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How does that change anything? Because she didn't explicitly draft a bill saying "let my husband do crimes"? People are idiots.
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Spacebump posted:This is ridiculous. They're private lawyers who got brought in because the public lawyers wouldn't be able to fairly prosecute the case. People at law firms don't work for free
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corn in the bible posted:They're private lawyers who got brought in because the public lawyers wouldn't be able to fairly prosecute the case. People at law firms don't work for free I understand that part, it's wild that they are trying to screw those lawyers over. I should have phrased my question better. In general why do prosecutors get paid more than public defenders? I noticed this for the first time a few months ago while glancing at salaries for prosecutors/public defenders in Dallas. I would have assumed they would get paid similarly.
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Spacebump posted:I understand that part, it's wild that they are trying to screw those lawyers over. Because the entire system is designed to get convictions
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dalstrs posted:How does that change anything? Because she didn't explicitly draft a bill saying "let my husband do crimes"? People are idiots. It's more like, don't let people do the crimes my husband did, in the future.
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zoux posted:It's more like, don't let people do the crimes my husband did, in the future. How do you get that? It reads to me as "make what my husband did not a crime as long as his office says so"
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Marxalot posted:Let's all enjoy something a bit more wholesome.
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The HD 145 runoff in Houston is pretty fun, as one of like 8 voters that will vote in the runoff, both candidates have knocked on our door personally to win our votes. Living in a district with an extremely low turnout is probably what it feels like to be a big money donor with candidates coming by to kiss the ring.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Finally, a politician for whom I can relate! I promise that if I somehow run for office, Richard Wolf style, I will be seen at photo ops attempting to eat a corndog in 2 bites. Sab0921 posted:The HD 145 runoff in Houston is pretty fun, as one of like 8 voters that will vote in the runoff, both candidates have knocked on our door personally to win our votes. Living in a district with an extremely low turnout is probably what it feels like to be a big money donor with candidates coming by to kiss the ring. Upside to living in a poorer area in a helldistrict: No block walkers ever  Which is great because I have no clue how to act if some guy tries to tell me to vote for Briscoe Cain becuse he's going to make qanon real and stop planned parenthood from dicing up live children.
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Marxalot posted:Let's all enjoy something a bit more wholesome. What would be the response if a politician sat down with a phallic-looking food-on-stick and self-conciously ate it with a knife and fork? Trump has almost certainly done this at some point, right?
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Jim Crane's ex-wife is having fun on camera slapping people to stop them from doing horrid things like uh, taking pictures of their baby, on the median across the street from their house. I love the note in the article where the neighborhood claims they actually own the median, so they can ban the riff raff from using it. https://abc13.com/society/confronta...7o_yuwE-XVM8bOU
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General Dog posted:What would be the response if a politician sat down with a phallic-looking food-on-stick and self-conciously ate it with a knife and fork? Trump has almost certainly done this at some point, right? 
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JosefStalinator posted:There's no way Beto beats Cornyn (the GOP numbers will improve when the race gets closer) but someone please spam Beto's inbox with this so he runs anyway and helps downballot. I wonder how far Beto on the ticket as VP takes the (D) party in TX2020 and how much it would hurt them in other states.
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Oh gently caress no you don't get to lean in to this you sawed off little gently caress https://twitter.com/emmaplatoff/status/1097968529335304193
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drawkcab si eman ym posted:I wonder how far Beto on the ticket as VP takes the (D) party in TX2020 and how much it would hurt them in other states. I don't know why he'd especially hurt the ticket anywhere, I think he's the platonic ideal of handsome, vapid running mate.
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General Dog posted:I don't know why he'd especially hurt the ticket anywhere, I think he's the platonic ideal of handsome, vapid running mate. http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1626498-2,00.html TIME posted:The obvious vice-presidential choice, we agreed, was John Edwards; in the primaries, he'd emerged as a first-rate campaigner—and I told Jim that despite thiness on substance, I thought, as I been in 2000, that he could handle Cheney in a debate; We couldn't afford to repeat the Lieberman mistake. But there were two other clear possibilities: Dick Gephardt and Hillary Clinton. Kerry was ready to partner with Clinton if it was the way to win, but he doubted it was. He liked Gephardt, was confident he was up to the job of being president, and hoped he might help carry Missouri, which could make the difference in a close election. But both he and Teresa worried that Gephardt was a gray choice who wouldn't light any fires. While Edwards might, they were both uneasy with him. I'd said to Kerry early on that all I cared about was picking the strongest choice—personal feelings had nothing to do with it.
