March 04, 2014

(Tuesday Mar 4)-AOSHQDD- Primary Night in Texas
— CAC

Three contests I've received emails about in one big state: the Republican primary for U.S. Senator, where incumbent Senator John Cornyn had been facing at least the possibility of a runoff race with Rep. Steve Stockman, though that seems very unlikely at thist point; the Republican primary for Lt. Governor, where incumbent David Dewhurst faces the risk of a runoff race; and TX-32, where incumbent representative Pete Sessions faces a potential threat from Tea Party-backed Katrina Pierson. I expect incumbents to win in all three, though I think Dewhurst is the most vulnerable.

Next week, we really kick things off at the Decision Desk with the hotly contested special election to fill Florida's 13th congressional district.

Results will be put in the thread below. Note: stopped tracking at 1015pm EST- all races look resolved (either wins or heading towards runoffs), see below
Statewide races:
1579/8829 in

TX SEN
R PRIMARY
Calling mercy on Stockman- clearly Cornyn will beat the run-off threat and has won his primary. We will continue to follow the races below:

LT GOV
R PRIMARY
David Dewhurst - Incumbent 28.2%
Dan Patrick- 42.52%
700562 ballots cast
Heading for run-off

ATTORNEY GENERAL
R PRIMARY
Dan Branch 31.24%
Ken Paxton 43.47%
Heading for run-off

COM. OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE
George P Bush has won the primary, only 2% of vote in but has a commanding lead.

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Congressional races of note:

TX23
R PRIMARY
Francisco "Quico" Canseco 41.65%
Will Hurd 40.17%
75/301
Heading for run-off

TX32
R PRIMARY
Katrina Pierson 30.29%
Pete Sessions (inc) 69.71% --- WINNER

0 precincts in (all early votes)

Posted by: CAC at 03:51 PM | Comments (522)
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1 I vote for Texas to leave the union

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 03:53 PM (hqVUe)

2 1 I vote for Texas to leave the union Can Wisconsin come too? We'll bring beer . And cheese curds.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 03:55 PM (oMKp3)

3 I like that there's a guy in the Republican Governor race who calls himself SECEDE Kilgore. Supposedly he's a professional candidate. Yay.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 03:55 PM (GrtrJ)

4 Abbott wins; Dewhurst wins with no run off.

Posted by: Judge Pug at March 04, 2014 03:56 PM (6Nj7A)

5 The Meatball gets two in a row? I feel an enstompening coming.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 03:56 PM (oFCZn)

6 Texas, Texas, let me think...no, don't tell me...... ...Isn't Texas that blank area between Santa Fe and New Orleans?

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 03:57 PM (mizYg)

7 If you're blue and you don't know where to go to Why don't you go where fascism sits? Putin on the Blitz. Different types who wear a day coat pants with guns and blowaway Coat perfect fits Putin on the Blitz. Dressed up like a Nazi stormin' trooper Tryin' hard to steal a Mini Cooper (Super duper) Come let's mix where Crimean fellers walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts Putin on the Blitz.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 04, 2014 03:58 PM (E+uky)

8 Oh and GO JON STICKLAND State Rep District 92. Voted most conservative in the legislature his freshman session (2012 election). The guy running against him is a real scumball sent specifically to take him out by our lovely Speaker Joe Straus, who has been paying for all his scummy, lying ads.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 03:58 PM (GrtrJ)

9

Did the Texas Morons ALL get out and vote?

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 03:58 PM (D+lxs)

10 Setting up the election night party for a few Galveston County incumbent judges -- many crawfish and oysters will be sacrificed to the electoral gods.

Posted by: mesablue at March 04, 2014 03:58 PM (JgDp7)

11 Texas? Are they REALLY part of this country?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 03:58 PM (LSDdO)

12 I enjoyed voting against Cornyn this evening.

Posted by: Nylon66 at March 04, 2014 03:59 PM (YELrK)

13 What do homophobic cowboys call the Austin Gay Pride Parade? Sick Fags Over Texas.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:01 PM (mizYg)

14 Grammie... First texas then wisconsin, then who know's. And we all bring our favorite things to the party. Who knows, it could catch on.

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 04:01 PM (hqVUe)

15 OT: From Twitter, Alan Grayson defenses. The bitch is crazy. Look who she married.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 04, 2014 04:02 PM (E+uky)

16

I enjoyed voting against Cornyn this evening.

Posted by: Nylon66 at March 04, 2014 07:59 PM (YELrK)

 

Thank you.

 

PS, did you know that New Jersey is going to make you illegal?  You are a dreaded "Assault Weapon" per the NJ Democrats.  Along with about 43 other popular rifles. 

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 04:02 PM (D+lxs)

17 Uh oh

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 04:03 PM (oFCZn)

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 04:03 PM (D+lxs)

19 Nope no barrel

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 04:03 PM (oFCZn)

20 The Louisiana Purchase plus Texas. (can't say west of the mississsippi because, well YOU know.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:03 PM (LSDdO)

21 Good catch there

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:03 PM (oMKp3)

22 whew. 

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 04:03 PM (D+lxs)

23 I thought close counts in barrelling?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:04 PM (LSDdO)

24 23 I thought close counts in barrelling? Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 08:04 PM (LSDdO) Depends. Are we bored enough to vote for the barrel?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 04:05 PM (oFCZn)

25 I thought evidence of failure to close brackets was a felony?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:06 PM (LSDdO)

26 Yeah I'm pretty bored.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:06 PM (oMKp3)

27 16 rd, I am not surprised. Is it because of the nbr of rnds or the evil lightweight stock?

Posted by: Nylon66 at March 04, 2014 04:07 PM (YELrK)

28 Thum Down

Posted by: The Roman Hickster at the Coliseum at March 04, 2014 04:08 PM (TI3xG)

29 Is there a statute of limitations on barreling? It has to happen right away, correct?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 04:08 PM (oFCZn)

30 CAC, any insight on the AG race? Hoping Ken Paxton can pull it out, but Branch has a lot of friends in high places

Posted by: Boone at March 04, 2014 04:09 PM (iRc+j)

31 It's a machine of mass destruction whose only purpose is to

KILL KILL KILL



(I had one of those back when they had just come out. Like the '60's or so?)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:09 PM (LSDdO)

32 I vote for Texas to leave the union --- I once dated a woman of Mexican descent, and I asked when her family came to the US. She said, "We didn't. You came to us." They had lived in the same place while jurisdiction changed from Mexico to The Republic of Texas to the USA. I thought that was neat.

Posted by: whoever at March 04, 2014 04:10 PM (kGSN0)

33 I question how Cornyn is projected to avoid a runoff. All the folks I know who planned to vote want him gone.

Posted by: Mole6 at March 04, 2014 04:12 PM (m0le6)

34 I think a ref has to throw a flag (the ref being the first commenter to comment on the error) on the play.

Then if it's not corrected by then it's an embarrelling for sure.

But what about a stutter step? That's traveling right so that's loss of the ball or something.

anyway.

Go sniff that barrel see how close you came.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:12 PM (LSDdO)

35 Can Wisconsin come too? We'll bring beer . And cheese curds. Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 07:55 PM (oMKp3) Great. You do know we don't have any ice fishing, right?

Posted by: Texas at March 04, 2014 04:12 PM (0FSuD)

36 So I guess hanging chaos will be back in style for a while.

Posted by: Killerdog at March 04, 2014 04:12 PM (fMTEA)

37 You do know we don't have any ice fishing, right? What!?! How is this possible!?!

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:13 PM (oMKp3)

38 Travis county polls are staying open til (last i heard) 11 pm. It's going to be a loooong night.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 04:14 PM (hFL/3)

39 Acthung: all you history buffs! Speaking of the Roman thumbs down gesture... True or False? Movies have it all wrong. The 'thumbs up' gesture means a death sentence, and the 'thumbs down' gesture grants life. Why? Because 'thumbs down' signifies sheathing one's sword, and 'thumbs up' is the sign of drawing one's sword.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 04:14 PM (nfBpn)

40 Posted by: Texas at March 04, 2014 08:12 PM (0FSuD)

Well NOT YET.

That Polar Vortex has got it's eye on you Texas.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:14 PM (LSDdO)

41 I've been to Wisconsin. They have terrible pizza. With all that good cheese being made, yet I've never been to a good pizza joint in Wisconsin.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (+1T7c)

42 Travis county polls are staying open til (last i heard) 11 pm. It's going to be a loooong night. Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (hFL/3) Why?

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (MpP9p)

43 What!?! How is this possible!?! Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 08:13 PM (oMKp3) The Mexicans stole all the ice?

Posted by: Texas at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (0FSuD)

44 When Ava Gardner, Sinatra's ex, heard that he'd married Mia Farrow, she reportedly said, "I always knew he'd end up with a boy." What does that have to do with Texas? Nothing. But I was reading about Ronan Farrow. BTW, doesn't Ronan Farrow sound like a name out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

Posted by: Sir Ronan Farrow at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (/cUUk)

45 Travis county= Austin, btw.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (hFL/3)

46 33 I question how Cornyn is projected to avoid a runoff. All the folks I know who planned to vote want him gone. Posted by: Mole6 at March 04, 2014 08:12 PM (m0le6) I don't think Cornyn has polled over 50% in most polls recently. It's a good sign.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (GrtrJ)

47 Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (nfBpn)

So you say.

May I see your ancient era passport please?

And step over here while we scan you for any killer virii.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:15 PM (LSDdO)

48 Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (nfBpn) True.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (oFCZn)

49 we got Rust Cohle

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (zOTsN)

50 Speaking of ice fishing, son inlaw went out fishing with a friend who had bought a new auger. The auger thingie went down 48 inches and was still hitting ice. So it's over 4 feet thick by us now. I don't think it will melt till after the 4th of July.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (oMKp3)

51 I also enjoyed voting against Cornyn. 11pm for Travis county? Statesman has them open until 9pm.

Posted by: game time decision at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (O8k6u)

52 What!?! How is this possible!?! Posted by: grammie winger All their ice goes into iced tea. That's how Texans roll.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (+1T7c)

53 "Why?" Because the polls here didn't open til 11 because of the Thunderice storm last night.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (hFL/3)

54 Any word on the Attorney General race?  Dan Branch?

Posted by: LASue at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (pWeX5)

55 41 I've been to Wisconsin. They have terrible pizza. With all that good cheese being made, yet I've never been to a good pizza joint in Wisconsin. Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 08:15 PM (+1T7c) Get a Brat, you'll forget the pizza

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:16 PM (0FSuD)

56 Is it true? I forget who I heard it from, but it always made sense to me.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 04:17 PM (nfBpn)

57 I can't decide who I want to see lose more, Cornyn or Dewhurst.

Posted by: ARL at March 04, 2014 04:17 PM (LiXEg)

58 31 Bitter Clinger, I bought mine in 1965 when I was 14. It still works great. This one won't be put in a boat.

Posted by: Nylon66 at March 04, 2014 04:17 PM (YELrK)

59 I hope Jett Rink wins. I think he's cute--and so full of angst.

Posted by: Giant at March 04, 2014 04:18 PM (/cUUk)

60 41 I've been to Wisconsin. They have terrible pizza. With all that good cheese being made, yet I've never been to a good pizza joint in Wisconsin. Kaiser's in Kenosha. Downtown by the lake.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:18 PM (oMKp3)

61

27, Nylon,

 

It can hold more than 4 rounds.  They are giving some BS on possession, like you can stop for gas if going between house and range.

 

Oh By the Way,  No Amnesty, as written, possession is a crime as soon as the law gets signed.  Will Krispie Kreme sign it? 

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 04:18 PM (D+lxs)

62 50 Speaking of ice fishing, son inlaw went out fishing with a friend who had bought a new auger. The auger thingie went down 48 inches and was still hitting ice. So it's over 4 feet thick by us now. I don't think it will melt till after the 4th of July. Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 08:16 PM (oMKp3) Isn't that when you drop in the dynamite?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:19 PM (0FSuD)

63 oops, should say more than 10 (ten) rounds. 

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 04:19 PM (D+lxs)

64 I heard 9 too, but I'm seeing 11 from some of my friends who are really involved in Austin politics. So, I'd say 9 is the earliest that they'll be closing, with 11 as a possibility.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 04:19 PM (hFL/3)

65 Acthung: all you history buffs! Speaking of the Roman thumbs down gesture... True or False? Movies have it all wrong. The 'thumbs up' gesture means a death sentence, and the 'thumbs down' gesture grants life. Why? Because 'thumbs down' signifies sheathing one's sword, and 'thumbs up' is the sign of drawing one's sword. Posted by: soothsayer The popular notion is wrong, but I think your version is wrong as well. From my memory of what I learned in far too many ancient history classes in college, there was no thumbs up! It went like this: Thumb down: The Emperor does not intervene (i.e. the loser is put to death according to the rules); Thumb sideways: The Emperor grants a pardon to gladiator for his bravery (i.e. life is spared).

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:20 PM (mizYg)

66 3% 'ers folks.

Watch Connecticut and New York.

Those are both home to a lot of scofflaws, outlaws and smugglers.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 04:20 PM (LSDdO)

67 Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 08:19 PM (0FSuD) I suppose dynamite might be a good next step. Otherwise we eat pizza instead of fish.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:20 PM (oMKp3)

68 Kaiser's in Kenosha. Downtown by the lake. Posted by: grammie winger It's been a long time since I've been to Keno. Must be a new place. And the mosquitoes. They could carry away small children. In the summer. They mostly come in the summer. The mosquitoes.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 04:20 PM (+1T7c)

69 George P Bush - 76.34% -

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:21 PM (Q6pxP)

70 Is it true? I forget who I heard it from, but it always made sense to me. Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:17 PM (nfBpn) Yep. Thumbs down meant put your sword down.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 04:21 PM (oFCZn)

71 And the mosquitoes. They could carry away small children. In the summer. They mostly come in the summer. The mosquitoes. Mostly.

