texas begins to turn purple

[rdking647]

after the disgracefull action son the GOP and the citizens filibuster


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[vi5]

1. That's a little optimistic don't you think?

What happened with the abortion fillibuster was great. But I can't imagine Texas being anything but deep red, especially with their ability to now suppress minority voting rights confirmed by the SCOTUS.

[Schema Thing]

2. seriously, you "can't imagine"?

You "can't imagine" a state that had Ann Richards as governor not that long ago, has a huge Latino population, has a rock star Latino Mayor in San Antonio, a Mayor in Dallas that is openly championing Obamacare and other progressive causes, has International News headlines just yesterday that read "To curb prostitution, Houston tries rehab instead of jail", AND has the Democratic politician team that put on that internationally watched progressive-politics-primer (how to wake a sleeping giant and stand up for women) show just last night.....



...turning a shade purple?



When Texas finally turns it's the stake through the heart of the GOP. We're gonna need help, not cynicism.

[X_Digger]

7. +1 n/t

[vi5]

10. Don't get me wrong, I hope it does

I didn't mean for it to be an anti-Texas statement. My perception (obviously a mistaken one) has always been that it's a very, VERY red state. Much of that admittedly based on Bush and the Bush years and the image he gave Texas and then solidified by an asshole like Perry and things like this abortion ban.

I'm happy to be schooled on why it's not the case. No offense intended.

[kentauros]

6. I never would have imagined what happened to Wisconsin.

And yet...

By the way, how about updating your profile so the rest of us can see from where this anti-Texas attitude is originating? I do find it odd how many people leave that part blank.

[vi5]

11. See my post above

It was not intended as an anti-Texas statement, merely my perception (obviously mistaken) as to it's legislative history and political leanings over the past 15 years or so. Admittedly much of the blame for that mistaken perception lies with clowns like Bush and Perry and Texas's presidential votes and largely Republican legislature pulling crap like this abortion ban (which from what I'm reading is not over at all yet). And not helped at all by the people I do know personally from Texas who fit all the Bush/Perry stereotypes.

Admittedly I should know better being from New Jersey. We may be deep blue when it comes to national politics but then we go and elect a clown like Chris Christie (and not that our Democratic clown John Corzine was all that much better). And we also know from being lumped in and tagged with negative stereotypes as well.

No offense intended.

[kentauros]

12. All right, I accept your apology.

Please understand that we react this way because we perceive such posts as yours as naive and ill-informed. I don't know how many times I've posted the following map of the 2012 election results based on population density, but I originally found it and the link on DU. It's a good one to keep bookmarked




http://tumblr.thefjp.org/post/35708791930/mapping-2012-election-votes

[pscot]

3. Choking on it's own bile, no doubt.

[railsback]

4. The DNC, progressive groups are really going to have to step up on this one

Texas just levied a poll tax on Texans, so its going to take a lot of work and money to get millions of voters in compliance with their new anti-voting laws.

[kentuck]

5. Texas turned red when Dubya defeated Ann Richards

Texas was blue. For whatever reason, Democrats did not turn out to vote. Only about 28% turned out for that election and have not voted Democratic since that election. Before Richard's defeat, Texas also was home to the Democratic Speaker of the House, Jim Wright. Texas went from blue to red because Democrats stopped voting. They will go blue again once they feel they have a real Democrat to vote for.

[uponit7771]

8. ****TURN TARRANT COUNTY FIRST!!!****

The oppurtunity is low hanging IMHO

[rdking647]

9. austin,houston,dallas and san antonio are already blue

hopefully we can get ft worth next.
what i skey is getting people out to vote. if we can get more minoritys to the polls despite the roadblocks the GOP tries to put up we will win.
ive always been fairly silent,staying in the background but its time to step up my level on involvement in the drive to turn texas blue

[kentauros]

13. The Valley and border seems to be doing well

on remaining blue, but I hope folks are continuing to keep it that way. I don't know much about Corpus, other than they're the least blue of the larger cities.

It's cool that San Antonio is blue, what with all the Air Force bases there. Then again, their color as an armed service is blue!