Allen West Resigns as Head of TX GOP to.. run for Governor?
Y’all.
The Texas Tribune is reporting that Georgia native Allen West is resigning from his position as the head of the Texas GOP and “can’t rule out” a run for statewide office.
West declined to say whether he was eyeing any particular statewide office, though he told a radio host earlier Friday morning that the host was “safe” to assume West was mulling a gubernatorial run.
It is one of my grandest dreams to see Greg Abbott, Don Huffines, and Allen West duke it out in a primary. It could only get better if Alex Jones threw his hat in the ring. Huffines has already started running for governor and is promising to build the wall, eliminate property taxes completely, and “secure our elections” by which he likely means that he will outlaw Democrats from voting or something along those lines.
Greg Abbott is already trying to appeal to evangelicals by threatening to take licenses away from any childcare agencies that house unaccompanied minors. He’s going to defund the Texas legislature, because why not? Forget the wall, he’s just going to arrest everyone that crosses the border – I hope he doesn’t arrest the guy that brings us the avocados or tequila from Mexico.
I want these three men to out-crazy each other for about six months while Beto O’Rourke sits back and spends time registering Democrats to vote in a post-Trump post-COVID economy. Beto could win with a candidate worse than Ted Cruz. A candidate so bad that it doesn’t matter that Beto said “Hell Yeah” about taking away guns.
That candidate is Allen “I am the modern-day Harriet Tubman” West.
At the very least, it will be an entertaining election season.
It will be entertaining only for those who think Texans won’t elect the worst possible candidate. The rest of us will buy shares in Maalox.
1Alan West running for Governor of Texas? Good Gawdamighty, they already have Greg Abbot! Hasn’t Texas suffered enough? Run, Beto, run!
2I used to think no one like his majesty could get elected, and yet, we just suffered four years of him and half a million deaths. I don’t know what Democratic candidate will run for any offices, but I will vote for them, or even a turnip over ANY GOPer.
3I used to think this way. Elect the most crazy opponent and then guarantee your victory. Except that’s how we got Patrick, Paxton, and the rest. I’ll believe a Democrat can win state office when I see it with my own eyes. We will fight like hell but until we get fair elections I don’t necessarily want to see them out crazy themselves. We are the ones caught in the crossfire.
4Honestly, what’s dumber than bean dip dumb? West certainly qualifies. Has he talked about fortifying the border with New Mexico yet? I fear that’s on his agenda because of Mexico in the name..
I agree that it will be hilarious to watch the TX gubernatorial campaign. Unfortunately, the battle seems to have been joined to try to out crazy Florida, so I don’t see much hope for improvement, especially since the USSC will drag its feet on tossing out those insane voting restrictions.
Harriet Tubman? Really? I suppose it’s because she’s been dead long enough not to voice an objection to the comparison.
5Out of our last 3 governators, Shrub was the smart one.
6Compared to West, Shrub would not only be a rocket scientist, but an ethical one as well.
“ I want these three men to out-crazy each other for about six months …”
That’s almost guaranteed as each of them try and outdimwit each other, battling over the coveted This-Is-The-Craziest-One Trump endorsement.
7“At the very least, it will be an entertaining election season.”
That’s what I thought when Trump first announced his candidacy. And what did it get us? There is no such thing as being too crazy for the GOP. Crazy is a feature, not a bug.
8So when did Texas get so welcoming to carpetbaggers ?
9Alas, we are all just boisterous boxer puppies trapped in an insane velodrome of crazed Rethugs bicycling in circles blasting away with their sidearms.
If we can GOTV like never before and elect a few Democrats to statewide offices, we might could escape from this MAGAottian hellscape.
10Otherwise we’re doomed to dodge Rethuglikan wheels and bullets forever, like that hapless Houston boxer pup..
Comeuppance Headlines: sanitized for your enjoyment and edification!
A Reversal of Fortune in the age of poverty :
OT Trump’s Property Values PLUMMET
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsj2APym40
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Gotcha!; Eric Swallwell
11OT Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) reported Sunday that he’d finally been served with a lawsuit alleging incitement filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) back in March after weeks of taunting the Democrat about his team’s inability to track Brooks down and press the papers into his hands. Videhoho
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/watch-mo-brooks-e2-80-99-wife-served-with-swalwell-lawsuit-in-heated-moment/ar-AAKQ6Yc
Unfortunately, Matthew McConaughey will jump in, for his ego, and screw everything up for Beto.
12The texas GOP has a big inclusive tent for candidates. Wide open for the most repugnant of repugnanticans.
13Then my ex home state, ideeho, has ammon bundy, so it’s not just a lone star thayng.
@Warpster. We in New Mexico would welcome a Texas wall.
14Off topic, but a month ago I posted a link to the Playing for Change 50 year anniversary video of The Weight.
15A duo featured in it is called Larkin Poe.
They’re purty awesome.
Jefe, if you’re seeing this, I think you’ll enjoy it.
https://youtu.be/Iqh1IOXx2QY
And just in case somebody didn’t see it then
16https://youtu.be/ph1GU1qQ1zQ
Matthew McConaughey is eccentric enough … maybe he can run as a Republican, too.
17P.P.
18Thanks for reposting The Weight, I missed it the first time around. Great version!
P.P.- that was worth opening. Loved it
19Meanwhile the Army Corps of Engineers is racing to repair the gaps in the levees around Mission that were torn out to use on Trump’s wall. Ted Cruz even wrote to Biden, although he didn’t mention the deliberate destruction. Somebody just noticed it’s hurricane season.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-levees-hurricane-trump-wall-b1862898.html
Good luck, Texas.
20Reality check here. Beto said, hell yeah, I’ll take your AR-15’s. I love Beto, I gave him money, I have the T shirt. But Beto is unelectable in a statewide race. We need a candidate, and it’s not Beto, it’s not Matthew, and it’s not Wendy Davis. Any ideas?
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