Posted by: whoever at March 04, 2014 04:22 PM (kGSN0)

72 i notice the Sessions race isn't listed...

what are you trying to say there?

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 04, 2014 04:22 PM (q+fqH)

73 With a 107k votes in, Dewhurst (GOPe) is down to 27%

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:22 PM (Q6pxP)

74 Fun fact: My first marriage was in Bell County Texas. Fun fact #2, that resulted in my first divorce. I guess that really wasn't much fun. oh well, raise one for your similar experience or just to say, "hey it's tuesday".

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 04:22 PM (hqVUe)

75 Grammie I lived in Wisconsin all my life. This winter is trying my soul. Record cold, record snow etc. I think its time to move.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:22 PM (Q8vlx)

76 Just so we're all on the same page, when Fonzie gave you the thumbs up, it meant you were cool, ya?

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 04:23 PM (nfBpn)

77 36 So I guess hanging chaos will be back in style for a while.

Posted by: Killerdog at March 04, 2014 08:12 PM (fMTEA)


That was meant to read:  So I guess hanging chads will be back in style for a while.

My phone truly is stupid, not smart.


Posted by: Killerdog at March 04, 2014 04:23 PM (Oi60j)

78 And the mosquitoes. They could carry away small children. Ya. I lost a couple of the grand kids to Mosquitos. But they weren't my favorites anyway.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:23 PM (oMKp3)

79 Oh fuck, Emauel, the dickhead brother of the mayor, is on O'R. The accent just begs for a beating.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:23 PM (0FSuD)

80 Thumb down should mean get in the barrel.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 04:23 PM (oFCZn)

81 And the ballots cast after 7pm are provisional, and will not be part of the unofficial returns tonight. I would not expect them to have much of a bearing on the GOP Primary candidates I care about anyway. Cause Austin. 

Posted by: game time decision at March 04, 2014 04:23 PM (O8k6u)

82 Sessions - Dist 32 - only 1147 votes in 50/50

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:24 PM (Q6pxP)

83 #72...

never mind: i figured out where you hid it.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 04, 2014 04:24 PM (q+fqH)

84 Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 08:22 PM (Q8vlx) Maybe it's time for us cheeseheads to pick up our brats and move to Texas, eh?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:24 PM (oMKp3)

85 Thinkin about it. If they secede I'm there.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:25 PM (Q8vlx)

86 True or False?

Movies have it all wrong. The 'thumbs up' gesture means a death sentence, and the 'thumbs down' gesture grants life. Why?

Because 'thumbs down' signifies sheathing one's sword, and 'thumbs up' is the sign of drawing one's sword.

I've read the only reference to this is ambiguous.  It says something about a "pressed thumb".  That could be anything.  They could be putting their thumb on their forehead for all you know.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 04:25 PM (P7Wsr)

87 71 And the mosquitoes. They could carry away small children. In the summer. They mostly come in the summer. The mosquitoes. Mostly. Posted by: whoever at March 04, 2014 08:22 PM (kGSN0) I spent a summer in MI. Several children disappeared after the mosquitoes came out. I never went in the woods alone, not just because of Harry Reid.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:25 PM (0FSuD)

88 Are the 37 precincts the absentee/military early vote?

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (4JkHl)

89 I press my thumb to my crotch at you!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (P7Wsr)

90 Didn't pull a lever for Cornyn or Dewhurst. Turds in suits.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (Ryac4)

91 Maybe it's time for us cheeseheads to pick up our brats and move to Texas, eh? Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 08:24 PM (oMKp3) eh, Brats and Brisket! Could be a winner, eh?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (0FSuD)

92 70 Thumbs down meant put your sword down. Dack Thrombosis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollice_verso "Pollice verso or verso pollice is a Latin phrase, meaning "with a turned thumb", that is used in the context of gladiatorial combat. It refers to the hand gesture or thumbs signal used by Ancient Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated gladiator. However, the precise type of gesture described by the phrase pollice verso and its meaning are the subject of much scholarly debate. The type of gesture described by the phrase pollice verso is unclear. From historical, archaeological and literary records it is uncertain whether the thumb was turned up, turned down, held horizontally, or concealed inside the hand to indicate positive or negative opinions." In truth, we don't know -- the position of the thumb was never recorded by ancient writers, so all modern explanations (including yours and mine) are guesswork.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (mizYg)

93 160,943 votes - Dewhurst at 26%

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:26 PM (Q6pxP)

94 What means "GOPe"? I didn't get the memo.

Posted by: whoever at March 04, 2014 04:27 PM (kGSN0)

95 only 1 per cent in but Patrick is killing Dewhurst

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 04:27 PM (zOTsN)

96 let's go Kat Pierson!

Posted by: Jose at March 04, 2014 04:27 PM (zc/sw)

97 ItÂ’s going to be close,but I hope Katrina Pierson beats Sessions. I have heard her on BeckÂ’s radio show.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 04:27 PM (z4WKX)

98 Thank God, Emmanuel is gone. What an obnoxious asshole.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:28 PM (0FSuD)

99 GOP establishment = GOPe

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:28 PM (Q6pxP)

100 I honestly can't believe that Dewhurst is doing so poorly.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 04:28 PM (hFL/3)

101 Dewhurst, one of us? Or one of them?

Posted by: toby928© at March 04, 2014 04:28 PM (QupBk)

102 Three hours and a half till Lent! Drink!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:29 PM (0FSuD)

103 So it's over 4 feet thick by us now. I don't think it will melt till after the 4th of July.>>

The lake near me in Minnesota is gonna be a freeze out. So what was getting to be a good fishing lake after DNR stocking wont be anymore. They expect the winter kill to be a 100% on the walleyes. Not sure about carp since they descended from cockroaches I think.

Posted by: The Roman Hickster at the Coliseum at March 04, 2014 04:29 PM (TI3xG)

104 I believe GOPe is GOP e for establishment. I may be wrong & if so please correct me. I”m going to make Cthulhu’s roasted tomato recipe now.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 04:29 PM (z4WKX)

105 Let me try this: U+1F44D U+1F44E

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:29 PM (mizYg)

106 Well shit, that didn't work.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:29 PM (mizYg)

107 I'm not a big observer of Texas politics, but I wonder how much of an impact Dewhurst losing to Cruz in the Senate primary is having on this result?

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 04:30 PM (MpP9p)

108 103 Three hours and a half till Lent! Drink! --------- I'm in Central time, so I get extra.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:30 PM (oMKp3)

109 101 Dewhurst, one of us? Or one of them? Not sure what you mean, he is not a tea party guy. Cruz beat him in the primary.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:30 PM (0FSuD)

110 Dewhurst, one of us? Or one of them? Posted by: toby928© at March 04, 2014 08:28 PM (QupBk) Dewhurst was one of them when he ran against Ted Cruz, I’m not sure if he’s one of us now or one of them in this election.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 04:30 PM (z4WKX)

111 Get TX 25 up too. Donna Campbell is the incumbent, and she's great. Very solid conservative.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 04:30 PM (hFL/3)

112 Dewhurst, incumbent Lt Gov, was who the establishment ran for Senator in 2012, and got his hat handed to him in the primary by Cruz.

Not that bad of Lt Gov (and the position has more power that Gov in Texas) but is facing a Rino hunt in state-wide races.

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:31 PM (Q6pxP)

113 Dewhurst is who Cruz ended up beating. He's a real piece of work.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 04:31 PM (GrtrJ)

114 Polls are open until 9 because of the late opening. I just checked the Travis County Clerks website. I voted a few weeks ago.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 04:32 PM (PGO8C)

115 Dewhurst during his primary with Cruz implied Cruz was in the pockets of the ChiComs

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 04:32 PM (zOTsN)

116 They expect the winter kill to be a 100% on the walleyes. Aw shoot. That's a real shame. The small lake that my daughter lives on is totally frozen as well.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:32 PM (oMKp3)

117 👍 👎

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:32 PM (mizYg)

118 Oh well -- was worth a try!

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:33 PM (mizYg)

119 So then, is Dan Patrick one of us? Should I care how this turns out?

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 04:33 PM (QupBk)

120 AOSHQDD results coming in faster than the Houston Chronicle. Nice work CAC.

I'm sure losing to Cruz in the Senate race didn't do Dewhurst any favors.

Posted by: game time decision at March 04, 2014 04:34 PM (O8k6u)

121 Dan Patrick is one of us.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 04:34 PM (PGO8C)

122 👍 👍

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:35 PM (mizYg)

123 121 Dan Patrick is one of us. He doesn't wear pants?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:35 PM (oMKp3)

124 Grammie my BIL went ice fishing on Lake Poygan up here. 4 feet of ice,no water. Heard parts of the rivers around here are froze to the bottom as well. Tough on the fish overall.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:35 PM (Q8vlx)

125 Confirmed: AoSHQ does not support thumbs up and thumbs down symbols, no matter what the encoding.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:35 PM (mizYg)

126 Hmm, apparently the "pressed thumb" was a gesture of goodwill to deity.  The "turned thumb" was the death blow. 

Crappity.  Gotta stop relying on memory for these things.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 04:36 PM (P7Wsr)

127 I can see your 👍

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 04:36 PM (QupBk)

128 Dan Patrick is a sports pundit and running for office in Texas? Man that guy is on fire.

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 04:37 PM (hqVUe)

129 👍

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 04:37 PM (QupBk)

130 Cornyn's lead is shrinking as more votes come in.

Posted by: Mole6 at March 04, 2014 04:37 PM (m0le6)

131 I asked about the impact of the Cruz defeat because I had the thought that if primary voters rejected him then, they may be under the mentality that they can send him into retirement this time around.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 04:37 PM (MpP9p)

132 Dan Patrick was endorsed by the various tea party and conservative organizations.

Former talk show host in the Houston area, so has some name recognition in Harris County, but on 4 years as politician

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:37 PM (Q6pxP)

133 He doesn't wear pants? Well Grammie, I don't know if I've seen a picture of him below the waist

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 04:37 PM (PGO8C)

134 I see two thumbs up gestures in your post "zombie at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (mizYg)"

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 04:37 PM (P7Wsr)

135 116 They expect the winter kill to be a 100% on the walleyes. Aw shoot. That's a real shame. The small lake that my daughter lives on is totally frozen as well. Shit, I never thought about freezing the fish to death. So could you eat them if you could get them out of the ice still frozen? I would think so.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:38 PM (0FSuD)

136 and wendy davis is running away in the dem primary!! abbott will crush her~!

Posted by: chas at March 04, 2014 04:38 PM (xDCqY)

137 Just got back from voting and getting 1/2 priced  Sonic burgers.  Made good on my solemn vow to vote  against Cornyn in the primary.   Best feeling  I've had coming out of the polls in a while -   exceeded   only by voting   fro Ted Cruz.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 04:38 PM (BAS5M)

138 This was the first election in years I was not an official for. Seems weird. Here in East Texas, my neighbor's son caught 10 huge bass in our lake yesterday and today. Freaky, huh? We had 4 inches of sleet/ice/snow mix still on the ground.

Posted by: Erowmero at March 04, 2014 04:38 PM (1gcFZ)

139 OK, I've got me a sipper of Buffalo Trace and settling in for the results.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 04:39 PM (GrtrJ)

140 Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (Q8vlx) You in Winnebago county? That's a pretty big area to freeze over if I recall correctly. It's going to be a bad fishing season this year.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:39 PM (oMKp3)

141 In truth, we don't know -- the position of the thumb was never recorded by ancient writers, so all modern explanations (including yours and mine) are guesswork. - Here's my guess. The method of killing an honorable but doomed gladiator was to have him kneel with his head bent back exposing the throat. A sword would then stab downward through the throat into the heart, a relatively quick and painless death. My guess is that turning the thumb involved moving the forearm from the elbow with the thumb extended to the throat simulating the merciful sword stroke.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 04, 2014 04:39 PM (E+uky)

142 The only race that matters is the youngest female with the best curves... all else is Darwinian evolution becoming irrelevant... ANY politician that is other than the youngest female with the best curves is simply bear bait and UTTERLY disposable... ALL politicians are bear bait and disposable, utter shite, some are simply more presentable than others... imagine Kate Upton running for state senate... say NOTHING smile flash those titties, and SHAWING you are in like Flynn...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 04, 2014 04:39 PM (vHRtU)

143 I hate the smell of alcohol. 

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 04:40 PM (P7Wsr)

144 Dan Patrick is definitely one of us. Owner (I think) of one of the best conservative talk radio stations in the state. Used to be Houston, but I think they now simulcast in the Dallas market too. Ran for state senate and did his radio show from Austin while senate was in session at least at first. Real inside baseball stuff, which was neat. Is running on enforcing immigration laws as written. Could be a real headache for our gay friendly federal AG.

Posted by: Mephitis at March 04, 2014 04:40 PM (ehXLT)

145 Dan Patrick is a sports pundit and running for office in Texas? Man that guy is on fire. Posted by: oc joe different Dan Patrick

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 04:40 PM (zOTsN)

146 Niagara Falls Freezes Over – Again http://tinyurl.com/l6afuoz

Posted by: whoever at March 04, 2014 04:40 PM (kGSN0)

147 This site also says the thumb question remains uncertain to this day: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/polliceverso.html HOWEVER, interestingly, a popular theory among scholars is that a thumb pointing inward toward the heart meant death, whereas a thumb held concealed in the fist meant mercy. If this theory is true, then we're ALL wrong!

