What is written about Jesus comes to us through multiple layers of hearsay. No one knows who wrote the Gospels. There are no original copies, and nothing that was signed. No contemporary historian noticed the guy, the Romans never mention him and as Richard Carrier has pointed out the region was swarming with itinerant preachers. So, acting more like Jesus is a problem because we don’t actually know if he even existed, much less how he acted. I’m beyond sick of politicians of any stripe who put their supernatural belief systems forward as solutions to modern day problems.
The Life of Brian explains this well. After taking a year of Religious Studies in college (yes, as an atheist), that film made WAY more sense and I realized just how smart and well informed those Python boys really were.
I have thought for a while (like David Fitzgerald’s book says) that christianity is a Jewish mystery religion. But, the only way I can postulate all the false preachers and Christ mongers Paul complains about is to think christianity is about 100 years older than the reign of Pilate. That would coincide with the origin of the Ebionites and could explain much.
Talarico had me at “instead of forcing Bibles into classrooms…”
A lot of Christians mistake non-believers for being Christian haters, which is false for most of us. Freedom of religion works both ways, so I will stand by the right of even snake handlers to believe what they will - the risk is on them - and merely ask for the same in return, and the risk is on me. No hatred, but admittedly some contempt, usually for the ones who hurl their Bibles around with great force and don't heed a single principle that Jesus taught.
I like Talarico and hope that if he doesn't win his election his words get some traction and he helps wrestle his faith away from the Christian Wrong. They are so damn tedious.
The problem with a lot of Christians being, they do not believe in religious freedom for anyone but themselvs and those they agree with. Charlie Kirk said freedom of religion needs to be abolished.
Atheists have never tried to violate my conscience and force me to be an atheist.
Atheists aren't the ones trying to break up same-sex families.
Atheists weren't the ones who used State violence to remove bodily autonomy from women.
Atheists, by and large, aren't the ones trying to further force women into a lesser position in society.
Atheists, by and large, aren't the ones cruelly kidnapping children and executing citizens for speaking out.
That is primarily Christians.
You miss the point of your own scriptures. You call Jesus "Lord" and then you ignore what he said. What he said in your own scriptures was that the Samaritan who showed compassion fulfilled the Law better than the teachers of the Law. What he said was that human need was more important than law. What he did was get angry at the corruption in the Temple.
Your churches are primarily not the heirs of that spirit. They are the heirs of the false prophets of America who preached peace, peace to slavers and who allowed the hangmen of lynch mobs to sit and profane their sanctuaries and defile their pews.
Would that Congress was full of ethical atheists rather than people like you Christians.
I mean, Talarico pretty much explained the Good Samaritan story with his comments and what did the Nationalist Christians do? Call him a false Christian. Him saying that some other religious and non religious people are acting better than some Christians, is exactly the same as the Good Samaritan acted better than the Jewish people who ignored the Jewish man. They can’t stand the lessons in the Bible, they just want the Bible as a weapon.
Since Jeebus is all knowing, all seeing, and all powerful, I think it odd that he has not put in an appearance and set everyone straight. After all, he is gleefully tossing all the Christians worshipping him incorrectly into the lake of fire…
The men who wrote the Constitution knew their European history and wanted no part of the religious strife that had plagued the old world for centuries.
They think being a good Christian means enforcing conformity and making it against the law to be other than their narrow interpretation of what a person must be. In reality, being a good Christian means being a decent human being who happens to be a Christian.
Christians claim that the entire Bible is God's Word to everyone. That gives Christians an excuse to promote pretty much any political, economic or social position imaginable. The Old Testament contains numerous sections authorising social justice, feeding the poor, punishing the selfish rich. It also contains sections authorising genocide, ethnic cleansing, sex slavery and other favourite activities of the Right. So we atheists can't demand that Christians follow Christ by espousing leftish positions, as apparently he himself said he came only to 'fulfil the Law', i.e. be the Messiah, not abolish all those nasty bits. Faith is nonsense, and this latest spat only confirms it.
A slap in the face to SOME Christians as a wakeup call, reminding them of what Jesus (allegedly) actually said? Yes it was. A slap in the face to all Christians like the NSGOP is trying to paint it? Absolutely not. Try telling that to the pastors protesting and getting shot at in Minnesota.
