Texas has a long history of candidates running for office based on their names being similar to somebody else’s name. There was a guy named Sam Houston who kept running for office back in the 90s-00s, for instance. And nobodies with “American” names running in primaries against Latino incumbents was a thing for a while too. A tremendous right-wing crank with the last name of Smith primaried an appointed SCOTX justice named Rodriguez and actually won back around '02 or '04. Rodriguez got rewarded with a seat on the federal bench, whereas Smith got primaried out of office two years later and basically hasn’t been heard from since.
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Is this the same Rick Perry who texted Mark Meadows the following sage advice the day after the election?
“HERE’s an AGRESSIVE [sic] STRATEGY: Why can t [sic] the states of GA NC PENN and other R controlled state houses declare this is BS (where conflicts and election not called that night) and just send their own electors to vote and have it go to the SCOTUS.”
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who filed to have his name listed as “Rick Perry,” and his filing happened to be notorized by a supporter of one of Abbott’s challengers.
Freudian slip? He wishes he were notorious.
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In the latest round of intra-Texas GOP drama, the Texas Tribune revealed Friday that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) plotted to get Gov. Greg Abbott (R) booted out of office.
This is what you get when you have the rattlesnakes running the zoo.
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Alternate headline:
Bankrupt Brain Trust Seeks Trustee
Alfred E. Nueman unavailable
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GOP in disarray!
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There was a guy in Dallas who I’m convinced was elected as a judge because he had the same name as a long-running Morning Radio guy…Ron Chapman.
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It’s the name you know!
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Judge Ron Chapman first got elected to the district court bench back in the 60s, but the name probably didn’t hurt much after the radio Ron Chapman got big in the 70s. The latter died last year, BTW.
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I know…I used to be on the air in Dallas.
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… you realize you just said Rick Perry is one of your “best friends in life,” out loud…
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Yep. That’s why we have a Jim Wright on the Railroad Commission.
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You’re not going to just drop that in the conversation and fail to give some context, are you???
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What’s with Deez Nuts?
Then there’s this:
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I was on Magic, the Oasis, some time at KERA and then off air doing production for a LONG time.
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Maybe do it before Perry is indicted?
Fraud proof ballots that change yer vote from whatever to GOP I take it?
Couldn’t read the link cuz of a pay wall.
btw there was no election fraud here in AZ anyway. Even the Cyber Ninjas said so.
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Holographic foil. Special ink designed to be sensitive to temperature changes. Nearly invisible “stealth numbers” that can be located only using special ultraviolet or infrared lights.
Those are among the high-tech security features that would be required to be embedded on ballots under measures proposed in at least four states by Republican lawmakers — all pro
Tale of 2 boneheads…TX would be a loser either way…
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