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By: Senator Jim DeMint (Diary) | July 27th, 2012 at 11:17 AM |

RESIZE: AAA

Rumors of the Tea Party’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, as Mark Twain might say.

Following massive victories across the country, which netted 63 House pickups and seven new Republican senators last cycle, this year alone, the Tea Party has won important primary contests with conservative candidates in Indiana and Nebraska.

But the biggest prize is Texas.

A state of 25 million people with 20 media markets that each possess at least one daily newspaper and one local TV station, if the Tea Party can rise up and defeat an establishment, ultra-wealthy candidate in the largest red state in the country, it will change politics in America.

By now, you know about Ted Cruz.

He was described by George Will thusly: “as good as it gets.” Like then-candidate Marco Rubio, he graced the cover of National Review.

He’s been endorsed in near unanimous fashion by the greatest collection of conservative leaders from across the country of any candidate at any level – Palin, Hannity, Levin, Beck, Ron and Rand Paul, Lee, Toomey, Coburn, Santorum. The list goes on.

What you may not know, is that Cruz is facing an onslaught that may defeat him unless we all stand up in the final days of the July 31 primary runoff.

Among the shameful attacks that establishment moderate Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has hurled at Ted: Chinese sympathizer (“Red Ted”), child endangering lawyer, DC insider, amnesty supporter and trial lawyer. They are all false.

In fact, if these attacks were true, I would not be enthusiastically supporting him. Neither would Palin, Levin, Hannity, etc.

The Senate Conservatives Fund, which I support, has raised significant resources for Ted’s campaign, provided grassroots support among its Texas members and even bought TV and radio advertisements. Other groups like the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks have stepped up as well, providing critical air and ground support.

Every penny has been needed to counter the vicious personal attacks on Ted. To date, Dewhurst has spent over $11 million of his own money in almost exclusively negative fashion – attempting to destroy the reputation of Ted Cruz.

We have seen this movie before.

They did it to Pat Toomey, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul. The list goes on.

But Ted’s campaign has been remarkable.

He has remained relentlessly focused, disciplined and energized. It gives me great hope about the future of conservatism, the future of the Republican Party, and most importantly the future of America.

David Dewhurst may be a fine person. But he is not running an honorable campaign.

In Ted Cruz, we have a candidate we can enthusiastically support. He needs us now, more than ever.

The election is this Tuesday, July 31. I am doing my part. Every conservative needs to do theirs. America is worth fighting for.

Tags: Jim DeMint, Senate Conservatives Fund, Ted Cruz, Texas

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Repair_Man_Jack

Dewhurst strikes me as an egoistic consequentialist who has gone too far. He literaly doesn’t care what sort of slime he unleashes in order to get his Senate Seat. The ends justify the means to him and the means keep getting worse. He seems like someone who would sell the GOP out in a heartbeat if it enhanced his power. He has Jim Jefords and Lincoln Chaffee written all over him. Like SC electing Lindsay Graham, having him represent TX in the US Senate is a victory for American Progressivism.

kipling

If he wins the Senate seat, he will have burned down half the state to get it. If he loses, then the bully who forced almost all the Republicans in the Texas Senate to support him, will be shown for what he is and what he is willing to do to advance his own career.

His slime has made him toxic to many people in Texas.

http://wingright.org bnuckols

the Senators all got together in a block to support him?

http://www.10th-amendment.org tjscott

There has been so much arm twisting that the Republicans in the Texas Senate will not be bowling or pitching a baseball for years to come.

When the next TEC (Texas Ethics Commission) reports come out we will see how much money was put into these Senators coffers.

How many years did Blago get for trying to sell Obama’s senate seat, I wonder what a Texas Committee Chairmanship goes for, is it a steal at just an endorsment?

The same Senators that voted Dewhurst as one of the worse legislature after the last session changed their minds real quick didn’t they Beverly?

http://wingright.org bnuckols

Do you seriously believe Burka? You would need to give him a lot ofbcredit enough to believe 18 Senators, including Jane Nelson and Several who are retiring, wete forced into endorsing Dewhurst.

But if you do, then you should know that Burka only claims one in-named Senator told him that Dewhurst is the worst legislator.

Wouldn’t that Senator now be terrified Burka would reveal his identity?

GreyCloak

Wife and I cast our Early Voting ballots for Ted Cruz.

For all y’all that haven’t yet bothered to vote, your last chance is Tuesday. THIS year, whoever wins the Republican Primary is likely to be our next Senator. If you’ve waited too long, please look up your local Precinct, and vote there.

I’ve not seen a single ad from David Dewhurst saying why he might be GOOD for Texas, but I’ve seen plenty of lies and targeted/slanted truths about Ted Cruz (who did his job, and represented clients to the best of his abilities).

In my mind, career politicians need to be eliminated from the system.

http://wingright.org bnuckols

I’m disappointed that Senator Demint decided to oppose Lt. Governor Dewhurst. I posted a long list of our accomplishments under Dewhurst’s leadership, yesterday (and repeatedly at WingRight.org.).

It’s shocking to read his statement that David Dewhurst is “an establishment, ultra-wealthy candidate” as though that’s a bad thing! Texas is proud of our established Conservative record of no income taxes, controlled spending and State debt, as well as our pro-life, pro-family and pro-business environment. We successfully passed Tort Reform, Defense of Marriage, and more prolife bills than other States, including last year’s sonogram bill and defunding of abortionists, including Planned Parenthood (and we did it so that Courts couldn’t rescind it as they did the Federal law a few years ago.)

But to criticize a man for being “ultra-wealthy?” How is that “Tea Party” much less Republican?

The fact is that this is exactly the sort of low political campaign we’ve seen from the Senate Conservatives and Cruz since last Summer. They could have talked about Ted’s qualifications, but instead, they’ve campaigned against both the man, David Dewhurst, and our State Republicans, including Governor Perry and our very Conservative Senate Republican Caucus.

gekster

http://www.redstate.com/irish067/2012/07/27/joann-fleming-slams-patrick-over-dewhurst-endorsement/

It is at or near the top of the members diary list.
I await your response to someone who has seen Dewhurst in action.

http://wingright.org bnuckols

to have “seen Dewhurst in action?”

gekster

What do you have to say as to what JoAnn Fleming said.

http://wingright.org bnuckols

I posted yesterday.

Why is Ms. Fleming’s note given more weight than mine? I was one of the ones who chased the Senate Dems to New Mexico in 2003, and had watched the new Lt. Governor continue to champion the very Bills they opposed, even after the House Dems had pulled a similar two day stunt, which ended up killing some of our hard work in the Regular Session.

I’ve watched Dewhurst get Bills passed in a sometimes contentious partisan Senate without the “scrubbing,” “chubbing” and endless bickering over procedure and rules that the Dems engage in in the House.

