http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:42:42 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/08/174540.php#comment-732235 I don't know Dave...I've talked to a few texans that are pretty damn grateful for Rick Perry and the Texas GOP right about now. They've told me that the economy in Texas is booming and I have read several reports that rank Texas as the number one state in the nation to do business. Of course there are other things aside from the economy that you take issue with as you discussed in your article but it must be nice to live in a state where the economy is so good while many other places are suffering and the national economy is the focal point of the presidential election. Where would you rather be raising a family of four right now Dave, in Texas under Perry and the GOP or Michigan under Granholm and the Dems who have not been content just to run the economy of there into the ground but to run it so deep into the ground that some economists are calling it the worst economy seen since the Great Depression and people are leaving the state by the thousands? 732235@blogcritics.org Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:42:42 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/08/174540.php#comment-731741 The weird thing is that from what I could tell at the state convention, these hardcore theocrats are a pretty small minority of the party. They're probablu less thanm 20% overall, but they've gotten themselves into positions of power and the indifferent majority have gotten used to voting along with them. I'd say that the pro-liberty people in the party now outnumber the religious right and may well push them out of the way in a few years. I'm hoping that documents like this are their last gasp at leaving a mark on the party before an alliance of libertarians and moderates crushes them once and for all. Dave 731741@blogcritics.org Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:53:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/08/174540.php#comment-731728 Too bad they don't have the guts to change their name to the Texas Christian-Republican Party, since that surely represents their values and goals. 731728@blogcritics.org Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:26:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/08/174540.php#comment-731669 Gee I'm glad I donlt live in Texas. Up here the republicans are at least halfway sane. 731669@blogcritics.org Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:20:21 EDT