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Beto going all in on the failed politician who makes millions off of speaking fees, I see
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Literally every candidate save Bernie will call themselves that but it'd be cool if the Punk Rock Guy didn't as well. Anyway, as ever, he should run for Senate.
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Seems like the iron isn't so hot for him anymore, the field is already choked with candidates, he'd be running in the Bernie lane anyway and there's no room for him there, like who is telling him that this is the year? There will be other presidential elections bro.
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zoux posted:Seems like the iron isn't so hot for him anymore, the field is already choked with candidates, he'd be running in the Bernie lane anyway and there's no room for him there, like who is telling him that this is the year? There will be other presidential elections bro.
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If the eventual candidate wants to try for Texas, is the only reason you put him on the ticket imo, and then it doesn't matter if he ran or not. He's president focused because literally every Democrat, elected or not, is. That's just how it works on this side.
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Hawkline posted:Would being an also-ran in the primary improve the chances of being a VP pick this cycle? Is there any reason to think he's lining up for that? That or possibly a cabinet job? If his options are that or likely become a twice loser at the hands of Cornyn, an also-ran gig for two years while maybe lining up to take a shot at governor in 2022 isn't the worst idea, though that's not the most ideal year for it. But if Abbot term limits himself (don't know), who do we suspect may try for the GOP spot? Patrick? Another Bush? One of the numerous garbage US house reps?
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ReidRansom posted:But if Abbot term limits himself (don't know), lol
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I’m having a hard time envisioning any outcome other than Crenshaw running for Senate or Governor in the near future. If GOP voters in TX will pick Abbott, Patrick and Cruz, no way they won’t go ape for an eyepatch wearing pirate/SEAL.
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That's kinda who I had in mind when I was thinking about congresspeople, but really I'm not sure he has the chops. If that SNL idiot hadn't raised his profile, we'd all probably barely know who he is. All he's done with the increased attention he got is show that he's not particularly smart or adept at politicking.
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ReidRansom posted:That's kinda who I had in mind when I was thinking about congresspeople, but really I'm not sure he has the chops. If that SNL idiot hadn't raised his profile, we'd all probably barely know who he is. All he's done with the increased attention he got is show that he's not particularly smart or adept at politicking. Do Abbott or Patrick strike you as particularly smooth or adept, or just shouting bog standard right wingism? Chops aren’t really needed.
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We make fun of Abbott a lot (rightfully so) but he's got pretty good political instincts. Patrick is more the openly frothing attack dog.
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In no particular order, the clown car would most likely include George P Bush Chip Roy Donna Campbell Michael McCaul Dan Crenshaw Comedy option: Joe Straus does something
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isk posted:We make fun of Abbott a lot (rightfully so) but he's got pretty good political instincts. Patrick is more the openly frothing attack dog. Patrick is extremely politically savvy. Abbott is actually the less formidable of the two, the narrative last session was Abbott hiding away in his office while Dan rampaged through the statehouse. https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1098298892381229058 Made up voter fraud list continues to go extremely well zoux fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Feb 20, 2019 |
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"I just don't understand how it all went so wrong!"
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Interesting, always thought Patrick was riding the coattails of Fox News sentiment and would eventually burn out. More to consider.
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isk posted:Interesting, always thought Patrick was riding the coattails of Fox News sentiment and would eventually burn out. More to consider. Nah, he's dangerous.
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https://twitter.com/keribla/status/1098321053040939013 Excellent.
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Zwabu posted:Do Abbott or Patrick strike you as particularly smooth or adept, or just shouting bog standard right wingism? Chops aren’t really needed. Abbott's campaign ads were masterclass in empty positive platitudes. He might suck but he's not bad at the whole being elected part of things
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https://twitter.com/stjbs/status/1098351671355363334 Ruh roh
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