I’ve seen the Lt. Governor at pro-life rally after rally after gathering over the years, and at least one Tea Party rally at the Capitol. (I tend to go to the ones in my home town and in San Antonio.)He’s spoken in our County many times, at various meetings. He’s always sponsored a reception at the Texas Federation of Republican Women’s Biennial Conventions and a luncheon for our awards at the State GOP Convention, every two years. He gives out yellow roses to all the women, btw.

I also watched him during his tenure as Acting Governor during Perry’s run for President, even when it hurt his own ability to campaign for Senator.
gekster

Does the truth hurt that much.
I was asking for a response as to what the diarist posted, not more Dewhurst bull.
Address the diary, not your talking points.
(I will assume I will here nothing but crickets here, but I may just be suprised)
gekster

I see it was too hard to confront acual facts
that are not favorable to Dewhurst.

(it would still be nice to be suprised by a response to my actual question)
http://wingright.org bnuckols

rather than bring in another. This is what I objected to in the first place: there’s no need to pit individuals against individuals. Ms Fleming isn’t here to answer, but Senator DeMint, in this diary and in the SuperPAC ads to which he refers, has made accusations against our Texas Republican “establishment” and even “ultra-wealthy” candidates that I’d like to see him explain.
gekster

first post:
bnuckols, I refer you to this diary posted today.
gekster (Diary) Friday, July 27th at 11:43AM EDT (link)

http://www.redstate.com/irish067/2012/07/27/joann-fleming-slams-patrick-over-dewhurst-endorsement/

It is at or near the top of the members diary list.
I await your response to someone who has seen Dewhurst in action.

second:
what about the rest of the diary?
gekster (Diary) Friday, July 27th at 12:07PM EDT (link)

What do you have to say as to what JoAnn Fleming said.
___________________________________
That is the what I am asking you about, a specific diary on Dewhurst.
Not about promoting Cruz or Dewhurst. but a response to what
Miss Fleming said about Dewhurst.
Nothing more, nuthing less.

I will post ‘here’ to continue this thread in the relevant diary.
http://wingright.org bnuckols

your opinion about this post and/or my response to the Senator. Why bring in another person/personal confrontation?
http://www.10th-amendment.org tjscott

You are trying to make him look like a grassroots supporter and he AIN”T.

Why do you think that 90% of the State Republican Delegates at our convention were pro Crews if Dewhurst is so grassroots were all of the Delegates in Ft Worth those DC insiders I keep hearing about?

I was at at least 10 grassroot forums/debates and Dewhurst was not at a one of them. Glenn Addison was there, Ted Cruz was there, Lela Pittenger was there, Tom Leppert was there, heck Dan Patrick was even at one of them and EAJ was at one also but NO DAVID DEWHURST.

I can not understand why you are trying to rewrite history.
http://wingright.org bnuckols

Cruz and Evan Smith smirked about Dewhurst skipping an Austin women’s forum during the TT interview, but didn’t bother to note that Dewhurst was Acting Governor, heading up the crisi management while Perry was out of State.
cbartlett

One of the most interesting things Ted mentioned in his speech was how thankful he was that the Texas Legislature “gave him a gift”. We have all been lamenting about how the re-districting battle screwed with our primary and, consequently, the runoff dates. It meant that Texas had very little say-so in the presidential primary – everything was already decided before May. But the truth is that extra time has been a wonderful opportunity for Cruz to get the message out and garner nation-wide support. It also gave us time to see the “real” Dewhurst – in action. My husband, three kids and two spouses put in 7 votes for Ted this week. Go Ted!

APA Guy

You’re welcome
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

with nothing to support your claim. “Low political campaign” from the Senate Conservatives and Cruz? Really?

The Senate Conservatives Fund has a proven record of supporting winners like those Senator DeMint names in his diary. For you to insult one of the most vocal supporters of conservatism we have is beyond despicable. Apparently the only thing you’re accomplishing here is getting commenters to send more donations to Cruz and the SCF.

http://wingright.org bnuckols

and today’s criticism about “ultra-wealthy” Dewhurst is more of the same. Again, what is conservative about knocking a man who only ran for office in his mid-fifties, after building a business from scratch?

I donated to Senator DeMint’s PAC in 2010, so I generally agreed with him in the past. As I said, I’ve been disappointed that this campaign has been against David Dewhurst and spread to opposition to our Republican leaders in Texas. Rather than agreeing to disagree on the best candidate, the entire Republican Party “establishment” is being called less than Conservative and those who choose to back Dewhurst are being attacked individually.

This was my complaint to Mr. Cruz last November, when I was still a supporter: his ads against Lt. Governor Dewhurst were already being used against Governor Perry in his campaign for President. As shown by another poster, now Senator Dan Patrick, although “the founder and leader of the Texas Tea Party Caucus in the Senate,” is the target of “the Tea Party Caucus Advisory Committee,” along with another 17 of our 19 Republican Senators.

APA Guy

I have saved cash for just this sort of fight within the party primaries…and the Lugar people didn’t begin this garbage nearly early enough to drain my resources. If you want, we can play “You post slime, I donate money” as long as you want.

Post again…call my bluff…

earlgrey

doing in IN? Last I heard it was tight.

My mom was driving to her hometown in southern IN and she saw a large piece of farm machinery on the side of the road and it was painted to say “Obama’s Wealth Spreader”. She told me this device is used for spreading manure.
APA Guy

…and something close to 30% of those polled were “undecided”.

RIGGGHHHHHT…

If it was all that close, there would be bi-weekly polls like there are in most other senate races. Even the hacks at the NYT believe this will likely be a Mourdoch seat:

Both the nonpartisan Cook Political Report and Rothenberg Political Report rate it as leaning Republican. With millions flowing from groups like Crossroads, it will be difficult for Democrats to keep pace when they are defending so many seats. Democrats are likely to make defending incumbents, like Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana, a higher priority than snatching away a Republican seat in a Republican state.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/new-ads-in-indiana-frame-a-stirring-senate-race/

If Dems had ANY chance in this race, they would be pouring money into it. My people here within both campaigns tell me Dems are already writing it off…and that once Mourdoch begins flooding the airwaves with Donnelly’s support of the Obama stimulus and Obamacare, any representative polling statewide will reflect a huge Mourdoch lead.
earlgrey

I like to know where it is most needed. I’ll contribute to SCF in general as well as tight races, but may not steer money directly to Mourdock. As though my piiddling amount would matter, but still.. .

I heard Mourdock had a good ad out on either radio or Tv. My mom felt a little better about him, but is convinced that he’ll lose. I’ll keep your information to myself. She’ll vote Mourdock regardless.
kipling

&
http://wingright.org bnuckols

I’ve donated and voted.
APA Guy

…as though I needed it.

My Tea Party brother, who lives out of state but not in TX, just matched my latest hundred when I showed him some of your reprehensible posts.

