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Stallion

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10. 30 Years Ago Texas Had Some Sensible Democrats Running the Show

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #9)

Fri May 30, 2014, 09:57 PM

May 2014

Lloyd Bentsen, Ann Richards, Mark White and before that LBJ who created the Great Society. no Republican held state wide office in Texas for 100 years before the mid 1970s

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When I was in Texas thirty years ago, people there rightly called it "God's Country" [View all] MrScorpio May 2014 OP

Davis is only 12 or 13 points behind Abbott. ananda May 2014 #1

It is difficult to poll Hispanic voters in Texas Gothmog May 2014 #8

I lived in Texas demigoddess May 2014 #2

I'm Texan Jim Beard May 2014 #16

I was there in 73 demigoddess May 2014 #18

Things went downhill after Shrub beat Ann with Rove's conniving help. hobbit709 May 2014 #3

Lots of Blues in Texas dem in texas May 2014 #4

"If I owned Texas and Hell, Downwinder May 2014 #5

I am a native walkingman May 2014 #6

Texas will turn blue eventually Gothmog May 2014 #7

I left Texas in 1984 after 6 years in Houston. mountain grammy May 2014 #9

30 Years Ago Texas Had Some Sensible Democrats Running the Show Stallion May 2014 #10

Yes, and Jim Hightower held an elected office back then too.. mountain grammy May 2014 #15

I used to call myself a Texan born-and-raised. Aristus May 2014 #11

I visited my husband's family in a small Texas town..UNFORGETTABLE!!!!! angstlessk May 2014 #12

It's still the same today. SCUBANOW May 2014 #13

I do not agree. SCUBANOW May 2014 #14

I'm in an area where most of the new jobs are daries that have huge numbers of undocumented people. Jim Beard May 2014 #17

So, when undocumented people exploit and overuse the state's resources Aristus May 2014 #19