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:41 PM (mizYg)

148

Thanks.

 

 The propositions are great.  Voting to repeal Obamacare, to expand areas to carry weapons, to hold politicians and their staff to the same laws as everyone else, to freely practice religion, and to drug test welfare recipients.  God bless Texas.

Posted by: LASue at March 04, 2014 04:41 PM (pWeX5)

149 The only race that matters is the youngest female with the best curves

Roman Polanski approves.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 04, 2014 04:41 PM (P7Wsr)

150 Wendy Davis - 77% in Dem Gov Primary

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:41 PM (Q6pxP)

151 I have always heard the thumb to the heart one. Give it to him here!

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 04:42 PM (QupBk)

152 Go Abortion Barbie! Can't wait to see your guts smeared all over the place in November!

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 04:42 PM (GrtrJ)

153 Stockman ran a shitty race. Blew off appearances. Didn't run ads I have no clue why he ran. It was a waster of time

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 04:42 PM (zOTsN)

154 Grammie live in Outagamie right on the edge of Winnebago. Winter fish kills aint pretty. I think it's gonna be pretty bad this year. Lake Winnebago is pretty big, but not real deep. The tributairies are all pretty shallow. Especially this year the lakes and rivers were all low on water this year.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:43 PM (Q8vlx)

155 phreshone, The abortion barbie primary is pretty much a given, no need to report on it.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 04:43 PM (PGO8C)

156 143 I hate the smell of alcohol. Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2014 08:40 PM (P7Wsr) So mix it with OJ.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:43 PM (0FSuD)

157 127 I can see your 👍 Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism 134 I see two thumbs up gestures in your post "zombie at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (mizYg)" Posted by: bonhomme Well dang me! I can't even see my own symbls, but everyone else can! It's like that dream where I'm naked at a party but I can't open my eyes to check.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 04:43 PM (mizYg)

158 Is Tom DeLay tanned, rest, and ready?  I think he should front a movement to split Texas into 5 states to scare the crap out of the Left.

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 04:44 PM (4JkHl)

159 Given how late Stockman got in, he either took a flyer at anti-incumbent sentiment, or didn't want to go back to DC, and wanted to launder his campaign coffers

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:44 PM (Q6pxP)

160 So could you eat them if you could get them out of the ice still frozen? I would think so.>>

The lakes don't need to freeze to the bottom. The Ice and snow get thick enough to block out all the light which causes a depletion in Oxygen which kills them off. By the time they hit the shore in spring only Eagles and other scavengers  will eat them.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 04:44 PM (TI3xG)

161 I also enjoyed voting against a Bush. Not that it looks like it's going to halt that dynasty.

Posted by: game time decision at March 04, 2014 04:44 PM (O8k6u)

162 The abortion barbie primary is pretty much a given, no need to report on it.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 08:43 PM (PGO8C)


should have put the sarc tag on, eh

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:45 PM (Q6pxP)

163 So mix it with OJ. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 08:43 PM (0FSuD) FYI, bonhomme doesn't drink.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 04:45 PM (MpP9p)

164 Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 08:43 PM (Q8vlx) Who's your congressman there? I'm in Paul Ryan's district.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 04:46 PM (oMKp3)

165 phreshone

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 04:46 PM (PGO8C)

166 I see on the Dem side, Kinky is running for Commissioner of Agriculture

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:46 PM (Q6pxP)

167 Apropos of nothing, PSA still has free shipping on Mosin food tonight.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 04:47 PM (QupBk)

168

Grammie my BIL went ice fishing on Lake Poygan up here. 4 feet of ice,no water. Heard parts of the rivers around here are froze to the bottom as well. Tough on the fish overall.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (Q8vlx)

 

 

Thank Goreacle for Global Warmening!!!

 

The glaciers would be rumbling down from Manitoba if it wasn't for Global warming.  I was still shoveling snow in May last year, and expect to be doing it again this year. 

 

But we have Global Warming!!!  And it will fry us all!!!

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 04:47 PM (D+lxs)

169 Grammie Reed Ribble.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:47 PM (Q8vlx)

170 96 let's go Kat Pierson! Posted by: Jose at March 04, 2014 08:27 PM (zc/sw) The singer from the B-52s?

Posted by: rickl at March 04, 2014 04:47 PM (sdi6R)

171 If The Goracle was here I would crotch kick him back to his hillbilly mansion in Tenessee.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:49 PM (Q8vlx)

172 What is Dan Patrick's view on marching in St Patrick"s day parades that don't include the LGBTQQRTY community?

Posted by: msnbc at March 04, 2014 04:49 PM (hqVUe)

173

Dan Patrick is indeed "one of us".  He was my  precinct's state senator for 2 terms.   He came to a neighborhood   meet-n-greet for his first election and   said all the right things.  Then he went to Austin and did all the right things.

 

He even referenced his  "sportscaster"  job  for giggles. 

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 04:49 PM (BAS5M)

174 Course in al's case, it might be a c€£~ punt. Assclown.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:50 PM (Q8vlx)

175 He even referenced his "sportscaster" job for giggles. Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 08:49 PM (BAS5M) A former AZ state treasurer was named Dean Martin. His campaign slogan: A familiar name, a new voice. Perfect.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 04:50 PM (MpP9p)

176 Lt. Gov. here in Texas controls what reaches an ACTUAL vote on the Senate floor. Dewhurst kept a whole buttload of conservative legislation from consideration, this in spite of a 'republican' majority. He needs to go and Dan Patrick is the man to replace him. Dan is indeed the Grassroots/Tea Party pick, and all here at Fortress Erowmero voted accordingly.

Posted by: Eromwero at March 04, 2014 04:51 PM (1gcFZ)

177

Off topic: Is this AP story a big lie? Some Demunist acquaintances are touting it. And good Debunking Morons out there?

http://tinyurl.com/oal5kok

 

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 04, 2014 04:51 PM (qCSo1)

178 471,325 in - Dewhurst still under 27%

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 04:52 PM (Q6pxP)

179 125 Confirmed: AoSHQ does not support thumbs up and thumbs down symbols, no matter what the encoding. Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (mizYg) I can see them on my iPhone.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 04, 2014 04:52 PM (sRzjX)

180 Off topic: <a href=http://tinyurl.com/oal5kok> Is this AP story a big lie? </a>  Some Demunist acquaintances are touting it. And good Debunking Morons out there?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 04, 2014 04:52 PM (qCSo1)

181 Off topic: Is this AP story a big lie? Some Demunist acquaintances are touting it. And good Debunking Morons out there? http://tinyurl.com/oal5kok Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 04, 2014 08:51 PM (qCSo1) There are other issues involved

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 04:52 PM (t3UFN)

182 He even referenced his "sportscaster" job for giggles.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 08:49 PM (BAS5M)

I also like that he's a NASCAR driver- but why does he have to dress like a woman?

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at March 04, 2014 04:53 PM (9F2c1)

183

Not of national interest, but  the Harris County Republican  Party Chair incumbent (Woodfill)  faces a Tea Party-endorsed challenger  (Simpson).    Guess who I voted for.  C'mon take a guess.  Betcha cant guess . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 04:54 PM (BAS5M)

184 Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree 12m Early votes give Rep Pete Sessions (R-TX) 69-31% lead over Tea Party favorite Katrina Pierson in TX32

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 04:55 PM (DmNpO)

185 The nascar driver is Patwreck. FYI.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:55 PM (Q8vlx)

186 can see them on my iPhone. --------- Hipster fag!!!!!!!1!!!11!!

Posted by: Apple Hata at March 04, 2014 04:56 PM (Aif/5)

187 George P. Bush is gonna win?

Excellent. Another George Bush in office that I can blame everything on!!!

Posted by: SCOAMF at March 04, 2014 04:56 PM (UIxS+)

188 "Did the Texas Morons ALL get out and vote?"

Y'all better believe it.

Posted by: Peregrine Took, Texas Hobbit at March 04, 2014 04:56 PM (42ZAm)

189 If Harris County Republican Chair changes hands and republicans manage to win in Harris county again, it would go a long way to preventing TX turning blue for a while which has national implications

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 04:57 PM (zOTsN)

190 Off topic: Is this AP story a big lie? Some Demunist acquaintances are touting it. And good Debunking Morons out there? http://tinyurl.com/oal5kok Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 04, 2014 08:51 PM (qCSo1) The "derailing" vote was about violating the budget guidelines. This bill was not paid for, whether in taxes or spending cuts elsewhere to pay for it. That was the primary GOP argument: Surely you can find spending cuts somewhere in the behemoth called the federal government to cover the costs of this bill. On a lesser note: No Republican amendments were allowed to the bill. Senator Burr* had an amendment that would have paid for the bill with spending cuts elsewhere. His proposal would have improved the bill as well. It wasn't allowed. *For those of you who read the VW thread, he owns a Thing. It's always top-down, because the top doesn't work.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 04:57 PM (MpP9p)

191 FYI, bonhomme doesn't drink. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 08:45 PM (MpP9p) I know, I am just being a smart ass. It's Mardi Gras.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 04:57 PM (0FSuD)

192 ROMNEY IS GONNA WIN 40 STATES!!!1!1!

Posted by: Daily Reminder Guy at March 04, 2014 04:58 PM (6j8ke)

193 Hata I'm 59 years old on an ipad. Hardly a hipster. It's just easier to use for an old fart.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 04:58 PM (Q8vlx)

194 Off topic: Is this AP story a big lie? Some Demunist acquaintances are touting it. And good Debunking Morons out there?
http://tinyurl.com/oal5kok

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 04, 2014 08:51 PM (qCSo1)



Dunno, it sounds like bullshit but I stopped reading after Bernie Sanders.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 04, 2014 04:58 PM (3qZbZ)

195 Prop 4 early numbers look good (Welfare Drug Test).

Posted by: Nylon66 at March 04, 2014 04:58 PM (YELrK)

196 >>>Apropos of nothing, PSA still has free shipping on Mosin food tonight. My credit card hates you.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 04, 2014 04:59 PM (eQJwb)

197 Nylon - Now there's a rifle that isn't discussed much. Was there a removable magazine version of that?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 05:00 PM (aDwsi)

198 Speaker of the House - in place because of Rino/Dem coalition- Joe Straus - 64% (StateRep dist 121)

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 05:00 PM (Q6pxP)

199 "Polls open till 11 in Travis Co.?"

Forget it Jake, It's WillieTown

Posted by: JarvisW at March 04, 2014 05:00 PM (E7Iyp)

200 194 "Republicans also objected to provisions making more veterans without service-connected injuries eligible for treatment at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. They said that would swamp an already overburdened system." I think that is a valid concern.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 05:01 PM (aDwsi)

201 193 Hata I'm 59 years old on an ipad. Hardly a hipster. It's just easier to use for an old fart. Get yourself a log tech ultra thin keyboard. Almost like a real keyboard. I love mine. http://tinyurl.com/jvjtdqj

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:02 PM (0FSuD)

202 Travis County - Open  late for the stoner vote.  Like Jack  In The Box.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:02 PM (BAS5M)

203

Apropos of nothing, PSA still has free shipping on Mosin food tonight.

 

You may want to buy it now.  If Obama boycotts or embargoes anything from Russia, it will be the cheap mil surplus ammo. 

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 05:02 PM (D+lxs)

204 Apropos of nothing, PSA still has free shipping on Mosin food tonight.

Fireballs!

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 05:03 PM (4JkHl)

205 It is 9. I actually did not vote because apparently my registration was suspended. I put in a change of address, but they still had my old address on file. Obviously rectifying that now. Glad I checked online before hauling all of my kids out with me to the polls.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:03 PM (hFL/3)

206 197 Mike Hammer, I think there was, but the number was different, maybe a 65 or 67.

Posted by: Nylon66 at March 04, 2014 05:03 PM (YELrK)

207 Hata I'm 59 years old on an ipad. Hardly a hipster. It's just easier to use for an old fart ---------- It was a sock, I'm typing this on an iPad mini.

Posted by: Adam at March 04, 2014 05:03 PM (Aif/5)

208 Is there something wrong with me if Dewhurst getting spanked very hard excites me?

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at March 04, 2014 05:04 PM (Q5ILS)

209 "Prop 4 early numbers look good (Welfare Drug Test)."

I tend to view such things as being merely possibly useful agitprop.

The radicals in black robes have made it clear they'll slap down all such attempts from the federal level.

But, reminding ordinary voters about just how much power the black-robed federal radicals have arrogated unto themselves, that is still a healthy thing. It will get at least a few of those voters to wondering and then acting.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 05:04 PM (gqT4g)

210 >>> 2 Ditto

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 04, 2014 05:05 PM (HVff2)

211 Glad I checked online before hauling all of my kids out with me to the polls. Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 09:03 PM (hFL/3) How many is all?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 05:05 PM (t3UFN)

212 Nip Sip: for an ipad?

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 05:05 PM (Q8vlx)

213

This AOSHQDD  needs some Dan Ratherisms up in here.  I'll start . . .

 

"The Lt. Gov race is hotter than the devil's anvil."

