Beto O'Rourke visits Aggieland
Hundreds of people crowded under a pavilion in Northgate on Sunday, armed with questions about energy, the environment, education and other topics for U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke.
The Democratic congressman from El Paso brought his campaign to College Station for a town hall-style event at the Wayside Food Park near the Texas A&M campus.
O'Rourke is challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in the Nov. 6 election.
Wearing a Texas A&M University cap, O'Rourke touted his ability to work with members of both parties and said he votes with Republicans and Democrats alike.
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BTW, he's scheduled to be on with Stephen Colbert this coming Wednesday! 
Sure, we'll let him represent us in DC and go on the TV talk shows, but trying to snatch him away from us might start another civil war.
Now if you want to move to Texas and register to vote, then we can meet for a meal and discussion.
Despite all the angry LTTEs and the protests. And I'd give it serious thought if you could promise better weather! Hurricane Florence may be hitting south of here, though we are expecting serious rain, but then you had Harvey. 
How's the winter look? If this coming winter is as brutal or lasts as long as last year's did, I'd even consider Florida! 
I'm certain that the dreary 40 degree days in the winter would be a relief to you. We usually only have those a few days at a time then it gets back above 70. Bring your swimsuit! 
We had record low temperatures - it got to be 20 below - all over the area. 40 degrees sounds balmy to me!
Western New York is known for particularly harsh winters! I went to college about halfway across the state and I should have known better, but then I didn't yet drive back then. Fortunately, it wasn't a huge campus, unlike my boarding school in Western Massachusetts, which was worse... 
And it sounds like you made a friend in this neighbor. He probably appreciates the interest and the company. And no wonder he escaped to Texas, LOL. Western New York has arguably worse weather than what we experience here, though after last winter I'm not so sure.
And does he drive that car all the way to New York? Provably not or he'd be experiencing the rust issues that caused me to have to give up driving my 2001 Pontiac last November. 
He sounds like an interesting guy - does he vote? I have more than one friend who I can't help unloading about politics on, so I do my best to spread the word. Maybe you could ask him for a ride to the polls - any chance he might like cats? He might welcome that company, too...
And with his '95 car, I hope he has AAA! I used to drive south to NC with my grandmother every fall so she'd have her car, but then we had the company. One time the rain was such a deluge, we had to make an unplanned stop, spent the night in Hillsville, Virginia. That was our big adventure. 
And if there's a liberal at the local college, isn't he influencing others? I can't see younger people going for Trump, especially after seeing plaid shirt guy and his cohorts.
I think it's terrific that you're showing up for Beto. I worked for my congressman on two elections, made GOTV calls for a third. It was a great experience and I learned a lot, ran into a few people I knew, but there were also paid workers. I made calls, stuffed envelopes and went door to door. If I do it again, the one thing I would change is not going door to door alone. Although our lists were comprised of likely Democratic voters, there were a couple of places where I was unwelcome, the worst being the guy who threatened to run me over with his car if I didn't get off his property. 
I have also thought of being a poll worker, they probably need more Democrats, though the hours aren't ideal, LOL. Let me know how it goes!
