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Do people in Texas still believe Reagan's "most terrifying words (Original Post) question everything Aug 2017 OP
Good question JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #1
The people who believed that and still do are not the majority of Houstonians. TexasProgresive Aug 2017 #2
Very true Dem_4_Life Aug 2017 #3
Agree. Unfortunately, not the governor question everything Aug 2017 #4

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
1. Good question
Thu Aug 31, 2017, 01:24 PM
Aug 2017

I wonder if they wish they had heard this instead:

"I am your president. I am here to make sure you have the help you need."

Not nonsense about 'fearing' him or crowd sizes.

LBJ did 'caring for Americans' right. With a flashlight in a shelter.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
3. Very true
Thu Aug 31, 2017, 01:34 PM
Aug 2017

However the opposite is true for the a lot of the other people affected in some of those small towns along the coast between Houston and Corpus. Maybe *hopefully* this will be a wake up call for them in the next elections.

Let's hope. It's time for Texas to turn blue.

question everything

(47,264 posts)
4. Agree. Unfortunately, not the governor
Thu Aug 31, 2017, 01:43 PM
Aug 2017

Conservative Texans Love To Fight The Feds Until They Need Them

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conservative-texans-love-to-blame-the-feds-until-they-need-them_us_59a82530e4b010ca289ae081?section=us_us-news

For Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), suing the federal government is a point of pride.

During Barack Obama’s presidency, Texas sued the administration at least 48 times. Abbott, who served as the state’s attorney general before winning the governorship in 2014, filed 31 of those lawsuits, according to the Texas Tribune. The Lone Star State has fought the federal government on matters ranging from drugs used for executions to climate change regulations. And Texas Republicans have refused to become part of the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid, turning their backs on billions of federal dollars.

Abbott is so skeptical of federal activities that he deployed the Texas State Guard in 2015 to monitor a U.S. military training exercise in the state. The move was seen as fanning conspiracy theories about the Obama administration, including one that claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was creating political prisoner camps in Walmarts.

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