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:06 PM (BAS5M)

214 "Polls open till 11 in Travis Co.?" NO, only until 9pm. WTF...13% of R voters do NOT want to expand where CHL's can carry???? On the other hand, 99% think that elected officials should have to follow the same laws as everyone else. 96% for drug testing welfare recipients.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:06 PM (PGO8C)

215 can anyone see me? *waves*

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 05:06 PM (GrtrJ)

216 My credit card hates you. Heh. I saved $159 on shipping last night though. That's enough to pay for a rifle by itself.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 05:06 PM (QupBk)

217 "How many is all?" 4. Aged 8 and under.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:07 PM (hFL/3)

218

If Harris County Republican Chair changes hands and republicans manage to win in Harris county again, it would go a long way to preventing TX turning blue for a while

which has national implications

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 08:57 PM (zOTsN)

 

Is this something like the General Secretary of Soviet Union? 

 

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 05:07 PM (D+lxs)

219 Dewhurst looks just awful right now.

Posted by: CAC at March 04, 2014 05:07 PM (vH9HL)

220 197 Mike Hammer, I was wrong, it was probably the model 11.

Posted by: Nylon66 at March 04, 2014 05:09 PM (YELrK)

221 Thanks for the post CAC for us Texans Disappointed about that dickhead Joe Straus. But, I have high hopes for Greg Abbott.

Posted by: L, elle at March 04, 2014 05:09 PM (0xqKe)

222 Yeah, Dewhurst's impending loss is much harsher than I was expecting. I think losing to Cruz hurt his credibility with conservative voters.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:09 PM (hFL/3)

223 Lauren has me beat by one and it's staying that way.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:09 PM (PGO8C)

224 @212 Yeah, Ipad, but not a mini. Check out link to amazon. http://tinyurl.com/jvjtdqj

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:09 PM (0FSuD)

225 Colleen Dewhurst is running for office in Texas?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:09 PM (oFCZn)

226 Thanks for the post CAC for us Texans Coloradoans FIFY

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:10 PM (yz6yg)

227 Thanks Nip will do.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 05:10 PM (Q8vlx)

228 So, I'm lost on this fat tuesday, good friday, mardi gras stuff. Just when is Easter and what does that stuff have to do with it? Oh and I guess I forgot ash wednesday. Is that even right? And Lent has me totally confused, I'm supposed to do what? I figure I'm doing good on the come because I never eat fish anyway. But I am up for the partying, don't really care why.

Posted by: go figure at March 04, 2014 05:10 PM (hqVUe)

229 I did my part.  I'm frustrated that Cornyn  has slipped through.  What's up with 7 freaking challengers?  I mean, looking at the vote totals so far, if Cornyn had only faced two at the most, he'd be toast.

I feel much better knowing that Dewhurst is done for.  We've needed that badly for a long time and it bodes well for Texas in the years ahead.  

Posted by: Yip at March 04, 2014 05:10 PM (/jHWN)

230

Dewhurst looks just awful right now.

Posted by: CAC at March 04, 2014 09:07 PM (vH9HL)

 

Is he afraid he might have to go out in the world and get a real job? 

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 05:11 PM (D+lxs)

231 I think losing to Cruz hurt his credibility with conservative voters.

Posted by: Lauren

Damn straight it did.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at March 04, 2014 05:11 PM (080XV)

232 can anyone see me? *waves* I see you. I thought you were taller though.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:11 PM (yz6yg)

233 225 Colleen Dewhurst is running for office in Texas? Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 09:09 PM (oFCZn) Which, I should add, is impressive seeing as how she died twenty plus years ago.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:11 PM (oFCZn)

234 I have almost stopped carrying my lap top. The keyboard on the Log tech is a little cramped, but it works great.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:11 PM (0FSuD)

235 I'm disappointed in the Cornyn race. I was hoping that Stovall would do better. Between him and Stockman, at least force a run off. But no, Stockman had to go full retard, Dumb ass.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:12 PM (PGO8C)

236 Cornyn 61%. Stockman 17% 2.2% votes

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 04, 2014 05:13 PM (e8kgV)

237 I just hope we aren't subjected to any more "Big Bad John" Cornyn ads.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:13 PM (hFL/3)

238 232 can anyone see me? *waves*

I see you.

I thought you were taller though.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:11 PM (yz6yg)


Be very careful or you will put an eye out with that thing.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at March 04, 2014 05:13 PM (GgPam)

239 Nip haven't used my laptop much at all since the ipad. Just faster and easier.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 05:13 PM (Q8vlx)

240 Dewhurst had to run ads, and he comes across like an old school greasy-guber politician

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 05:13 PM (Q6pxP)

241
222 Yeah, Dewhurst's impending loss is much harsher than I was expecting. I think losing to Cruz hurt his credibility with conservative voters. Posted by: Lauren [/]

Not only that, but a lot of Tea Party support was absolutely trashed by Dewhurst killing many very popular initiatives in the most recent legislature and a LOT of conservatives were watching.  I'm glad he showed his colors and is paying the price.   There is more work to do, but getting Dewhurst out of the legislature, much less the leadership will be sooper awesome,... just sayin'

Posted by: Yip at March 04, 2014 05:14 PM (/jHWN)

242 Be very careful or you will put an eye out with that thing. Posted by: Ammo Dump at March 04, 2014 09:13 PM (GgPam) Yes, but what a way to go IYKWIMAATTYD

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:14 PM (yz6yg)

243

Posted by: go figure at March 04, 2014 09:10 PM (hqVUe)

 

If I remember correctly.

Fat Tuesday Today

Ash Wed Tomorrow

Easter 46 days after Ash Wed.

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 05:14 PM (D+lxs)

244 So, a non-vote in the Cornyn race in November or (shudder) vote for the  Democratic candidate for a 6-year stint in Congress.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:14 PM (BAS5M)

245 we will get the big bad john ads for the general now yippee!! john wayne cornyn, just like you, just like texas

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:14 PM (zOTsN)

246 Coldest temperatures in DC since the Reconstruction.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 04, 2014 05:15 PM (bitz6)

247

I voted on Friday, and was proud to vote against Bush, Dewhurst and Cornyn.

 

 

The thundering egos of seven contenders against Cornyn, who couldn't decide amongst 'em who best to run, sunk their mutual chances. 

 

 

Cornyn is just a younger John McLame, minus the previous heroics.

 

 

 

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 05:16 PM (vvk2F)

248 please don't vote for the democrat cause you hate Cornyn. we need to win the senate

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:16 PM (zOTsN)

249 I have to vote Cornyn in the general. Douchenozzle though he may be, all of the Dem candidates are far, far worse.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:16 PM (hFL/3)

250 I see you. I thought you were taller though. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:11 PM (yz6yg) *jumps up and down* Does this help?

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 05:16 PM (GrtrJ)

251 Cornyn can copy the John "Build The Damn Fence" McCain ads and the old Rick "Pecos" Perry ads.  Also throwback Marlboro ads.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:17 PM (BAS5M)

252 we need to take the senate back

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:17 PM (zOTsN)

253 "How many is all?" 4. Aged 8 and under. Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 09:07 PM (hFL/3) Holy Shit your brave.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 05:17 PM (t3UFN)

254 we need to take the senate back Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 09:17 PM (zOTsN) And lock harry reid out

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 05:18 PM (t3UFN)

255 All of this election talk hearkens me back to Roman columns and my glory days. Sigh.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 04, 2014 05:18 PM (Dwehj)

256 >>>> 226 Thanks for the post CAC for us Texans Coloradoans FIFY Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:10 PM (yz6yg) Not so fast there. I still retain a TX drivers license AND the plates on my car still read TEXAS. And keeping the drivers license has been a pain in the ass. Apparently, I can't legally buy guns or alcohol with one here.

Posted by: L, elle at March 04, 2014 05:19 PM (0xqKe)

257 Here's the Dem option for senate. No. Just no. http://alameelforsenate.com/endorsements

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:19 PM (hFL/3)

258 *jumps up and down* Does this help? Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 09:16 PM (GrtrJ) Yes. Yes it does. BRB. Bunk

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:19 PM (yz6yg)

259 *jumps up and down* Go on.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 05:20 PM (QupBk)

260 I can think of any number of places in Milwaukee with excellent pizza (and I've had pizza in Chicago, Philly, New York and - yuck - DC, so it's not a question of having nothing to compare it too). Zaffiro's on the East Side, which has been around since the '50's, is my favorite, but Pizza Man and Lisa's also have very good pizza. I'm sort of a purist - I like thin crust pizza with the hallowed trinity of mushrooms, onions and sausage, but if you're in a mood for more creative toppings, Ian's Pizza (which originated in Madison) sells pizza by the (very large) slice and has things like philly cheesesteak pizza and mac and cheese pizza.

Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 04, 2014 05:20 PM (R3gO3)

261 "Holy Shit your brave." Or crazy. I haven't decided which...

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:20 PM (hFL/3)

262 Pierson is Tea Party? She's getting murdered.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:20 PM (oFCZn)

263 Apparently, I can't legally buy guns or alcohol with one here. Posted by: L, elle at March 04, 2014 09:19 PM (0xqKe) Look at it this wayÂ….it keeps your purity quotient higher.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:20 PM (yz6yg)

264 So, I'm lost on this fat tuesday, good friday, mardi gras stuff. Just when is Easter and what does that stuff have to do with it? Oh and I guess I forgot ash wednesday. Is that even right? And Lent has me totally confused, I'm supposed to do what? I figure I'm doing good on the come because I never eat fish anyway. But I am up for the partying, don't really care why. Posted by: go figure at March 04, 2014 09:10 PM (hqVUe) Rd has laid it out at 243. Ash Wednesday is tomorrow. I'm a Protestant but I know it's now fish fry season on Fridays. Also speaking as a Protestant, Lent is a time to focus on repentance and the sacrifice of Christ on the cross.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:20 PM (MpP9p)

265 Oh early voting. But still.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:21 PM (oFCZn)

266 Dewhurst sucks donkey ballz as a member of government, and particularly as Lt. Gov in Texas.

For all I know, he's a good doctor and a fine human being otherwise.

Posted by: Troll Feeder at March 04, 2014 05:21 PM (xJTVU)

267 we need to take the senate back Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 09:17 PM (zOTsN) And lock harry reid out Posted by: Nevergiveup all right all right all right

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:21 PM (zOTsN)

268 I just farted...oh wait, never mind, it  was only diarrhea.

Posted by: Hairy Reid at March 04, 2014 05:22 PM (GgPam)

269 The AP is calling TX-32 for Sessions. 

I will defer to Texas morons to comment on whether this is bad- I live in PA so being under Arlen Specter for years gave me a very high standard for who counts as a RINO.

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at March 04, 2014 05:22 PM (9F2c1)

270 239 Nip haven't used my laptop much at all since the ipad. Just faster and easier. Well, not always. Try scrolling down comments on that stupid Ipad. Takes me forever. You know a short cut? Get that keyboard, you'll love it. Battery lasts about two weeks. If you don't like it send it back. Use Ace's amazon link so he'll get a 5% cut.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:23 PM (0FSuD)

271 "How many is all?" 4. Aged 8 and under. Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 09:07 PM (hFL/3) Holy Shit your brave. Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 09:17 PM (t3UFN) I'm the third of 4 kids who are 3 years and 8 months apart from 1 to 4 (I'm a twin). That being said, Lauren, I admire you.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:23 PM (MpP9p)

272 I thought Sessions was from Alabama?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 04, 2014 05:23 PM (bitz6)

273 As representative from the 32nd congressional district for the House of Representatives, Representative Pete Sessions (R-Texas) currently serves as the Chairman of the House Rules Committee. He recently made headlines when the conservative and libertarian group FreedomWorks accused Sessions of working with Democrats to defend funding for Obamacare, all the while underminingSenator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in his crusade to defund the healthcare law. According to the FreedomWorks website, “Sessions ahs repeatedly refused to oppose Obamacare…

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:24 PM (zOTsN)

274 Think about it, vote for Cornyn or more Scary Reid as senate majority leader. Really, which is worse?

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:24 PM (PGO8C)

275 I thought Sessions was from Alabama? That's Judge Jeff Sessions, the real conservative.

Posted by: toby928© embraces tribalism at March 04, 2014 05:25 PM (QupBk)

276 Back in September the Senate Conservatives Fund dubbed Sessions a “Texas RINO” (Republican-In-Name-Only). And it was only last week that he voted for the first time to defund Obamacare, despite the House Republicans having voted on it over 40 times.

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:25 PM (zOTsN)

277 Pierson had little name rec until Palin came along and put her name in lights. Unlike Nikki Haley, she had little money. Notice how heavy the Early Vote went for Sessions? Nobody knew who this broad was. Palin knew, but Sarah's people did the due diligence to research her record.

Posted by: section9 at March 04, 2014 05:25 PM (CUoon)

278 @273:
Senator Jeff Sessions is from Alabama.
Congressman Pete Sessions is from Texas.
No idea if there's any relation.

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at March 04, 2014 05:25 PM (9F2c1)

279 Thanks, Vendette. Honestly, I really love kids and I'd rival the Duggars if not for the fact that I really suck and the whole pregnancy/birth thing and have had lots of complications. I think 4 is probably going to be our limit.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:25 PM (hFL/3)

280 Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:20 PM (MpP9p) This Sunday our pastor asked is to think of a giant time-suck in our lives, and consider letting go of that during Lent and using that time to further our relationship with God. Giant time suck in my life ....... What comes to mind? ...... Thinking, thinking.......

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 05:25 PM (oMKp3)

281 Try scrolling down comments on that stupid Ipad. Takes me forever. You know a short cut? Zoom in on the last comment (double-touch the screen) before hitting the refresh icon thingie on the screen. That works on my iPad.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:26 PM (roTS7)

282

O/T 

No Global Warming for 17 years.