It’s moving day. 1st cup of coffee. I’m leaving my home of nearly 28 years for a pretty nice place. I’m hoping that it works out for me. I love my home.
Some people feel the same thing about their religion. Talarico Sounds like one of those. I think it’s still nonsense, but I can respect it if he doesn’t use it as a club— either to exclude others or to whale on others.
TAlarico had this to say about Jeebus: “He walked into the seat of power and He flipped over the tables of injustice. That was a powerful example of non-violent direct action—protest—and it’s what got Him killed.l” actually, it wasn’t a nonviolent. It’s also not what got him killed if you’re going to believe the Bible story. What him killed was that was God‘s plan for him to get killed.
TAlarico isn’t anti-Christian, he’s anti asshole. And for the most part, so was Jesus. Also of course, every accusation as a confession. “ “They love putting Christians down,” that people like Talarico were “counterfeit Christians,” and that Talarico was trying to “bash Christians, placing all other religions and even atheists above them.”
It was Jesus himself who had something to say about the last shall be first, being as little children, being sheep, being humble. So it isn’t Tallarico that’s placing all other religions and even atheists above Christians, it’s the behavior of the so-called Christians themselves. Personally, I would rather know many of the Muslims and hindus I’ve met than the so-called Christians I keep reading about.
If Talarico is who he appears to be— I trust very few politicians to do that anymore— then he will be a force for good in Texas. The question is, how much good is there in Texas?
“That was a powerful example of non-violent direct action—protest—and it’s what got Him killed.l” actually, it wasn’t a nonviolent.”
I mean the whipping was pretty violent.
I was going to point that out after my first comment, but you beat me to it. What he did to the money changers was not non-violent by any means.
I will say that it might have had something to do with why he was killed, but in the way that there needs to be a reason for the plot to be believable. The Reason he was killed was for the sacrifice to happen, but the reason he was killed was because he fought the Pharisees, this incident being one of the reasons the Pharisees wanted him dead.
For myself, I think the reason the Pharisees wanted them that was straight out politics. He was the priest king, descended from David through both his mother and his father, and thus a threat to that religious power, the political power, and their money power, which was the real reason for the upset over the incident with the money changers. The story is all there in the gospels, but buried under layers of magic, myths, and miracleS.
Good luck with the new place. We've been in our house for 20 something years. I know at some point we will have to move. Not for years I hope. But I will miss it.
Thank you for the good wishes. I know exactly what you’re talking about. It was my dream home and I have so much love for it. I’ve been here for almost 28 years.I knew we were going to have to move eventually. That’s what happens when you’re 75. There are a lot of reasons to move now. The new place is more spacious, doesn’t have quite the wonderful views. But I think we’ll be happy there. I actually feel OK about it, which surprises me. But there are a lot of changes in store, and at least we’re doing this while we can. I don’t think I would be able to manage it in five more years. But right now it’s OK
Allow me to second Maltnothops' wish for an easy and successful move, though "easy" moves are pretty much foreign to me. My gal and I just moved here four months ago, after not quite 16 years at our previous location. The move itself wasn't much fun, and it took a fair while for us to acclimate to the new locale. Things have MOSTLY settled down, though there are still an odd handful of yet-to-be-unpacked boxes, mostly books and such, which still want for attention.
Thank you for the good wishes. I’ve been here for 28 years. It’s my dream home and a wonderful place to live. But there are a lot of reasons behind moving. And in any case, are you home is more spacious, requires almost no upkeep, and it still has some but not a lot of views. It will be good..
Despite my partner’s belief to the contrary, I have this whole thing organized. The last time I moved, I had dinner for 10 people two weeks after i moved. That’s how organized it was. And I’m trying to stay that organized for this trip as well
I'm not a Christian although I believe in what Christ tried to teach as far as loving thy neighbor and helping the poor and immigrants, at least if you believe the bible is an accurate accounting of a man we can't prove existed. What I love about this guy is how he points out the hypocrisy of these right-wing Christian nationalist types who don't actually follow any of those teachings. Not that they'll ever admit that but, maybe, others who really do want to follow those teachings will wake up to what these people are doing in Jesus name.
So the Republican response to him is not news. Duh. He said Jesus is loving and kind and asks of everyone to be helpful. The Republicans can’t do that, how would they ever feel superior to everyone else. Besides, the elected Republicans are the oligarchs and need Jesus to be hateful so the dumb republican voters keep putting them in office.
