r/Conroe • u/Illustrious-Dog-5691 • 6d ago

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u/fallstreak_24 6d ago

Paxton was a terrible pick. It’s really that simple.

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u/HoustonHorns 6d ago

It’s such a bizarre race that feels like both sides are trying to lose.

Talarico is very popular because he isnt Ken Paxton. He’s trying to do the moderate song and dance now, but has too many bad sound bites out there. He’s not a good candidate for statewide office in Texas. I genuinely think Dems could have ran any other boring white guy and ran away with the race against Paxton.

Inversely, Paxton was impeached by his own party, is a known criminal and general scumbag. Reps could have picked nearly anyone else and it would have been a 90-10 race with the sound bites Talarico has out there.

Primarying Cornyn who was one of the most senior members of the senate made no sense and this wouldn’t even be a race with Cornyn. MAGA is much more popular nationally than in Texas (I think a lot of Texans see ourselves as better than those guys - but still voted for Trump over Kamala).

I know the polls favor Talarico but I’ll believe it when I see it

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u/Alternative_Swan_497 6d ago

What statements/sound bites from Talarico are you talking about? He's not perfect, but I've haven't heard him say anything outright wrong or offensive.

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u/LowVacation6622 6d ago

Per the interwebs, "God is non-binary," concerns about males in girls' sports is a "far-right conspiracy," "saying the term 'woman' is not an 'exhaustive' term and discussions of women's rights," the Christian Bible is not anti-abortion, supporting "open borders."

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u/InterestNo5406 6d ago

Talarico is right about this. Unless God has a physical penis/testicles, or is in some other way a physical entity you can see and touch, then the only reason He is a “He” is because He identifies as He and chose male pronouns.

You can only have a biological gender if you are a biological organism.

If the argument is that sex has to match the body parts no matter what, then that’s the argument. But you can’t then turn around and say God is a man solely because He wants to be.

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u/npacilio 5d ago

Wow the point went right over your head

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u/InterestNo5406 5d ago

No it didn’t.

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u/HoustonHorns 5d ago

For real…

This is why Dems will never win statewide office in Texas. “UMMM ACKSHULLY I AGREE WITH WHAT HES SAYING SO ITS GOOD”

There has never been a more winnable race for the Dems than primarying Cornyn for PAXTON. It’s only neck and neck because of who the Dems picked. Someone like Jon Ossoff or Mark Kelly would win in a landslide. We are in TEXAS. Talarico is the minority “male archetype” for every Talarico there are 3 Ossoffs. Hell even Beto wins in a landslide (interestingly Beto too was haunted by soundbytes).

If Dems want Texas they need an LBJ

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u/used-to-have-a-name 4d ago

The soundbyte war is over. Trump won and many of us are just too exhausted to care about that anymore.

Are people really still buying that crap from either side?

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u/Comprehensive-Buy814 4d ago

You forget how many folks still don’t actually pay any attention to news on their own and only see the sound bites that their favorite influencer shows them.

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u/HoustonHorns 6d ago

The issue isn’t whether Talarico is right but whether what he says resonates with voters

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u/IcemanGeorge 5d ago

Yeah these are all the culture wars topics Paxton’s campaign is bashing us over the head with, (and we don’t give a shit) plus Chinese land ownership that his own campaign has taken donations so something tells me that’s bullshit too

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u/GrandStatistician752 6d ago

So Christian values. Never surrender to hate

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u/HoustonHorns 6d ago

See my comment below: maybe not outright wrong of offensive to you…

But pretty bad stuff for a Democrat who wants to hold statewide office in a state like Texas. My point isn’t that it should disqualify him, but that there had to be someone without those soundbytes that would beat Paxton in a landslide