Keep running your mouth and shilling for Dewhurst…it’s working…for conservatives.
audax

….Cruz for Senate.

streiff

of sympathizing with child molesters?

Just curious.

http://wingright.org bnuckols

they don’t say that he “sympathizes” with anyone. Cruz did take on the case suing Traveler’s to pay for court costs and civil judgment in the Cash for Kids scandal – and the transcript of the trial is clear that he defended Mericle by saying the kids weren’t victims of the builder. ( http://www.scribd.com/doc/99513725/Mericle-Appeal-Argument-Transcript page 5)
streiff

are you saying a lawyer should throw a case because he may not like either his client or the arguments he is making?
http://wingright.org bnuckols

Texas Senate probably would be wise not to argue a case that might require him to say “it wasn’t the kids.” when the very money he’s trying to get Traveler’s to pay would have gone to the kids.
streiff

I’m sure the Texas Bar Association would have fun with that nonsense but while deal with reality when you live in a world where Dewhurst is a conservative.
http://wingright.org bnuckols

Who was to get DOMA, Women’s Right to Know, Prenatal Protection Act through the same year the Dems ran away to NM. He has since gotten DOMA and Tort Reform (one reason our TBA doesn’t like him) in our Constitution, There’s Voter ID and Loser pays this year, too.
tnfriendofcoal101368

Your zeal to get Dewhurst out of Austin but foisting him on the rest of us is bad form just vote him out of the Lt Governor’s chair. Demotion by promotion never works in the end. I wouldn’t want to put poor David Dewhurst through the agony of having to work with people like Jim DeMint (called a carpetbagging hatemonger by your buddy Joe Hyde).
http://wingright.org bnuckols

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2012/07/cruz-mailer-depicts-pennsylvania-jail-builder-as-helpmate-to-prosecutors-dewhurst-aide-calls-that-phony-description.html/
APA Guy

Oh, and another donation made to Ted Cruz’s campaign…you’re welcome.
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

of a young man after his release from one of this PA jails is despicable. Cruz’ involvement was in the civil matter long after this young man died. Dewhurst exploits the mother, and he should be ashamed. Cruz had nothing to do with the criminal case, yet the ad implies Cruz had something to do with the suicide. It is a damnable lie.
http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

as Dewhursts. It is really really sickening.
tnfriendofcoal101368

exactly how low down the following is…the way Dewhurst and his number one candibot, Joe Hyde have conducted this campaign reminds me of Jake Butcher. For those of you who don’t know Butcher imagine Blagojevich’s professional ethics with John Edwards’ personal ethics and then dig.
emptybucket

Butcher! ewwwwwwwwwww
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

Dirty politics at its worst, and this one is no better.

rickperryreport

Dr. Nuckols–

I feel like we’re the only voice of reason on this site.

What has happened is that Cruz chose to run to the right of Dewhurst and the Texas Legislature. How does one run to the right of the already right TxLeg without being deceitful?

I have been called every name in the book in this site, by my real name I might add… which I chose to use. The Cruz supporters’ name calling is telling of the kind of crowd that surrounds the candidate.

How does “Doucbebag”, “wife beater”, “full of bovine excrement”, juvenile, you name it, sound coming from Jim Demint’s carpetbagger crowd here?. It’s conduct unbecoming of any conservative campaign.

And please don’t forget that it was a Cruz activist (and Tea Party leader) who referred to wounded vet Dan Moran by calling him a “deformed veteran.” Why? Because he endorsed Dewhurst.

I am as red-blooded a conservative as you can get. But when Jim Demint, Freedomworks or any of the other hateful groups come calling my home phone asking for money, I’ll tell them where to stick it. I am sure a lot of my friends feel the same way. They have broken the conservative movement in Texas and alienated about half of us.

That’s what you get when you have to use deceit, shouting, and name-calling to build strawman arguments against the most conservative state legislature in America.

If you vote for Cruz, beware of the rude crowd surrounding you. You want to be a part of that? I sure don’t.

westcoastpatriette

If we’re so beneath you, why don’t you leave?
APA Guy

How about voices for CONSERVATISM? Try that hat on for size…then talk to us again about “reason”.
streiff

liberal Republicans
tnfriendofcoal101368

after being told to leave on multiple occasions is what I call a stalker.
tnfriendofcoal101368

of payola without a shred of evidence. You are the one who called Cruz pro gay/pro pot because of a campaign contributor. You are the one who drug the discourse to that level. Voice of reason, I think not. Now, calling Jim DeMint who has done more in the last 10 minutes for conservatives than you have in the last 10 years hateful.
aesthete
acat

(nothing further)
runner12

Wow, just wow. No conservative in their senses would say what you just said. Frankly your attack on respected Conservatives would make me want to vote against whoever you are supporting. Whether it be Dewhurst or someone else.

Do you realize how unprincipled those attacks are? Do you see anyone on this site berating and calling Gov. Perry names because he endorsed Dewhurst over Cruz? Absolutely not. We choose to politely disagree with him, but will never call him “hateful” or tell him “where to stick it.”

Unbelievable.
http://www.erickerickson.org Erick Erickson

Because I’m about ready to turn your account off again.
westcoastpatriette

The rest of us are having a hard time dealing with his disrespectful tirades. We’ll back you up 100%.
PowerToThePeople

I tiptoe across the line a time or two a week and have to get reeled back in, but this asshat jumped over, turned around, and kicked crap all over the line.

You have more patience than me. If I owned or ran the site and had access to the info you do, once the bought insult was thrown, he and I would have had major issues in person. Insult me all you want, lie about me and challenge my integrity, and this old viper would and will strike.

But your site, your patience, your rules. Gotta respect that!
rickperryreport

Turn it up. Make me a diary!

joe
gekster

You feel better now.
westcoastpatriette

Oh, no, now he wants to elaborate in a diary. Please, spare us.
gekster

You would be able to look yourself in the mirror and not have to look down.
gekster

activism, and promote the most conservative candidates that we can possibly get.
If Dewhurst was the conservative you claim, at least one or more moderators, front pagers, or long time members would have seen that, and some support would have come up by now.
The only ones who are promoting Dewhurst is you and Bubba Louee.
Since you are promoting a moderate to liberal self promoteing polotician, a diary by you would not fit, be consistant, or help achieve the goals of this site.

Have I been clear enough for you.
I hope I have.
Bill S

…as to why we haven’t approved a diary for you. Hint: it involves the site mission.
garfieldjl

I seriuosly doubt Cruz would have said something like that, it would be political suicide for starters…
Chris Hansen

“I am as red-blooded a conservative as you can get. But when Jim Demint, Freedomworks or any of the other hateful groups come calling my home phone asking for money, I?ll tell them where to stick it. I am sure a lot of my friends feel the same way. They have broken the conservative movement in Texas and alienated about half of us. ”

Uhm no. I am in Austin, TX. (Round Rock actually). I am involved in the conservative movement, the tea party, 9-12 group, and the Wilco Republican Party. I can tell you with absolute certainty that the only “conservatives” that are alienated are the insiders that have something to lose if Cruz wins. Go pedal your bull somewhere else.