 

http://tinyurl.com/qzehve4

Posted by: rd at March 04, 2014 05:26 PM (D+lxs)

283 he is on the rules committee and he back stabbed Cruz he is Cornyns house half

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:26 PM (zOTsN)

284 *jumps up and down* Does this help? Posted by: DangerGirl There's a Girl that leads a life of Danger Everyone she meets, she stares a stranger With every chance you take With every move you make Odds are you won't be bloggin' here tomorrow Secret DANGER GIRL Secret DANGER GIRL They've given you a hashtag And taken 'way your name

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 05:26 PM (+1T7c)

285 I have an Apple Shuffle.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 04, 2014 05:27 PM (bitz6)

286 Gak. De-url-ing. (A bit like unsocking, but less graceful.)

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:27 PM (roTS7)

287 I did my duty. I was #5 to vote in precinct 813 at about 8 this morning. I voted against Dewhurst and Cornyn, and I would have voted against Eckels, but he was unopposed, so I just didn't vote for him. (Maybe if Cornyn actually had opposed Obama, he wouldn't have had to spend so much money on ads telling people how much he opposed Obama.)

Posted by: JonathanG at March 04, 2014 05:27 PM (aYOnh)

288 Senator Jeff Sessions is from Alabama. Congressman Pete Sessions is from Texas. No idea if there's any relation. Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at March 04, 2014 09:25 PM (9F2c1) None.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:27 PM (MpP9p)

289 Giant time suck in my life ....... What comes to mind? ...... Thinking, thinking....... Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 09:25 PM (oMKp3) Funny you say thatÂ…. Because I was thinking I was going to drop this for the next 46 days. ButÂ…butÂ…. :::: sniff ::: I can't quit you guys. ::: sob ::: SoÂ….I'm giving up alcohol instead. St. Augustine, pray for me.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:27 PM (yz6yg)

290

Here's the Dem option for senate.

 

No. Just no.

 

http://alameelforsenate.com/endorsements

 

 

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 09:19 PM (hFL/3)

 

 

 

I think I'm going to be sick  after reading that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:27 PM (BAS5M)

291 "Holy Shit your brave." Or crazy. I haven't decided which... Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 09:20 PM (hFL/3) And then again there is this old Grocho Marx joke about his cigar.......

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2014 05:27 PM (t3UFN)

292 This Sunday our pastor asked is to think of a giant time-suck in our lives, and consider letting go of that during Lent and using that time to further our relationship with God. Giant time suck in my life ....... What comes to mind? ...... Thinking, thinking....... We'll see you after Easter Grammie Winger

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:28 PM (PGO8C)

293 We haven't even implemented Global Warming countermeasures and it's already working.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 04, 2014 05:28 PM (bitz6)

294 Giant time suck in my life ....... What comes to mind? ...... Thinking, thinking...Â…. ESPN, obviously.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:28 PM (roTS7)

295 Evidently the GOP estabilshment-boys got hot and heavy with the Rotary and made sure their made-men won their primaries.  A lot at stake.  They were shocked and caught waaaaay off guard with Ted Cruz defeating Dewhurst and they learned from that.  Too many "conservatives" running against one another to upset Cornyn.   I can't speak to Pierson losing to Sessions... not my neck of the woods.

Posted by: Yip at March 04, 2014 05:29 PM (/jHWN)

296 "I think I'm going to be sick after reading that." I think all the churches endorsing him was a nice touch. Nothing says 'praise Jesus" like killing healthy, late term babies, right?

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:29 PM (hFL/3)

297 294 You could save a few hours by not going to church.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 04, 2014 05:29 PM (bitz6)

298 I'm following TX-36, which is actually Stockman's seat, simply because my wife's cousin is running (Ben Streusand). I assume that there are runoffs for the House as well because it looks like the top two guys are at about 30%.

Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 04, 2014 05:29 PM (ZNIRz)

299 I'm smart! Not like all the other guys say! I'm smarter than sheriff joe!

Posted by: Dick Durbin at March 04, 2014 05:29 PM (Aif/5)

300 278 Pierson had little name rec until Palin came along and put her name in lights. Unlike Nikki Haley, she had little money. Notice how heavy the Early Vote went for Sessions? Nobody knew who this broad was. Palin knew, but Sarah's people did the due diligence to research her record. Posted by: section9 at March 04, 2014 09:25 PM (CUoon) O.k. thanks. Any idea of she's gonna break out when they start counting the votes coming in today?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:30 PM (oFCZn)

301 299 294 You could save a few hours by not going to church. LOL

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 05:30 PM (oMKp3)

302 Here's the Dem option for senate. No. Just no. http://alameelforsenate.com/endorsements Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 09:19 PM (hFL/3) I think I'm going to be sick after reading that. Posted by: Count de Monet ackkk

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:30 PM (zOTsN)

303 "The thundering egos of seven contenders against Cornyn, who couldn't decide amongst 'em who best to run, sunk their mutual chances."

It would be helpful if conservative grassroots candidates could agree on an amicable way for weaker hands to withdraw-and-endorse as the primary season progressed.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 05:30 PM (gqT4g)

304 Giant wastes of time fo me? Arguing every absurd bullshit 'progressive' idea or policy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2014 05:31 PM (ZIv+2)

305 "And then again there is this old Grocho Marx joke about his cigar......."

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:31 PM (hFL/3)

306 I'm the third of 4 kids who are 3 years and 8 months apart from 1 to 4 (I'm a twin). That being said, Lauren, I admire you. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:23 PM (MpP9p) My husband is the oldest of 7. 8 years between him and the youngest. Last 4 are two sets of twins. And yes...his mother is still with us.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 04, 2014 05:31 PM (bCEmE)

307 I used to think Allen Keyes ran the worst Senate race ever but, from this vantage point, Stockman tried to equal that lack of effort.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 04, 2014 09:21 PM (OWjjx)



Allen Keyes would be a better Senator or President than Barack Obama.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 04, 2014 05:31 PM (3qZbZ)

308 Zoom in on the last comment (double-touch the screen) before hitting the refresh icon thingie on the screen. means nothing to me. I type in a comment and hit post. Ipad goes back to the beginning of the comments, unlike a computer. When do I double touch the screen, before I hit post? the refresh thingie? Are you talking about the little circle thing in the address box?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:31 PM (0FSuD)

309 I'm smart! Not like all the other guys say! I'm smarter than sheriff joe! Posted by: Dick Durbin Ouiji Board says "unlikely". 8-ball says "Ask again later"

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 05:32 PM (+1T7c)

310 301 I'm smart! Not like all the other guys say! I'm smarter than sheriff joe!

Posted by: Dick Durbin at March 04, 2014 09:29 PM (Aif/5)

Arpaio or Biden?

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at March 04, 2014 05:32 PM (9F2c1)

311 Looks liks a place for a poll...... I will give up______ for 40 days

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 05:32 PM (hqVUe)

312 Current radio ads running in Lubbock Tx:  "Do you have a tree tall enough for hanging politicians?  Take care of it with Blah Blah Tree Care".  Also, "Did you break a tree limb while hanging politicians?  Get it fixed with Blah Blah Tree Care".  Heh.

Posted by: bikermailman at March 04, 2014 05:32 PM (L7IXN)

313 The Dewhurst loss will help temper the "Tea Party Death" talk to some extent.  With 8 Senate candidates, Cornyn was going to be tough to beat.  Most people don't hate him and the other 7 split the percentage that want him out of the Senate...

Posted by: Yip at March 04, 2014 05:33 PM (/jHWN)

314 Stockman did not run like a man trying to win. He blew off appearances. He must have got someone to promise to pay off his debts or something.

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 05:33 PM (zOTsN)

315 Allen Keyes would be a better Senator or President than Barack Obama. Posted by: cm9000 at March 04, 2014 09:31 PM (3qZbZ) Alan Rickman would be a better Senator or President than Barack Obama. Or Steve Allen. Or Georgie and Gracie Allen. Or Tim AllenÂ…..

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:33 PM (yz6yg)

316 The other news that sucks is Strauss has a healthy lead for his seat.....blah!!!!

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:33 PM (PGO8C)

317 I always give up booze. My club usually has to fire at least one bartender.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:33 PM (0FSuD)

318 I'm giving up Facebook. I also make a concerted effort to read the Bible every day. I have the Navarre Bible commentaries for the Gospel of Matthew and Acts. I will also try and pray the Liturgy of the Hours and not skip a session.

Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 04, 2014 05:34 PM (ZNIRz)

319 Dewhurst doesn't have the best name in R voter circles. We all remember the sleezy campaign he ran against Cruz. Oh and if you didn't know, Cruz won. Patrick is also known outside of this Houston area. There is a very good chance that Patrick cause a runoff. If he does, Dewhurst R-squish loses once again to a more conservative politician.

Posted by: dogfish at March 04, 2014 05:34 PM (nsOJa)

320 I checked the polling places in Collin County and I found there are four places that are listed as Democrat ONLY. Everything else is D/R but four places have legitimately banned Republicans. Note, that even in Texas that's not the other way around. How the hell is that even legal? Oh, and one of them is an Islamic Center. Go figure.

Posted by: sans_sheriff at March 04, 2014 05:34 PM (lj4x1)

321 314 Looks liks a place for a poll...... I will give up______ for 40 days

Alcohol- which means I'm having a last hurrah tonight, which might make my comments even more incoherent than usual.

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at March 04, 2014 05:34 PM (9F2c1)

322 I'm smart! Not like all the other guys say! I'm smarter than sheriff joe! Posted by: Dick Durbin at March 04, 2014 09:29 PM (Aif/5) So is moldÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 05:34 PM (XvHmy)

323 Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at March 04, 2014 09:34 PM (9F2c1)

Quitter.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:35 PM (QFxY5)

324

Looks liks a place for a poll...... I will give up______ for 40 days

 

 

"Let's see where it goes from here.  Round and round it goes,   where it stops nobody knows. "

 

 

 --     Dan Rather

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:35 PM (BAS5M)

325 SoÂ….I'm giving up alcohol instead. St. Augustine, pray for me. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:27 PM (yz6yg) Bailey's Nanaimo Bars right after Easter...

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:36 PM (MpP9p)

326 Can we throw in the Madigans too? Just to make sure.

Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 05:36 PM (nkPV9)

327 I also make a concerted effort to read the Bible every day. I have the Navarre Bible commentaries for the Gospel of Matthew and Acts. I will also try and pray the Liturgy of the Hours and not skip a session. Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 04, 2014 09:34 PM (ZNIRz) I just finished the Navarre Bible for the Gospel of John, but TBH the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible of the New Testament was better than almost any other version, because the footnotes were so good. And written in VERY readable English.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:36 PM (yz6yg)

328 Bailey's Nanaimo Bars right after Easter... Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:36 PM (MpP9p) Peanut Butter!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:36 PM (yz6yg)

329 I'm giving up yelling at idiots. Today someone told me that they want to rip my arms off and beat me with them because I "victim shamed" the guy who ran away and left his laboring girlfriend alone with the muggers. I think that one might be permanent. I'm tired of arguing with morons, present company obviously excluded...

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:37 PM (hFL/3)

330 Joe Straus is a POS. That's the nicest thing I have to say about him.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 04, 2014 05:37 PM (GrtrJ)

331 Does it count if you give up some thing you never actually started but were going to do? Intent and all that..... Asking for a friend...

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:37 PM (PGO8C)

332

Posted by: sans_sheriff at March 04, 2014 09:34 PM (lj4x1)

 

 

The polling place for my precinct is R only.  Each party has to find their own polling location   for the primaries.  Sometimes the two parties cooperate to save costs.  Sometimes not.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:37 PM (BAS5M)

333 means nothing to me. I type in a comment and hit post. Ipad goes back to the beginning of the comments, unlike a computer. When do I double touch the screen, before I hit post? the refresh thingie? Are you talking about the little circle thing in the address box? On my iPad (a Mini) I can zoom in on a portion of a web page (such as the AoSHQ comments), by double-touching the screen on one of the comments. This makes the text bigger--on my iPad anyway. Double-touch this here comment when reading on your iPad . . . does anything happen? If not, don't know what to say . . . sorry . . . I'm on my computer right now and my iPad is upstairs, and my drink is right here beside me, and it's cold, and the boojums are out, and it's scary and dark . . .

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:37 PM (roTS7)

334 I'm giving up yelling at idiots. Today someone told me that they want to rip my arms off and beat me with them because I "victim shamed" the guy who ran away and left his laboring girlfriend alone with the muggers. I'm sorry. I'm having a hard time picturing anyone with a penis running away in that situation. Seriously. So, clearly, the only explanation is that he didn't have a penis.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:39 PM (yz6yg)

335 Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 09:37 PM (hFL/3) *Finds wall* *Bangs head against it, repeatedly*

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:39 PM (MpP9p)

336 Looks like Pierson is dead in the water. Stories tomorrow: Tea Party Dead Sarah Palin a "political albatross"

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:39 PM (oFCZn)

337 Does it count if you give up some thing you never actually started but were going to do? Intent and all that..... Asking for a friend... Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 09:37 PM (PGO8C) Just because God doesn't throw the bullshit flag doesn't mean he missed the call.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:39 PM (yz6yg)

338 And written in VERY readable English.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:36 PM (yz6yg)

Robert Alter's version of the Old testament is pretty damned good.

It's odd how much the translation affects our appreciation.

I figured that out with the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:40 PM (QFxY5)

339 Boojums?

Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2014 05:40 PM (bn3z1)

340 I'll give up giving a tinker's poot about politicians (esp worthless Rs).  Oh wait, you mean it has to be something meaningful to me?  *puts on thinking cap*

Posted by: bikermailman at March 04, 2014 05:40 PM (L7IXN)

341 Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:36 PM (yz6yg)

The Old Testament.

