Who watched Last Man Standing?

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And if you didn't, why not? You absolutely have to catch it when PBS airs this week's POV again.

Wow! What an argument that every vote counts! What a great look at the birth of a public servant! Tape it, and then sit your friends down to watch. I hope that high school teachers will be showing it for years to come in civics classes.

(Patrick Rose is running for re-election this year, against a well-financed Republican opponent with ties to Jerry Falwell. I hope that enough people contribute to Rose's campaign that we will be able to keep our "rookie of the year.")

Donate to Patrick Rose!

[Justitia]

1. I watched here in TX, I was really pulling for him!!

Of course I knew all about the Sanchez & Kirk races (what sad results - Kirk is so many levels above that absolute moron Cornyn, it's a disgrace), but I didn't know about this one.

I was so freaking embarrassed for the people of my state, ack.

Rose's opponent, Rick Green, was the epitome of the sleazy, fanatical, used-car dealer, hypocrite snake oil salesman that is the perfect representation of the Texas Republice Party.
And did you see that nasty, mean streak??? Always making snide remarks and then he ended with a nice biblical threat in his "concession" phone call - something conciliatory like "you'll get yours buddy". What a malicious, ignorant prick.

I love my state, I think it has been hijacked by the Reich Wing, but sometimes I just want to give up and say it deserves the gov't it gets (notice, this crap always takes place in the podunk locales - the major cities are Democratic).

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2. you are so right!

Green perfectly encapsulated the essence of the Reich Wing. And the happy-clappy fundy audiences that so cheered him on were scary--they seem to think that because they can come up with a fitting Bible verse for whatever they want to do, that whatever they want to do is moral. Green's use of scripture to threaten Rose was particularly disturbing.

I wish more DU'ers had watched the show. Here was a program that shows what we are really up against throughout the nation, and showed how to win, and DU'ers didn't take the time to watch. I hope people make a point of looking for it to be shown again. Or finding people who made a tape.

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3. one more thing

The "podunk locales" are not the problem. In the smallest, most rural Texas towns, the population tends to be (conservative) Democratic, which is why the Repugs savaged the rural communities in redistricting. It's the suburbs that are the problem. Those areas are too large for opinions to be changed via the rural grapevine culture (in my podunk town, news and opinions are exchanged at the HEB and Dairy Queen. Wait in front of the HEB long enough, and you will see everyone in town). The suburbs are also too small and baseless for institutions other than churches to have an impact, and the churches reflect the money-oriented (Green! Like money!) conservative culture of the white middle class.

[Justitia]

4. You are right about the suburbs & the rural areas.

I live in a suburb of Dallas (Frisco), and what you wrote struck me as absolutely true. I also have friends in the smaller towns, and you're right about that too - they are more interconnected.

Considering that, I was pretty shocked to see the segment of Green grandstanding at some church in Wimberley. I know Wimberley pretty well (I thought) and I didn't think that crap would be popular there. I know it was just a small slice of the town, but still, I found it unnerving as I love Wimberley and thought better of the politics there.

But hey - Rose won! Yea!

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5. Wimberly

ain't what it's cracked up to be, or at least, it isn't what people remember it being. I remember when it was just a weird unincorporated spot considered to be too far from San Marcos to drive from there. Now it's just about a suburb of Austin.