ALSO! I got paid today. More money for Ted Cruz AND…
Got my early voting in. My wife and I and our daughter who turned 18 on July 8th just voted for Ted Cruz.
gekster

Elaborate as to what you posted, and try to be coherent this time.
Chris Hansen

was that your confusion?
gekster

Mybad.
We have had enough nuts lately, an easy mistake.
Again, sorry, mybad.
Chris Hansen

I don’t comment much, but that pissed me off.
gekster

But don’t be so easily pissed, your posting history doesn’t show that.
tnfriendofcoal101368

Ticked him off by calling Senator DeMint a hatemonger. In which case, I agree with him.
rickperryreport

That’s a good resume. I’m glad you’re active.

I served for 14 years active duty as a combat bomber pilot fighting communists and jihadists. The other six year I spent training the next generation to do the same. I’ve been a serial entrepreneur since. I founded DelRio.com in Del Rio in 1996, sold it in 2004. Started a magazine for west Texas in 2006 and sold it in 2008. In the interim, I’ve held positions at The Dallas Morning News (product development, primarily integration of the Yahoo! products of the newspaper consortium), Salem Web Network (Crosswalk, Townhall, etc), and Verizon Business. I haven’t had much time to be involved in anything besides Rotary. I am the other 50% (or 60 or 70%) of conservatives you don’t recognize because we don’t attend Tea Party meetings. Don’t have time.

While activism may be the cause, good activists should understand the marketing of their ideas. This in-your-face “I’m a better Tea Party member than you” crap turns off everyone, especially the people with real money.

For example, last night I had dinner with the owner of a large car dealership in the San Antonio area. He’s an avid follower of conservative politics and puts his money where his mouth is. Out of the blue, he says, “You’re not supporting that Ted Cruz for senate are you?” He had a laundry list of complaints about Cruz, which are very similar to mine.

I know it’s anecdotal, but outside the rubber rooms of the Texas Tea Party orgs, I don’t think Cruz is not very well supported or liked. I don’t know how that will translate in the polls since turnout will probably be sub-1 million for the runoff. Cruz has a very good chance.

The takeaway from this, I hope, is that many folks understand that Dewhurst is not a Crist or a Lugar. He’s well-respected as a conservative leader. Cruz chose to run to the right of Dewhurst, and from my perspective, and the perspective of many others in my circles, there isn’t a lot of room to the right of Dewhurst and his Texas legislative record.

Joe
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

around here seems to be you, but you may be right about us offending the people with real money a/k/a moderates, or in the case of this race, the Austin establishment. Those folks tend not to like conservatives and would prefer we shut up and go away which ain’t gonna happen.

The good news is our money is just as good as theirs, and we’ve given a lot of it to Cruz, not to mention the endorsements he’s gotten from 200 Texas Republican women leaders.

To date, the campaign has received donations from 29,742 unique individuals and has received donations from 987 Texas cities and 235 Texas counties. Cruz has more donors in the greater Houston area alone than David Dewhurst has statewide.

The campaign?s average contribution size is $156.84?less than one-tenth of Dewhurst?s contribution size?and donations under $100 total 37,220. Overall, Cruz has received 51,942 total donations.

From Cruz2012.
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

He’s has the endorsement of Young Conservatives of Texas, a group Dewcrist apparently thinks he can ignore.

From YCT:

Austin, TX ? Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) today filed an open records request with the Office of the Lt. Governor requesting that the office turnover all speeches that have been deleted, or ?archived? by the Lt. Governor?s legislative office since he has declared his candidacy for the United States Senate in addition to any communications between the Lt. Governor?s office and the Secretary of the Senate ordering those deletions to be made. The request was in response to news which broke Wednesday that the Lt. Governor?s office had deleted a controversial speech delivered by the Lt. Governor from his state website.

…

?We have known throughout this campaign that the Lt. Governor is running away from his record,? said Jeff Morris, YCT State Chairman. ?But it is appalling that Mr. Dewhurst would try to delete the past in his effort to pull the wool over Texas voters? eyes. If he expects to be our next Senator, Mr. Dewhurst should stand-by his moderate record and apologize for it, not try to hide from it, or deceive voters about it. We have filed our open records request so that Texas voters can know the full truth about David Dewhurst?s record.?
http://wingright.org bnuckols

In the primary. Went for EAJones, instead. Now that Donna is in the runoff, it’s hard to forget how much they could have helped her.
rickperryreport

When you’re a “movement” so to speak, it’s always a good idea to be recruiting new members rather than screaming at them and calling them names.

What the Cruz campaign in Texas and by association the tea party is texas has done is call everyone names who doesn’t agree with Cruz’s (and Demint’s and Armey’s) narrative. And because Cruz’s strategy is to run right of the already conservative Tx legislature, it’s alienating a lot of people. And money.

So good luck with the movement.
gekster

But that’s ok, we don’t mind.
rickperryreport

we’re the only two individuals (Joe Hyde (me) and Beverly Nuckols (bnuckols)) brave enough to face the violent hordes of the lewd cruz crew and tell the truth about Dewhurst.

I think the other side of this race should be explained. Dewhurst isn’t Orrin Hatch, Dick Lugar, Charlie Crist, etc. Dewhurst is the real deal with a CV in real governance, passing real legislation that is very conservative. Ask Dan Patrick, the former flame-throwing tea party founder and Houston radio show host. He ran for Texas Senate and won. When you start having to make decisions as a legislator, you lose your tea party virginity. David Jennings explains Dan Patrick’s first time, with the Rainy Day Fund in Texas:

Heh, you gotta love it when someone gets a taste of their own medicine! For years, Dan Patrick sat behind the microphone of KSEV in Houston and blasted every politician in sight. No matter what they did, they were wrong and Dannie let them know it. His rhetoric was only exceeded by his hypocrisy, leading people down one path while he took another.

One of the classic Dannie tales is about the so-called Rainy Day fund.

So I guess now that Dan Patrick has a legislative record, he’s a RINO. Right? If he has an account here, ban him! He’s no longer pure.
rickperryreport

here’s the link to David Jenning’s blog post on Big Jolly (Houston):

Dannie Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine
tnfriendofcoal101368

It calls Dan Patrick out for throwing tea parties in Houston on his radio show while is his favorite exhibit in the Austin zoo is the “David Dewhurst RINO Exhibit”. Basically, the guy says Patrick preached conservative principals until he went to Austin and basically attached his lips to Dewhurst’s butt. All of this we knew; it’s great that you recognize it.
rickperryreport

The article says that Patrick learned that governing is a whole lot more complicated that bomb throwing.

