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Jbob04
9:16p, 7/30/26
In reply to txags92
Oh good lord, Paxton isn't losing.
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TAMU1990
9:23p, 7/30/26
In reply to txags92
txags92 said:
nortex97 said:

Maybe there's not a need to dump 10+ million into the Texas race. Talarico just produces quality ads for Paxton daily by running his mouth anyway.

All is proceeding as I have foretold. The national groups are withholding their money because Paxton is not a uniparty squish like Cornyn. And when he loses because they refused to fund a "winnable race", we will be told it was because he was a terrible candidate (unlike their buddy Cornyn) and not because the uniparty "moderates" in the GOP-e refused to support him.

Thank goodness Elon is funding the American PAC for Texas politicians.
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txags92
9:23p, 7/30/26
In reply to Jbob04
Jbob04 said:
Oh good lord, Paxton isn't losing.

You are missing the point. Not saying I think he will lose. I am saying the GOP-e wants him to lose and will actively do whatever they can to try to make it happen. It is what they do every time their squish candidates lose a primary.
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Aggie97
9:41p, 7/30/26
In reply to Jbob04
Jbob04 said:
Oh good lord, Paxton isn't losing.


New Fox Poll.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-gop-divisions-shape-texas-senate-race.amp

You can't blame a this on a liberal leaning poll. Paxton better get to work or we will be stuck with a socialist freak.
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JDUB08AG
9:44p, 7/30/26
In reply to Aggie97
Aggie97 said:
Jbob04 said:
Oh good lord, Paxton isn't losing.


New Fox Poll.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-gop-divisions-shape-texas-senate-race.amp

You can't blame a this on a liberal leaning poll. Paxton better get to work or we will be stuck with a socialist freak.


Foxnews polls are notorious for overstating democratic support. It's almost become a caricature poll.
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Stupe
9:46p, 7/30/26
People that think Paxton winning is a given aren't facing reality. Republicans that hate him need to face the fact of what we are in danger of if they don't unite and vote.

Talerico would be an absolute disaster..
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Rapier108
9:49p, 7/30/26
In reply to Aggie97
Aggie97 said:
Jbob04 said:
Oh good lord, Paxton isn't losing.


New Fox Poll.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-gop-divisions-shape-texas-senate-race.amp

You can't blame a this on a liberal leaning poll. Paxton better get to work or we will be stuck with a socialist freak.

Fox Polls have been garbage forever, and always make the Democrat look better. And there is no way Abbott is only up by 1 point on someone who few even know exists.

Truly, they'd love for the Democrats to sweep everything in November so they can then go back to their preferred position, that of the "loyal opposition".
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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TAMUallen
10:35p, 7/30/26


Fake Christian just keeps faking
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sanangelo
10:43p, 7/30/26
Senate race takeaways (Fox News poll, July 23-27)

  • Talarico is the first candidate in any public general-election poll to crack 50 percent this year.
  • The three-point edge is inside the margin of error, so it's still a dogfight but the direction of travel is not flattering for the Attorney General.
  • Independents are breaking hard for Talarico (68 percent).
  • Roughly one in four non-MAGA Republicans are voting for the Democrat.
  • Democrats are more "extremely motivated" to vote than Republicans by seven points.
  • More voters worry Paxton lacks the character for the job (59 percent) than worry Talarico is too extreme (47 percent). That particular comparison should sting.
  • Abbott is basically tied with Hinojosa in the gubernatorial poll
  • Not in the poll, but... Talarico's campaign has $21.5 million on hand. Paxton has $1.76 million.
  • Also not in the poll but... Paxton has not yet received money from MAGA Inc or the Senate Leadership Fund.
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Captn_Ag05
10:49p, 7/30/26
For people that like the poll graphics

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oh no
10:52p, 7/30/26
In reply to sanangelo
sanangelo said:

  • Independents are breaking hard for Talarico (68 percent).
  • Roughly one in four non-MAGA Republicans are voting for the Democrat.
  • Democrats are more "extremely motivated" to vote than Republicans by seven points.
  • More voters worry Paxton lacks the character for the job (59 percent) than worry Talarico is too extreme (47 percent).
    • i don't believe that but if true, it shows that socialist Pravda media is working effectively and people are really mentally delayed.
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    Ellis Wyatt
    11:05p, 7/30/26
    In reply to TAMUallen
    TAMUallen said:


    Fake Christian just keeps faking
    I can tell you where he won't be seeing Christ: in Heaven.
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    W
    11:09p, 7/30/26
    Abbott is only ahead by 1 point?

    c'mon now
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    agent-maroon
    11:19p, 7/30/26
    In reply to TAMUallen
    TAMUallen said:


    Fake Christian just keeps faking

    Ah yes, the "loving tradition" we all know as islam. They only want to kill you if you're not a muslim, but I guess they do it with love.. or something... honestly words fail me. I've got nothing.