But here’s the thing. We are in a situation that requires our representatives to have spines and not play nice with the other side. We need Crockett to do the dirty work of cleaning up shop and getting rid of the corrupt politicians and policies. Biden’s policy to work with the right is what has gotten us here, with very little to show for his presidency. Energizing the left, and waking up the apathetic voter is how we have to move forward, reaching out to the so called moderates, centrists, and right will continue to get us the same fucking shit we keep getting. And it will get worse. Mealy mouthed democrats, bought and paid for by the oligarchy, are killing us all. We need the firebrands with conviction, unwilling to compromise on the important issues, standing up for values. Crockett has shown herself to be strong, so what if the cruel, dishonest, corrupt don’t like her and won’t vote for her, they aren’t the majority.
Crockett is what we need, I’m afraid Talarico is what we will get. Either way is better that any Republican, but until we start electing the firebrands and backbones, we will continue to cycle through the republicans tear everything up, democrats start to rebuild fighting the republicans for every inch, then people getting frustrated with the lack of progress and voting for republicans all over again, who tear more shit up and make a bigger mess, the democrats get voted in and try to fix everything but can’t make enough progress, again and again.
I DO like Crockett. She is a firebrand and more: an informed and intelligent firebrand. Any Republican facing her had better have their facts straight, because SHE WILL.
Agree with both of you. Val, Crockett meshes with my politics but there is just no way she can win, after all we have the experience of Beto to draw on. There are just too many mouth-breathers in the state. After all if a corrupt AG Paxton couldn't be dealt with appropriately...and of course he is running for senate this year. It's like a fucking horror movie where the monster keeps coming back.
Why do they think Crockett is less electable? Because they know their base. They want a bigoted white man to run against black woman instead of an unbigoted white man.
unfortunately Joe I think you are right. I have many Texans in the family. They spend way too much time in their cars to pay attention to the "fake" (real) news.
I do have to give Talarico props for being a straight, white religious man that WCN have to twist themselves into a pretzel to cast dispersions on. I still prefer Jasmine Crockett’s brand of fire though.
They cannot defend their own actions so they twist Talarico's words to make it seem like he's attacking Christians when all he's doing is attacking those VERY SAME hypocritical Christians who are attacking HIM.
Classic DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender roles. This is Psychological Abuse 101.
NSGOP: "Be more like Jesus!" ***𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴*** "No, not like that!"
As somebody on the internet said recently: "There's nothing more hateful than christian love."
Which Jesus? 😆
What is written about Jesus comes to us through multiple layers of hearsay. No one knows who wrote the Gospels. There are no original copies, and nothing that was signed. No contemporary historian noticed the guy, the Romans never mention him and as Richard Carrier has pointed out the region was swarming with itinerant preachers. So, acting more like Jesus is a problem because we don’t actually know if he even existed, much less how he acted. I’m beyond sick of politicians of any stripe who put their supernatural belief systems forward as solutions to modern day problems.
The Life of Brian explains this well. After taking a year of Religious Studies in college (yes, as an atheist), that film made WAY more sense and I realized just how smart and well informed those Python boys really were.
having been raised as a fundie, that movie made SO MUCH sense to me. I regard it as the best of the Python movies.
agree, I recently re-watched it...f'ing great, so insightful.
I have thought for a while (like David Fitzgerald’s book says) that christianity is a Jewish mystery religion. But, the only way I can postulate all the false preachers and Christ mongers Paul complains about is to think christianity is about 100 years older than the reign of Pilate. That would coincide with the origin of the Ebionites and could explain much.
Talarico had me at “instead of forcing Bibles into classrooms…”
A lot of Christians mistake non-believers for being Christian haters, which is false for most of us. Freedom of religion works both ways, so I will stand by the right of even snake handlers to believe what they will - the risk is on them - and merely ask for the same in return, and the risk is on me. No hatred, but admittedly some contempt, usually for the ones who hurl their Bibles around with great force and don't heed a single principle that Jesus taught.
I like Talarico and hope that if he doesn't win his election his words get some traction and he helps wrestle his faith away from the Christian Wrong. They are so damn tedious.
