I'll be - there ARE Dems in Texas!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

Got my "Not Me!" bracelet yesterday and noticed that the return address on the envelope is not 2 miles from my new home in Irving! That's encouraging!

[flamingyouth]

1. There are indeed!

In fact, you'll find quite a few of them on DU! :hi:

[Ramsey]

2. Some of the BEST Dems are in Texas!

Right, GOPIsEvil, sweetie??

[GOPisEvil]

5. See post #4.

:D

[TXlib]

3. Yes, there are. Check the screenname!

[GOPisEvil]

4. Damn straight!!!!

:7

[LDS Jock]

6. hello!!! there are bunches of us here

just not enough

[Joe Power]

7. Lots of us

:hi:

[lavenderdiva]

8. Howdy Neighbor!

from down in Houston... :hi:

[kedrys]

23. Also in Houstopolis

Hi! :hi:

[Lisa0825]

31. I don't think I've seen y'all at the Houston meetups!

I think y'all need to join us next time!:-)

[lavenderdiva]

42. I'm a newbie, and haven't heard of the meet-ups...

Please let me know when/where they are? :hi:

[Lisa0825]

43. You should come hang out with us in the Texas forum...

On the "Latest" page, scroll down to "state and country forums, " and click there. You can add Texas to your forums, and that makes it easier to get back to later. But for now, just click here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=180

You can also get notices by joining Meetup.com, http://du.meetup.com, but PDittie always posts the meetup info in the Texas forum too.

Welcome !!!

:hi:

[lavenderdiva]

44. i'll be sure to stop by the Texas forum,

and check it out! Thanks for the info... How often do they have meet-ups?

[Lisa0825]

47. We meet up monthly. The last one was Saturday.

But sometimes we get together for other things too. The "official" meetups are monthly and scheduled through the du.meetup.com site. Any other time someone has an idea to attend a local or out of town event, we post about it there.

[lavenderdiva]

51. sorry I missed last week's meet-up!

I'll be sure to check on the Texas forum/du.meetup.com site to try and catch the next one... :)

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Present n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

10. Hey, I am in Texas, diagonally across the metroplex from you

up there in Irving.....

over here in South West FW we have a few Democrats, 5 on my block for certain!

[cags]

11. Hi, Just moved to TX too

Small town by Lake Lewisville, I have 1 Dem neighbor that I know of.

[Schema Thing]

17. Hey neighbor

I'm in Lewisville

[cags]

18. Howdy

I can't believe I just said that. I'm from CA

[Schema Thing]

26. LOL, yep, we suck you in purdy quick, here'bouts.

What brings you to the resort area of Lake Lewisville*?

(officially named: Garza Little Elm Resevoir, but since we hate the French, we like to call it a lake, and besides, Lewisville flourished and Little Elm foundered, and to the victor go the spoils and the water)

[cags]

28. I have kids and the schools in CA have gotten really bad and

my husbands been wanting to move here for awhile, because he could advance better with his company here. I always said no because all my family is in CA and I was still in school there.

I finished school so I lost that excuse, and I finally had it with the kids schools, and in CA the cost of living is so outrageous that we could not afford to move to a better area. So we moved here and I handpicked the schools I wanted for my kids, and my husband wanted to be close to a lake, so this is where we ended up.

I have to say I do like it here, and my kids are the happiest they've been in a long time. It is very republican in my suburb though.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

64. Hi! I'm another CA import.

:hi: You must have gotten the memo, too. We're slowly infiltrating Texas, it's all part of a master takeover plan.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

65. See if you can get my sister (Bullwinkle925) to migrate from CA, too

I'm working on it!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

67. Sure thing!

I'll send her the memo. :)

[cags]

68. I've met alot people from CA here, but sadly they are mostly repubs

I really don't get it.

[Liberal In Texas]

12. Dallas county, I must remind, was close to being blue in 2004.

We're here.
And we count.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

14. I wore my Texas "Blue State" shirt to school today

To curious inquiries I replied that I'm moving there to help turn Texas blue. All seemed to think that was the only thing to do!

[Liberal In Texas]

15. We need more of the north blues moving here.

It's also going to help that the minority population is increasing in vast numbers. As the white people flee to the outlaying counties.

One day, I want Texas back in the blue column!

[Goddess Nephthis]

13. Southwest Texas Democrat Here! n/t

[Maestro]

16. Hey, I work in Irving.

And yes there are dems in Texas, more than many seem to think. We ain't all reds.