If you think Cruz would be “pure” after 10 years in the Texas legislature, or 6 years in the senate, you’re dreaming.

My additional point is the cruz crew cannot define what is, and is not, pure anyway, so why does it matter?
tnfriendofcoal101368

If he had any and his “support” of Dewhurst is an attempt to cover that up. Jim DeMint has managed to be in government for a decade with his principals I see you have trouble with reading comprehension as well as debate.
rickperryreport

The article doesn’t make a moral judgement like “he sold out his principles.” It points out how Dan Patrick changed his tune as soon as he became accountable for governing instead of bomb-throwing from the outside.

Maybe YOU should take APA guy’s “intro to business” course. haha. Well at least take grammar. It’s “principles“. A “principal” is a person in charge of a school. Gig ‘em.

All I know about Demint today is that he ought to keep his South Carolina self out of our business in Texas. I don’t think a senator from SC should decide who is the next senator from Texas.

Add that as another reason I’m supporting Dewhurst. I want a senator beholden to Texans, not Jim Demint and his power structure.
tnfriendofcoal101368

I just don’t know how I will go on. Did you gig me? I don’t feel gigged nor do I have to dream up imaginary dinner dates to try to make a point. However since you can’t read, the article does indeed say Patrick went to Austin and under Dewhurst’s leadership voted like a Dewhurst RINO. Oh and we all know why you keep being asked by your employers to move on.
rickperryreport

Your overly pompous writing style got the best of you.

Don’t ever correct an Aggie unless you’re right. I’ll eat you for dinner.

Now move along. I have to go report to my boss, whoever that is…
aesthete

Common internet etiquette establishes that you don’t correct a trivial spelling or grammar mistake on the internet unless there is a serious comprehension issue, a useful point to raise in doing so, or if it is being done humorously or in the spirit of friendly ribbing. It is very bad form to do so to “prove” your own superiority or the superiority of your own argument. (Arguably this is also true in real life.)

In the spirit of correction, however, it’s worth noting that you’ve missed a few commas, in your zeal to correct the King’s English of another. You also used “whoever” incorrectly: “whoever” is only used in reference to the subject. “Whomever” is the correct usage when you are referring to the object of a sentence. Furthermore, the following two sentences in your penultimate paragraph are highly improper, as you refer to an abstract “Aggie” in the first sentence, and abruptly refer to yourself in the next sentence. While I find unnecessary and mean-spirited correction of spelling and grammar antisocial behavior in any context, a man who makes so many errors in the space of a few sentences should be particularly judicious about employing such a petty rhetorical device.
Bill S

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APA Guy

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tnfriendofcoal101368

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APA Guy

…especially when he is a shill for a disgusting, bottom-feeding scum like David Dewhurst. How do I know this about David Dewhurst? Quite simply, I have watched him (and his surrogates) spew the most hateful, vile sewage in the history of electoral politics I have ever witnessed during my lifetime.

If Dewhurst was running this sort of campaign here in Indiana, the people here would have already run him out of the election. Just ask Dick Lugar, who went severely negative late and was trounced…just like Dewhurst is going to get trounced.

Now, YOU move along, little Aggie…enjoy your brief stay here at the RedState hotel.
PowerToThePeople

nt
APA Guy

…and what a complete turd this guy turned out to be. How appropriate that he shilled on this site for one with similar character running for that TX seat.

I am a proud Hoosier, PTTP. I wanted Lugar to lose badly. I now want Ted Cruz to win a thousand times more after witnessing the sort of campaign he has run and the scourge he has pimping him on our site and beyond. I sincerely hope the GOP voters in TX are witnessing what Dewhurst and his people stand for when they pull the lever.
Vegas_Rick

In other words, when push came to shove, he was just another RINO in conservative disguise. Or, more plainly, he lost his huevos.
kipling

If you send me an email endorsing Dewhurst that falsely and maliciously attacks Cruz as a supporter of child abuse, then do not ever contact me for a financial donation.

On a similar note, are you currently using my previous donations to financial your slander of Cruz? I thought my donation went to support law enforcement and their families, not for a political hit job. I will be requesting my contributions returned.

CLEAT, since I have received your email slandering Cruz and showing a lack of honor, I expect a retraction or your organization will become a pariah to me and most Texans.
paladin1

the majority of Texas law enforcement officers. I am one and would never belong to that union organizing, underhanded organization.

I have early-voted for Cruz and have dragged others with me to the polls to do the same.

Dewhurst is the consummate gameplayer here in the Texas Senate, privately twisting arms in support of things like state income tax and increasing wasteful school funding at the behest of the teachers’ lobbies, all the while declaring publicly how he helped defeat them after he failed to get them passed.
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

A few years ago, my husband and I visited The Alamo with some friends, among whom was a lifelong Texan. If you haven’t been there, at the entrance is a list of the names of those who fought and where they were from. I noted that a good number, if not the majority, were from Tennessee, the Volunteer state. I also knew from Tennessee history that Sam Houston and Davy Crockett, both Tennesseans before Texans, played no small role in settling Texas.

Anyway, at some point, our friend was talking about Texas ad nauseum (please Texas friends, don’t get me wrong – I love Texas). I finally told her, with a smile on my face, that if it hadn’t been for Tennessee, there wouldn’t have been a Texas. And yes, we’re still close friends.

The point is, as a fellow Tennessean, I’ve got your back. Also, I’m certainly not worried about an Aggie taking on a Volunteer.
tnfriendofcoal101368

so I just stopped arguing with Joe Hyde and his frog gigging plus Aesthete took him down so completely, I had nothing left to say.
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

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gekster

And your shilling for Dewhurst will at last end.
rickperryreport

well whoever wins, at least we’ll be friends again wed night. Although, according to the lewd cruz crowd, they want me to vote for the democrat. haha.
gekster

Somehow dilisional seams to fit you.
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

He refuses to say if he’d back Cruz in the general, while Cruz says he will back Dewhurst. I suppose Dave’s ego is just too big to set aside for the good of Texas, the GOP and the country.

From thehill:

The race has gotten nasty in its final days, and there is no love lost between the candidates. Dewhurst refused to say if he?d back Cruz in the general election if he won (the winner is a lock for the seat in the conservative state).

While Cruz said he?d back Dewhurst if he won he ripped him for engaging in ?nasty personal character attacks? rather than focusing on the issues and compared his tactics to President Obama?s, the ultimate insult in a GOP primary.
PowerToThePeople

would want your ignorant ass in their group, the Tea Party is the fastest growing political group in the country, And Cruz is doing much better than the jock strap you support in the money area.

And are you sitting there with a straight face while you try to pander the BS that Cruz is the name caller and that it is the Cruz supporters doing all the name calling when 99% of what Dewhurst and his supporters is lying and name calling?

