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9. I'm a mainstream/"national" type Dem & think "crooked & dirty politics" are same all over.

Reply to Bucky (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 12:13 AM

Sep 2021

No, being in a dirt-poor district is not an ideal breeding ground for Blue Dogs. It means an unenlighted constituency voting against their own interests, it means low voter turnout, it means politicians in bed with money and invested in the honey-pot of keeping the job.

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2 Texas Dems blasting/ voting-'gainst us. Beto & Henry CUELLAR. [View all] UTUSN Sep 2021 OP

Beto isn't wrong leftstreet Sep 2021 #1

No, us humane Dems (like him) aren't wrong, but we don't have to help the political enemy. UTUSN Sep 2021 #2

I don't see how you have it both ways. Bucky Sep 2021 #8

How does Beto have it both ways? UTUSN Sep 2021 #10

I was talking about you, not O'Rourke Bucky Sep 2021 #11

I didn't need clarification (& not a fight). I clearly understood you were talking about me. UTUSN Sep 2021 #12

Link to the op-ed at El Paso Matters: TexasTowelie Sep 2021 #3

Well, (I read it), the context is all of our Dem empathy for the hurt, but he's blaming the Admin UTUSN Sep 2021 #5

Cuellar is in a blue dog seat LeftInTX Sep 2021 #4

Yea, his district voted like that. And he votes almost good Dem. But he is a frequent Faux guest and UTUSN Sep 2021 #7

His district has never elected a Rethug in its history. Cuellar fundraised Celerity Sep 2021 #13

I don't think you appreciate how crooked and dirty politics in the Valley can be Bucky Sep 2021 #6

I'm a mainstream/"national" type Dem & think "crooked & dirty politics" are same all over. UTUSN Sep 2021 #9