We have nothing but evidence that Texans simply don’t want liberalism or moderate liberalism. Any attempt to blame the failure of liberalism in Texas on Wendy Davis being a terrible candidate is an uphill climb. Davis is not to the only prominent example of liberalism crashing and burning in...![]()
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Texans want conservatism
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Open double standard weakens media’s voice
Conservatives are learning how to ignore the media’s double standard more and more. The Washington DC media establishment has recently given us a nice example of it. “Governing” magazine, a liberal DC outfit claiming to be the most authoritative publication in the field of...![]()
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Streaming: Anti Rail Press Conference
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Burton embraced by most GOP Senators
Senate District 10, formerly held by Wendy Davis, is the only competitive Senate election in the state. The district went to Romney in 2012 but Democrats have been spending big to keep it. Konni Burton is the GOP candidate in District 10. If elected, she may be a bold conservative...![]()
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Poll exposes ruling class immigration lies
In the Texas Tribune’s latest poll, an immigration question showed that equal numbers of Hispanics - 45% - believe undocumented immigrants living in Texas should be immediately...![]()
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Ratliff’s failure exposes GOP reality
One-term State Representative Bennett Ratliff is a case study in why the ruling class has to impersonate conservatives to win. Ratliff was outspoken with his loyalties and policies as a State Rep., and not only did this end his career in public office with lightning speed, judging by his Twitter...![]()
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Bennett Ratliff Tweets
Here are some of Ratliff’s anti-conservative tweets: -Ratliff attacks the conservative consultant who beat him:https://twitter.com/BennettRatliff/status/497175360606597120 -Ratliff can’t get enough of attacking Michael Quinn Sullivan and Empower Texans:...![]()
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Quit getting manipulated
The Tony Tinderholt election gives us the latest example of bogus insider polling that gets passed around Austin as ‘secret knowledge’, tamping down GOP expectations. The same “she’s closer than you think” rumors were going around Austin about Wendy Davis even as she was scuttling her...![]()
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The game always teaches us
The pivot from champion to chump made by politicians after they’ve gotten what they need from voters – their vote – is always shocking. Though it happens consistently it isn’t something average Texans should get used to or accept as part of our system. The extreme version of it in the...![]()
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TX Parent PAC endorsement is weak
It is ironic that one obstacle to parents getting to choose which school to send their kids to - a concept called ‘school vouchers’ – is a special interest group called “Texas Parent PAC”. They support parents wholeheartedly so long as the state gets to educate their kids with a bare...![]()
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Capriglione falls
Giovanni Capriglione broke the hearts of the grassroots supporters he owes his political career to yesterday, coming out in support of a speaker he was elected to public office promising to oppose. He seems to believe, as cynical insider thinking teaches, that by next primary...![]()
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The agenda > the votes
The idea of a “conservative” who votes for a liberal legislative agenda in the first and most important vote of the session is a fiction. There may be people who take a conservative position on the liberal agenda they endorsed, but that is not the kind of “conservative” needed to save...![]()
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