    Who does this guy think he's fooling
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    DD88
    11:55p, 7/30/26
    In reply to W
    W said:
    Abbott is only ahead by 1 point?

    c'mon now


    Real Clear Politics has Abbott up and average of 5.9.


    https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/governor/general/2026/texas/abbott-vs-hinojosa


    This Fox News poll looks to be skewed D+5.
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    Who?mikejones!
    12:28a, 7/31/26
    This is gonna end up like Iowa last time
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    BadMoonRisin
    12:42a, 7/31/26
    He's a gay guy who lives with his mom.

    Surely he will be the one that can turn Texas blue, this time.
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    Joe Deertay
    5:19a, 7/31/26
    In reply to Aggie97
    Yeah I remember when Fox said Harris would win…. Lol
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    LOYAL AG
    7:42a, 7/31/26
    In reply to sanangelo
    sanangelo said:
    Senate race takeaways (Fox News poll, July 23-27)

    • Talarico is the first candidate in any public general-election poll to crack 50 percent this year.
    • The three-point edge is inside the margin of error, so it's still a dogfight but the direction of travel is not flattering for the Attorney General.
    • Independents are breaking hard for Talarico (68 percent).
    • Roughly one in four non-MAGA Republicans are voting for the Democrat.
    • Democrats are more "extremely motivated" to vote than Republicans by seven points.
    • More voters worry Paxton lacks the character for the job (59 percent) than worry Talarico is too extreme (47 percent). That particular comparison should sting.
    • Abbott is basically tied with Hinojosa in the gubernatorial poll
    • Not in the poll, but... Talarico's campaign has $21.5 million on hand. Paxton has $1.76 million.
    • Also not in the poll but... Paxton has not yet received money from MAGA Inc or the Senate Leadership Fund.


    Polls in July are meant to stir up the base. This is Fox telling "the right" that Texas might turn purple and we'd better our **** together. It ain't gonna happen but this is how Fox does their part to keep it from happening.
    "The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir Lenin
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    HumbleAg04
    7:44a, 7/31/26
    Wait until the people polled find out Talarico is a Dem. His commercials claim Republican legislation as his, claim Republican positions as his own, uses black instead of Dem blue and doesn't show party affiliation at all.

    He is another defund the police, trans rights, open borders, you'll own nothing and be happy card carrying socialist (communist).

    He won't win. If he does it will be suburban white women who sell out the state and eventually the country.
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    Rapier108
    12:27p, 7/31/26
    "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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    agent-maroon
    12:34p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Rapier108
    Seems like the last place the dems do any Texas candidate fundraising is in Texas. Or at least anywhere off the east/west coasts. But they're totally doing it for the citizens the prospective candidate is supposed to represent and not to increase their party's power at the federal level, right?
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    Science Denier
    12:36p, 7/31/26
    In reply to agent-maroon
    agent-maroon said:
    Seems like the last place the dems do any Texas candidate fundraising is in Texas. Or at least anywhere off the east/west coasts. But they're totally doing it for the citizens the prospective candidate is supposed to represent and not to increase their party's power at the federal level, right?


    Libs used to siphon government money from USAID. Soros got $250 million for his NGO. That dried up but it appears there is a new source.

    No way this money comes from private donors.
    LOL OLD
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    AgGrad99
    12:42p, 7/31/26
    In reply to TAMUallen
    TAMUallen said:

    Good ole Universalism, which is directly opposed to all Scripture.


    Doesnt matter if you're a believer....Understand that he is as fake as the Sun is bright.
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    Squadron7
    12:52p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Old McDonald
    Old McDonald said:
    Aggie Dad Sip said:
    Whoop2 said:
    Talarico is a heretic person as he twists the Bible saying he's a preacher. False preachers are warned about in the Bible.

