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About a month ago, after receiving series of maybe 4, 5, or 6 political text messages and phone calls during the previous 2 weeks, I received a text message from the Beto campaign that wanted to know if I was going to be voting for Beto O'Rourke in November....I texted back word for word, "I plan to vote for Beto because I cannot bring myself to vote for Ted Cruz; however, if I continue to receive annoying and intrusive phone calls and text messages from the Beto camp, such as this one, I may just change my mind and not vote at all."
That was the last I heard from that bunch. And I voted for Beto last Tuesday, so I'm good to go.
You know, I've gotten at least 4 texts from, I assumed, the FL Dem party, though they are not identified as such--just friendly texts reminding me to vote. My spouse, a registered independent, has been getting them also.
I am actually glad they are sending these out--I don't think reminding people to vote is obnoxious, and in Florida I think it is important, but none of them mentioned specific candidates.
A few weeks back, Cruz had a 9 point lead. Polls following that have had Lyin Ted's lead dropping to 6 points, then 5, then 3.6, then 3pts and now there's a poll showing them tied at 49 apiece.
Its funny how people can be instructed who to like, and when, and when they can be disliked again.
I don't like him at all, this has nothing to do with personally liking a candidate or not. I don't vote based on feelings, I vote based on record and facts.
I do not have a candidate in TX, so I have not looked into Betos strengths and weaknesses. Cruz has been around, so everyone knows him. Besides, I predict Beto will lose anyway. Is Cruz good? No, he is just another partisan empty suite.
If Cruz is just another partisan empty suit then Beto is just a partisan empty pair of underwear or socks.
You know, I've gotten at least 4 texts from, I assumed, the FL Dem party, though they are not identified as such--just friendly texts reminding me to vote. My spouse, a registered independent, has been getting them also.
I receive 10 or so per day from FL GOP. I am also registered independent.
Too bad they didn't put anti-spamming laws on the ballot.
Any stats on demographics of early voters in TX? Is any demographic group spiking higher than others compared to prior elections?
"Early voting data from Texas shows a 508 percent growth in the youth vote since 2014, which is likely good news for Democratic Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke."
Well for one he's not a fish. It's not Beta, it's Beto. Maybe you want to slap his mother for giving him the nickname Beto? It's a common Spanish nickname for people whose real first name ends in "berto" and it was used to distinguish him from his namesake grandfather. (Wikipedia really is your friend)
What is this obsession you have with brown skin? First it's the NYT being Mexican owned, now it's a nickname of a man whose last name happens to be Irish.
Well for one he's not a fish. It's not Beta, it's Beto. Maybe you want to slap his mother for giving him the nickname Beto? It's a common Spanish nickname for people whose real first name ends in "berto" and it was used to distinguish him from his namesake grandfather. (Wikipedia really is your friend)
He's less Spanish than Elizabeth Warren is Native American and that was essentially zero.
"No one needs to know" according to one campaign staffer
“I just hope nobody that’s the wrong person finds out about this.” said another
Just so you'll know...
As reported in the Texas press this morning, it was a $300 contribution to a charity that provides aid to asylum seekers who are already in the USA.
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Chris Evans, spokesman for O’Rourke’s campaign, said staff members with the campaign "took it upon themselves" to use prepaid credit cards to buy “wipes, diapers, water, fruit and granola bars, and donate them” to Annunciation House, a nonprofit that provides support to immigrants.
“The value was under $300 and it will be appropriately reported to the FEC,” he said in a text message. Under federal law, fundraising committees for campaigns are allowed to give gifts to charity as long as the money does not personally benefit the candidate.
So, please relax, Trumplings and Cruzers. Take a deep breath.
Beto is NOT "funding the caravan" that still hasn't even gotten to Mexico City yet.
The Border Patrol does a good job of holding the line. And, just for some perspective, those of us living near the border have no fears of this so-called "invasion" that has tRump wetting the bed.
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Might be significant
Bogus!