The problem with a lot of Christians being, they do not believe in religious freedom for anyone but themselvs and those they agree with. Charlie Kirk said freedom of religion needs to be abolished.
Atheists have never tried to violate my conscience and force me to be an atheist.
Atheists aren't the ones trying to break up same-sex families.
Atheists weren't the ones who used State violence to remove bodily autonomy from women.
Atheists, by and large, aren't the ones trying to further force women into a lesser position in society.
Atheists, by and large, aren't the ones cruelly kidnapping children and executing citizens for speaking out.
That is primarily Christians.
You miss the point of your own scriptures. You call Jesus "Lord" and then you ignore what he said. What he said in your own scriptures was that the Samaritan who showed compassion fulfilled the Law better than the teachers of the Law. What he said was that human need was more important than law. What he did was get angry at the corruption in the Temple.
Your churches are primarily not the heirs of that spirit. They are the heirs of the false prophets of America who preached peace, peace to slavers and who allowed the hangmen of lynch mobs to sit and profane their sanctuaries and defile their pews.
Would that Congress was full of ethical atheists rather than people like you Christians.
I mean, Talarico pretty much explained the Good Samaritan story with his comments and what did the Nationalist Christians do? Call him a false Christian. Him saying that some other religious and non religious people are acting better than some Christians, is exactly the same as the Good Samaritan acted better than the Jewish people who ignored the Jewish man. They can’t stand the lessons in the Bible, they just want the Bible as a weapon.
"Twisting Christian principles"
The hypocrisy, it burns.
Christians have principles? Given their recorded history and current practices, it seems the opposite is true.
Judging by the staggering number of Christian tribes, Jesus is nothing if not flexible.
Since Jeebus is all knowing, all seeing, and all powerful, I think it odd that he has not put in an appearance and set everyone straight. After all, he is gleefully tossing all the Christians worshipping him incorrectly into the lake of fire…
To be fair, it's easy to be flexible when you're a figment on a storybook page.
These people have nothing on Chubby Checker.
Or Rubik.
"Christian principles" is an oxymoron, emphasis on the "moron" part.
"They don't know how how to fight someone like him."
They did bring out the bagpipes by calling him a counterfeit Christian.
They can't target him with their bigotry, so all that's left is the same internecine warfare that tore Europe apart 3 centuries ago.
The men who wrote the Constitution knew their European history and wanted no part of the religious strife that had plagued the old world for centuries.
Feed, clothe and house the poor? The GOP sure as hell doesn't want THAT.
Yet I'll wager some of them still wear little cross lapel pins to signal what good Christians they are.
They think being a good Christian means enforcing conformity and making it against the law to be other than their narrow interpretation of what a person must be. In reality, being a good Christian means being a decent human being who happens to be a Christian.
One cross lapel pin and one ar-15 lapel pin.
Not to mention the American flag they wear while dismantling the Constitution.
Republicans pander to the preachers while viewing human decency as a character flaw and something to be ashamed of.
Right next to their AK pins.
Christians claim that the entire Bible is God's Word to everyone. That gives Christians an excuse to promote pretty much any political, economic or social position imaginable. The Old Testament contains numerous sections authorising social justice, feeding the poor, punishing the selfish rich. It also contains sections authorising genocide, ethnic cleansing, sex slavery and other favourite activities of the Right. So we atheists can't demand that Christians follow Christ by espousing leftish positions, as apparently he himself said he came only to 'fulfil the Law', i.e. be the Messiah, not abolish all those nasty bits. Faith is nonsense, and this latest spat only confirms it.
I've said it many times: the bible endorses both sides of so many issues that it loses any credibility to be a moral guide for ANYTHING.
In the bird-vs-beast war, it's the foolish bat.
The dark-side cave on Dagobah. You only find what you bring with you.
If you bring kindness, you find plenty of kindness in the Bible.
If you bring hate and violence, you can find plenty of that in there too.
[smile] Well put that is! (in my best Yoda-voice!)
And FAR too many of these people have embraced the Dark Side of the Bible.
𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠, 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠, 𝑆𝑖𝑘ℎ, 𝐽𝑒𝑤𝑠, 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑠, 𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡-𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒.
[𝑂]𝑛𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 “𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.”
