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Saokymo

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2. As someone living in Dallas
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:07 AM
Oct 2012

I really feel that Big Tex's self-immolation is an omen of change. It's simply time.

Texas is already purple. Don't let the media polls fool you. It has been since the last Presidential election cycle for damn sure, if not longer. The Republicans think they have this state sewn up thanks to all their gerrymandering and voter suppression efforts, but they keep forgetting one key detail.

Texans are as fickle as the weather, and we don't say anything about it until after the change has happened.

I may have been young when it happened, but I do remember when this state flipped from solid Democratic through Governor Ann Landers to solid red through Baby Bush. It really wasn't all that long ago; mid-90's or so. When we change, we change hard and fast.

Or the red may be changing from Republican to Chinese. nt valerief Oct 2012 #1
As someone living in Dallas Saokymo Oct 2012 #2
*like* your assessment OneGrassRoot Oct 2012 #3
Do you mean Governor Ann Richards? Kookaburra Oct 2012 #4
Yes, pardon the mistake Saokymo Oct 2012 #5
I wasn't trying to be a smart ass Kookaburra Oct 2012 #6
At least I got the first name right! :) n/t Saokymo Oct 2012 #7
Yes, very true. kimmerspixelated Oct 2012 #8
ANN RICHARDS! kimmerspixelated Oct 2012 #9
When I heard this in the news, I thought the same thing! southerncrone Oct 2012 #10
almost guaranteed Ricochet21 Oct 2012 #11
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