legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Sun Feb-22-26 12:10 AM
"James Talarico vs Jasmine Crockett"
I don’t like this one bit. I like both of them and wish they weren’t running for the same thing.
Jasmine has been out in front fighting the good fight but Talarico is like a white Obama. The dude is smooth and will surely get white voters that Jasmine could never get.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Mon Feb-23-26 09:08 AM
6. "so would I.. but if I had to bet a stack on who would win" In response to Reply # 4
I would bet on Talarico.
Its Texas
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...but it seems to me that the moment calls for her type of combative energy in the Senate. She has been against the regime and fighting them in the battlefield of ideas for a while. I ain't got nothing against Talarico, but I got something FOR Crockett. We need lionesses in the Senate. I heard somewhere that he should run for Governor and that made sense to me based on his background as a generational Texan.
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7. "My name is Bennit, and I am not from Texas. " In response to Reply # 0
I think the nationalizing of local races has has a bad track record in Dem races with NY & LA flooding money into local races for people who have no chances of winning. I have no idea who can win in Texas. I like Jasmine Crockett and don't know the other guy at all.
I'll trust the local wisdom of Texan Dem voters to figure who has the best shot of winning.
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8. "i like both of them. i'm not in Texas though, so it doesn't matter." In response to Reply # 0
i think EITHER of them would be fine for the job. i actually think that politically they are nearly the same, they just have a very different approach from one another.
however, i think, based on Texas demographics, that Talarico is more likely to win. remember, this isn't exactly about Talarico vs. Crockett, it's about either of them vs. the Repub candidate and trying to "turn Texas blue."
that said, i think that whoever loses will still be fine politically. like, a primary loss isn't a nail in the coffin like it would be with some other folks.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Thu Feb-26-26 03:31 PM
10. "Jasmine got the juice. Double digit lead in the polls" In response to Reply # 0
we all know polls are funny style but who knows.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Fri Feb-27-26 04:44 PM
12. "true, Beto had us hype af for a minute" In response to Reply # 11
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because Beto had us hyped, but lost. However, he helped down ballot a ton from what I understand. And he worked his ass off.
I do feel like he has a better shot than Crocket. Not sure how you win in TX if the bulk of your brand is being anti-Trump. Trump won TX 3 times!
Not to mention, there's that clip of her calling latinos slaves. If Dems have a chance in hell it will be because Latinos flipped...I don't see them flipping to Crocket like that.
Plus, I read today she has Kamala making robo calls. Uhh...Kamala underperformed Allred. I'm starting to doubt Crocket's political instincts. She seems solely focused on winning the nom, because she is giving the GOP all kinds of ammo for the general.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Tue Mar-03-26 11:26 PM
17. "hmm.. looks like Talarico " In response to Reply # 0
once again the polls were trash
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19. "yeah when you posted that early survey/poll..." In response to Reply # 17
that had her up A LOT, i was like "them numbers sound made up."
i mean, someone here said "the Latinos" and maybe it was some of that, but unfortunately for her, Jasmine was making some bad moves publicly in the days/weeks before.
also, democratic votes look to be VERY fed up with Israel (finally), and her ties to AIPAC, etc. were DEFINITELY a negative for her. not saying Talarico isn't pro-Israel - i'm actually not sure...i think he's less so than she is though she may only be because she's bought and it's not her true inner beliefs, but she was giving bad answers when asked about it, etc.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Wed Mar-04-26 11:30 AM
21. "I’m not shocked at all that Talarico won" In response to Reply # 0
when I saw the polls I was shocked they said she had a double digit lead.
I just didn’t see Texas choosing Crockett over a white dude on his Obama shit. They already bashing this man for not hating gays while being a christian.
The Colbert ban got him over the finish line. Not sure how Crockett did in Texas as fat as campaigning goes but he got a shit ton of free air time with the CBS thing.
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39. "Correct. Al Green was gerrymandered out of his district, not Crocket." In response to Reply # 33 Thu Mar-05-26 04:20 PM by dagu
Green is now running in a different district, the Texas 18th (which is my district), which is the one that Governor Hot Wheels kept open after Sylvester Turner died suddenly. It's been a crazy year and a half for the 18th:
Sheila Jackson Lee: 1/3/1995 - 7/19/2024 Vacant: 7/19/2024 - 11/12/2024 Erica Lee Carter (SLJ's daughter): 11/12/2024 - 1/3/2025 Sylvester Turner: 1/3/2025 - 3/5/2025 Vacant: 3/5/2025 - 2/2/2026 Christian Menefee: 2/2/2026 - Present
This May, Menefee himself is now facing his fourth election for this seat in what will be six months:
(1) Special election to replace Turner in 11/2025 (2) Runoff for special election in 1/2026 (3) Primary in 3/2026 (4) Primary runoff in 5/2026.
