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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:00 AM Original message |
What has Bush done to the image of Texas? |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yup, the skunk at the garden party. Overshadows other great Texans. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Texas executions, Texas big talk about "bring it on" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hell, people still have yet to live down Johnson and Viêtnam. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think we could use the rest. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Everytime I return to visit Texas I see less of the state I love. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The TX Hill Country is one of the most magnificent places. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Actually, I meant the suburban sprawl: Plano, the Woodlands, Colleyville. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Ahhhh, then yes, that makes more sense to me. I lived in Plano previously. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. TX Hill Country |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. So ... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I don't equate libertarians with bigots, but I see plenty of both trends when I go back to Texas. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Yes, but.... |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. Confirmed it in Spades! nt |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. I don't think there are any sterotypes of Texas now that didn't exist pre-Bush |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. Probably nothing. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. My son in law in Dallas states the following |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Bush, DeLay, Cornyn, Gramm, Gonzales.... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Don't forget Goodhair Perry |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. We're not all idiots. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Now that would make a great bumper sticker... |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. Dallas is surprisingly blue |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Dallas kicked ass all over the place last fall. You have much to be proud of. -eom |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. Everything "Texan" about Bush is an act. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. True members of a family do not necessarily grow up under the same roof. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well, what does it say about Texans that they keep electing these bozos? |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. The Capital is not the place to gather opinions. The city itself |
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Rev. Mother Ramallo (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't blame Texas for Bush. |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I do... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Sounds like good riddance to bad rubbish |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. LOL.... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, I still live here |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. LOL...Not too many can say that! |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. As Bill Moyers said: |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. Enhanced it? HAHA! (Unrepentant Yankee here!) |
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Screwfly (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. Weird |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. I thought he'd just taken Texas stereotypes ... |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. That's what I think too |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. blame Connecticut for Bush - and Lieberman. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. Turned a stereotype into a caricature of a stereotype? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. A sham of a mockery of a travesty of a caricature of a stereotype. n/t |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. All I can say is-I miss Ann! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. i am calif married to a texan. two sons texans. sons so ANGRY |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. People are clueless. It is not his instincts or convictions that drive him, but a criminal mind n/t |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. You really want to change Texas's image? Re-name everything named after the Bush family... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think he has fulfilled the Texas image. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. Texas, and Texas politicians have a lot to answer for. |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sorry, Dem Texans, but I blame your state |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Oh Okay... |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Well, since we're throwing rocks here, YOUR state (GA) voted for him twice. |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I agree, but |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Well, when I saw the Confederate flag flying over your state house a few years back |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Again, I agree, but |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You're just piling on because you're from GA, which started the Repub Revolution |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's still holding steady as the last place in the country I want to live. |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
49. this. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. Before you bash all Texans |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. When I think of Texas, |
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