Considering that the advice you give and the one here gives comes from two liars, you will have to forgive us if we pay it no attention.
rickperryreport

Consider the response to me from posters on RedState who support Cruz. I have been called every name in the book on this site. I have yet to read a polite reply from anyone here who supports Cruz. My case is closed.
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

I’ve posted a vehement defense of Cruz, but I’ve crossed no line and called you no names. I will also note that I’ve never been banned.
westcoastpatriette

to recover from my uncharacteristic outburst at you yesterday and I woke up this morning feeling refreshed and ready for another day.

When I saw that you were still here posting, I even considered if I should apologize to you as I really do not like when discussions become so vitriolic and insults begin to fly.

Then I read this post and nearly threw up again and have to bite my tongue to keep from repeating what I said to you yesterday.

Cannot believe you are allowed to continue posting here. As far as I can tell, you are the epitome of the RINOs we so despise here at RedState and if you think you are making positive progress by coming here and making demoralizing comments about the Tea Party and other highly beloved conservatives, you are grossly mistaken. You are acting even more disgustingly arrogant today than you were yesterday.
rickperryreport

So what does Psalm 131:1-3 say about your intemperate posting style?

And additionally, does supporting a Lt Gov of Texas who ushered through tort reform, balanced budgets, voter ID, and banned Planned Parenthood mean I’m a RINO?

I don’t think you get the point. Dewhurst isn’t a Charlie Crist or a Dick Lugar. He is a conservative leader and Republican who has done all three above. The Cruz narrative and the Demint PAC narratives are incorrect and hyperbolic.
Melody Warbington (rwm52)

your “screw the tea party” rant? Or to Dewcrist’s false accusations against Ted Cruz? Or your comments to/about Senator DeMint? Or your false accusation against the tea party activist’s comment about the veteran? Or any number of things you’ve posted here?

How about you get that big beam out of your own eye?
rickperryreport

I don’t quote scripture in my sig. I drink beer too. I’m going to hell.
civil truth

…consistent with your attitude and behavior here at RedState to date.

So let it be written, so let it be done.
curtmilr

Reagan’s 11th Commandment so horrifically, that he has undermined any pretense that he actually IS a conservative Republican.
As a fourth generation Texan, I have supported Dewhurst in the past, but never felt he was suited for this race at this time in history. We need a true fighter, not a deal maker. He has a decent record for his office, but didn’t do as much as he could have. That’s OBVIOUS! I hope to see him primaried, and defeated if he seeks reelection!
Cruz has made Dewhurst look silly in debate, thus DD has tried to avoid them, and has run the most vicious, negative, and false campaign I recall. But the DD record is NOT as conservative as his supporters claim. Yes, the State is conservative. But DD is only as conservative as he HAS to be, not on principle, like Ted Cruz! Granted, Cruz does not yet have a legislative record, but his record as SG is pretty darned good.
Unlike DD, I WILL support the winner happily come November 6, but I hope I’m voting for Cruz again on that day.
PowerToThePeople

about how we are to deal with fools like you or are you just playing asshat again and trying to negate her faith?
tnfriendofcoal101368

You need it because you don’t know how to win hearts and minds (in fact, you are costing Dewhurst votes). You argument step by step. I’ll bold my comments.

“I served for 14 years active duty as a combat bomber pilot fighting communists and jihadists.” – To quote Alabama – you’re guilty of Chicken Hawking in the first degree – Seriously while certainly laudable your military service doesn’t give you special insight into the relative value of Cruz/Dewhurst. It also certainly doesn’t qualify you to by contrast belittle Mel’s opinion of same.

“we don?t attend Tea Party meetings. Don?t have time.” – You’re lack of time management skills are irrelevant to the discussion and the fact you don’t attend tea party meetings is to your detriment. You could obviously use the education since you believe RINO Dewhurst to be a conservative

“This in-your-face ?I?m a better Tea Party member than you? crap turns off everyone, especially the people with real money” It doesn’t turn off the Koch Brothers or Joe Ricketts or Sheldon Adelson – all of whom have more real money than anyone you know or ever met

“last night I had dinner with the owner of a large car dealership” – Your dinner dates are as irrelevant as you lack of time management skills. Given that birds of a feather flock together, I’d discount the opinion of any dinner date of yours.

“outside the rubber rooms of the Texas Tea Party orgs” – Thank you for reinforcing the liberal meme that the tea party is populated by nutcases. Seriously, people who sell this line hang out with Aaron Sorkin and are liberal Democrats. Being a liberal Democrat is probably why you think Dewhurst is a conservative. I guess it truly is a matter of perspective

“there isn?t a lot of room to the right of Dewhurst and his Texas legislative record.” Jim DeMint is certainly to Dewhurst’s right and he tells me that Cruz is between him and Dewhurst – I’ll take his opinion. Of course since you called the best Senator in Washington “a carpetbagger” and “hateful”, I guess you don’t.”

All and all I understand that as a liberal Democrat, you would prefer Dewhurst over Cruz. I as a carpetbagging,hate mongering, tea partier would prefer my future with Ted Cruz.
gekster

I would feel I am good company.
rickperryreport

I did a little googl’in’ on the APA guy. To my knowledge, APA guy does not teach a debate class. He teaches “Intro to Business” at Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana. To my knowledge, too, he has not received a Ph. D. either. But maybe he’s working on one from a degree mill like Walden University, a for-profit online school flush with Obama money (-;

My source is LinkedIn (click here).

I’ll put my Aggie diploma up against APA’s Ph.D. any time. Maybe I should teach classes.

Gig’ em!

Joe Hyde

(my linkedin just to be fair)
tnfriendofcoal101368

You could carry on a coherent argument and your Aggie diploma is as irrelevant as your lack of time management skills and dinner dates that you make up and Dewhurst is still RINO and Cruz is still a conservative.
mikeymike143

i would say that rickperryreport/joe hyde is the laughing stock of this site.
conk

students if they are learning from somebody who is “earning” their degree online (Walden).

I’m just sayin’
tnfriendofcoal101368

You shouldn’t use several screen names to carry on conversations with yourself.
gekster

Him and Bubba Louee.
APA Guy

I’ll match credentials with a useless RINO shill any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

By the way, “the best of your knowledge”, along with a token, might get you on a subway. You would do well to fortify your knowledge before posting on THE premier conservative blog and making an ass of yourself. Google is most definitely NOT your best friend.

FYI…still spots open in my classes for fall semester…at BOTH of the higher education institutions I teach for. Which do you teach from again, A & M grad?
PowerToThePeople

people are impressed with a self written resume whether 100% true or whether it be inflated nonsense. There is every level of success here. Some have tons of money, some have little, some have been quite successful in business, some have been laborers, some have ritzy jobs, some have spent their lives in the service of others. We have degrees here from every type of school, tech all the way up to ivy league.

Your degree does not impress nor does it give you an advantage over others here, even the ones who have no degree. For you to even go there shows an arrogance we have not seen on this site for some time.

