The Congressman is back yo

[kaputt]

4 hours ago, TreeA10 said:

We need an ad campaign reminding people they moved here from there because they didn't like living there anymore so do not vote here to make it like there. I did hear of Texas voting stats that said the refugees from blue stats voted more consistently conservative than longer term residents.... Which is nice. 

I think the stat was that transplants vote more red than people born in Texas. But the people born in Texas also includes the young people that were kids of those transplants. And those people are voting heavy blue. 

[brickhistory]

On 4/27/2021 at 10:07 AM, uhhello said:

Just means the red states are turning purple in my holiday inn express education.

Indeed.

 

In the short term, it MIGHT pay off for the GOP, but in the long term, just as California turned uber-liberal over a series of years/migration from liberal places, so too shall the few remaining bastions of largely self-governance shift as the tide turns because of refugees fouling up their new nests.

Perhaps, unlikely, but perhaps, while the current Red states are shifting, the blue ones will start to shift back after peak "Escape from New York."

But my point for pointing out that Illinois lost a congressional seat is that, likely, the congressman of this thread has known that data for a while and is positioning himself for other venues.  

He says he doesn't rule out a statewide office run, but I just can't see it happening.  D's won't vote for him no matter how anti-Trump he says he is (gotta hurt that Gina Ortiz-Jones, a 2 X failed congressional candidate gets a nod for Under-SECAF and this guy got bupkis...), and most R's won't because of that.

I'm seeing some sort of TV gig being lined up.  My theory anyway.  

[whiskeychevelle]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/14/bryan-jones-air-force-matt-gaetz-challenger 
 

Perhaps we will have another USAF pilot in Congress soon

[pawnman]

4 minutes ago, whiskeychevelle said:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/14/bryan-jones-air-force-matt-gaetz-challenger 
 

Perhaps we will have another USAF pilot in Congress soon

Fingers crossed, because Gaetz is a clown.

[flynutt]

22 hours ago, whiskeychevelle said:

Perhaps we will have another USAF pilot in Congress soon

https://pfluger.house.gov

August Pfluger. TX 11th Congressional District.

Edited May 1, 2021 by flynutt

[Chuck17]

On 4/28/2021 at 4:59 PM, brickhistory said:

… my point for pointing out that Illinois lost a congressional seat is that, likely, the congressman of this thread has known that data for a while and is positioning himself for other venues.  

He says he doesn't rule out a statewide office run, but I just can't see it happening.  D's won't vote for him no matter how anti-Trump he says he is (gotta hurt that Gina Ortiz-Jones, a 2 X failed congressional candidate gets a nod for Under-SECAF and this guy got bupkis...), and most R's won't because of that.

You’d be surprised….

Downstate Dems in Illinois look an awful lot like Republicans elsewhere - pro-life, pro-gun, etc. My guess is he knows the score, but the outcome might be different than your posit.

Chuck

[brickhistory]

11 hours ago, Chuck17 said:

You’d be surprised….

Downstate Dems in Illinois look an awful lot like Republicans elsewhere - pro-life, pro-gun, etc. My guess is he knows the score, but the outcome might be different than your posit.

Chuck

Concur. 

However, given that the Democrats will redraw the districts and his is nearly 50-50 split, I see them trying to contain the Republicans to those southern areas of the state and will carve his up among the existing Democrat districts in ensure a lock.  I don't believe he could win in one of those redder districts as he's voted for numerous gun-control measures, wants to stay in Afghanistan, and voted for Trump Impeachment II, etc.  But no local knowledge so could be entirely off-base.

I do know, however, that Kinzinger was one of the Republicans given the Steele Dossier back when.  To the best of my knowledge he has never denied (or confirmed) spreading the info around.

I also know that a Trump-endorsed candidate was the leading vote getter for a special election in TX yesterday and will advance to the final since she didn't get a 50% + 1 of the votes cast.

The Kinzinger-endorsed candidate was pretty far back and didn't make the next round.

To be fair, the leading vote getter was the widow of the deceased representative, so Trump may or may not have been a factor in her advancement.  But Kinzinger's influence was pretty nil.  I think others will be drawing similar conclusions.

[MechGov]

Fingers crossed, because Gaetz is a clown.

Only way Gaetz loses an election is getting defeated in the primary. FL-1 can do (much) better than Gaetz

[JimNtexas]

Blue Texas is like fusion power plants.  Fourty years away, and probably always will be.

Trump was extremely strong in the Rio Grande valley,he far exceeded the predictions of the Smart  Ones.