A slap in the face to SOME Christians as a wakeup call, reminding them of what Jesus (allegedly) actually said? Yes it was. A slap in the face to all Christians like the NSGOP is trying to paint it? Absolutely not. Try telling that to the pastors protesting and getting shot at in Minnesota.
It’s moving day. 1st cup of coffee. I’m leaving my home of nearly 28 years for a pretty nice place. I’m hoping that it works out for me. I love my home.
Some people feel the same thing about their religion. Talarico Sounds like one of those. I think it’s still nonsense, but I can respect it if he doesn’t use it as a club— either to exclude others or to whale on others.
TAlarico had this to say about Jeebus: “He walked into the seat of power and He flipped over the tables of injustice. That was a powerful example of non-violent direct action—protest—and it’s what got Him killed.l” actually, it wasn’t a nonviolent. It’s also not what got him killed if you’re going to believe the Bible story. What him killed was that was God‘s plan for him to get killed.
TAlarico isn’t anti-Christian, he’s anti asshole. And for the most part, so was Jesus. Also of course, every accusation as a confession. “ “They love putting Christians down,” that people like Talarico were “counterfeit Christians,” and that Talarico was trying to “bash Christians, placing all other religions and even atheists above them.”
It was Jesus himself who had something to say about the last shall be first, being as little children, being sheep, being humble. So it isn’t Tallarico that’s placing all other religions and even atheists above Christians, it’s the behavior of the so-called Christians themselves. Personally, I would rather know many of the Muslims and hindus I’ve met than the so-called Christians I keep reading about.
If Talarico is who he appears to be— I trust very few politicians to do that anymore— then he will be a force for good in Texas. The question is, how much good is there in Texas?
"TAlarico isn’t anti-Christian, he’s anti asshole."
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THIS!!!!!
“That was a powerful example of non-violent direct action—protest—and it’s what got Him killed.l” actually, it wasn’t a nonviolent.”
I mean the whipping was pretty violent.
I was going to point that out after my first comment, but you beat me to it. What he did to the money changers was not non-violent by any means.
I will say that it might have had something to do with why he was killed, but in the way that there needs to be a reason for the plot to be believable. The Reason he was killed was for the sacrifice to happen, but the reason he was killed was because he fought the Pharisees, this incident being one of the reasons the Pharisees wanted him dead.
For myself, I think the reason the Pharisees wanted them that was straight out politics. He was the priest king, descended from David through both his mother and his father, and thus a threat to that religious power, the political power, and their money power, which was the real reason for the upset over the incident with the money changers. The story is all there in the gospels, but buried under layers of magic, myths, and miracleS.
I suspect that what Jesus represented to the Pharisees was COMPETITION and worse, competition that knew their scriptures better than they did.
Can't have that. ☠
Quite possibly.
Good luck with the new place. We've been in our house for 20 something years. I know at some point we will have to move. Not for years I hope. But I will miss it.
Thank you for the good wishes. I know exactly what you’re talking about. It was my dream home and I have so much love for it. I’ve been here for almost 28 years.I knew we were going to have to move eventually. That’s what happens when you’re 75. There are a lot of reasons to move now. The new place is more spacious, doesn’t have quite the wonderful views. But I think we’ll be happy there. I actually feel OK about it, which surprises me. But there are a lot of changes in store, and at least we’re doing this while we can. I don’t think I would be able to manage it in five more years. But right now it’s OK
Thanks again.
about 45% judging by 2020.
Allow me to second Maltnothops' wish for an easy and successful move, though "easy" moves are pretty much foreign to me. My gal and I just moved here four months ago, after not quite 16 years at our previous location. The move itself wasn't much fun, and it took a fair while for us to acclimate to the new locale. Things have MOSTLY settled down, though there are still an odd handful of yet-to-be-unpacked boxes, mostly books and such, which still want for attention.
In any case, best wishes.
Thank you for the good wishes. I’ve been here for 28 years. It’s my dream home and a wonderful place to live. But there are a lot of reasons behind moving. And in any case, are you home is more spacious, requires almost no upkeep, and it still has some but not a lot of views. It will be good..
Despite my partner’s belief to the contrary, I have this whole thing organized. The last time I moved, I had dinner for 10 people two weeks after i moved. That’s how organized it was. And I’m trying to stay that organized for this trip as well
Thanks again
Agree with Troublesh00ter, the new golden rule for our time--anti-assholism!
