "from sea to shining sea."

States get to decide, and that's their privilege. A state could decide to give one electoral vote to any candidate who qualified for their ballot, if they wanted.

 

[bendted]

From 91 to 95 Texas had a liberal governor, Anne Richards. I don't know what happened, but something went horribly wrong in Texas after her.

 

[BostonPirate]

I ask you WHERE is Obama's fabled ground game around here? The Dems could have Texas like a two dollar whore if they fukin' bothered.

He didn't think he would get votes for the financial and manpower hours needed. He aluded to it turning purple, and I have a feeling that Texas is next on the map for the Obama machine to mine for voters leading up to the second term mid term election.

Obama's election team never really stopped for six years, and I doubt that they will stop now. This will be the way the president tries to influence the composition of the house of reps.

I also expect lawsuits concerning gerrymandering to start popping up, which may change the layout before the mid terms. I think Texas and the swing states will be of focus in that regard.

 

[eastofeden]

I get it...I wanted California to leave under Bush. I don't really have a problem with people who hate Obama because I personally hated Reagan and Bush so I know their pain.

 

[CoolBlue71]

I ask you WHERE is Obama's fabled ground game around here? The Dems could have Texas like a two dollar whore if they fukin' bothered.

Raw vote. The Democrats are outnumbered. In 2008, John McCain won the state by R+11.76, yes, but in raw votes his margin in carrying Texas was more than 950,000. And in 2012, with the president's national margins having shifted (but not enough to flip the White House) toward the Republicans [Mitt Romney], the raw vote count (last I looked) was over 1.25 million.

When you're outnumbered like that, you want to win the Electoral College and not so much worry about Texas. Even though, in 11 of the elections from 1912 to 2008 in which candidates landslided by winning four of every five states, Texas had carried every time. Campaigning and media are much different now. (The two parties aren't spending the time trying to build up 400-vote-plus Electoral College victories. Partisanship makes it apparenly not possible in this era.) Much of this are with attitudes. It's going to take more time with Texas.

 

[palbert]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/secission-petitions-filed-20-states-190210006.html

Secession petitions have been filed in 20 states:

States with citizens filing include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Oddly, folks from Georgia have filed twice. Even stranger, several of the petitions come from states that went for President Barack Obama.

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Of course, this is mostly a symbolic gesture. The odds of the American government granting any state permission to go its own way are on par with winning the lottery while getting hit by a meteor while seeing Bigfoot while finding gluten-free pizza that tastes like the real thing. ....

Texas has the most signatures at 23,000.00.

 

[JayHawk]

Let them all move to the Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific.....

 

[White Eagle]

No Republican would EVER allow Texas to secede. They'd lose 38 automatic votes in the electoral college.

Besides, if you let Texas go, then Oklahoma would want to follow them.

And Louisiana. And Mississippi. And Alabama. And Georgia. And Kansas. And Nebraska. And Wyoming....

And, then, there would go the Louisiana Purchase.

 

[JayHawk]

Bikini Atoll >>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[palbert]

From 91 to 95 Texas had a liberal governor, Anne Richards. I don't know what happened, but something went horribly wrong in Texas after her.

George W. Bush happened.

 

[White Eagle]

From 91 to 95 Texas had a liberal governor, Anne Richards. I don't know what happened, but something went horribly wrong in Texas after her.

The first Republic Governor was elected in the 70s for the first time in 110 years. Then it went all to shit. Except when Ann got it. I loved her. I see her daughter has been fooling around in politics.

 

[White Eagle]

Can't you two let us have hope... jeesh the ignate remarks came from Texas....

You haven't heard anything ignate from me! Since I don't know what that means.
And, yes I did google it, and I still don't know what it means.

 

[TX-Beau]

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Besides, if you let Texas go, then Oklahoma would want to follow them.

And Louisiana. And Mississippi. And Alabama. And Georgia. And Kansas. And Nebraska. And Wyoming....

Texas can fuck off but you're worried about losing Oklahoma? At least in OK there are still a bunch of Cherokees who'd probably appreciate having their sovereignty back.

 

[White Eagle]

If the "Texas GOP Official" want a divorce, he should seek not from anyone but the state of Texas. So let the asshole move to Oklahoma.


In the meantime, I notice that the counties of Dallas (Dallas) and Harris (Houston) are trending Democratic. In 2008, President Barack Obama won them first time for a Democrat since native son Lyndon Johnson, who then-naturally carried his home state of Texas, in the election of 1964.


Here are some numbers:

TEXAS
2000: George W. Bush R+21.32
2004: George W. Bush R+22.87
2008: John McCain R+11.76
2012: Mitt Romney R+15.83 (unofficial)


DALLAS COUNTY
2000: R+7.67
2004: R+1.40
2008: D+15.26
2012: D+15.42 (unofficial)

HARRIS COUNTY
2000: R+11.37
2004: R+10.19
2008: D+1.63
2012: D+0.05 (unofficial)


DALLAS COUNTY-VS.-TEXAS
2000: D+13.65
2004: D+21.47
2008: D+27.02
2012: D+31.25 (unofficial)

HARRIS COUNTY-VS.-TEXAS
2000: D+9.95
2004: D+12.68
2008: D+13.39
2012: D+15.88 (unofficial)


Some in political circles believe the population changes are poised to put Texas in play by the arrival of 2020. These two counties are a sample of how such movement may be underway.

A bellwether county for the state of Texas is Tarrant (Fort Worth), which tends to carry in margins close to the state. (Unofficially, Mitt Romney has carried it by R+15.71, a mere spread of 0.12% from his win of Texas.) That's one county immediately west of Dallas County. And it's the Arlington area that is home to the 2010 and 2011 American League pennant-winning Texas Rangers.

If this trendline continues, then a number of positives can happen for Democrats which could ultimately include both Tarrant County and Texas. So it's no wonder this "GOP official" and anyone like him from Texas is in such a whiny bitch mood.

Thanks, I knew Houston was Dem as I lived there for 22 years. But I thought Dallas was more Rep.

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I noticved the same thing on my ballot here in western Illinois - there were ALMOST NO Democrats on the ballot for any of the local (county, township) races. Of course both Parties were represented for the Representative and Senator who represent me at the state house in Springfield.


NOOOO! I'd actually like (in a way) to see it done in Texas which would make it more Democratic, but I quickly realize that it's entirely inconsistent and that can very easily be abused. Which "blue" states retained their Republican majorities in the state assemblies and perhaps in the Governor's seat (or at least enough for Republicans to pass such laws)? I think Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are ALL in that category, even after the election. If those states were to pass similar laws "in retaliation," the Electoral College map would become even more Republican than it is now.

I don't even think that Maine and Nebraska should be splitting their Electoral votes. I feel it should be consistent "from sea to shining sea."

Our ballot wasn't that bad. I only had to vote for 2 Green and one Indy.

 

[TX-Beau]

Thanks, I knew Houston was Dem as I lived there for 22 years. But I thought Dallas was more Rep.

Travis County was of course blue. What about Bexar county?

 

[White Eagle]

Travis County was of course blue. What about Bexar county?

I think it's pretty well blue. My mother worked in absentee ballots for 25 years for a County Clerk who was Dem. I'm pretty sure it's blue without looking it up.

 

[White Eagle]

Oh crap! I forgot. Look at the Mayor of SA and a new Senator, I think he is Senator. The twins who are just gorgeous.

 

[Ninja108]

Scary thing is how many morons think it would actually work.