Now that Biden has thrown the border into chaos all the democrat elected officals are begging his handlers to do, something, anything, to show that they give a shit about the people who live and work down there.

Harris donated a comic book.

This week there was a Congressional runoff for a vacant seat near Fort Worth.  There were eleven candidates.  Two Republicans won and will face each in the election.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-backed-candidate-heads-runoff-texas-special-congressional-election-2021-05-02/

Edited May 4, 2021 by JimNtexas

[gearhog]

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1420047411838390272?s=20🙄

[Duck]

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1420047411838390272?s=20

The comment section is brutal…


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[bfargin]

He earned them all

[sawf16]

13 hours ago, bfargin said:

He earned them all

LOL, I was wondering how long it would take for The Congressman to go from hero to goat on here. 
 

I guess the only principle that matters is how covered in orange dust you can get yourself. 

[gearhog]

1 hour ago, sawf16 said:

LOL, I was wondering how long it would take for The Congressman to go from hero to goat on here. 
 

I guess the only principle that matters is how covered in orange dust you can get yourself. 

No, you weren’t wondering that. But, you were using the word “principle” in the wrong context. Cheers.

I’ve defended Congressman as much as I’ve critiqued him. But this... Can you imagine an aircraft commander crying in the midst of performing their primary duties? During a briefing? WTF. You can’t make rational decisions when you can’t contain your emotions. 

Edited July 28, 2021 by torqued

[Blue]

On 7/27/2021 at 10:58 AM, torqued said:

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1420047411838390272?s=20🙄

Taking a page from the AOC playbook.....

[Breckey]

Or former House Speaker, John Boehner

[brickhistory]

The Democrat-controlled House sets up a Jan 6 Committee and wants the Republicans to play.  Despite multiple investigations on-going.  Whether they should or not is another thread.

The Republicans offer up 5 GOP representatives.  The Democrat Speaker of the House rejects two of them.

If they can't determine their own members to serve on this Committee, the GOP declines to play.

The Democrat Speaker then chooses two 'GOP' members to serve on the Committee, thus making it 'bipartisan.'

As "Pelosi Republicans," this seems totally legit...

 

as tame talking heads for various CNN/MSNBC/MSM gigs.

Oh, and don't forget the "Stunning and Brave" memoirs that are sure to be out soon.  Funny how books like that get the 'author' a hefty advance, but never actually sell and make a profit.  I have got to get in on that economy.

[lloyd christmas]

Meh.  Add him to the long list of sell outs.  And it’s not a Trump thing for me.  It’s that he’s the latest in modern politics to do what’s best for him.  Modern politics 101.   These people don’t work for us.  They work for themselves.  He’s been tactful in the way he got the spotlight and he’s found a way to stay in it.  Tears and all.  

[sawf16]

8 hours ago, torqued said:

No, you weren’t wondering that. But, you were using the word “principle” in the wrong context. Cheers.

I’ve defended Congressman as much as I’ve critiqued him. But this... Can you imagine an aircraft commander crying in the midst of performing their primary duties? During a briefing? WTF. You can’t make rational decisions when you can’t contain your emotions. 

 

Thanks for the mind read, I guess?

 

When I say principle, I am referring to a fundamental truth. Did you think I was talking about the guy your mom banged to keep you in regular school?

[Bender]

Why can’t we buy a replacement for the T-1 Jayhawks? That’s what I’d like to answer. That decision is single handledly f*ck ing up so much Air Force function is silly.

~Bendy


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[gearhog]

On 7/28/2021 at 8:49 PM, sawf16 said:

Thanks for the mind read, I guess?

 

When I say principle, I am referring to a fundamental truth. Did you think I was talking about the guy your mom banged to keep you in regular school?

That's a great mom joke! LOL. I love mom jokes.

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by torqued

[gearhog]

I realize some of you may have a hard-on for this person, so I'll remain open minded. After all, he's one of us and he seems like a reallyreallyreally nice guy. 😭 You could definitely leave him alone with your wife.

My gut reaction when reading this tweet was "this dude is losing his shit", but that could be entirely mistaken. As I work through the possible explanations, It could be that he might be using a better dictionary that no one else has access to. Maybe he's a time traveller. I don't know, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Submitted for your consideration: None of you are patriots. ("probably") 😆

https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1423649869470777346?s=20

[gearhog]

[BashiChuni]

Strange tweet

[bfargin]

I'm not on twitter but that tweet is very Trump-ish. Posting feces, just to get a reaction from people. Is that the norm for twitter?