It's just so dang weird. Talarico is here in Texas working his butt off campaigning. Paxton is flitting around the world as if he doesn't have a care in the world. Is he so used to simply winning because he's the "R" on the ballot or does he assume the fix is in for the election? A little of both, I think. Texas Republicans are acting worried, but they're also acting entitled.
I don't think Paxton has a clue about how flat he's falling with his own voters.
I own that movie, @Liza. I like it not because I have had the experience but because I have empathy. That was a good explanation @Michelle but one I have not heard.
I read a long time ago an article that "honor" is a big part of the the southern white (working class) male culture. It's some mix of sticking with some position about society, life, tradition, etc. that you just swallow what is happening and defend it to death even if it kills you.
No I don't understand it or agree with it, but I think it explains why they keep supporting the GOP no matter what. It was demonstrated during the Civil War when some semi-awake confed soldiers called their military service the "poor white man's" while many wealthy slaveowners didn't fight for the South themselves. Go figure.
When people here in Indiana are comparing Ken Paxton by name to our own very corrupt Christian Nationalist lieutenant governor, Micah “Bible College” Beckwith — well, “Houston, we have a problem”.
During Cheeto's first term, there was an ICE raid in Kentucky or Tennessee at a meat processing plant in a small town. In an article a journalist had interviewed another journalist from that town. She said that when she was going to the homes of those who had been arrested, interviewing family members left behind, she was surprised to learn that they were just regular people with kids who rode bikes. I still do not quite understand how human beings can be so convinced that the 'other' is bad.
Great point about empathy. My interpretation of the perceived lack of moral structure over the past 30 years or so has been a roll of the eyes with the words "It's the sleaze factor," referring to the interior landscape of "everybody cheats." They just cheat bigger and get away with it BECAUSE it's so big. Like an obstacle in the road you can't move so you walk around it and consider it history? Not giving up my sleaze factor entirely, but your thoughts have enriched it.
It's just so dang weird. Talarico is here in Texas working his butt off campaigning. Paxton is flitting around the world as if he doesn't have a care in the world. Is he so used to simply winning because he's the "R" on the ballot or does he assume the fix is in for the election? A little of both, I think. Texas Republicans are acting worried, but they're also acting entitled.
I don't think Paxton has a clue about how flat he's falling with his own voters.
He is so creepy. Just like Trump! Can’t wait to have tea with Angela! First Wives forever!
I own that movie, @Liza. I like it not because I have had the experience but because I have empathy. That was a good explanation @Michelle but one I have not heard.
Yeah we have kind of a joke of the political wives as well as Melinda Gates et all who supported those white men only to have them cheat.
SO, let me get this straight, when the going got tough, he pulled a Cruz and left the country??? You just can’t make this stuff up! 😅😅
I read a long time ago an article that "honor" is a big part of the the southern white (working class) male culture. It's some mix of sticking with some position about society, life, tradition, etc. that you just swallow what is happening and defend it to death even if it kills you.
No I don't understand it or agree with it, but I think it explains why they keep supporting the GOP no matter what. It was demonstrated during the Civil War when some semi-awake confed soldiers called their military service the "poor white man's" while many wealthy slaveowners didn't fight for the South themselves. Go figure.
Swallow what’s happening and defend it to the death. That's exactly what they do. I don't get it either.
When people here in Indiana are comparing Ken Paxton by name to our own very corrupt Christian Nationalist lieutenant governor, Micah “Bible College” Beckwith — well, “Houston, we have a problem”.
Thank you, Michelle! Just shared to bsky. He's such a corrupt creep. We gotta beat this guy & Abbott!!!
During Cheeto's first term, there was an ICE raid in Kentucky or Tennessee at a meat processing plant in a small town. In an article a journalist had interviewed another journalist from that town. She said that when she was going to the homes of those who had been arrested, interviewing family members left behind, she was surprised to learn that they were just regular people with kids who rode bikes. I still do not quite understand how human beings can be so convinced that the 'other' is bad.
Great point about empathy. My interpretation of the perceived lack of moral structure over the past 30 years or so has been a roll of the eyes with the words "It's the sleaze factor," referring to the interior landscape of "everybody cheats." They just cheat bigger and get away with it BECAUSE it's so big. Like an obstacle in the road you can't move so you walk around it and consider it history? Not giving up my sleaze factor entirely, but your thoughts have enriched it.