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I love in west Texas and...I haven't seen a single sign or sticker for either one of them. 
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In park cities in Dallas, it's Beto signs everywhere and have yet to see a Cruz sign. Gives me hope, which is bad
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Jul 29, 2018 16:51
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Kunabomber posted:In Carrollton/Lewisville I haven't seen any Cruz signs. Maybe that's why the denton county democratic party is moving to Lewisville. I worry if that will leave the focus off of the younger families pouring into Denton though. *nerd voice* Having looked at voter data lewisville is a primo spot for the county office. It's actually got some of the highest concentration of dem voters in the county. And there's little risk of ignoring the city of Denton. Every county org basically has to bend over backwards as is to avoid being too Denton focused. plus we could afford more office space in lewisville than in denton lol.
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Jul 29, 2018 17:05
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Sign Chat: I get between southwest Ft Worth, far north Dallas and central/southwest Houston a lot and I've yet to see a single Cruz anything but every drive longer than 10 minutes, I see at least one Beto something. Sticker, sign, etc...
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Jul 29, 2018 18:28
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Il Federale posted:I love in west Texas and...I haven't seen a single sign or sticker for either one of them. Walking through Marfa this weekend I saw four Beto and one Cruz sign. Also some Beto stickers in Alpine.
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Jul 29, 2018 19:30
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https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1023678311233409024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hyx80hulBs
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Jul 29, 2018 22:57
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Beto is the hardest workin' man in show biz.
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Jul 29, 2018 23:08
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Even if he doesn't win it feels nice to have a competent candidate who seems to be executing well.
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Jul 29, 2018 23:50
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isk posted:FWIW Beto's Facebook page has been pushing health care quite a bit, especially lately. He was laser focused on immigration for a bit. Anything actually good, or is he just committed to establishing a committee to begin an investigation into bringing back mandatory $400 monthly tithes to insurance companies? Il Federale posted:I love in west Texas and...I haven't seen a single sign or sticker for either one of them. Same but outside of houston. Hi5 ignored area of the state buddy!
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Jul 30, 2018 11:07
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Neighbor's Beto sign update  It blew over this morning in the storm after becoming detached from its stand.  This does not bode well for Beto's campaign imo
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Jul 30, 2018 14:33
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Yard signs are generally not a sign of anything. Facebook busybodies care, but that's it. Republicans generally don't put up signs since they don't view the races as contested, they may do it for a primary but that's it. They don't vote, they're not indicative of a level of support, nor are they indicative of enthusiasm - they're kind of the running joke among field people. If Beto has 15,000 more signs than Cruz across the state, he may still lose by 250,000 votes. I'm much more encouraged by Beto's field staff. I get texts and calls from his team regularly, which is interesting because I have never been canvassed or called before despite voting in every election since I was able to vote in 04 and with a strong D primary history. Indicates that their team is doing something right in terms of IDing their supporters.
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Jul 30, 2018 15:53
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Neighbor's Beto sign update Most inauspicious....
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Sab0921 posted:Yard signs are generally not a sign of anything. Facebook busybodies care, but that's it. Republicans generally don't put up signs since they don't view the races as contested, they may do it for a primary but that's it. They don't vote, they're not indicative of a level of support, nor are they indicative of enthusiasm - they're kind of the running joke among field people. Yeah I heard that before the 2016 election too. "Don't pay attention to all the Trump yard signs in the Blue Wall, signs don't vote, people do!" *doesn't think to ask what it means when everyone wants your opponent's sign in their yards and no one is willing to even hang up your name on their lawn out of apathy and shame*
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Jul 30, 2018 16:53
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VitalSigns posted:Yeah I heard that before the 2016 election too. I mean - it was never in doubt that Trump would win Texas - and I'm not sure I saw a single Trump yard sign around here (in either the suburbs where my parents live or inner loop Houston). I have no idea what the yard sign situation was in Wisconsin or whatever, but the results were basically in line with the polling, so maybe if they had a better ground infrastructure calling people and knocking doors, they would have been able to move the needle by 10,000 votes.
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Jul 30, 2018 16:59
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Marxalot posted:Anything actually good, or is he just committed to establishing a committee to begin an investigation into bringing back mandatory $400 monthly tithes to insurance companies? It's pretty good - health care is a right, should be affordable for all, we have no excuse for our rising infant/mother mortality rates, etc. Would like to see him articulate more specifics but it's a start.
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Jul 30, 2018 17:30
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Signs are meaningless. It’s all about bumper stickers! I’ve seen one Beto sticker that I can remember. No Cruz stickers but I see plenty of blue lives matter flags, punisher skulls, and punisher skull shaped blue lives matter flags and wow I wonder how those people will vote. Also yesterday I saw a pickup with Abbott for governor right next to a teamsters union sticker. Governor Abbott, union lover!
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Jul 30, 2018 18:13
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Why don't they just make the whole candidate out of yard signs
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Jul 30, 2018 18:14
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zoux posted:Why don't they just make the whole candidate out of yard signs There aren't enough, probably.
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Jul 30, 2018 18:45
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yard signs and bumper stickers seem to be a good proxy for if people are excited about the candidate and are thus more likely to have supporters come out to vote and no yard signs seems to be a good proxy for the candidate being a lifeless lizard person or fish monster that everyone hates, and whose reluctant support could instantly collapse with a single piece of particularly bad news imo if a campaign wants to not spend money on yard signs a good use for the savings would be for finding a candidate who doesnt suck rear end
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Jul 30, 2018 18:53
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What is the perfect gift for someone who shitposts on Facebook in a schoolboard election for a school district they don't actually live in if you're Empower Texans? Apparently it's a gun bearing the words "Torchbearer". Fortunately this guy's candidates both lost, but congrats for trying. 
