TheMissingBand

Well, now that it’s been proven that we don’t need a wall (since illegal immigration completely stopped simply because Donald Trump crossed his fingers and swore on the Bible on 1/20/25), you should be glad that we didn’t borrow money to build an unnecessary wall, right?

I’m a conservative. I don’t follow Dem primary politics very closely-and there’s practically none of them in our area. But make no mistake… all sides lie upon the other party, and even upon their fellow party members. My example just used a Republican example, made more egregious by the fact it happened in a church and was apparently not a dealbreaker for the pastor of said church.

What bugs me are the ones who know what they’re spreading is false, but keep doing it because they know that it will affect the outcome. I think that’s why the voters punished Rhonda Ward in her race for SB3 vs Ashby. I went to a forum at a church in Hardin County and Ward got up and plainly stated “Ashby voted for x,y, and z.” Ashby then stood up and said “I did NOT vote for x,y, and z.” I sat up a little straighter because it’s obvious somebody just stood up and told a big fat fib right there in the house of the Lord. The minister got up and said “well, one thing’s for sure… there will be a record of it.” Ward got up and re-stated “well, it’s a type of motion that they don’t actually vote upon, but certain people voiced their opposition… Ashby didn’t voice his opposition, so we all know that “not voting no is the same thing as voting yes.” Ah… there we go. No one actually voted, but he didn’t voice his opposition, therefore “he voted for it.” Got it. And her supporters were still repeating the lie right up until the bitter end, knowing that it was untrue. Best part of the story? The preacher publicly endorsed Ward before the election. She walked into his church, stood in front of his pulpit, and lied. But he still endorsed her. That’s MAGA today. Danny O’Pry from Candlestick Baptist, if you were wondering.

That’s why I was taken aback when Paxton supporters came out in favor of closed primaries claiming that Ds crossed over and voted for Cornyn… I’m pretty sure that the type of Ds who would potentially cross over to raise havoc were all pretty heavily invested in the Talarico/Crockett race. But I can’t help but notice a theme. Every time there’s a policy proposed that would limit a citizen’s right or ability to vote, it always comes from the Rs.

Of course…. Everybody knows that. I wasn’t wrong, i just wasn’t clear. I edited it… see if it makes more sense.

So why did Cornyn just outpoll Paxton in the primary? Because “We the People” aren’t who they think they are. Y’all would hate Paxton for his corruption if he wasn’t sold out to Trump. Period. That’s it. That’s all it takes. “Prove your loyalty to the Cheeto and you’ll have ours” is what MAGA actually means. Typically a runoff favors the challenger. “Change” is a bigger motivation to vote than “keep the status quo.” I wonder if this runoff will be any different… I kinda think so. I don’t expect anybody from the Cornyn camp to switch to Paxton in May or vice versa. The two big questions in my mind are: 1.Hunt voters… they want change, but could have chosen Paxton-he was a much more likely win than hunt, but they didn’t. I suspect it’s because they just won’t vote Paxton. If less than half of Hunt voters turn back to Cornyn, he wins. If those hunt voters stay home, Cornyn wins. Paxton needs most of the Hunt voters to flip Paxton if he wants to beat Cornyn, and I think that’s unlikely. 2. But the real wild card is the voters who didn’t vote in the primaries. There isn’t a major primary in May, so they’re free to vote in the Rep senate runoff (if they didn’t vote in March) much like Rush had Repubs vote Hillary years ago. I also suspect that if the Dems can mobilize them, they’ll vote Paxton because he’s polling lower than Cornyn against Talarico. If you see monstrous turnout (more than just r voters), it’ll favor Paxton. The main concern is who Trump selects to represent Texans, and if Texans are cool with some stupid yankee rapist/pedophlle selecting our local representation, but apparently Republicans are cool with that. What happens if Trump endorses Cornyn, Paxton won’t drop out, and Dems get behind Paxton in the runoff? How does Trump punish Texas in that scenario? Because you know that he will. This one is way more interesting to me than it should be. I’ll vote cornyn in May (if he’s still in) and Talarico in November if Paxton is the r candidate.

Kim Jung Un disagrees. Maduro’s was way up there, too.

