Texas, You Picked the Wrong Horse!

[MoonRiver]

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[ret5hd]

1. Sorry...we thought you said "pick a whore".

Our bad.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. potay-to/potah-to

[Trueblue Texan]

10. LOL!!!

[ret5hd]

12. We've made an investment so it doesn't happen again:

[Liberal In Texas]

2. Some day the rubes in this state are goiing to wake up a realize they're been voting to

screw themselves for years.

At least I hope so.

[Cozmo]

6. Kinda doubt this

[TNNurse]

11. Those who live through this might.

[jaxexpat]

18. Some discovered that in 1974 but by 1980 they were back at it again.

That reversion was sponsored by our "for profit" media.

And not only in Texas, obviously, but in every corner of the country where education is relegated to job training. The purpose of the job being, ultimately, the perpetuation of unbridled consumerism, the sponsor of our 24/7 "for profit" media.

Firstly, people totally engrossed in activities which deny their humanity are unlikely to realize they're sleeping. Secondly, those same people do not look objectively at their lives for fear they'll be forced to see how close they actually are to personal collapse, both psychological and financial.

Not sure how to remedy the situation but I am certain that democracy is the only peaceful means to foment repair. When we give up and fall in for violence among ourselves, democracy becomes something less than it's promise. It becomes powerless.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Your consolation prize

The horse’s ass. When did altruism and empathy become unfashionable? Is our society really sofa king sick that selfish pricks like Ted F. Cruz are voluntarily chosen to set public policy?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Might not be that sick; might be that manipulated.

[Lonestarblue]

7. Yes. When you've listened to nothing but hate radio and Fox News for decades,

you have no brain cells left. All you have is a fantasyland of hate for minorities, immigrants, women, LGBTQ, poor people of any color—and most of all liberals. I guess those Texas voters who voted for Abbott and his crew of crazies sure showed us how things should be done. I wonder how many of them are now lined up with a hand out begging for help from those liberals they hate.

[NJCher]

14. learning from experience

I wonder how many of them are now lined up with a hand out begging for help from those liberals they hate.

We teachers call that "experiential learning." It's the way adults learn best.

Cruz and Abbott have abandoned them and lied to them.

Beto and AOC have brought real aid--like a million bucks.

[Wounded Bear]

8. K&R...nt

[Jon King]

9. Republican voters have been picking the wrong horse for 40 years...

Over and over again they vote against their own best interests and those of their kids and grand kids.

[Jay25]

19. Agree!

Their republican leaders make them feel superior to minorities and then blame minorities for their problems, that beats voting for their best interests every time.

[Moostache]

13. Looks like the NRA got their way (and its NOT funny, actually quite tragic)

At least Texans can still have their guns...even if the paramedics and coroners actually are prying them from cold dead hands now...
Hope it was worth it.

To those people fighting to save Texas from itself and to bring rational governance back, you are truly heroic.

[Traildogbob]

16. 😂👏🏼😂👏🏼

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Ted Cruz is clairvoyant

Link to tweet

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[Blue Owl]

21. This should be its own thread, with 1,000 recs!

[Cha]

23. Oh Wow.. what a stupid stupid man..

Rt.. TY.. yes you should make it an OP!

[Ziggysmom]

17. Old Pinocchio is a moron!

[Blue Owl]

20. K&R

[Cha]

22. TY MoonRiver & Beto!

[MoonRiver]

24. Mahalo Cha!

[Cha]

32. You're Welcome!

[maxsolomon]

25. Odds are they'll pick him again.

Unless he secures the GOP nomination for President. Which is a real possibility.

Remember, Dems are baby-killers and communists.

[MoonRiver]

26. How could I forget.

[maxsolomon]

27. My Stepdaughter phonebanked for Beto

She got an earful of that every night.

[efhmc]

28. Could you and the rest of DU do me a favor and not put all Texans in one group?

Here are the stats: 5,259,126 46.5 of Texans voted for Biden and 4,045,632 voted for Beto. If you want to help us make a change try helping not discriminating.

[Hekate]

30. Done

[efhmc]

31. Thank you.

[Hekate]

29. Well, those who voted for Cancun Qruz did pick a horse's ass, so there's that. nt

[murielm99]

33. K&R

[NurseJackie]

34. I admire him very much! He's not a twitter "Kardashian" attention seeker...

... I wish more elected officials and former elected officials were like him. I'm so sick of the #MeMeMe people who seek praise and public recognition, rather than doing the work and helping people and causes for their own sake, and for unselfish reasons.

Those are the people that I respect the most... those are the individuals who deserve our praise and gratitude.

(I just wish he'd stop using foul language when he's being interviewed.)

[Gothmog]

35. I voted for Beto

Texas needs to rid of Carnival Cruz