tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174937543032358515.post7721025615002773059..comments2023-07-23T09:38:18.865-05:00Comments on True Blue Texan: Texas GOP convention - Or, How the Crazy TurnsStacy Hackenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402317390064027370noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174937543032358515.post-89457283370348363832010-06-20T14:20:18.266-05:002010-06-20T14:20:18.266-05:00"We are in a struggle for the heart and soul ..."We are in a struggle for the heart and soul of our nation," Perry said. <br /><br />That's the only thing Gov. Goodhair has said in the last few months I agree with.<br /><br />What kind of nation, and Texas do we want to live in?<br /><br />Frankly, I believe not many folks on the liberal side really understand how important these next few election cycles really are.<br /><br />We can break the back of conservatism now, or allow tea partiers to take power and drag this country backwards to the 19th century.<br /><br />Frankly, I want the Texas we had under Ann Richards.Monica Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174937543032358515.post-9443857144044937892010-06-20T14:14:06.345-05:002010-06-20T14:14:06.345-05:00It doesn't, especially when population trends ...It doesn't, especially when population trends in the population demographic they cater to are going downward.<br /><br />'Proven Conservative Leadership' only has proven in the 15 plus years they've used Texas as a laboratory for their bat guano wing policies that they are racist, divisive, anti-education, anti-science, and don't benefit all Texans economically.Monica Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174937543032358515.post-38930131738424495332010-06-14T00:01:58.737-05:002010-06-14T00:01:58.737-05:00Smarter Republicans (y'know, the people curren...Smarter Republicans (y'know, the people currently being chased out of the party by the Tea Partiers) have known for some time that demonizing gays is a strategy that'll end up hurting them in the long term. And now, the idiots running the party are doing everything possible to make sure Hispanics, a far larger and rapidly growing demographic, will be as unlikely to vote Republican as the gays. I can hardly wait to see how being the party of angry white resentment in an increasingly diverse America works for the GOP in decades to come.Dr. Jay SWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631848276936859276noreply@blogger.com