Bay Area Houston

And from a suspected pedophile.

Our local State Representative Dennis Paul is running to be our next State Senator after spending 10 years in the Texas House accomplishing little if anything. He was on the Insurance Committee for years as our property insurance has skyrocketed. He did nothing while our electricity grid turned into shambles then voted to pass on the cost to repair to the consumers. Our electricity bills have become shocking. (lol) Home prices are out the roof making it hard for first time buyers to purchase. The cost to live and remain in the Bay Area has soared. So it is fitting for Paul to accept this endorsement from a convicted felon and suspected pedophile.

And he seems to be proud of it. I wish a real Conservative would challenge Paul in the primary. He is fiscally and morally bankrupt.

Can he do the job? Absolutely!

Representative James Talarico came to our club meeting last year to discuss public education issues. Our usual monthly crowd of 80 or so ballooned to over 150. It was an overflow crowd, an interesting meeting, and a great speaker. Today Talarico will be announcing he will be joining the race for Senate to challenge Ken Paxton or John Cornyn.

Most probably Paxton will be the nominee. He is a perfect representation of the Republican Party and one all republicans can be proud of. He is an incredible ass kisser and would serve Trump well. He cheated on his wife. He was overwhelmingly impeached by the Texas House. He was sued, and lost, a whistle blower suit and will ask the state to pay the $6.7 Million judgement. He is openly defying court rulings. And he is now mired in a nasty divorce. So Paxton has all the values that Republicans admire. Senator John Cornyn can’t kiss enough ass to save his own. His time in the Senate is over.

Talarico is the exact opposite, not perfect, but not Paxton. He is young, 36 years old. A State Representative with experience with passing legislation. He is a former middle school teacher and a devout Christian, one who can relate to those who worship, no matter who they worship. It is an interesting combination. Talarico will probably disappoint the extreme far left but then again they thought Obama was a far lefty. Talarico will join former Congressman Colin Allred and Terry Virts in the race.

So Texans will have a choice between an impeached, lawless, adulterer and the winner of the Democratic primary. Just remember who they voted for in November 2024.

And you wonder why we lose?

While the MAGAts of the Republican Party are working to give everyone easy access to guns, destroying our faith in our judicial system, and limiting the rights of women, the delegates of the Texas Democratic Convention was arguing about having a protest vote in our primaries. It was ugly, petty, and pathetic.

There were 4 resolutions/rule changes pulled from consent and were to be debated on the floor of the convention including paying the TDP chair, supporting rank choice voting, and a rule concerning precinct chairs. There was wide support for these. Then there was the rule to add an “Uncommitted” to our presidential primary ballot much like some other states like New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. That stemmed from the Palestinian wing of the party.

Prior to debate the Chair declared that we did not have quorum and all hell broke loose. Hinojosa, speaking to the delegates like they were 2nd graders (some deserved that), continued to say “I will continue when you are finished.”. Eventually they were finished and the process to overturn the chair’s decision was explained, over and over again as per Roberts Rules of Order, which the convention is conducted under. So someone finally motioned to challenge the Chair, it was seconded, and we had to have a roll call vote with each Congressional District reporting yay or nay per county. We have 254 counties in Texas with 38 CDs. Three hours later, we had the vote to overturn the Chair. YEAH!

But….the vote also showed we did not meet the rules of quorum so the 3 hour process was moot and the Convention was adjourned as per the rules. During the 3 hour bitch session many delegates had to leave due to airline and bus schedules thereby breaking quorum.

This is what we argued about. A protest vote. Even if this passed what would it do besides providing negative national attention to our nominee? Go ahead and google protest vote news. I’ll wait. Much like 2016 the whiny little bitches of the Democratic Party have to have a way to publicly whine about everything or anything. If you don’t like immigration policies, protest vote. How about consumer issues? Or woman’s rights? Gay rights? Veteran issues? Gun violence? Pick your damn bottle of whine and protest vote. Give the media a great sound bite which they will exploit. Help to weaken our candidates chances of winning like you did in 2016.

How in the fuck did that work out for you, for us? The three resolutions/rule changes were good for the party and I wish we had the opportunity to vote on these. The protest vote was an embarrassment.

Grow the fuck up people.