I could comment on the pic you provided on the above link and make comments about the obvious lack of discipline when it comes to your weight which “would” mean you are……………..fill in the blanks. Or I could state how you look like the Norm of Dallas bars with a side of drunk annoyance that can never hook up with any of the ladies so you lie about how much cash you have and then offer payment for the night. It would all be irrelevant to what you say on this site.

Or I could act like the asshat you are and throw out random links claiming them to be you such as this one….

http://www.bustedmugshots.com/texas/austin/joseph-hyde/23849171

Or maybe I could link to the Hydes in Texas that are sex offenders and ask you what you did.

Your posting history speaks volumes not only about your IQ, but who you are as a person and it shows many places where you are lacking. On the other hand, APA has a spectacular posting history which is indicative of the man he is and his level of class compared to your lack of class.

Or I could be nice and offer you a free weight loss clinic at the ranch in Boyd where after busting a few steer, you would have a picture you could be proud of.

Or the better route would be to simply look at posting histories rather than your self promoting and judge that way. But I guess you know how you are judged and instead want to go down BS highway.
conk

BTW, have you seen APA’s portly picture recently?
gekster

But if course you lefties arn’t that bright to begin with.
APA Guy

By the way, I’m not portly in the least. In fact, I’m pretty muscular and strapping as a former college football player. Perhaps you don’t quite have who you think you have…but then again, you DID go all-out and use Google for your research.

Next time use Wikipedia…I hear it’s pretty reliable, too.
PowerToThePeople

nicest thing anyone has said to me on this site.
tnfriendofcoal101368

Dewhurst is still a RINO; Ted Cruz is still a conservative; you’re still a liberal Democrat.

kipling

I would still vote against him. The false attacks against Cruz and the depth of Dewhurst willingness to advance his own career is appalling.

citizenkh

from the Cruz side. Tons of half truths.

kipling

Show me the Cruz add that accuses Dewhurst of supporting child abuse. You know, like the one Dewhurst sent with an abused girl weeping from behind bars.

aesthete

I think I have said somewhere before that we need more good, conservative defense attorneys in the Congress who understand the back half of the Bill of Rights — but that the ones running would almost surely have their professions degraded by the hacks that they run against. It seems that it has happened in the worst way possible: never did I think that the attacks would get this vicious, inaccurate, and personal.

Ted Cruz should win on the basis of preventing another personal defamation of that level from occurring again, though the fact that he is clearly the most conservative candidate in the running is the major reason that one should vote for him, of course.
acat

Dewhurst is ahead in the “throwing mud” competition, and seems to be winning the “swimming in filth” race as well ….

I can only hope he’ll take silver or bronze in the only event that matters. Texas, you’re the judges. What say you?

Mew

votemout2012

DeMint and conservatives in senate have been silent in getting behind conservative RepTodd Akin. Akin voted against TARP, stimulus, ObamaCare, internet take over, recent farm bill which would fund increase in food stamps. Many many more conservative votes. Akin has King, Bachmann &Schafly endorsements. Where is DeMint, Johnson, Rubio….crickets. Akin has stuck his neck out for the republican party, conservatives and MO they are silent. What in the hell does it take. Johnson getting behind Brunner “citizen senator” Hogwash! we have no idea what this guy is about or how he will vote. DeMint super pac calls for contributions I say I will back candidates I believe in.
http://www.10th-amendment.org tjscott

For Dr Nuckles to call remarks by Senator Demint about David Dewhurst is laughable. With all of the lies that the Dewhurst Campaign has put out over the last 6 months, give me a break!
whitetop

Dewhurst was invited to attend a “Meet the Candidates” in the Hill Country and his campaign manager wouldn’t even return calls from the person in charge. Ted Cruz came and spend all the time people wanted to talk with him. Talk about elitist. When a candidate and his staff are so arrogant they can’t even pick up the phone and say “no thank you” then why would anyone want that person to represent them? I certainly don’t, but then I’m a conservative.

The reason the Texas senators supported Dewhurst may have been to get rid of him from state government.
avagreen

(=^?^=)

irishgirl

in early voting. Go Cruz!
commonsenseobserver

and deceptive about Cruz, he’d be winning a landslide. Now he’s motivated conservatives. Serves him right.

cactusjack

And now it’s too late to reclaim any semblance of being a nice guy for Dewhurst, he’s really put himself down in the nasty gutter. As posted above, if he wins, he wins having burnt down half the state. But so many are pulling for Ted now.Notice – the Cruz people dont feel the need to throw mud and filth back. Many of them may not have anything against Dewhurst (until the last 2 weeks). They just see Cruz as the better man for the dangerous times the Republic has entered. Texas can best serve the nation by sending a conservative smoking firebrand, who is whip-cracking smart, to the Senate now — not a deal cutting schmoozer. Cruz is the only one of these two who passes the screen test.

cactusjack

by “smart” I mean, he has, as solicitor general of the State of TX, argued more cases before SCOTUS than, well just about any other human being on the planet at this time. Source- the NYT article. Cruz had to argue some dogs, it was part of his job, but others including the two big ones – the Ten Commandments Monument case and the UN’s (yes you got that right, the United Nations) attempt to override a Texas’ capital punishment case – he won. Big, big wins for the good guys. LibDems and MSM, who have even taken notice of this runoff, are flocking (too late?) to dress up Dewhurs last minutet. They sense some real trouble (for them)on the horizon if Cruz gets elected and ends up, say, on Senate Judiciary and/or Finance.

emptybucket

outsiders to understand. Have been reading on RS for weeks how Eric and others were supporting Cruz. Finally, after reading this diary and all the comments I get it. Have not been exposed, being in NYS, to the awful ads and the dirty politics down in Texas.

Am sitting here thinking, yes, now I get it. Cruz is the real conservative.Aileene”s point by point post in brief, was very helpful. She reiterated what many of you have been saying for weeks.

Dewhurst is a RINO? Not exactly, am beginning to think he will join the other side if he doesn’t win. Oh, probably not, just thinking aloud.

Jim DeMint is greatly admired in this household and we’re hoping you Texans can get Cruz his victory as it seems like it would be a victory for the entire state to have him as your representative in the U S Senate.

citizenkh

The Cruz bots are going bonkers.

Yes it is a mess, Dewhurst is quite conservative. And no one seems to mention that sometimes a good bill in spirit is a horrible bill in practice. Think about the Anti-Shariah bill and amendment in Oklahoma which actually invited imams into the courtrooms to explain what is and isn’t shariah on a case by case basis. BAD LAW.

Now the Cruz Bots are complaining that Nolan Ryan had the Cruz signs removed from outside the stadium. That is what happens when the campaigners are mostly from out of state.

Here are the regs. http://www.txdot.gov/public_involvement/campaign_signs.htm

You cannot put campaign signs on public property.

I have no problem with Cruz but what happens when out of staters prop up one primary candidate against another speaks of a mob mentality.