You know....the Bible!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:41 PM (QFxY5)

342

I'm smart! Not like all the other guys say! I'm smarter than sheriff joe!

 

Na-uh

 

 

Posted by: Joe-Joe Biden at March 04, 2014 05:41 PM (D+lxs)

343 @336 Thanks, we'll worry about it later. You all do know that Sunday's are not in Lent, right. A Sunday can not be a fasting day, it's a feast day. Count em up, if you count Sunday's it's 46 days. I don't cheat though, too much trouble.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:41 PM (0FSuD)

344 It's odd how much the translation affects our appreciation. I figured that out with the Iliad and the Odyssey. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:40 PM (QFxY5) I'll remember that. I'm taking a course on Isaiah in April.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:41 PM (yz6yg)

345 Does it count if you give up some thing you never actually started but were going to do? Intent and all that..... Asking for a friend... Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 09:37 PM (PGO8C) Good for you for not starting it in the first place.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:41 PM (MpP9p)

346 You all do know that Sunday's are not in Lent, right. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 09:41 PM (0FSuD) This is true.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:42 PM (yz6yg)

347 [342 Boojums?[/i] Well . . . Penguins. I panicked.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:42 PM (roTS7)

348 Has anyone noticed that Wendy Davis has received about a third of the number of votes of Abbott while only gaining 78% while her opponent is getting 92% of his primary? Oh my lord, that election is going to be freaking amazing.

Posted by: David at March 04, 2014 05:42 PM (6Oj/Y)

349 Evening Morons. Who we pissing off today?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:42 PM (GEICT)

350 The Old Testament. You know....the Bible! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:41 PM (QFxY5) I recognize you as God's Chosen People. Stiff-necked bunch that you areÂ….

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:42 PM (yz6yg)

351 "So, clearly, the only explanation is that he didn't have a penis." No, but see he was probably just running for help! Who are we to judge? He was a victim, and victims can never have their character questioned! Manly men totes leave their laboring girflriends alone at gun point all the time! STOP VICTIM SHAMING!

Posted by: The idiots with which I argued at March 04, 2014 05:43 PM (hFL/3)

352 Evening Morons. Who we pissing off today?

Yes.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 04, 2014 05:43 PM (0AKks)

353 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:41 PM (QFxY5) I have a beautiful leather bound Tanakh that my son gave to me. Its in Hebrew. I can't read Hebrew. But I love it still.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 05:44 PM (oMKp3)

354 Has anyone noticed that Wendy Davis has received about a third of the number of votes of Abbott while only gaining 78% while her opponent is getting 92% of his primary? Oh my lord, that election is going to be freaking amazing. It's going to be glorious. Don't screw it up, Texans.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:44 PM (roTS7)

355 I figured that out with the Iliad and the Odyssey. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

Posted by: dogfish at March 04, 2014 05:44 PM (nsOJa)

356 Cochran! Did you drink through Epcot?

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:44 PM (MpP9p)

357 354 "So, clearly, the only explanation is that he didn't have a penis." No, but see he was probably just running for help! Who are we to judge? He was a victim, and victims can never have their character questioned! Manly men totes leave their laboring girflriends alone at gun point all the time! STOP VICTIM SHAMING! Posted by: The idiots with which I argued at March 04, 2014 09:43 PM (hFL/3) They were just taking him to the hospital.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:44 PM (GEICT)

358 "So, clearly, the only explanation is that he didn't have a penis." No, but see he was probably just running for help! Who are we to judge? He was a victim, and victims can never have their character questioned! Manly men totes leave their laboring girflriends alone at gun point all the time! STOP VICTIM SHAMING! Posted by: The idiots with which I argued at March 04, 2014 09:43 PM (hFL/3) Manly men would have married the girlfriend months ago, even if it wasn't his kid. And then shot the muggers.

Posted by: Jen at March 04, 2014 05:45 PM (3wFh7)

359 I recognize you as God's Chosen People. Stiff-necked bunch that you areÂ…. Well . . . "David" is with us. What Could Go Wrong? (Sorry, David . . .)

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:45 PM (roTS7)

360

Ima give up making sacrifices for Lent!

 

 

/sarc

 

 

Jim

Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 05:45 PM (vvk2F)

361 I figured that out with the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:40 PM (QFxY5)


I lost a copy of the Iliad by an unknown translator in a move.  His grasp of the flow of words was phenomenal and I have not found another translation that is half as good.  Wish I could remember the translator's name.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 05:45 PM (o3MSL)

362 I need to get to the midwest for a proper fish fry between now and Easter.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:45 PM (MpP9p)

363 Come on people dig deeper. It's 40 day's not a lifetime. But I do appreciate the different responses, shines a light on your thinking,we are certainly a diverse bunch.

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 05:46 PM (hqVUe)

364 Just because God doesn't throw the bullshit flag doesn't mean he missed the call. Damn. You're suppose to give up something meaningful so it's like a sacrifice, right? Hmmm, I got it, I'll give up my kids for lent. Just Joking!!! I"ll give up yelling at my kids, now that's hard to do And I'll really try not to have mean thoughts about the leftist around me. I live in Austin so that may be impossible.......

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:46 PM (PGO8C)

365 At both the D and R tables at my joint in NW Tx were forms titled something like "the name on my legal id is different from the name on my voter's registration card".  Part of the evil voter id law I missed?  Anyway, no one filling them out at R table, despite a good crowd.  D table, two people at table, both filling those forms out.

Posted by: bikermailman at March 04, 2014 05:46 PM (L7IXN)

366 359 Cochran! Did you drink through Epcot? Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:44 PM (MpP9p) We spent 3 hours in line for the girls to see Anna and Elsa (the Frozen princesses). They were in Norway. Which is right next to Mexico. There was a margarita/tequila stand 50ft from the line. That answer your question?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:46 PM (GEICT)

367 I need to get to the midwest for a proper fish fry between now and Easter. Plenty of fish, but you'll have to hurry . . . the thaw will come quick. After that . . . not so much . . . (The lutefisk this year will, I imagine, be particularly disgusting . . .)

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:47 PM (roTS7)

368 No one is giving up boobs?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:47 PM (oFCZn)

369 I once gave up sweets for Lent with the exception of Rice Krispie Squares. I've rarely eaten them since.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:47 PM (MpP9p)

370 I might give up dead lifts for Lent before I have an anyeurism.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2014 05:48 PM (ZIv+2)

371 I'm Lutheran by heritage. I gave up being Catholic for Lent. Pfffft.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:48 PM (roTS7)

372 Wendy Davis' acceptance speech: “I will be the governor who fights for the future of Texas,” she said, adding that “Greg Abbott is a defender of the status quo" I'll take the status quo, kthxbye.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:48 PM (hFL/3)

373 There was a margarita/tequila stand 50ft from the line. That answer your question? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:46 PM (GEICT) I just hope they lived up to my recommendation.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:49 PM (MpP9p)

374 There was a margarita/tequila stand 50ft from the line. That answer your question? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:46 PM (GEICT) Hey, try to keep the blood sugar in check. You'll be working it overtime in June. Speaking of which, we need to get serious about planning. What's the date again?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:49 PM (yz6yg)

375 365 I need to get to the midwest for a proper fish fry between now and Easter. Sanitary Seafood Restaurant, Moorehead City, NC http://tinyurl.com/nyjybj2

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:49 PM (0FSuD)

376 I'm taking a course on Isaiah in April.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:41 PM (yz6yg)

You Papists like Isaiah.

I'm not sure why, other than his intensity and certitude.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:49 PM (QFxY5)

377 No one is giving up boobs?

 

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 09:47 PM (oFCZn)

 

 

Heretic.     RINO.     Man Card violation.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:50 PM (BAS5M)

378 Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 09:46 PM (hqVUe) I usually don't give anything up for Lent, as I don't come from a church background that follows the liturgical calendar. But I do try to do a study in the weeks leading up to Easter as a preparation. This year I'm doing a daily study of the names of God as found in the Bible. I also try to be especially conscious of my words and actions during this season. This year I am going to try to guard my tongue and cut the sarcasm from my speech. Speak the truth in kindness rather than venom. Help.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 05:50 PM (oMKp3)

379 Just thought I'd let you all know that every incumbent I voted against looks to win. I knew you really cared to know. F you, Cornyn: I'm still voting for the Dem in the general 'cause you fucking suck.

Posted by: RoyalOil at March 04, 2014 05:50 PM (VjL9S)

380 Heretic. RINO. Man Card violation. Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 09:50 PM (BAS5M) Hey I'm not. Agnostic here.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 05:51 PM (oFCZn)

381 I need to get to the midwest for a proper fish fry between now and Easter. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:45 PM (MpP9p) Pffffft. Just go to the corner of Columbus and King, and walk in the little store that has "Thanks be to Cod" stenciled on the front door.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:51 PM (yz6yg)

382 I just hope they lived up to my recommendation. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:49 PM (MpP9p) They did. They were expensive as all hell. But totally worth it. Speaking of which, we need to get serious about planning. What's the date again? Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:49 PM (yz6yg) Hell yes. June 21.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:51 PM (GEICT)

383 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:46 PM (GEICT)

If you can pull yourself away from worshiping the moon, I'll give you my Gin and Tonic recipe, which actually works better with sugar-free tonic.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:51 PM (QFxY5)

384 "Wendy Davis' acceptance speech:  'I will be the governor who fights for the future of Texas,' she said"

Except for those members of the Fetal-American community who might have been part of that future. Wendy's not so much when it comes to fighting for them.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 05:51 PM (gqT4g)

385 You Papists like Isaiah. I'm not sure why, other than his intensity and certitude. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:49 PM (QFxY5) Isaiah 40:31 is universally popular.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:52 PM (MpP9p)

386 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:51 PM (GEICT)

Are the Orioles in town?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:52 PM (QFxY5)

387 This year I am going to try to guard my tongue and cut the sarcasm from my speech. Speak the truth in kindness rather than venom. Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 09:50 PM (oMKp3) Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:52 PM (yz6yg)

388 "And I'll really try not to have mean thoughts about the leftist around me. I live in Austin so that may be impossible......." I curse them every day when my life is made worse thanks to their asinine plastic bag ban. I dropped and shattered a bottle of Sweet Leaf tea a few days ago in the gas station parking lot and I literally yelled out "I HATE HIPPIES". I couldn't take it. The rage has been building for months.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:52 PM (hFL/3)

389 If you can pull yourself away from worshiping the moon, I'll give you my Gin and Tonic recipe, which actually works better with sugar-free tonic. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:51 PM (QFxY5) Awesome. I'm a fan of Tanqueray. I won't tell you what we mixed it with in college because you might have a stroke. But I am a fan.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:53 PM (GEICT)

390 I get pushed around a lot.


A LOT................

Posted by: Lolita Grayson at March 04, 2014 05:53 PM (omBWL)

391 F you, Cornyn: I'm still voting for the Dem in the general 'cause you fucking suck. See, this is where the GOPes have us Real-American-Types (aka Tea Partiers) over a barrel. As bad as they are, ANY Democrat is worse. And that's saying something. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid? Really? You gonna vote for that? Really?

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:53 PM (roTS7)

392 No one is giving up boobs? Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2014 09:47 PM (oFCZn) Hell, no, NSFW http://tinyurl.com/kzuqn7x

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:53 PM (0FSuD)

393 Speak the truth in kindness rather than venom.


Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 09:50 PM (oMKp3)


That is something I struggle with as I am right about almost everything.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 04, 2014 05:53 PM (3qZbZ)

394 You Papists like Isaiah. I'm not sure why, other than his intensity and certitude. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:49 PM (QFxY5) If you read Isaiah, and then the Synoptics, it all becomes more clear.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:54 PM (yz6yg)

395 Isaiah 40:31 is universally popular. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:52 PM (MpP9p) Isaiah 40:30-31. Favorite passage. It's the passage for broke down former athletes. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:54 PM (GEICT)

396 I won't tell you what we mixed it with in college because you might have a stroke.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:53 PM (GEICT)

Ah yes....Tanquerey and Coed....a fine drink.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:55 PM (QFxY5)

397 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29 Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:52 PM (yz6yg) Oh sure. Easy for you to say. Insert eye roll here. thus endeth my sarcasm till after Resurrection Sunday.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 05:55 PM (oMKp3)

398 Nip Inlet View Bar and Grill is great for fresh seafood. At least for this uncouth yankee.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 04, 2014 05:55 PM (Q8vlx)

399 Grammie, the Desert Profit (Peanut Butter Upon Him) told s He has 99 names.  Oh wait...you meant the real G-d, not the demonically inspired/psychotic delusion (take your pick) version Mo told us about?

Posted by: bikermailman at March 04, 2014 05:55 PM (L7IXN)

400 Are the Orioles in town? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:52 PM (QFxY5) Remarkably, the weekend of the NoVaMoMee the O's are playing the Yankees in NY. The Nats are playing a home series against Atlanta.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 05:56 PM (MpP9p)

401 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:54 PM (GEICT)

And a good example of why Christians like him.....

Even ignoring religion, the Bible is a great book.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:56 PM (QFxY5)

402 Are the Orioles in town? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:52 PM (QFxY5) Actually, they're up by you that weekend.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:56 PM (GEICT)

403 Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 09:56 PM (MpP9p)

I am thinking of crashing your genteel Southern-influenced Moron meet-up to inject some arrogant NY Jew sensibility.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:57 PM (QFxY5)

404 I dropped and shattered a bottle of Sweet Leaf tea a few days ago in the gas station parking lot and I literally yelled out "I HATE HIPPIES". I couldn't take it. The rage has been building for months. AND, I'm gonna take Lauren to the range to vent

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 05:57 PM (PGO8C)

405

Wendy Davis will need something on the order of a  60  to 65 yard field goal to win over Abbott.