There is no “deep state.” It’s just two different teams selling fables to their supporters. Russian collusion, Ukrainian quid pro quos, election interference, voter fraud… all just made up nonsense to get their bases motivated to vote. A lot of people pick a side and stay loyal, no matter what.

The idea that Paxton is virtuous and all others an are “swamp rats” indicates an unreasonableness that quite simply shouldn’t go without a complete psychological examination. But back on subject. My opinion goes like this. No matter which R candidate is chosen, Trump gets an automatic “yes” vote on everything. He just needs one of them to get elected, but the outcomes for Trump wont change unless Talarico gets elected. I like cornyn’s chances of getting endorsed and nominated better now that he finished first in the primary. BUT Paxton’s AG position brought with it a license to legitimately raise havoc on a statewide and federal level. Paxton’s willingness to pursue baseless claims and loyalty to Trump were invaluable. As AG he could sue anybody, make any outlandish claim, IGNORE ANY CRIMINALITY, etc… as a senator he can do what? Vote yes? Vote no? Sponsor a bill that never sees the floor of the senate? It’s a waste of his experience and lack of principles. That’s why I believe that the backers like Tim Dunn didn’t want Paxton to run for Senator. But I’m not sure where this leaves everybody. Paxton will need a job. Could Trump have him picked to succeed Bondi? Her job expectancy should be measured in minutes, not months at this point. It’s also important to note that the senate is the more refined of the two bodies. You typically don’t have the theatrics that you see in the House. I suspect that the last thing that any of the senators want is Paxton on the scene, being Paxton. Rand Paul is bad enough. Do they want a complete tool who’s willing to do anything and everything to please Trump, no matter what, while effectively lowering the average IQ of the whole body? No. And they might have Trump’s ear on the thing. “Endorse Cornyn and we’ll pass the SAVE Act,” or something like that. It’s too early to tell, but generally speaking Paxton would make a crappy addition to the Senate, while also losing his effectiveness and range as Trump’s lap dog. in my opinion, of course.

Oh, my… The news today is that Paxton stated that he wouldn’t withdraw from the Senate race if Trump endorsed Cornyn. Trump fired back with “that’s bad… it might make me endorse the other guy (Cornyn).” [Hidden Content] Later this afternoon Paxton somewhat backed off saying that IF the SAVE Act were passed, etc, he would drop out if Trump endorses Cornyn. Let me get this straight. A candidate needs to preemptively agree to drop out of the race if not endorsed by Trump in order to gain the endorsement? That’s bananas. Here’s a question for Reagan, and anybody else that supports Paxton. If Trump endorses Cornyn, will you move your support to Cornyn? Do the voters in Texas get to pick their next senator, or does the President? I think Trump probably prefers Paxton, but also recognizes that Paxton is a liability in the general election. If Trump loses enough senate seats, he might not be able to fight off any of his future impeachments. He needs Cornyn to win against Talarico. But he’s also going to have to find a job for Paxton, since Paxton will be out of a job on 1/1/27. I could also see Trump offering Paxton tbt US AG spot if Bondi goes down. I think Trump is playing games and will endorse Paxton shortly.

I think we can both agree that Boebert is the GOAT. Off the top rope, through the mattress, double-smash. Respectfully.

Well…. He lasted longer in the job than “Nazi Noem.” And it’s funny that you were in here yesterday complaining about wasteful spending, but you don’t apparently have a problem with Noem buying luxury airliners for her and Lewandowski to join the Mile High Club in the master bedroom suite, or her giving her friend 200+million dollars worth of no-bid contracts. Even Republicans like John Kennedy admit she was terrible.

Yep…. Ol’ Trumpsky is feeling the heat. She’s a sacrificial lamb. I haven’t heard from anybody who felt like his promise to endorse the r candidate for Senator from Texas and effectively end the race is a good idea. I thought Texans picked our our representation, not Trump. That’s about as bad of a disenfranchisement as when the Dems selected Kamala in 2024. But Trump said it best this week when he said “MAGA is Trump” in response to criticism from Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson. That’s all MAGA is for… it not conservatism or Amercia-it’s about Trump and whichever direction his hot air blowing today. If Trump says the first thing negative about Noem, yall will be parroting everything bad that I’ve said about her over the last three months, just because that’s the way that Trump feels now.