Too many assholes, not enough non-assholes. But the real problem are the people who can’t decide if asshole people are a problem.
I'm not a Christian although I believe in what Christ tried to teach as far as loving thy neighbor and helping the poor and immigrants, at least if you believe the bible is an accurate accounting of a man we can't prove existed. What I love about this guy is how he points out the hypocrisy of these right-wing Christian nationalist types who don't actually follow any of those teachings. Not that they'll ever admit that but, maybe, others who really do want to follow those teachings will wake up to what these people are doing in Jesus name.
So the Republican response to him is not news. Duh. He said Jesus is loving and kind and asks of everyone to be helpful. The Republicans can’t do that, how would they ever feel superior to everyone else. Besides, the elected Republicans are the oligarchs and need Jesus to be hateful so the dumb republican voters keep putting them in office.
But here’s the thing. We are in a situation that requires our representatives to have spines and not play nice with the other side. We need Crockett to do the dirty work of cleaning up shop and getting rid of the corrupt politicians and policies. Biden’s policy to work with the right is what has gotten us here, with very little to show for his presidency. Energizing the left, and waking up the apathetic voter is how we have to move forward, reaching out to the so called moderates, centrists, and right will continue to get us the same fucking shit we keep getting. And it will get worse. Mealy mouthed democrats, bought and paid for by the oligarchy, are killing us all. We need the firebrands with conviction, unwilling to compromise on the important issues, standing up for values. Crockett has shown herself to be strong, so what if the cruel, dishonest, corrupt don’t like her and won’t vote for her, they aren’t the majority.
Crockett is what we need, I’m afraid Talarico is what we will get. Either way is better that any Republican, but until we start electing the firebrands and backbones, we will continue to cycle through the republicans tear everything up, democrats start to rebuild fighting the republicans for every inch, then people getting frustrated with the lack of progress and voting for republicans all over again, who tear more shit up and make a bigger mess, the democrats get voted in and try to fix everything but can’t make enough progress, again and again.
Frankly, we need BOTH Crockett and Talarico, each for their qualities. Would that they could be in different districts, eh?
I agree, both would be ideal, but in this moment Crockett is my first choice.
I DO like Crockett. She is a firebrand and more: an informed and intelligent firebrand. Any Republican facing her had better have their facts straight, because SHE WILL.
I came here to say similar. I like Talarico, but Crockett is one hell of a fighter and I think we need that more.
They are running for Senate. Maybe one wins this year and the other one prevails whenver Cruz is up again.
ETA: Everyone else beat me to it.
Agree with both of you. Val, Crockett meshes with my politics but there is just no way she can win, after all we have the experience of Beto to draw on. There are just too many mouth-breathers in the state. After all if a corrupt AG Paxton couldn't be dealt with appropriately...and of course he is running for senate this year. It's like a fucking horror movie where the monster keeps coming back.
They are running for the senate.
Can't we get Ted Cruz thrown out so one of them can run for his seat?
Edit: Sorry, I should have written Fled Cruz.
No. He was up for re-election in the hellscape of 2020. Allred lost to him. We're stuck with him for 5 more years, unless the pump in his chest fails.
Let us pray...
Tots and pears!😆
OOPS! My bad! 😝
That's almost certainly by design.
𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒.
Why do they think Crockett is less electable? Because they know their base. They want a bigoted white man to run against black woman instead of an unbigoted white man.
It worked so well in 2020. So of course they want to try it again.
unfortunately Joe I think you are right. I have many Texans in the family. They spend way too much time in their cars to pay attention to the "fake" (real) news.
I'm going to Texass and opening up a bagpipe shop. I'll be rich!
Bagpipes only, kilts are frowned upon in Texas. : )
Sorry for the repeat thought. Your comment didn't appear until AFTER I posted mine.
I do have to give Talarico props for being a straight, white religious man that WCN have to twist themselves into a pretzel to cast dispersions on. I still prefer Jasmine Crockett’s brand of fire though.
If I voted in Texas it would be for her.
They cannot defend their own actions so they twist Talarico's words to make it seem like he's attacking Christians when all he's doing is attacking those VERY SAME hypocritical Christians who are attacking HIM.
Classic DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender roles. This is Psychological Abuse 101.