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Jul 30, 2018 21:45
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The yard signs definitely don't mean Beto's going to win, but he's got as much buzz as I've seen from any Texas dem since Wendy Davis - and he didn't need to do a big showy filibuster to get it.
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Jul 31, 2018 02:25
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Spiritus Nox posted:The yard signs definitely don't mean Beto's going to win, but he's got as much buzz as I've seen from any Texas dem since Wendy Davis - and he didn't need to do a big showy filibuster to get it. Did Wendy Davis do anything remotely like the retail politics roadshow Beto has been doing?
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Jul 31, 2018 02:51
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Not even close.
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Jul 31, 2018 02:59
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Over the weekend I heard the teen grocery clerk at Kroger compliment a middle-aged customer's Beto shirt ("I agree with your shirt!") and then I saw a Beto bumper sticker in the parking lot when I left. This is the most political activity I've seen in four+ years of living in north DFW.
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Jul 31, 2018 03:39
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Zwabu posted:Did Wendy Davis do anything remotely like the retail politics roadshow Beto has been doing? No, and that was a big part of her problem. The other was her campaigning as a centrist. She was always going to lose, but she lost way worse than she had to.
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Jul 31, 2018 03:43
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Davis phoned it in to an incredible degree. It was like she was already planning her post-election-loss career during the campaign. e: ^^^^ as this poster said, her campaign was "im like a republican but pro choice" which unsurprisingly appealed to absolutely nobody
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Jul 31, 2018 03:47
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Lemniscate Blue posted:No, and that was a big part of her problem. The other was her campaigning as a centrist. Yeah I seem to remember it as: made a huge splash with filibuster, then total milquetoast campaign messaging and flamed out with a result no better than or even worse than typical Dem candidate in the current era of Texas politics.
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Jul 31, 2018 03:49
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Shear Modulus posted:Davis phoned it in to an incredible degree. It was like she was already planning her post-election-loss career during the campaign. Trump was doing this too but look what happened.
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Jul 31, 2018 03:50
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She was doing the governor's run as a good bye tour since she was redistricted out of her senate seat and no one really cared or thought she had a chance but then the filibuster went viral and the race got a bunch of attention and everyone had to pretend all of a sudden that she had a chance and it was a real race.
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Jul 31, 2018 04:08
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Trabisnikof posted:She was doing the governor's run as a good bye tour since she was redistricted out of her senate seat and no one really cared or thought she had a chance but then the filibuster went viral and the race got a bunch of attention and everyone had to pretend all of a sudden that she had a chance and it was a real race. Yeah but a lot of people were at least hoping she'd do enough work to make the Republicans sweat and burn some money in Texas that could have been better spent elsewhere. Even if she couldn't have won she could have done her best to tie their shoelaces together. Of course unlike Beto as stated she was a classic, boring  democrat. Beto's realized that the real way to get votes/attention is to be an utter firebrand.
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Jul 31, 2018 04:42
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Alkydere posted:Yeah but a lot of people were at least hoping she'd do enough work to make the Republicans sweat and burn some money in Texas that could have been better spent elsewhere. Even if she couldn't have won she could have done her best to tie their shoelaces together. that cant be right, ive read many new york times columns that make clear that the people are yearning to vote for boring empty suits without a single memorable position
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Jul 31, 2018 04:57
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Trump was doing this too but look what happened. I mean, true, but Donald also yelled and moaned a lot, and there are those for whom that is a powerfully sympathetic message.
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Jul 31, 2018 05:00
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trump was planning for trump tv but he was also campaigning as if he was actually trying to win. he was doing rallies daily in the exact swing states he needed to win and deindustrialized towns he had been making the biggest inroads of swing voters all campaign
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Jul 31, 2018 05:42
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Shear Modulus posted:that cant be right, ive read many new york times columns that make clear that the people are yearning to vote for boring empty suits without a single memorable position If Beto wins it will mark the deathknell of the centrists. Because if he wins Texas with a MFA, abolish ICE and Impeach Trump platform it will prove that it can win anywhere. I'd say that I hope that he wins, but as a lifelong liberal Texan, I don't want to jinx it.
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Jul 31, 2018 05:43
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Betos signs are interesting because hes been charging for them. Say what you want but Democrats keep beating campaign finance records in this state.
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Jul 31, 2018 06:43
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Having seen neither sign nor sticker for either candidate I can only conclude one thing. This election is fake news. fakeedit: though it does occur to me that the reason I don't have to deal with campaign calls is because I never answer unknown numbers
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Jul 31, 2018 06:46
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I see a lot of Beto signs here in AUSTING TEXAS so he's got it in the bag baby https://twitter.com/briannasttone/status/1024308748205076482 Ughhhh this is gonna be a thing next session. THERE ARE NO RISKS WITH VACCINATION zoux fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Jul 31, 2018 |
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Jul 31, 2018 15:09
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There is a very, very slight chance of having a bad reaction to a vaccination, but those are due to allergies and not a problem with the vaccines themselves. And either way, it still beats diptheria
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Jul 31, 2018 16:33
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Keeshhound posted:There is a very, very slight chance of having a bad reaction to a vaccination, but those are due to allergies and not a problem with the vaccines themselves. And herd immunity is a thing for those who can't get vaccinations (for example because of biologic medications they take because they are immunocompromised) Get loving vaccinated 
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cons of not vaccinating your kids: they may die of rubella pros: owns the libs
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