Texas 2022 megathread

[Alben Barkley]

https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2021/09/29/matthew-dowd-former-george-w-bush-strategist-to-run-as-democrat-for-texas-lieutenant-governor/

Former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd running for Lt Gov as a Democrat. This should be interesting...

Between this and Jennifer Rubin writing articles calling Afghanistan a failure from the start, the times sure have a-changed.

[Alben Barkley]

https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2021/09/29/matthew-dowd-former-george-w-bush-strategist-to-run-as-democrat-for-texas-lieutenant-governor/

Former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd running for Lt Gov as a Democrat. This should be interesting...

Between this and Jennifer Rubin writing articles calling Afghanistan a failure from the start, the times sure have a-changed.

He was a Democrat until 1999

...A Texas DINO who worked for the Bush-endorsing Bob Bullock (as well as some Republicans even early on).

Not exactly George McGovern at any point.

Then was one of the top Republican strategists throughout the Dubya era.

This is a pretty huge turnaround no matter how you slice it.

[Alben Barkley]

McConaughey needs to run as a Dem/Independent or this is a guaranteed loss.

[Alben Barkley]

Safe R with Beto.

Less predictable with McConaughey.

[Alben Barkley]

Alright alright alright then.

I think I’m gonna take a long, well-deserved break from following politics too closely for the benefit of my personal life and mental health. Matthew McConaughey running might have been the only thing that could have kept me invested.

Goodbye friends. I’ll come back after Dems are slaughtered next year I’m sure. Probably much sooner if I’m being honest because this s—t is like a drug. But I am gonna TRY at least for a while to keep a distance because it’s only inflicting unnecessary pain, misery, and disappointment on me at the moment. At least McConaughey would have been entertaining.