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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas candidate has a winning campaign message
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Jason Rogers
@Rogers4Texas
I live in Texas, and I'm running for Texas House.
I've had it with @GovAbbott, @tedcruz, and the GOP politicians in the #txlege.
How am I different from most of the folks in Texas politics?
Well... to start, I'm not a complete asshole.
12:49 PM · Sep 7, 2021
Jason Rogers
@Rogers4Texas
I live in Texas, and I'm running for Texas House.
I've had it with @GovAbbott, @tedcruz, and the GOP politicians in the #txlege.
How am I different from most of the folks in Texas politics?
Well... to start, I'm not a complete asshole.
12:49 PM · Sep 7, 2021
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Texas candidate has a winning campaign message (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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I think his ad very strongly implies he's a Democrat (or at least not GOP).
lagomorph777
Sep 2021
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Ferrets are Cool
(22,602 posts)1. Only if he is a Democrat
otherwise, YES, he is a complete asshole. Still.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. I think his ad very strongly implies he's a Democrat (or at least not GOP).
CurtEastPoint
(19,903 posts)3. Democrat
msongs
(73,239 posts)4. one notices he does not distinguish between dems and repubs re assholery nt
aggiesal
(10,641 posts)12. Except that he only mentions (R)'s. n/t
Cha
(317,721 posts)5. Wow.. I think I like him Rt TY
Paladin
(32,354 posts)7. Promising start.
Looking forward to seeing some of his positions on issues.
Mr. Evil
(3,449 posts)8. He's a liberal Democrat.
Vinca
(53,559 posts)9. Only in Texas could "I'm not a complete asshole" be a campaign slogan.
NJCher
(42,762 posts)10. well, maybe Florida
in a campaign against DeathSentence.
carpetbagger
(5,436 posts)14. Or Louisiana, where one should "vote for the crook, it's important"
Lufkin, where this guy is from, is kinda like Louisiana.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)11. WHy's that a winning message?
It might be a GOOD message, but being an asshole seems to have worked for Republican legislators so far.
aggiesal
(10,641 posts)13. He didn't say he wasn't an a$$h0le ...
just that he is not a complete a$$h0le.
SheltieLover
(78,266 posts)15. K&R!
