Reply #45: Look at the election returns of this state [View All]

[Wright Patman]

over the last 12 years and tell me the culture of the South does not dominate the politics of Texas. This is true from the Panhandle almost all the way to the Rio Grande Valley. It is not true of the central cities, but that almost doesn't matter because all of the suburban counties ringing them vote GOP in even higher percentages than we here in the "ig'nernt belt" do.

I have two degrees from UT so I am a former Austinite. I am glad I lived there when I did. It's too damned big now. Someday you may need to take refuge in the countryside at the rate things are going, so be nice. ;)