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I was sitting in the audience at the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee Meeting this weekend and during the boring parts I was checking my email.  Along comes an email from Carl, my buddy who lives so far north that I am convinced he comes to my house on Christmas Eve.

He sent a link that I opened on my trusty iPad, and it gave me an opportunity to show everyone sitting around me that dammit we’ve been doing it wrong.

THAT’s how you win elections.

And since we’re on the subject of my weekend, I just want to say that Marriott Hotel is obviously Republican.  I found a bottle of water in my $129 a night room.  Click the little one to get the big one.

Three dollars and fifty cents for Dallas tap water.

I looked around to see if I could find a $6.50 zip lock baggie of Fort Worth air.

Plus, they didn’t have wifi in the rooms.  They did have ethernet, which I tried plugging into my ear but it still didn’t make my iPad work, which explains why I was checking my email in the conference which is why I am not staying at the Marriott again.  And did I mention that we waited 30 minutes for lunch?

But here was the good part of lunch.  Lloyd Criss is a genuine Texas hero, author, fighter, former state rep, labor organizer and helluva Democrat.  He is one of my very favorite people because he gives as good as he takes.  His only daughter, Judge Susan Criss, is my friend.  Lloyd was at the SDEC meeting to cause trouble, if needed.  Judge Susan keeps a copy of The Riot Act in her purse because she has to read it to him several times a day just to keep him in line.  Thankfully, he wasn’t need for trouble, but when there’s a fight I want Lloyd and the angles on my side.  Lloyd first.

Yes, those are little puppies on his cane, but he’ll still beat you with it.  I know that for a fact.