Yes, Beto is the coolest-looking man to come out of Texas since Matthew McConaughey. He has an Ivy League degree and cares about the underserved and the undocumented. He doesn’t wear cowboy boots to prove his Texas bona fides.
To many urban Texans, that means that Beto is not so different from a lot of thoughtful, educated, big-city folks who live here. Non-Texans, in contrast, are still stunned to discover that even people who don’t live in Austin know about Tuscan blends and Karl Ove Knausgaard.
A win for Beto, then, is a win for the new Texas. A loss means that even though all of our major cities are blue, the old, [insert pejorative here] Texas still prevails.
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“Texas isn’t a red state, it’s a nonvoting state,” is the line that started making the rounds as Beto’s candidacy was gearing up more than a year ago. It’s not a bad way of combating decades of Republican gerrymandering, voter suppression and the bedrock conservatism that has been with us here since, oh, Texas joined the union in 1845. The canvassers have been out in force, on college campuses and in neighborhoods that probably haven’t ever seen a voter drive. There are voter registration cards in nail salons and smoothie bars, which is certainly a change.
Maybe this will be the year a progressive candidate with a positive message wins in Texas. But if he doesn’t, we’ll still know who we are.
I'll still know who I am, but I still won't know anything about Knausgaard....that must be some kind of uppity Houston thang. Or maybe she meant Karl Ove played noseguard.
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That guy is growing on me
That guy is growing on me
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Keep laughing....
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Thom, would you mind stopping
Thom, would you mind stopping in to the Pocahontas thread and maybe doing a cultural appropriating tribal victory dance for the group?
Thanks.
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lol
lol
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Its been awhile since I had a
Its been awhile since I had a murder burger.
The closest one is about 45 miles south of here.
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white castle burgers not
white castle burgers not popular anywhere except toilet paper industry. BBQ been invented since hello
Habit burger, In & Out and Fat Burger oh life is tough in the west
do crave one of them Michigan style stackable burgers on the food shows
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/opinion/swartz-beto-orourke-texas.html
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Yes, Beto is the coolest-looking man to come out of Texas since Matthew McConaughey. He has an Ivy League degree and cares about the underserved and the undocumented. He doesn’t wear cowboy boots to prove his Texas bona fides.
To many urban Texans, that means that Beto is not so different from a lot of thoughtful, educated, big-city folks who live here. Non-Texans, in contrast, are still stunned to discover that even people who don’t live in Austin know about Tuscan blends and Karl Ove Knausgaard.
A win for Beto, then, is a win for the new Texas. A loss means that even though all of our major cities are blue, the old, [insert pejorative here] Texas still prevails.
...
“Texas isn’t a red state, it’s a nonvoting state,” is the line that started making the rounds as Beto’s candidacy was gearing up more than a year ago. It’s not a bad way of combating decades of Republican gerrymandering, voter suppression and the bedrock conservatism that has been with us here since, oh, Texas joined the union in 1845. The canvassers have been out in force, on college campuses and in neighborhoods that probably haven’t ever seen a voter drive. There are voter registration cards in nail salons and smoothie bars, which is certainly a change.
Maybe this will be the year a progressive candidate with a positive message wins in Texas. But if he doesn’t, we’ll still know who we are.
I'll still know who I am, but I still won't know anything about Knausgaard....that must be some kind of uppity Houston thang. Or maybe she meant Karl Ove played noseguard.
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Texas's new Cali refugees
Texas's new Cali refugees thank you recruiter Rick Perry turning Texas more purple every day
Beto wins nobody likes lying Ted
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White Castle cheeseburgers
White Castle cheeseburgers are good a couple of times a year.
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Never been in a White Castle,
Never been in a White Castle, but I'm looking forward to to trying out their new vegan burger!
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/white-castle-impossible-burger-nationwide
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1962 - 4364 S Archer, Chicago
1962 - 4364 S Archer, Chicago
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Tried a Krystal cheesburger
Tried a Krystal cheesburger in Georgia. Not a fan.
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Tried a Steak and Shake in
Tried a Steak and Shake in Florida for the first time in 2016.
Not bad, better than WC.
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Habit burger, In & Out and
Habit burger, In & Out and Fat Burger oh life is tough in the west <<<<
This ^^ !!
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Thrasher interviews Beto:
Thrasher interviews Beto:
http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/beto-o-rourke-interview/
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Ted Cruz likes White Castle's
Ted Cruz likes White Castle's little burgers
especially after a bracing round with the "basketball ring."
(That was him, right? Also sounds a bit Mitt-ish, thinking about it.)
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The Whataburger too.
The Whataburger too.
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"C'mon...........Ted."
"C'mon...........Ted."
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http://www.tedcruz.com/
http://www.tedcruz.com/