The number of ads and videos on the page makes it hard to copy and paste the article cleanly, but I'm am amazed how quickly fellow Democrats are already throwing shade at her.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Thu Mar-05-26 02:41 PM
34. "Politics is like sports. All the experts have criticism for the losing t..." In response to Reply # 32
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37. "she did ruffle feathers." In response to Reply # 35
talarico was already a pretty clear lock, and she threw her hat in that ring late and the kingmakers were like "uh, why you trying to upset the apple cart."
now, it's a free county and you can do what you want, but now that i understand that she didn't HAVE TO give up her district (which is what i thought initially) i can understand people looking at her sideways like just keep your spot cuz you're a great Dem Rep. there's no need to come over here and create drama where there was none.
i'm not judging her one way or the other, but it's understandable to me if the Dem establishment does.
42. "I'm not saying that she should." In response to Reply # 40
But I think there already being a totally viable Dem option in the Senate race, and then she gives up her office to chase the Senate job? I can see how that could irritate the party.
you think a black woman who shits on Trump any chance she gets is gonna fare better than a smooth talking, white, religious man (Jasmine is a Christian too but he puts that shit to the forefront), IN FUCKING TEXAS?!?!?!?
you gotta remember, this isn't a race in her district only, where she won easily when she did win. this is for the united states senate, a STATEWIDE rice.
now, he might lose to the whoever the Repugs put up, but to think he's gonna lose WORSE than her is crazy talk to me.
I didn't say Crockett would do better, I said Tarico will face worse. I mean his competition will not be friendly. I would say the same if Crockett won.
He will be running against a MAGA nut or Republican incumbent in a red state.
It wasn't that easy when she ran the first time.
They are already starting the culture war machine.
They attack Crockett in this article but they make an interesting point about Tarico in the general.
"Talarico once spoke in opposition to Republican legislation that would prohibit transgender girls from playing in girls’ sports, arguing that there are “many more than two biological sexes.”
--------------------------- It Takes a Nation of Ruckus to Hold Us Back
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Fri Mar-06-26 04:36 PM
59. "they are going to try the transgender thing" In response to Reply # 52
but that’s prolly it.
Might find some dirt on him but Jamsine would’ve faced so much worse.
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He is trying to figure out the conspiracy behind people loved her for the house but flipped on her when she ran for Senate. How did people turn on her so fast?
I think it's kind of simple. I think she eas great at being in the lower house where she can battle against folks like MTG but not sure she would do well in the Senate where you got to have a broader base.
IDK. The system I want is that anyone who wants to run runs and the people pick and then the losers get the person picked fairly and brings their supporters along and they all work towards beating the other side.
The system does not work if you lose and then you blame the system and try to burn it all down. Doesn't seem like Crockett is doing that but some of her clown supporters definitely are.
Crockett will be back. She got more sense than most.
>she must have ruffled a few feathers among her 'fellow' >Democrats and they aren't sad to see her lose that Primary >bid. > >She just lost the Senate primary bid less than a week and >there's already folks willing to have themselves quoted >blaming her for the loss.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Fri Mar-06-26 11:42 AM
46. "Props.. but everyone ate that ass up. Including her side piece" In response to Reply # 41
how the fuck you get asked about cheating in front of your husband and can’t say no.
and giving $128 Mill to a company created 11 days prior. Talk about fraud.
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Dude on the Majority Report said he's not used to hearing pro-Palestinian messaging in Christian preacher cadence, and it's pretty true which when you think about how loud Christian Zionism is in the US
45. "yeah when I was googling trying to figure out if Crockett..." In response to Reply # 43
was gerrymandered or if she gave up her seat I was googling "black pastor congress" or something like that cuz i heard he had won it and i couldn't remember his name, and the first links that i actually saw were jewish news sites talking about "anti-israel candidate" so the zionists do seem to be NOT happy about it.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Fri Mar-20-26 10:26 AM
64. "yes.. he’s white. Good observation" In response to Reply # 62
Not sure if he is a liberal. He is a religious dude tho and he is pretty good at interpreting the Bible the correct way to show evangelicals how hypocritical they are.
Not sure why Jasmine got in late either. Dude had a head start and built a great ground game.
and yes, he is white.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Fri Mar-06-26 04:33 PM
58. "nah.. that dude is comparing State Gov to Fed Gov" In response to Reply # 51
during her first term in 2020.
During her tenure, she filed more bills than any other freshman legislator, voted numerous times against efforts to restrict abortion access, and petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to strike down Texas' six week abortion ban as unconstitutional. Three bills she co-authored became law. These included legislation that wipes certain in-court fees for recently incarcerated persons and criminalizes financial abuse of the elderly. She was a founding member of the Texas Caucus on Climate, Energy, and the Environment, a bipartisan caucus working to reduce pollution and grow the economy in Texas.
I like Talarico by the way and think he has a good shot to win due to being white, christian and born and raised in Texas. Texans love that shit.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 83733 posts
Fri Mar-27-26 06:01 AM
65. "Hegseth’s preacher prayed God will kill Talarico" In response to Reply # 0
then clarified he wanted God to kill his soul so he could be reborn.
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