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Of course, or they're in a vegetative state. Those are the only 2 explanations.

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But is it STATEwide?

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Or dogmatically Catholic.

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She had to fight like hell because they tried to cheat her too, IIRC.

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Let's hope, then they all crawl back under their rocks.

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I pray that he runs, and gets his ass handed to him again, and his supporters take their toys and go home for a few decades.

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RAmen! Make it so, universe.

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Nothing to do with policies or positions or accomplishments. Has to do with 40 years of repugs and freakazoids screaming nonstop that democrats are evil, Evil, EVIL, EEEEEEVVVIILLLLL. They are coming to rape and eat your children.

The people who sincerely believe that are the people who will re-elect Abbott in a landslide.

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Yeah, he certainly does- self included. (I especially love the one where Mr. Crabbs gets caught cussing but gets to use "the two extra words" because he was a sailor!) I'll edit the above.

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I didn’t watch King of the Hill with any regularity, but from what I recall, Hank was reasonably intelligent, listened to reasonable arguments, took serious subjects seriously, wasn’t malicious, … he’d be an improvement in pretty much every regard.

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Mmm hmmm.

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A.k.a. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. I am a horror fan, and we don't talk about it.

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But also Ann Richards, Lina Hidalgo, Beto O’Rourke, Colin Aldred, Sylvester Turner, and plenty of other good liberals.

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Dear California,

Keep moving here en masse and we should flip to purple by 2122.

Regards,

Texas

P.S. Move somewhere other than Houston and Austin... those are already blue.

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Every Republican seems to have committed themselves to their lord and savior, Donald J. Trump, after January. I guess once you go traitor, you never go back.

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I have many questions for the 6% of Democrats who approve of Abbott's performance.

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