In short DeMint is inovled solely for his own personal political gain. Since Dewhurst has committed to supported fellow Texan instead of DeMint.

In the process Texans are being used and shiite all over by outsiders who could care less about the state which many consider to be the most conservative in the nation.

Melody Warbington (rwm52)

Senator DeMint has done more for the conservative movement at his own expense than anyone I can think of.

As for donors, that’s been debunked repeatedly. Here are the numbers.

Overall, Cruz has 22,190 donors for his campaign, compared to only 3,023 for David Dewhurst. Indeed, Ted has more donors from the Greater Houston area (3,149) than David Dewhurst has in the entire State of Texas (3,023).

And Cruz?s support is much broader: He has donors from 865 Texas cities, compared to only 235 for Dewhurst. Cruz also has the support of over 200 Texas Federation of Republican Women leaders, almost every single Tea Party leader in Texas, and has won more than 25 straw polls statewide by wide margins.

While the big money lobbyists may go to Dewhurst, ordinary voters from all over Texas are embracing the Cruz campaign. The average donation to Ted Cruz is $168. The average donation to Dewhurst is $1,654. Ted has 26,688 donations under $100. David Dewhurst has 11.

What the numbers show is a deep enthusiasm gap: David Dewhurst can claim a large war chest (especially when augmented by over $10 million from his own personal fortune), but those big-dollar donors represent only one voter apiece when it comes down to it on Election Day. Ted?s donors represent a grassroots army that is growing every day as more Texans learn about Ted?s proven record of fighting for conservative principles and winning on a national level.

See Cruz2012!

And then there’s this little gem of information from the SCF:

PACs have given approximately $800,000 to Dewhurst compared to only $223,000 to the Senate Conservatives Fund. Meanwhile only 3,023 Texans have donated money to Dewhurst compared to 8,985 Texans who have given to SCF.

This isn’t a fact David Dewhurst wants to hear, but DeMint’s SCF has nearly three times as many donors in Texas as the Dewhurst for U.S. Senate campaign.

And I don’t appreciate your cute little way of using profanity in your last paragraph.

citizenkh

however, my own father (not that he can at 93) doesn’t come to my house and tell me how to run my affairs.

Melody Warbington (rwm52)

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jude68

Sarah looked and sounded great today in the rally for Ted Cruz. She is by far the MOST DYNAMIC figure in politics. Obama is a shrill and fraud…yet Sarah remains Sarah and I love it….just brass knuckle straight forward American loving Conservative. She inspires and Dewhurst does like most….he thinks he is ENTITLED to the seat. Sorry buddy you are going down to defeat. Cruz is really an engaging and passionate man and I can why Sarah and Jim DeMint endorsed him. He will be such an ASSET to the Senate. Dewhurst I would not trust for all the gold in Fort Knox.

Sarah is without doubt the only person who commands that kind of attention and make no doubt her endorsing Cruz raised the profile of this race BIG TIME and no matter what some Sarah hating RINO’s think….she can light a fire like NO ONE ELSE!! PERIOD!

Everywhere she goes the PRESS just hates her….and I love it!! 4 years later and SHE TOWERS OVER ANY OTHER POLITICAL FIGURE!! Just look how she commands the coverage..Go Sarah…you are one classy lady and a fighter….TED CRUZ appears to be the same and I like that!!

Sorry Perry but you backed a stiff!! I am sure Dewhurst will endorse Cruz should he lose….NOT!! we all know how RINO’s act when they lose!!

mikeymike143

principled conservatives like cruz and mourdock are the future of the republican party.

teapartypatriot4ever

This is the story of the People vs the Establishment as told time and time again throughout history. In other words, Good against Bad, Right against Wrong. Tyranny against Liberty.

And if you ask them why they stand against the people for the establishment, for their own self-interests of power and money, instead of what is good and right, they look at you with disdain and contempt for even asking such a question, then proceed to denigrate, demonize, and personally attack you to destroy you.. They’re lust and greed for power is all too evident and prevalent in every area of progressive politics, as that is what they are all about. This is their mindset and attitude.

Dewhurst is the RINO GOP Establishment in all its ugly anti-Reagan anti-Conservative form. A Ted Cruz victory over Dewhurst will be a victory not just for Texas, but for the future of America.

The Ted Cruz victory over the ugliness of the GOP establishment RINO anti-Conservative anti-Reagan Dewhurst, would signify the start of the restoration of a US Constitutional Republic, where the govt is limited, serves the people, is responsive to the will of the majority of the American people, adheres to the Laws of the US Constitution, executes those laws as required, is fiscally and financially prudent and responsible as stewards of American tax payers money and granted authority and power from We the People, to the govt..
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edintexas

Many is the time I’ve been told to refrain from talking politics by my wife. The other day she called the Dewhurst campaign ads “slime” and said she’s voting for Ted.
Aileene

1. Cruz is a movement conservative rather than an opportunistic conservative.
2. Cruz expresses his beliefs with the passion needed to persuade others and to provide leadership at the national level.
3. Cruz is well-grounded in the Constitution and reveres it.
4. Cruz?s family history of escaping communist Cuba makes him more sensitive to concerns about creeping socialism and more likely to challenge the assumptions of policies rather than just their effects.
5. Because he is more than 20 years younger than Dewhurst, Cruz will impact policy far longer.
6. Hispanic leaders have become an integral part of the conservative movement in Texas. They need to be better represented in elective office.
7. Cruz’s election will make leaders and elected officials in the Republican Party of Texas sit up and take notice of the strength of the Tea Party and liberty movements and the coalition that they have forged with Christian Conservatives. Many of them will change their ways out of the fear that they will have well-funded primary opponents whose supporters can produce the voter turn-out numbers needed to get them elected.
dkapptan

The Revolutionary Minutemen were ready in a minute, small, can scattered at first however, when these rag-tagged patriots came together they formed an army that defeated the world superpower. If conservatives from across the country were to phone bank from home for these candidates, it would go a long way to electing good people to office. 1000 people making 100 calls = touching 100,000 voters and to paraphrase Gov. Palin she said that we need not just give money, but also time. I just made my 5000th phone call for Ted Cruz, and the system that his campaign uses enables people to make calls from home! Young people who cannot vote but, they can get involved in fact one inter recently made over 500 calls in one day ? what is your teenager doing with school out for the summer? If anybody makes 500+ phone calls they get a Ted Cruz for Senate t-shirt. E-mail Ben at ben@tedcruz.org.
GOOD HUNTING!
harlan

I’d say that Ted Cruz must be the eeevilest, anti-American to come down the pike, EVER.

The campaign waged by dewhurst has been and continues to be shameful.

But then, this is the new, “compassionate conservative” Texas where too many have been influenced by the influx of libs from such utopias as california. And to hopelessly gullible libs, the ends justifies the means.

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