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80. People want to blame MN for Michele Bachmann, but she was born in Iowa, so...

Reply to efhmc (Reply #57)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 01:41 PM

Oct 2013

If TX gets to disavow Cruz, MN gets to disavow Bachmann.

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Houston Chronicle: "We're sorry we endorsed Cruz" [View all] scheming daemons Oct 2013 OP

Sorry isn't good enough. factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #1

Probably nothing. kentauros Oct 2013 #8

Exactly! Fuck you GOP. Vandals! Terrorists against Democracy! ffr Oct 2013 #40

Wow it's very rare for a newspaper to take back an endorsement. gopiscrap Oct 2013 #2

indeed. Heather MC Oct 2013 #24

He Will Still Be Around Until The End Of His Term, Too Late Now. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2013 #3

Too bad Texas can't keep all their crazies there: Cruz, Gohmert, Rove, Cheney, Bush, etc. sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #4

Odd but not a single one of those "crazies" was born here. efhmc Oct 2013 #42

Louis was. MNBrewer Oct 2013 #49

My bad, I saw Pittsburg and overlooked the Texas at the end. I looked his name up before posting, efhmc Oct 2013 #57

People want to blame MN for Michele Bachmann, but she was born in Iowa, so... MNBrewer Oct 2013 #80

He is a reflection of his upbringing which was mostly in Houston around far right efhmc Oct 2013 #82

Lt. Govenor Dewhurst Born in Arizona Stallion Oct 2013 #56

Rove in Colorado. bush in Connecticut. Cheney in Nebraska. Sadly, we can claim Perry. efhmc Oct 2013 #59

Texas Aggys Have 2 from the Corp of Cadets Stallion Oct 2013 #67

Even worse. My husband and daughter both graduated from there. efhmc Oct 2013 #76

And Ann Richards... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #77

Right. efhmc Oct 2013 #78

They helped make him. Now they can help "unmake" him. n/t livetohike Oct 2013 #5

That's a plan. HappyMe Oct 2013 #22

That would be great, except TexasProgresive Oct 2013 #30

Really? HappyMe Oct 2013 #32

If I'm understanding this right TexasProgresive Oct 2013 #39

Told someone here last weekend who was from California and they were shocked. efhmc Oct 2013 #58

So, I am understanding it correctly? TexasProgresive Oct 2013 #83

Yes, please see post 60. efhmc Oct 2013 #84

R#5 & K for, like those who supported Shrub's illegal wars then "regretted" it UTUSN Oct 2013 #6

I spoke too soon UTUSN Oct 2013 #50

Lol. That bad genie is well out of the bottle. ananda Oct 2013 #7

Hearst Corporation owns the Houston Chronic kentauros Oct 2013 #10

ha ha. excellent. nt seabeyond Oct 2013 #9

Is that your neck of the woods? libodem Oct 2013 #47

nope. totally different direction. mine is much more red. red red red. oh so red. lol seabeyond Oct 2013 #48

I know your pain libodem Oct 2013 #55

stop it stop this right now!!! tapermaker Oct 2013 #64

wow. i went thru your next of the woods this summer. from spokane, on thru to montana and down. seabeyond Oct 2013 #75

oops sorry for steering the titanic into an iceberg , my bad ok leftyohiolib Oct 2013 #11

Wonder why? ProSense Oct 2013 #12

screw you HC spanone Oct 2013 #13

what a half-hearted, half-assed, full of shit "apology" cali Oct 2013 #14

Oh, if only Ted Cruz had done what we wished he'd do... SansACause Oct 2013 #45

perfect analogy. cali Oct 2013 #79

Now write something about a recall . bahrbearian Oct 2013 #15

People: Listen up. THERE ARE NO STATE RECALLS IN TEXAS!! efhmc Oct 2013 #60

OK, write something about Tar and Feathers. bahrbearian Oct 2013 #65

Actually had 2 gentleman come to the Dem Women's group last Sat. at a efhmc Oct 2013 #71

I predict that Dewhurst will not be the GOP nominee for Lt. governor Gothmog Oct 2013 #16

Whoa--their second choice was Dewhurst and they're having second thoughts about him too! factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #28

Dewhurst lost to Cruz and is now running for re-elcection as Lt. Gov Gothmog Oct 2013 #52

Shoulda gone with the saner-looking corrupt sociopath. n/t Orsino Oct 2013 #17

I give them a lot of credit for this. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #18

Ah, the Houston Chronicle--a classic case Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #19

I guess the figured... cuchulain316 Oct 2013 #20

Insulting!!!! Chief D Oct 2013 #21

Welcome to DU, Chief D! calimary Oct 2013 #31

100 % russspeakeasy Oct 2013 #38

Fuck off HC. nt RiffRandell Oct 2013 #23

I guess they would never consider a Democrat. denvine Oct 2013 #25

Welcome to DU, denvine! calimary Oct 2013 #33

Thanks denvine Oct 2013 #53

Maybe do some research before spouting off - TBF Oct 2013 #63

Houston ... Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #26

Screwing women, minorities, and poor people was perfectly OK... but now that their ecstatic Oct 2013 #27

That's the truth of it. polichick Oct 2013 #41

So the mad scientist is sorry for creating the Frankenstein monster? workinclasszero Oct 2013 #29

No shit. calimary Oct 2013 #34

They're a bunch of dirty liberals! Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #35

. ZRT2209 Oct 2013 #36

A day late and a dollar short according to JuanitaJean. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #37

I missed the apology part. magical thyme Oct 2013 #43

Kristof: Governing by blackmail is a dangerous political game efhmc Oct 2013 #44

So, they're PARTLY to blame for LibGranny Oct 2013 #46

Do any newspaper endorsements make a difference? KinMd Oct 2013 #51

Juanita Jean has some choice words about the Houston paper Gothmog Oct 2013 #54

Sometimes they get it though -- TBF Oct 2013 #66

but they did and they should have known bettter samsingh Oct 2013 #61

rock 'n roll! flamingdem Oct 2013 #62

going back to wishing for KBH is like saying... Javaman Oct 2013 #68

Well TOO FUCKING BAD hatrack Oct 2013 #69

Wonder if they shared their "great reservations" about endorsing him with the public Skidmore Oct 2013 #70

Now they think Dewhurst would have been better? EC Oct 2013 #72

Career over. Goodbye and good riddance! Dash87 Oct 2013 #73

Sucks for you, HC. All your cred is shot forever. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #74

America is also sorry Berlum Oct 2013 #81

If God forbid the 'Pukes "won" the HC would be patting itself on the back Blue Owl Oct 2013 #85

While I miss Kay Hutchison about as much as having herpes sores all over my face and a indepat Oct 2013 #86

This is Freaking HUGE! that cruz' actions affected a rw Newspaper Cha Oct 2013 #87

You can't unfuck someone. 47of74 Oct 2013 #88

Bullshit, but nice try. Rex Oct 2013 #89

Their first question: Does anyone else miss Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison? Uh no. tenderfoot Oct 2013 #90