[redqueen]

19. Yeah there are!

:D

[Richardo]

20. When in Houston, look for a black Infiniti with a "Texas Democrat" sticker

That's me! :D

[Katidid]

21. East Texas Democrat Here

Might be the only one though .... Kind of scary wearing my "John Kerry for President" T-shirt to the local grocery story!

Hi Y'all.
:hi:

[LT TX]

32. Ditto

You are not the only one! I know how you feel, though. ;)

[WritersBlock]

36. I've got Democratic relatives near you

I'll let them know they're not alone. :)

[movie_girl99]

22. im in texas too

in the gawd awful burbs north of dallas

[cags]

29. Me too

[Spacemom]

24. Travis County Here

It's my little oasis of blue in an ocean of red. :)

[crispini]

25. Amen, and plenty of us.

Are you going to be here in time for the city council races in May? We'll put ya to work! :evilgrin:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

41. I'll be there in late May

But I'll have to request forbearance; I'll be studying for the bar exam from the time I get there until the conclusion of the exam on July 28th. After that I can take a breath, join Democratic organizations and get involved!

[crispini]

45. Hey! A lawyer!

What area? I don't suppose it's family law, is it?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

48. In fact, I'm interested in family and elder law

But I'll take a job wherever I can find one! (Except at the offices of Repug politicians.)

[crispini]

49. Ooooo. We need judicial candidates for the family law courts

for 2006. You're in Dallas county, right?

Think about it. :7

Ping me when you get here, I have a couple of friends who are paralegals and I've worked on a couple of judicial campaigns. Between us we can tell you most of the D law firms in town. Although the biggest one, Baron Budd, is environmental / litigation.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

50. EXCELLENT!!!

Although I suppose I should spend some time practicing law before becoming a judicial candidate? I do think I have the "judicial temperament."

[crispini]

53. Hee. Who knows?

Probably that whole "experience" thing's not a bad idea. But two out of the three Democratic judicial candidates elected last time were women. :7 There will be a LOT of races on the slate in 06, and Dallas is definitely starting to elect Ds. :thumbsup:

[Richardo]

46. I've got relatives in Monroeville, PA

An early welcome to Texas, DTBK! :toast:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

52. What a small world!

What part of Monroeville? I live east of Route 48.

[Richardo]

56. I have not been there in years, but they live about here:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/refreshmap.adp?z=6&rand=9636

:hi:

[winston61]

27. hell yes!

Even though Texas is the National Laboratory for Bad Government (the chimp in the White House proves that) we are down here fighting the good fight. Thank you Molly Ivins. There are far more Dems here than you think.

[Lisa0825]

30. I'm one of 'em!!!

:hi:

[txaslftist]

33. Even up here on the Caprock...Lubbock

[texas1928]

40. hello Lubbock

nice to know there are more from Lubbock on here.

[texas1928]

34. welcome to Texas

:hi:

[ernstbass]

35. I named a hound dog after Ann Richards

[CO Liberal]

37. We're Friends With a Couple in Hillsboro (between Ft. Worth & Waco)

He's a Libertarian, and I'm not sure what her political affilliation is - we like them because they're good people. He told me just last week when we were down there that the Hillsboro area is a Democratic stronghold.

[Bouncy Ball]

38. Hello

from one of the biggest ones!!! :hi:

And hey! You live very near me!!! I'll PM you!

We are covered under the Endangered Species Act, although there are actually quite a lot of us.

[Bouncy Ball]

39. Nevermind

you either have me on ignore or don't want to get any PMs, so I can't talk to ya privately.

But hi anyway from a burb near you!

[txaslftist]

57. Bouncy, no offense...

I don't want PMS either. I didn't know it was catching.

[Bouncy Ball]

58. Hee hee.

I wonder if he has me on ignore???

Depose? Do you?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

60. Sorry - had inadvertently blocked

Now you can PM me! Do you live in Irving?

[LynneSin]

54. Got a link where I could buy that bracelet

I want to wear one!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

55. Here ya go

http://www.notmecampaign.com

[Bouncy Ball]

59. Testing, testing

can you hear me, Depose?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

61. I hear you, and the world hears you!

(grunted through megaphone while standing on the ruins of the WTC).

Just kidding - that bastard! Yes, I can hear you!

[Bouncy Ball]

62. WHEW

A paranoid bouncy ball is a BAAAAD thing. I was sitting here thinking "Oh no! What did I do to Depose????"

I PMed you.

[Lady Effingbroke]

63. 'nother Houston DUer here!

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

66. Super Bowl party at my place!!!!

See the thread in the Texas forum! Liberals only, please! :7

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