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Ted Cruz just can’t stop saying stupid things to fire up his base. He has adopted his presidents methods of name calling and resorting to lies and exaggerations. It’s all he has at this point.

“I’ve got to say, they summed up the entire election,” Cruz told the crowd inside the restaurant. “If Texas elects a Democrat, they’re going to ban barbecue across the state.”

For those who are working to elect Democrats to restore sanity to Congress, here is what you can expect from calling potential voters.

Make a few hundred phone calls to potential voters to push your candidate or to encourage voting and you will hear a number of responses ranging from virtual hugs to a kick in the what nots. Knowing these types of responses and what to do when you encounter them can encourage you to make another call or stay another hour.

Thank you for calling. Some will thank you for taking your time to volunteer for the candidate. If you ever receive a call from a volunteer you should do the same. Phone banking isn’t just sitting around talking on the phone, although that is actually what it is, but it is hard work. Depending upon your targets it may be very tough calling independent voters to convince them to vote for your candidate. These “thank you” calls are good calls. They energize you.

Take me off your list. These usually ends up with a click. Remember you need to feel sorry for these folks. It is clear they can’t act like a human being and say something like “Can you please remove me from your list?” or at the very least just hang up. Bless their hearts.

Hang up. Years ago when someone would hang up without even saying “Can you please remove me from your list?” I would call back and hang up on them. (I was reprimanded many times) Don’t do that. Just move on to the next call. Do NOT call them back and hang up.

Not interested. There are still people who will say “Not interested”. With the country on fire you will still find people who will take the time to pull their heads out of their butt to say “Not interested”. Hang up on them before they hang up on you.

I’m a Republican. There are still people who will say “I’m a republican”. With the country on fire you will still find people who will take the time to pull their heads out of their butt to say “I’m a republican”. Hang up. Laugh. Move on.

I wouldn’t vote for… Every now and then you will get a MAGAt on the phone who sits by the phone waiting to pounce on a volunteer with “I wouldn’t vote for that socialist yada yada yada…”. As their blood pressure rises let them rant a bit then say “Hello? Hello? Are you there?”. Then hang up. Imagine them sitting there waiting for the next call.

Thanks for taking your time to volunteer for your candidates, your party, and your country!

Ask yourself this: If you had a choice to travel across the country in a Fiat with either Ted Cruz or Beto O’rourke who would you choose?

Nobody likes Ted Cruz. Even members of his own party don’t like Ted Cruz and for good reason. Ted is one of those guys that are just hard to listen to. He talks as if everyone is sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for him to complete a sentence full of awkward pauses confusing people on when to either clap, get up and leave, or cut their ears off. Here are a just a few reasons why #NobodyLikesTedCruz.

He won’t defend his own family. Donald Trump called his wife a dog face causing Ted to go on a tirade:

“It’s not easy to tick me off,” Cruz said. “I don’t get angry often. But you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that’ll do it every time. Donald, you’re a sniveling coward. Leave Heidi the hell alone.”

Yet months later he sucked up to Trump as if he never said anything. Even his wife, Heidi, hasn’t forgiven Trump. How can you trust someone like Ted Cruz to defend your family when he won’t even defend his own?

He wants to cut coverage for pre-existing conditions. Lucky for Ted and his family, his tax funded healthcare policy covers pre-existing conditions. Always has. Always will. And you pay for it. So as I said, how can you trust Ted Cruz with the health care of your kids? You can’t. Once he is successful your family will not be covered while his family will. Sleep well.

He’s from Canada. Unlike his opponent, Ted was born and raised in Canada as Raphael Ed Cruz, or as Canadians call him “Ted”. Aye. Once he was recently outed, Ted quickly denounced his dual citizenship. He won’t defend his family or his citizenship.

He shutdown the government. It was all about Ted Cruz. Cruz took to the Senate floor to filibuster and shutdown the government because the Affordable Care Act was helping people stay well. He read Green Eggs & Ham. Even his own party was tired of him and did not support the shutdown, but like the cowards they are did nothing to stop it.

It’s all about Ted. It’s hard to believe a thing Ted says. You have to wonder when he makes a statement about a situation if he is truly concerned or is he thinking 2 steps ahead trying to make the situation all about him. Everything Ted does is for Ted and his achieving the high throne.

There are so many other reasons why #NobodyLikesTedCruz. Personally I can’t imagine driving across the country listening to Ted Cruz signing along to ABBA.

If you are in the public education field in the Clear Lake area you might consider coming to hear Mike Collier who is running to replace Lt Governor Dan Patrick. Mike will be speaking at 7:30 PM (sharp) and will be taking questions from the audience. 

Dan Patrick has been one of the worst Texas legislators when it comes to public education. Under his time in government, teacher salaries have been stagnant, healthcare insurance have skyrocketed for retired teachers, and massive cuts to education have been used to pay for business tax cuts. Patrick has made it a priority to privatize our public education system with “school vouchers”. Patrick has become so toxic to those in education they attempted to remove him in the primary taking 25% of the vote. From the Houston Chronicle:

Patrick vows to pursue these vicious [school] vouchers “session after session after session.” Despite six “no” votes from our Republican legislature. Despite the defeat of the bill again during the special session. Despite the difference in cost. Despite the basic flaw in voucher logic.

Mike will be speaking at the monthly meeting of the Bay Area Democratic Movement. We will have a great dinner of Chicken Fried Rice, Egg Rolls, Salad and deserts followed by our meeting at 7:30. Bring your friends and other educators

Read more at https://www.collierfortexas.com/

It’s not Bee-toe or Bee-do or Beh-do. It is Beh-toh.

My dad had a hard first name, Remigio, so as a kid he was called Beto. Its a common nickname usually reserved for those named Roberto or Gilberto, or Any-Berto. Beto O’rourke’s first name is Robert. He grew up in El Paso, a predominately Mexican American city. If he grew up with Mexican American kids, I could easily see them calling him Beto.

Unfortunately Rafael Edward Cruz, “Ted”, has used Beto’s nickname as an attacking point. Unlike Beto, Ted was born and raised in Canada where they called him “Ted” instead of Rafael, or Ed. No one really cares about this and you won’t hear Beto talk about it because unlike Ted, Beto is not an ahole. He prefers to talk about issues important to Texans like keeping your children healthy and curing them when they are not. Cruz on the other hand has nothing but insults to throw at his base.

Cruz will make fun of Beto’s name, claims incorrectly that he supports burning the flag, claims incorrectly (again) he will take away guns, claims incorrectly (yet again) that Beto will make Texans eat tofu and dye their hair red, even though many Texans eat tofu and have their hair dyed. It’s all Ted has. Insults. Nothing else. He can’t run on his record of shutting down the government while reading Green Eggs and Ham, his late response to hurricane Harvey, or his fake outrage towards Trump, or how he sucks up to anyone who will further his ego and political aspirations. He can’t talk about the tax cuts for his rich donors, his attack on pre-existing coverage for kids with diabetes. And he can’t talk about his loving support for a racist, politically ignorant, lying, asshole of a human being, Donald Trump, because Donald Trump is a racist, politically ignorant, lying, asshole of a human being that called his wife a dog face.

Hopefully Ted will learn how to become a civil human being again and refer to other Americans by their names without making fun or being disrespectful. And hopefully on Nov 7th he will be calling Beto, Senator Elect.