 

---  Dan Ratherisms

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 05:57 PM (BAS5M)

406 Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 09:53 PM (roTS7) Protest votes have their uses. I'm looking at it from a SC point of view, and if Graham wins the primary (which he most likely will), then I really don't want to see him win by 20-30 come the general. If he wins by single digits in a red state, then that will send more of a message than a landslide. Whether he'll internalize it is another matter, but it's what we can do.

Posted by: David at March 04, 2014 05:57 PM (6Oj/Y)

407 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid?

Really?

You gonna vote for that?

Really?

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 09:53 PM (roTS7)


And what would the effect of have McConnell as the majority leader be. On what issues do you see him opposing o'barky on? On what issues do you see McConnell expanding personal freedom and limiting the size of government?

Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 05:57 PM (nkPV9)

408 I am thinking of crashing your genteel Southern-influenced Moron meet-up to inject some arrogant NY Jew sensibility. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:57 PM (QFxY5) No beehive for you.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:57 PM (yz6yg)

409 I'm gonna come out and say it. I approve of body paint. Applied judiciously, of course.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 05:58 PM (roTS7)

410 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:56 PM (GEICT)

And Vendette tells me that the Nats are home against the Braves.

Might be an excuse to show you heathens how to drink.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:58 PM (QFxY5)

411 Grammie wins the night. You called me out. That was what I was looking for. Conviction of your faith that all people in this country have an equal right to say what they believe. Because that is what it is all about isn't it? Faith

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 05:58 PM (hqVUe)

412 "AND, I'm gonna take Lauren to the range to vent " Yes please! This definitely needs to happen!

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 05:58 PM (hFL/3)

413 Ah yes....Tanquerey and Coed....a fine drink. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:55 PM (QFxY5) Lol. And yeah, that Bible thing is amazing, ain't it?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:58 PM (GEICT)

414 My least favorite Sunday is this weekend. I Hate pushing the clock back an hour.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2014 05:58 PM (ZIv+2)

415 Isn't the recipe for a Gin and Tonic, Gin and Tonic?

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 05:58 PM (TI3xG)

416 No beehive for you.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 09:57 PM (yz6yg)

I looked at that website with the technical descriptions.

Wow.

120mm shotgun shell.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 05:59 PM (QFxY5)

417 I am thinking of crashing your genteel Southern-influenced Moron meet-up to inject some arrogant NY Jew sensibility. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:57 PM (QFxY5) OK, just bring some good Lox.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 05:59 PM (0FSuD)

418 Isn't the recipe for a Gin and Tonic, Gin and Tonic? Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (TI3xG) Yes. But you forgot the twist of coed.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 05:59 PM (yz6yg)

419 I am thinking of crashing your genteel Southern-influenced Moron meet-up to inject some arrogant NY Jew sensibility. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:57 PM (QFxY5) Get your ass down there. If MWR can make it from NHÂ….

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 05:59 PM (GEICT)

420 Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (TI3xG)

I muddle the limes, and it makes it a great drink.

Trust me on this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:00 PM (QFxY5)

421 Wow. 120mm shotgun shell. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:59 PM (QFxY5) Yip. The load is tungsten. RememberÂ…. A sucking chest wound is nature's way of telling you to slow dow.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:00 PM (yz6yg)

422 One Wednesday soon, toward the end of the month. Wednesday's are "Ladies" day so the fees are discounted, can't remember how much. I think it's $10/hr.... I think.

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 06:01 PM (PGO8C)

423 Posted by: cm9000 at March 04, 2014 09:53 PM (3qZbZ) SOB we must be related, I'm always right to

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 04, 2014 06:01 PM (HVff2)

424 And yeah, that Bible thing is amazing, ain't it?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (GEICT)

I remember reading it in high school, and the instructor using a passage from Genesis as an example of incredibly complex grammar.

I thought that was just dandy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:01 PM (QFxY5)

425 What Southern meet up you all talking about?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 06:01 PM (0FSuD)

426

Wendy Davis 2014:  If Her Kids Knew Where She Was They'd Vote for Her

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 04, 2014 06:01 PM (kdS6q)

427 Get your ass down there. If MWR can make it from NHÂ…. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 09:59 PM (GEICT) And AtC can make it from NC (along with other NC types)...

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:02 PM (MpP9p)

428 " One Wednesday soon, toward the end of the month. " Can't wait!

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 06:02 PM (hFL/3)

429 Might be an excuse to show you heathens how to drink. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (QFxY5) First, don't waste your time. It's pointless. Second, if you come in early, I'll take you here. http://tinyurl.com/morj2xu At least it will not be sullied by the mass of the great unwashed...

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:02 PM (yz6yg)

430 414 Because that is what it is all about isn't it? Faith Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (hqVUe) Yes indeed. Faith in the One who is faithful.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 04, 2014 06:02 PM (oMKp3)

431 Wendy Davis 2014: Her kids are lucky to be around!!!

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 06:03 PM (PGO8C)

432 Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:02 PM (yz6yg)

And the dress code...an actual jacket?

I love that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:04 PM (QFxY5)

433 I wish the R's had just a 1/10th of the dogged determination of that crazy NASA broad who put on a diaper and drove cross country to confront her married boyfriend.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2014 06:05 PM (ZIv+2)

434 I think Texas will regret a Dan Patrick win. Much of Texas's success has been through the efforts of Dewhurst since the Lt Gov holds the real power to get things done. Patrick has a lot of enemies. I say that as someone who was not happy with his run against Cruz.

Posted by: Rock the Coke at March 04, 2014 06:05 PM (Kz9dH)

435 And what would the effect of have McConnell as the majority leader be. On what issues do you see him opposing o'barky on? On what issues do you see McConnell expanding personal freedom and limiting the size of government? McConnell might actually allow Senate votes on bills that would force Obama's veto. Or not. We don't know what President Present would do when faced with a really tough decision like that. Pocket veto? It's still a veto, that the Democrats would have to own. Changes the entire political equation.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:05 PM (roTS7)

436 And the dress code...an actual jacket? I love that. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:04 PM (QFxY5) Seriously, you want to go there. I'll trade Bannion peanut butter Nanaimo Bars to go along.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:06 PM (MpP9p)

437 SOB we must be related, I'm always right to

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 04, 2014 10:01 PM (HVff2)



Join the club of the always right, always resented.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 04, 2014 06:06 PM (3qZbZ)

438 And the dress code...an actual jacket? I love that. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:04 PM (QFxY5) Of course. You know how I know it's good hooch? I once sat there for 5 hours, and drank, and didn't even have a whisper of a hangover. Not so much as a glimmer. The guy is good.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:07 PM (yz6yg)

439 I'll trade Bannion peanut butter Nanaimo Bars to go along. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:06 PM (MpP9p) None needed. You're always welcome.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:08 PM (yz6yg)

440 That's Judge Jeff Sessions, the real conservative. *** I don't think he could be POTUS, but I'd like to see him as VP.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 06:08 PM (DmNpO)

441 Protest votes have their uses. I voted for Harry Browne twice for President, instead of Ronald Reagan. Of course, I was voting in South Dakota, where Ronnie was gonna win in a landslide anyway. There's a time for statement voting, there's a time for tactical voting, there's a time for strategic voting. Statement voting is strategic voting--you do it when you can afford to do it. Otherwise you have to get dirty in the trenches of tactical political warfare.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:08 PM (roTS7)

442 None needed. You're always welcome. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:08 PM (yz6yg) Mr. Vendette too?

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:08 PM (MpP9p)

443 Both Patrick and Dewhurst blasted Cruz unfairly during the Senate race. Admittedly I have always disliked Patrick when he was just a radio ranter.

Posted by: Rock the Coke at March 04, 2014 06:09 PM (Kz9dH)

444 Has JEF vetoed anything since being in office? Or does he just have to threaten it and Scary Reid tables it so he never has to actually get his fingerprints on it? <<

Posted by: lindafell at March 04, 2014 06:09 PM (PGO8C)

445 Mr. Vendette too? Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:08 PM (MpP9p) Navy?!?!?!? I gotta draw the line right there.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:09 PM (yz6yg)

446 I once sat there for 5 hours, and drank, and didn't even have a whisper of a hangover. Not so much as a glimmer. The guy is good. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:07 PM (yz6yg) I got plastered at the MoMee. No hangover at all the next day.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:10 PM (GEICT)

447 The guy is good.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:07 PM (yz6yg)

I have a guy as well.

When he told me he was going to wear a kilt for some occasion, I asked him if he needed a sporan, and he looked at me like I was retarded.

He smokes bourbon for some of his cocktails.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:10 PM (QFxY5)

448 Navy?!?!?!? I gotta draw the line right there. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:09 PM (yz6yg) He puts up with me. That's worth a lot.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:11 PM (MpP9p)

449

The Lt. Gov race is  swinging like Count Basie

 

--  Dan  Ratherisms

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 06:11 PM (BAS5M)

450 Navy?!?!?!? I gotta draw the line right there. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:09 PM (yz6yg) Yeah. It'd be a shame to get shown up at your own deal.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:11 PM (GEICT)

451 "McConnell might actually allow Senate votes on bills that would force Obama's veto. Or not."

The operative word here is "might"

Let me check with my bookie in Veh-gas to see what the odds are on that. Past performance usually indicates what will happen in the future.

Like owl bore said, it's hard for a leopard to change it's stripes.

Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 06:11 PM (nkPV9)

452 I think Texas will regret a Dan Patrick win. Posted by: Rock the Coke Personally, I doubt it. I'm more likely to regret a Dewhurst win. His campaigns are sleezy and to me infer his lack of character.

Posted by: dogfish at March 04, 2014 06:12 PM (nsOJa)

453 @432 What city?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 06:12 PM (0FSuD)

454 The operative word here is "might" Let me check with my bookie in Veh-gas to see what the odds are on that. Past performance usually indicates what will happen in the future. Like owl bore said, it's hard for a leopard to change it's stripes. Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 10:11 PM (nkPV9) Reid won't, McConnell might. I'll take might if given the choice.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:12 PM (GEICT)

455 He puts up with me. That's worth a lot. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:11 PM (MpP9p) It might be worth a lot if you were my sister. OtherwiseÂ….not so much. Bring him if you must, but keep the sodomy at home.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:12 PM (yz6yg)

456 Chance a person running for office lies to you during an election is _____ percent.

Posted by: oc joe at March 04, 2014 06:13 PM (hqVUe)

457 Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:07 PM (yz6yg)

It's a rare pleasure; a great bartender who knows what you want next before you do. And one who can pace the evening so when you stand up you are happy and lucid and, perhaps, a wiser man than before.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:13 PM (QFxY5)

458 Posted by: dogfish at March 04, 2014 10:12 PM (nsOJa) Dewhurst has been in office for ten years and has done a good job. He has a proven record. I don't like him either. Patrick was just as sleazy when he campaigned against Cruz in support of Dewhurst or as it seemed , more about being against Cruz.

Posted by: Rock the Coke at March 04, 2014 06:16 PM (Kz9dH)

459
Wendy Davis 2014: For Texas Governor*



*Unless Illinois is interested in me,  In which case, kids are at the sitter, divorce papers are on the nightstand.  See ya!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 04, 2014 06:16 PM (kdS6q)

460 McConnell press TFG? Yeah right

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 04, 2014 06:16 PM (HVff2)

461 [iPosted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:13 PM (QFxY5)[/i] I recommend staying here: http://tinyurl.com/yb2vstc Or here: http://www.lorienhotelandspa.com

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:16 PM (yz6yg)

462 It's a rare pleasure; a great bartender who knows what you want next before you do. And one who can pace the evening so when you stand up you are happy and lucid and, perhaps, a wiser man than before. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:13 PM (QFxY5) NSFW language http://youtu.be/n7cONC8zops

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:17 PM (GEICT)

463 It might be worth a lot if you were my sister. OtherwiseÂ….not so much. Bring him if you must, but keep the sodomy at home. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 04, 2014 10:12 PM (yz6yg) *Doesn't know what to say*

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:17 PM (MpP9p)

464 It's a rare pleasure; a great bartender who knows what you want next before you do. And one who can pace the evening so when you stand up you are happy and lucid and, perhaps, a wiser man than before. True dat. I am a member of the NYAC. I use to go up regularly, but I hadn't been in two years. Went to the bar and the bartender remembered by drink and name, I do have an unusual name, but shit the club has over 8,000 members. I DO tip.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 06:17 PM (0FSuD)

465 It should have read ' I don't like him personally either'.

Posted by: Rock the Coke at March 04, 2014 06:18 PM (Kz9dH)

466 The way things are going, 2018 and 2020 will be excellent years for the the "new" Republican party that will emerge in 2017.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2014 06:18 PM (ZIv+2)

467 "Reid won't, McConnell might. I'll take might if given the choice."

Keep the hope alive. I guess.

Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 06:18 PM (nkPV9)

468 *Doesn't know what to say* Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:17 PM (MpP9p) "Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash." - Winston Churchill

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:19 PM (yz6yg)

469

Dan Patrick isn't a bad conservative, and might even be a passable Tea Party type, on occasion.  I'd take him over Dewhurst, for sure.

 

 

But, he's kind of a Sean Hannity conservative.  A mile wide, but only an inch deep.

