I have one thing to say to those who slam Texas

[Lithos]

Senator Wendy Davis

Don't mess with Texas Dems

[monmouth3]

1. At least, not their women..n/t

[LWolf]

2. Ann Richards. nt

[11 Bravo]

11. And the great Molly Ivins!

[bvar22]

23. And Bill Moyers, and Jim Hightower, and The Guy who made Civil Rights Act LAW,

and THIS Texan:


Texas Liberals are:
Outspoken
Courageous
Dedicated
Sharp Tongued
Smart
Informed
Witty

Its EASY being Blue in a Blue State.

[Stargazer99]

3. Texas damn well needs some slamming

Backwards netherandals its going to take along time before Texas grows up

[Lithos]

5. Try googling Senator Wendy Davis

And get back to me.

L-

[kentauros]

6. I'm curious;

did your ignore count just go up?

By the way, before you bash a region, would you please do us a favor and update your profile so we can all see from which state/country the bashing is originating?

Thanks!

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. You are much more polite than I am.

I was going to tell him to go fuck himself.

But, I didn't.

[kentauros]

17. I just LOL-ed at that!

I try to use "kill 'em with kindness" when I can. It's all about detachment, though I must say, I can't do that every time.

[cordelia]

37. I just remind them how

bigoted and small minded they appear.

[freshwest]

29. On today of all days, we should remember this man, as well:

LBJ 'We Shall Overcome'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023091847#post10

[Eleanors38]

51. Why, he's from the starzzzz!

[kentauros]

56. I guess that's better than being a StarGozerian!

[blogslut]

15. I'll forgive your ignorance the Texas way:

Bless your heart.

[kentauros]

19. Or, the epitome of Texas and southern character assassination!

[blogslut]

21. Yeehaw!

[snooper2]

43. Come on down, I treat you to some real grillin'

And a really good Indian restaurant---

Do you have some kind of comical view when you think of various parts of the country or is it just that you never traveled outside of the county you were born in?

[Demoiselle]

4. I could never slam Texas.

Texas has given us Molly Ivins and Tommy Lee Jones. And Anne Richards. And Lady Bird. I could go on for quite a while, but I think you get the point.

[pacalo]

9. +1!

[freshwest]

12. And all my ex's lived there. Wait, that sounds wrong.

Besides, the food is delicious. I miss it.

[HooptieWagon]

7. I envy Texas Dems.

You may be out-numbered, but at least you have a state party thats fighting. In Fla, we outnumber the GOP by about 800,000, but state party is a dysfunctional mess, and many of the few elected Dems are DLC lined up at the same corporate feed troughs as the republicans. There's Alan Grayson and a few other rays of hope, but otherwise disappointment.

[sadbear]

16. We're fighting because we're on the brink of extinction.

If republicans in Austin can ram through their voter suppression and redistricting, we're probably toast for at least 15 more years.

[Gothmog]

54. We have some fighters

I live in the old home of Tom DeLay and so I have the pleasure of knowing Juanita Jean herself and her husband. We even have a new state flag for Democrats http://juanitajean.com/2013/06/27/is-that-a-challenge-dewhurst/

[tanyev]

8. Damn straight.

Hope she can hang in there for five more hours.

[Arugula Latte]

13. And she's one bright light among how many assholes in that legislative body?

I get why people get sick of others dumping on their state, but the fact that this filibuster is even necessary is not exactly a point in Texas' favor.

[Squinch]

14. I'll give you that. She rules.

[cali]

18. She is a marvel, lithos.

whatever the vile repub senators do.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. I'm so proud of her!

Sure our Republican's are dumbasses, they are pretty much everyplace anymore. But, Texas Democrats are a feisty bunch!

[jazzimov]

22. I have visited TX many times

from TN, which IMHO is the most beautiful State in the Union. We have everything here, from hillbillies and the mountains in East TN, through the Cumberland Plateau and the Highland Rim with some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the US, all the way down to the Mississippi and the Home of the Blues in Memphis. Not to mention the BBQ! And some of the NICEST people you ever want to meet

And then I go to TX, which is supposed to be a "sister" of TN. The whole attitude I get there is "if you ain't from Texas, you ain't shit".

Tomorrow I'm supposed to fly to San Antonio. At least there are some hills there - ugly brown hills with very little vegetation, but at least it's not flat.

And I'll appeal to their egos - again.

[bvar22]

26. Maybe the cold reception has something to do with YOUR attitude?

Ya THINK?

Texas has a beauty all its own from the pine Hills & Woods of the NE
to the awesome landscapes of the wilderness at Big Bend.

[kentauros]

30. In my long-time experience on DU with those that have visited here,

and then complained about the horrible attitude they got from folks, it's usually an attitude originating with the visitor. If you're rude to us, we're going to be rude in return, though we'll at least try to be restrained at first.

No, not everyone in Texas was brought up to be polite to all, but many of us were, and we'll be your best friends ever, if you at least attempt to be polite.

Really, in my experience, if you're rude to people anywhere in the world, they're going to be rude right back.

