You were a teenager once. Your mother certainly got after you at least a few times to keep your room clean, and maybe one time, she walked in and, completely frustrated with you, she said, "You have a half an hour, buster, and when I come back, I don't want to see this mess any more!"
(Well, that happened to me a few times, anyway...)
But imagine that she comes back in thirty minutes and sees that the mess is gone - only to discover that you simply shoved everything into the closet.
"What is this?!" she demands.
And you respond with, "You said you didn't want to see it any more, and that's what I did."
It's an immature response. You knew what she meant, but you chose instead to stick exactly to what she said. Question: is she happy with you, or more angry than ever?
That's what happened yesterday at the Texas House. The Texas Republican Party said that they didn't want Democrat chairs - because why should Democrats have any real power when clearly Texans overwhelmingly vote for Republicans to be in charge? So, Team Burros decided to stick exactly to the dictate they were given. There will be no Democrat chairs, but Democrats gained so much power in other ways that they were happy to vote for the rules package and bragged about it afterward.
Does that sound like a party with less power to you? Democrats all around the country are demoralized, but not in Texas. No sir.
It's this juvenile approach to power that we've witnessed in our Texas leadership. They're not going to clean the room, even though that's what you meant. They're going to hide it from sight. And this is why so many grassroots Republicans are angrier than ever today.
The entire purpose of government is to protect our families and give us more freedom. That's not going to happen by partnering with Democrats or by having power-hungry Republicans in charge of anything.
Yes, we swept a bunch out of office in this last election cycle. Obviously, we have more cleaning to do. And by cleaning, I mean real cleaning. I'm excited for the next primary. Let's find a dustpan big enough to get rid of the garbage.
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Amen to more intense cleaning! We cannot stop fighting!
I want to hide in that closet. After all the housecleaning we did, this is the result :(
I remember taking the doors off of my children's! Sounds as though we need to air out the whole House! Thise who voted no because they saw the deception are few and need to be applauded. Thise who supported Patterson pulling the nuclear option need to be voted out. But their constituents need to be educated in order to get that done. Texas had a voter problem.
I remember taking the doors off of my children's! Sounds as though we need to air out the whole House! Thise who voted no because they saw the deception are few and need to be applauded. Thise who supported Patterson pulling the nuclear option need to be voted out. But their constituents need to be educated in order to get that done. Texas had a voter problem.
I’m certain the “w” that was omitted from Burrows was unintentional. (Wink! Wink!)
It’s the perfect name for the Democrat Speaker of the House …
Burro = Jackass = Democrat
That’s why we all have to get off our “Democrats” and get busy cleaning up the rest of the Texas House.
Well, why not. They did the same dang thing with Common Core and a whole laundry list of other issues. Just hide it [in plain sight] under a different name. They'll never know. Who's gonna know?
We know. 128545129320 They have misunderstood the assignment. But we have not. Slow learners will be primaried.
Primaries cannot come soon enough. Time to ignite a "350" in every county of a Betrayer. Grassroots need to be heard even louder, apparently. No hiding in the closet - that is EXACTLY what they want us to do. Remember the only thing an incumbent (like the Betrayers) REALLY cares about is NOT GETTING RE-ELECTED. Let's make em sweat.... and let's start RIGHT FREAKING NOW!
Brett, you continue to be “the life of the party” with your “spot on” word pictures, coupled with enthusiasm for the next round of clean out (not up) primaries!
Dallas county has our censure ready. Won't be voted on until February. We even let our reps know if they did this crap we were going to do this yet they voted against us anyway.
This sounds familiar. We'll get'm in the next primary. Does anyone really believe that? As a two time Texas Republican Precinct Chair, I know better. I would suggest you do as I have done and quit play the political games.
It is time to grow up and do our chores.
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How long have RINOS been doing this? … they’re not afraid to blatantly do this because there have been absolutely no consequences … how long have the good and decent people been saying “next time”?
I see this a different way. This is why Conservative Republican’s are shitty at governing. This has gone on for what 5 or 6 sessions now? Conservatives haven’t learned squat. Conservatives want all or nothing, sniveling “business republicans” see a way to get exactly what they want Power and a deal with the Communist Dem’s, who are more than thrilled to create a coalition with the goal to keep Conservatives from ruling. I like the analogy from my friend “you can be right or you can be married”. This isn’t hard to figure out. “Quit playing political games” as another contributor posted couldn’t be more incorrect. Until Conservatives decide they want to govern this is the result we get. In order to win you must play the game by the rules set forth. This is not Marquise of Queensbury Rules. Morons should have made the deal with Charlie Geren and the other business republicans and gotten 1/2 of the Republicans platform put into law, given the business republicans some committee chairs and vice chairs and gotten some wins for a change. Instead we get to ENJOY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. You can be right or you can be married……
This is the absolute best, simple analogy I’ve ever read to explain to those REPUBLICANS who believe our representatives did what they were asked to do.
I just hope people remember Jan.14th and 23rd, 2025 in March 2026.
Until we limit participation in the Republican Primary and in the Republican Run-Off to only persons who actually REGISTER as Republican, we will continue to have RINOs winning the GOP nomination and the coasting to victory in the November General Election. CLOSE THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES AND RUN-OFFS!!!
Time to clean our House for good!
I believe Abbott is the numero uno RINO. I live in College Station, any other names I need to know?
Yes I too believe we have a Governor problem. Those that argue against term limits with “we have elections”, how’s that working for us? Sorry to say we have many uninformed voters.
We need a new governor!!