    Religion doesn't move the needle for me, since no religion on the planet can be proved. Heretic? Pfft. Whatever. Paxton is an irrefutable and unashamed corruption machine.

    the political cult of evangelism doesn't tolerate Christians who aren't republicans. calling talarico a heretic is an immune response that's more political than religious.


    Agnostic here. Talarico could have never utterred a single word about his version of Christianity...instead sticking only to his positions on taxes, open borders, trans men in women's sports, capitalism and free markets, and the sterilization/mutilation of minors in the name of "gender affirmation" to dislodge from him any support from me.

    Of all of his positions on the subjects laid out in the above paragraph, which are you for and against?
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    JDUB08AG
    12:54p, 7/31/26
    In reply to AgGrad99
    AgGrad99 said:
    TAMUallen said:

    Good ole Universalism, which is directly opposed to all Scripture.


    Doesnt matter if you're a believer....Understand that he is as fake as the Sun is bright.

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    Magneto
    1:04p, 7/31/26
    Remember the good ol days when politics was about how to handle the taxes. democrats are now folks that literally hate our country.

    And to think my relatives fought against communism………and now it's back but this time it's our own people (and millions of immigrants).
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    Ellis Wyatt
    1:04p, 7/31/26
    In reply to AgGrad99
    Quote:
    Good ole Universalism, which is directly opposed to all Scripture.


    Doesnt matter if you're a believer....Understand that he is as fake as the Sun is bright.

    Just like Obama. Except Obama thinks he is the savior.
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    AgGrad99
    1:06p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Squadron7
    Squadron7 said:
    Old McDonald said:
    Aggie Dad Sip said:
    Whoop2 said:
    Talarico is a heretic person as he twists the Bible saying he's a preacher. False preachers are warned about in the Bible.

    Religion doesn't move the needle for me, since no religion on the planet can be proved. Heretic? Pfft. Whatever. Paxton is an irrefutable and unashamed corruption machine.

    the political cult of evangelism doesn't tolerate Christians who aren't republicans. calling talarico a heretic is an immune response that's more political than religious.


    Agnostic here. Talarico could have never utterred a single word about his version of Christianity...instead sticking only to his positions on taxes, open borders, trans men in women's sports, capitalism and free markets, and the sterilization/mutilation of minors in the name of "gender affirmation" to dislodge from him any support from me.

    Of all of his positions on the subjects laid out in the above paragraph, which are you for and against?


    But what's interesting...I continue to hear him referred to as a 'very strong Christian' and 'Christian Pastor'...so it's working on a lot of uninformed people. That's why he keeps doing it...to distract suburban moms from his actual positions, while also pandering to the extreme left ideals (which you mentioned).

    Listening to the radio the other day, his name came up, and the talking head said...'He's like a Super Devoted Christian Pastor, but watch the right try to convince everyone he's really the antichrist or something'. Not only are they being absolutely suckered, they think anyone who isnt is just making crap up.
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    txags92
    1:21p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Squadron7
    Squadron7 said:
    Old McDonald said:
    Aggie Dad Sip said:
    Whoop2 said:
    Talarico is a heretic person as he twists the Bible saying he's a preacher. False preachers are warned about in the Bible.

    Religion doesn't move the needle for me, since no religion on the planet can be proved. Heretic? Pfft. Whatever. Paxton is an irrefutable and unashamed corruption machine.

    the political cult of evangelism doesn't tolerate Christians who aren't republicans. calling talarico a heretic is an immune response that's more political than religious.


    Agnostic here. Talarico could have never utterred a single word about his version of Christianity...instead sticking only to his positions on taxes, open borders, trans men in women's sports, capitalism and free markets, and the sterilization/mutilation of minors in the name of "gender affirmation" to dislodge from him any support from me.

    Of all of his positions on the subjects laid out in the above paragraph, which are you for and against?

    I highly doubt he answers that. He doesn't get paid to defend their positions, just to attack republicans.
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    Old McDonald
    2:35p, 7/31/26
    In reply to TheEternalOptimist
    TheEternalOptimist said:
    Old McDonald said:
    Aggie Dad Sip said:
    Whoop2 said:
    Talarico is a heretic person as he twists the Bible saying he's a preacher. False preachers are warned about in the Bible.