As for the terrain, I find deep beauty in the scrubby landscape of Central Texas, and even the scrub-brush of the coastal plains. I guess you just have to grow up with it to appreciate all forms of Terran beauty

[bvar22]

33. My Mamma taught me that...

...when you are a guest in someone's home,
you never EVER criticize their home,
their cooking,
OR talk about how YOUR home is so much better.


...but my Mamma (and Dad) came out of dirt poor NE Texas,
and in addition to manners, that is also where I got my Populist, Working Class, FDR/LBJ, Hard Core Democratic roots!

[kentauros]

34. Although I had to learn my Democratic roots

(my father's a hardcore republican) they did try to get me to learn some manners (I think I have disappointed them in the past in that regard, but maybe I'm just a little less strictly polite with the family versus anyone else.) It must have eventually sunk in

[derby378]

24. She's got three hours and seven minutes to go

Go, Wendy, Go!

[Apophis]

25. I've been there once and I'll never go back.

But I admire what Senator Wendy Davis is doing.

[Paladin]

32. We'll try to get along without you. (nt)

[Apophis]

35. It always amuses me when people take it personally when one person

doesn't like something the other person likes.

I wouldn't care if you told me you hated Minnesota.

[cordelia]

39. It always amuses me when people think they have

to slam something many others like, enjoy, or call home.

I enjoy pointing out to them how small-minded and petty they are.

[Apophis]

42. I'd be small minded of me to slam a place if I've never been there.

But since I actually spent six months in the cesspool of a state like Texas, I have every right to slam it.

Do you have any idea how a black man like me was treated in Texas? I was treated like $h!t in Houston. Like I was scum.

[Paladin]

49. I don't assign blame to you for Michelle Bachmann, due to your MN residence.

Compare that to the way Texas liberals like me are regularly classified as Rick Perry wannabes, here at DU. Prime example: there you are, dismissing the entirety of Texas as a "cesspool of a state," due to some unfortunate encounters you had there. Slam my state all you want, just be aware that it doesn't make you look too good.

[kentauros]

44. Would you care if I said I hold no hate in my heart for any place in the country?

I haven't been everywhere, but at least I know how to ignore rude people and appreciate any region for other reasons, such as geographical beauty. I see utterly no reason at all to hate any state of the union, no matter how the locals vote.

I will admit that I don't have the capacity in me to understand just how people can hate entire regions based solely on one or two bad experiences in a tiny fraction of the same region...

[Apophis]

46. I'm sure you'll find post #42 enlightening.

[kentauros]

55. I saw that but there aren't enough details to know what you went through.

Not to mention I need to know what your attitude was like at the same time. We've seen all too often around here people talk about how much they hated being in Texas only to find out that they took an antagonistic attitude with everyone (just as they often do around here.) Well, if you're rude to people, don't get upset when they're rude right back.

Now, I don't know if you were rude, but I need to know all of those pertinent details before I can become "enlightened." Your post tells me nothing other than "It was horrible, I tell ya!"

So, tell me!

[LiberalAndProud]

27. Texas Dems rock.

Positively.

[ismnotwasm]

28. K&R

[Liberal In Texas]

31. Battleground Texas

http://www.battlegroundtexas.com/

RWers. We're coming for you.

[ananda]

36. We might only have her until the next round of gerrymandering.

But she's been great all right!

[datasuspect]

38. i knew a gal named dallas once

[WinkyDink]

40. Bush. 11/22/63. The nation's textbooks.

[avaistheone1]

41. Just goes to show what a single person can do.

Hats off to Senator Wendy Davis!

[Bryn]

45. I AM

a native Floridian living in adopted state of Arkansas in Solidarity for Texas

[limpyhobbler]

47. It was really inspirational what she did. Really a great thing.

[smackd]

48. i'm just gonna leave this here...

it's profane, and i'm certain it will offend the sensibilities of some here...

but it's spreading on twitter and it's hysterical (if you can appreciate this sort of humor, and i can)...and honestly, it's pretty much dead on.

if you are easily offended, please do not click. or, i guess feel free to report and let a jury decide.

i just appreciated it and enjoyed it too much not to share.

http://prevailandride.blogspot.com/2013/06/anatomy-of-filibuster.html

[meow2u3]

50. It's not Texas itself I slam

It's the far right, teabagger, fundie nutjob Republican men who impose their twisted versions of Christianity and revisionist version of the Constitution on those who don't share their views that I slam.

[Le Taz Hot]

52. And Ann Richards and Molly Ivins

and Barbara Jordan and, hell, even that old bastard LBJ. But when all is said and done you guys HAVE to do something about your state leg. Seriously.

[Gothmog]

53. Texas is going to turn blue

It is only a matter of time. Battleground Texas is going to help and the Texas Democratic Party has a new and more effective chairman.

[Warpy]

57. No kidding, you have to be tough to be a lefty in a red state.

Texas will keep getting slammed while they keep electing fools like Joe (apology to BP) Barton and Louie (shoe size IQ) and Steve (mancrush on Ted Nugent) Stockman. While those loudmouthed right wing ignorami are representing the state outside the state, people will think the whole state is like that.

Texas gets a little more purple every year. In another couple of decades, another state will be the national laughing stock. Until then, Texas and Florida are it.