Yep… that makes him 1 for 10000000.

And what about that cuckold sitting behind her at the hearing yesterday? “Have you ever had sex with Lewandowski?” “Thats a garbage. I’m not answering that.” “It’s a yes or no question.” ”It’s garbage.” Somebody doesn’t want to go to federal prison for lying to Congress during the first quarter of 2027, lol.

“Traitor.” She had to go as soon as Trump realized that she’d ran 220 million dollars worth of ads that emphasized her, not him. [Hidden Content]

It’s sad when the candidate with zero integrity keeps turning out to have the unwavering support of the GOP.

It’s important to note one thing… I think Trump’s ICE campaign has erased any gains made with Latinos across Texas in a single year. It’s shocking that the Ds had larger turnout than the Rs this primary season, despite the big fight on the R side over the senate seat. That hasn’t happened in 20+ years. People were sick of Trump and his antics by the end of 2020. I think that over four years they forgot how much they hated his childish behavior and horrible job performance, or maybe just hated Kamala for any number of legitimate reasons. So we got Trump 2.0. All signs are pointing to the Ds outperforming themselves this fall, and i think it overdue. It’s time for conservatives to take control of the Republican Party from MAGA. The days of “let’s figure out who the biggest POS is here, then elect him” are hopefully coming to an end. I hope so, anyways. It would be delicious irony if the Rs trot out a corrupt adulterer who then gets jobbed by a Presbyterian seminarian who happens to be a democrat.

One of the big reasons why Paxton only spent 4 Million…. Some of his major financial backers asked him not to run, but he did… so they cut him off. [Hidden Content] I'm curious if the big donor bucks are what’s really keeping Trump from endorsing the guy he’d assume to be the most MAGA…. Paxton. Paxton is as slimy and corrupt as they come, so that’s right up MAGA’s alley. I think the money would abandon Paxton at this point, but the mouthbreathers on the right are infatuated with him, even though he’s a complete crook.

I’m glad Talarico won… if Paxton is the R nominee, I’ll be voting for Talarico. It’s time for the right wing nut jobs to get back in line in Texas. “We The People” my you-know-what.

She did… Actually, she took a page out of the MAGA Bible and cried “cheating.”

The ghost of General George Custer would like to disagree, respectfully.

Korea…. The communists still hold the North, and they’d take the South tomorrow if we weren’t still standing guard 70 years later. Vietnam… that’s an “L,” brother. Iraq… I’d say 1991 was a win, technically, even if we didn’t take out saddam. But the second time? WMDs weren’t found. That’s another L. Afghanistan… seeing as to how our friends were falling off the last flight out and the Taliban took back over instantly, that’s an L, too. I guess you measures wins in some means other than “we accomplished what we set out to do.”

You literally can’t make this stuff up… [Hidden Content] Those FBI agents that Patel fired last week simply because they had the AUDACITY to investigate a report of criminal activity, Trump’s mishandling of classified documents? It turns out most of them worked for a special fbi counterintelligence unit tasked with tracking Iranian threats. This is what happens when you have a guy that builds hotels in charge of your military, intelligence, etc… it’s like having a drunk raccoon perform a root canal on you with a hammer.

It’s about scale. People throw big numbers around without realizing what they actually mean. If you earned a dollar per minute, in 11.5 days you’d have a million dollars. If you earned a dollar per minute, it would take you 31.7 years to hit a billion. That’s 11 days to 31 years of a difference. A trillion? 31,700 years at a dollar per minute. Throwing million, billion, and trillion around interchangeably really understates the magnitude of our spending problem. The problem is that both sides have enjoyed an open checkbook for far too long. Conservatives are like “cut taxes… it’ll fix itself.” The libs are like “raise taxes on the rich… that’s going to fix everything.” Tariffs won’t fix it either, btw. The truth is that we’re going to have to cut spending and raise taxes on everyone or it quite simply won’t survive. But by all means, let’s raise that borrowing limit Politicians won’t say this because they’d lose their gigs. The American public won’t stand for it because we all want it all, and expect someone to foot the bill. But it’s as certain as that guy in Titanic that’s was like “oh, I can assure you, it can and it will (sink).” But you’re correct… nobody cares about the debt and deficit.