 

 

He's also more of a socon, than he is anything else.  I've never known him to lead the charge on Second Amendment issues, at all.  He's pretty big into right to life, defense of religion issues, stuff like keeping the pledge and prayer in the schools.  Not that those are bad things, per se, but they're not the issues that are going to make any change to the Shipwreck of State that we're at present, embarked upon.

 

 

So, I'll hold my nose and vote for him in a runoff against Dewhurst, if need be.  And I'll always vote for him against any and all Dems. 

 

 

Tomorrow's headlines will be...........interesting?

 

 

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 06:19 PM (vvk2F)

470 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:17 PM (GEICT)

Good movie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:19 PM (QFxY5)

471 @394 Don't worry, Cornyn is safe. Kate Upton giving me a lap dance will happen before he loses to the Dem. But, fuck him: Maybe I get it one vote closer to him realizing his job depends on keeping conservatives happy, not jerking off to pics of Obama on the beach.

Posted by: RoyalOil at March 04, 2014 06:20 PM (VjL9S)

472 Reid won't, McConnell might. I'll take might if given the choice. Exactly. "Might" is a hell of an upgrade from "won't" in the current political environment. Unless you can tell us all how we can elect thirty or forty Tea Partiers to the Senate in the next election cycle, you'd better be happy with "Might" because "Will" ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:20 PM (roTS7)

473 Good movie. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:19 PM (QFxY5) Great movie. Good thing they never fucked things up by making a sequel.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:21 PM (GEICT)

474

Wendy Davis 2014: Pa, Pa. Where's My Ma?  Gone to Austin - Ha Ha Ha!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 04, 2014 06:21 PM (kdS6q)

475 Reid won't, McConnell might. I'll take might if given the choice.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:12 PM (GEICT)


Even the most blatant establishment RINO would be an improvement over Reid, although the improvement might require a micrometer to measure!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 06:22 PM (o3MSL)

476 I DO tip.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 10:17 PM (0FSuD)

Unless it was monstrous, he didn't remember you for the tip.

Just a very good bartender.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:22 PM (QFxY5)

477 Unless you can tell us all how we can elect thirty or forty Tea Partiers to the Senate in the next election cycle, you'd better be happy with "Might" because "Will" ain't gonna happen. And this is coming from someone who's a full-throated supporter for a full-up Article V Convention of the States to Fuck Over The Federal Government And Put Those Bastards In Their Place God Damn It. (Oops. Lent. Mea culpa. I'll drink 20 sips of wine in penance.)

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:22 PM (roTS7)

478 I understand the dislike for Dewhurst as a result of his race with Cruz but it cannot be denied he has done a great job as Lt Governor. I just want to point out again that Patrick was as negative towards Cruz as Dewhurst.

Posted by: Rock the Coke at March 04, 2014 06:23 PM (Kz9dH)

479 Bannion....

Thanks for the hotel tip.

I am seriously contemplating this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:23 PM (QFxY5)

480 Even the most blatant establishment RINO would be an improvement over Reid, although the improvement might require a micrometer to measure! Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 10:22 PM (o3MSL) Speaking of, you see what idiocy Grahamnesty spewed on Twitter?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:23 PM (GEICT)

481 If you are depending on McConnell to do anything other than what o'barkster tells him to do, you are in for a severe disappointment.

Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 06:24 PM (nkPV9)

482 The way things are going, 2018 and 2020 will be excellent years for the the "new" Republican party that will emerge in 2017.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2014 10:18 PM (ZIv+2)


That's assuming that we are still having those "inefficient" elections in 2018 and 2020.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 06:24 PM (o3MSL)

483 I am seriously contemplating this. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:23 PM (QFxY5) I should show up in a damn kilt just to see the look on your face.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:24 PM (GEICT)

484 Bannion.... Thanks for the hotel tip. I am seriously contemplating this. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:23 PM (QFxY5) The Monaco is much more of a "staggering distance" spot and it's more centrally located. The bar is credible, but not high end. The Lorien has a lot more local *ahem* "scenery" prancing through the lobby on their way to the spa.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:25 PM (yz6yg)

485 Hear the latest from Hollywood? CBS to start a new sitcom starring obama, kerry, biden, holder, hagel, and Putin. It's titled, get this, One And A Half Men.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2014 06:26 PM (ZIv+2)

486 I should show up in a damn kilt just to see the look on your face. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:24 PM (GEICT) Don't bother. He'll be looking for 'ettes, AtC and MWR in particular.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:26 PM (MpP9p)

487 Speaking of, you see what idiocy Grahamnesty spewed on Twitter?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:23 PM (GEICT)


I gave up Twitter for Lent (slightly in advance of Lent).  But I don't doubt that Grahamnesty is an idiot sweating his next election.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 06:26 PM (o3MSL)

488 Unless it was monstrous, he didn't remember you for the tip. Just a very good bartender. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 10:22 PM (QFxY5) You are right about that. The club has a lot of Irish members and bartenders and it not unusual for the bartender to take a nip with you late at night. We use to be able to smoke cigars, but that's over. Course, when I first joined 30 years ago, we didn't have ANY women members. We fought it for ten years in the NY courts. Lost.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 04, 2014 06:27 PM (0FSuD)

489 I heard Katrina Pierson speak at a small tea party gathering. In my opinion she should run for city council and pay some dues. Just because you can speak glibly doesn't mean you are ready to be in DC in primetime

Posted by: former lib likes tea at March 04, 2014 06:27 PM (YXBeL)

490 Jets GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! 2-2 tie.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:27 PM (X3GkB)

491 Any thoughts, Sean, about the venue for the MoMee ?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 04, 2014 06:27 PM (l3vZN)

492 I gave up Twitter for Lent (slightly in advance of Lent). But I don't doubt that Grahamnesty is an idiot sweating his next election. Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 10:26 PM (o3MSL) Did you know that Russia's invasion of the Ukraine is the result of Benghazi?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:27 PM (GEICT)

493 Jets GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! 2-2 tie. Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 10:27 PM (X3GkB) *Looks up* *Rewinds the DVR* *Goal!*

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:28 PM (MpP9p)

494 Speaking of, you see what idiocy Grahamnesty spewed on Twitter? *** I think people are just too eager to jump his ass. What did he say that we haven't said ourselves?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 06:28 PM (DmNpO)

495 Pretty happy if Paxton gets into a runoff - especially if he maintains a lead - a lot of reason to think that Smitherman's voters will break to him instead of Branch. (of course an outright win would be better, but that was going to be hard in this race. Also, Branch is in the Joe Straus brigade.

Posted by: Boone at March 04, 2014 06:28 PM (tIyK2)

496 Any thoughts, Sean, about the venue for the MoMee ? Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 04, 2014 10:27 PM (l3vZN) I'm sorta thinking the place we were last year was a nice compromise.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:28 PM (yz6yg)

497 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:24 PM (GEICT)

The one kind of skirt I don't want to chase!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 04, 2014 06:29 PM (QFxY5)

498 If I can find some earplugs for the noise, it did do alright.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 04, 2014 06:29 PM (l3vZN)

499 Did you know that Russia's invasion of the Ukraine is the result of Benghazi? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:27 PM (GEICT) Wrong, a video of Putin naked with a donkey http://tinyurl.com/n7ujfwu

Posted by: Susan Rice at March 04, 2014 06:30 PM (0FSuD)

500 484 If you are depending on McConnell to do anything other than what o'barkster tells him to do, you are in for a severe disappointment. Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 10:24 PM (nkPV9) Well, go ahead and slit your wrists now, then. Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here. Have you considered changing your nic to Eeyore?

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:30 PM (roTS7)

501 Dan Patrick ... But, he's kind of a Sean Hannity conservative. A mile wide, but only an inch deep. Posted by: Jim Totally agree. Dewhurst's campaigns have just totally turned me off. You'd think he would have picked up some knowledge after his Cruz loss.

Posted by: dogfish at March 04, 2014 06:30 PM (nsOJa)

502 OK, I'm out. I gotta get up in 5 hours. Love each other fellow babies.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 04, 2014 06:30 PM (yz6yg)

503 I think people are just too eager to jump his ass. What did he say that we haven't said ourselves? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 10:28 PM (DmNpO) I think it was stupidity. They're both examples of weak leadership, yes, but to claim that one is a result of the other? Stupid.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:30 PM (GEICT)

504 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:27 PM (GEICT)

I understand where Miss Lindsay is trying to go with this, but Vlad knew Obama and his DoS and DoD minions were mewling quim long before they didn't bother themselves about Americans being slaughtered in Libya!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 06:31 PM (o3MSL)

505 *Looks up* *Rewinds the DVR* *Goal!* Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:28 PM (MpP9p) --Andrew Ladd has both Jets goals tonight. *No* Jet has had a hat trick since they moved from Atlanta.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:32 PM (X3GkB)

506 Don't bother. He'll be looking for 'ettes, AtC and MWR in particular. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:26 PM (MpP9p) Speaking of those two, AtC and I are working on a little surprise for MWR.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:33 PM (GEICT)

507 Speaking of those two, AtC and I are working on a little surprise for MWR. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 10:33 PM (GEICT) Nearsider popping out of a cake?

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:34 PM (MpP9p)

508 Nearsider popping out of a cake? Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:34 PM (MpP9p) *chokes* UhhhhÂ…no.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:34 PM (GEICT)

509 ONT is up.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 06:34 PM (ojnk6)

510 TX District 15 keeps putting up this convicted felon (7 years for kidnapping ex-wife, more prison for violating restraining orders)Eddie Zamora. It is pathetic. We all know Ruben Hinojosa will win the general, but they don't even try. Couple of years ago a decent fellow decided to run only to have Zamora beat him. Zamora claims he found god and has the religious zealots voting for him.

Posted by: lonestar at March 04, 2014 06:35 PM (hUiTK)

511

Just before 9pm local with 16% of precincts  reporting, the challenger Simpson leads the incumbent Woodfill 51% to 40% for the Harris County GOP Chair.

 

Change is  in the air.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 06:35 PM (BAS5M)

512 ONT is indeed up.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:36 PM (MpP9p)

513 515 I wasn't belevable? :-)

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 06:42 PM (ojnk6)

514 Kesha Rodgers, running against David Alamiel, for the D side of the Senate Ballot wants to IMPEACH... THE O!!

She may get into a run off.. If so, we may have to do an Operation Hillary for her!

Posted by: JarvisW at March 04, 2014 06:46 PM (E7Iyp)

515 My wife and I did our part. My big goals are 1) getting rid of David Dewhurst; and 2) having enough of a majority of strong conservatives to keep Joe Straus out of any leadership position.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit but you must call me Chelsea at March 04, 2014 07:05 PM (7cS5n)

516 "Have you considered changing your nic to Eeyore?"

Waiting for the insults to start. Surprised it took you so long.

Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 07:19 PM (nkPV9)

517 Please get it of your system now. Tell me I am destroying the country because I do not hold your particular political beliefs.

It will make you feel better.

Posted by: GMB let it snow, let it snow at March 04, 2014 07:22 PM (nkPV9)

518 159 Given how late Stockman got in, he either took a flyer at anti-incumbent sentiment, or didn't want to go back to DC, and wanted to launder his campaign coffers

Posted by: phreshone at March 04, 2014 08:44 PM (Q6pxP)


*****************************


Stockman has had funny financial stuff going on in and around his campaigns for many years. He has perpetually been running for offices he knew he was going to lose - got lucky (?) in '94 with the anti-Hillarycare wave, then got thrown out in '96. I thought he had matured this last time (2010) and was going to be a real Congressman, but now he's up to his old antics. I honestly think he lives better as a perpetual losing candidate than as an elected official, so he doesn't really want to win any of these races.


As noted above, Dan Patrick is a mile wide and an inch deep. He's not a master of anything except promoting Dan Patrick, and running the State Senate is a job for detail guys who can twist arms and trade favors. You know, sausage and all that. If he wins, he will not be effective as Lieutenant Governor. But he has pledged to remove the 2/3 rule, so that's not all bad.

http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/redistricting/twothirds.cfm



Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 04, 2014 07:40 PM (HubSo)

519 2) having enough of a majority of strong conservatives to keep Joe Straus out of any leadership position.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit but you must call me Chelsea at March 04, 2014 11:05 PM (7cS5n)


^^this

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 04, 2014 07:41 PM (HubSo)

520 514 Just before 9pm local with 16% of precincts reporting, the challenger Simpson leads the incumbent Woodfill 51% to 40% for the Harris County GOP Chair.

Change is in the air.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 10:35 PM (BAS5M)


******************************


Woodfill needed to go. He was strong Socon but not Tea Party. He has not recruited precinct chairs and let the grassroots wither. He was funneling money through pay-to-play mailers to keep his buddies in and keep out people who would challenge his leadership (things like an audit of where the County party money is going). Worst of all, he lost Harris County to the Democrats in the last 3 election cycles and doesn't see how all the above relates to that abysmal performance. The Party is more than Paul Pressler and John Hotze.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 04, 2014 07:45 PM (HubSo)

521

Update:  At 10:30 pm local with 88% of precincts reporting, challenger Simpson leads incumbent Woodfill 52.8% to 37.4% and 17,400 votes.

 

As Ric Flair says, WOO!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 07:59 PM (BAS5M)

522 Prediction: Patrick will win runoff against Dewhurst.  A bit out of my element, but I think Staples voters will break toward Patrick and Patterson voters toward Dewhurst ...maybe.  Dewhurst is damaged goods and deservedly so. 

Posted by: dogfish at March 04, 2014 08:04 PM (nsOJa)

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