    Religion doesn't move the needle for me, since no religion on the planet can be proved. Heretic? Pfft. Whatever. Paxton is an irrefutable and unashamed corruption machine.

    the political cult of evangelism doesn't tolerate Christians who aren't republicans. calling talarico a heretic is an immune response that's more political than religious.

    What we don't tolerate are those who claim to be Christian while endorsing the wholesale slaughter of human beings in the womb OR those who embrace sexual deviancy and redefining the Biblical definition of marriage. You can NOT be a Christian and endorse any of the above. To do so invalidates any claims to Christian faith.
    this is what i'm talking about. this is a political argument wearing the thin veneer of a religious one. it's reductive and dogmatic to collapse Christianity to a purity test on abortion and LGBT issues. calling talarico a heretic is nothing more than political virtue signaling for evangelicals.
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    flown-the-coop
    2:41p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Old McDonald
    Old McDonald said:
    TheEternalOptimist said:
    Old McDonald said:
    Aggie Dad Sip said:
    Whoop2 said:
    Talarico is a heretic person as he twists the Bible saying he's a preacher. False preachers are warned about in the Bible.

    Religion doesn't move the needle for me, since no religion on the planet can be proved. Heretic? Pfft. Whatever. Paxton is an irrefutable and unashamed corruption machine.

    the political cult of evangelism doesn't tolerate Christians who aren't republicans. calling talarico a heretic is an immune response that's more political than religious.

    What we don't tolerate are those who claim to be Christian while endorsing the wholesale slaughter of human beings in the womb OR those who embrace sexual deviancy and redefining the Biblical definition of marriage. You can NOT be a Christian and endorse any of the above. To do so invalidates any claims to Christian faith.

    this is what i'm talking about. this is a political argument wearing the thin veneer of a religious one. it's reductive and dogmatic to collapse Christianity to a purity test on abortion and LGBT issues. calling talarico a heretic is nothing more than political virtue signaling for evangelicals.

    Or people use the excuse of politics to completely *******ize the scripture.
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    Old McDonald
    2:43p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Stupe
    Stupe said:
    People that think Paxton winning is a given aren't facing reality. Republicans that hate him need to face the fact of what we are in danger of if they don't unite and vote.

    Talerico would be an absolute disaster..
    yep. paxton may very well end up winning, but it's far from a sure thing at this stage. it's a risky year to be hitching your wagon to trump the way paxton has.
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    ArbAg
    2:44p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Old McDonald
    Old McDonald said:
    TheEternalOptimist said:
    Old McDonald said:
    Aggie Dad Sip said:
    Whoop2 said:
    Talarico is a heretic person as he twists the Bible saying he's a preacher. False preachers are warned about in the Bible.

    Religion doesn't move the needle for me, since no religion on the planet can be proved. Heretic? Pfft. Whatever. Paxton is an irrefutable and unashamed corruption machine.

    the political cult of evangelism doesn't tolerate Christians who aren't republicans. calling talarico a heretic is an immune response that's more political than religious.

    What we don't tolerate are those who claim to be Christian while endorsing the wholesale slaughter of human beings in the womb OR those who embrace sexual deviancy and redefining the Biblical definition of marriage. You can NOT be a Christian and endorse any of the above. To do so invalidates any claims to Christian faith.
    this is what i'm talking about. this is a political argument wearing the thin veneer of a religious one. it's reductive and dogmatic to collapse Christianity to a purity test on abortion and LGBT issues. calling talarico a heretic is political virtue signaling for evangelicals.


    Unbelievable wow incredibly ignorant you are about Biblical scripture and teachings. Talafreakco's positions are without question antithetical to Christianity. There is only one truth and pathway to the Almighty through Jesus Christ.
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    AgGrad99
    2:47p, 7/31/26
    In reply to Old McDonald

    Quote:
    this is what i'm talking about. this is a political argument wearing the thin veneer of a religious one. it's reductive and dogmatic to collapse Christianity to a purity test on abortion and LGBT issues. calling talarico a heretic is nothing more than political virtue signaling for evangelicals.

    You are aware though...that the word 'heretic' has an actual definition?

    And if you listen to his own words, he certainly fits that description.

    It's not 'virtue signaling'. It's simply accurate.
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